Pitch Perfect: Seven Lessons on Getting Your Actor to Nail That Tricky...
Having come from an acting background himself, dialect coach Erik Singer understands the integral role accent and speech play in the credibility of an onscreen character. Singer specializes in working...
View ArticleKiller Instincts: Florence Pugh’s Steely Performance in Lady Macbeth...
“Everybody get the bongos out,” laughs 21-year-old Florence Pugh when describing her English childhood. A bohemian upbringing she says was “von Trapp-esque” helped her gain the confidence that has now...
View ArticleWould Marilyn Monroe Have Liked Blonde? Ana de Armas and Andrew Dominik Say Yes
Marilyn Monroe died on Aug. 4, 1962, exactly 57 years to the day before Andrew Dominik and Ana de Armas began filming Blonde, a drama about her life based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Monroe...
View ArticleAdam Sandler Named His Hustle Character After His Late Father
Adam Sandler named his character in Hustle after his late father, Stanley Sandler, who died in 2003. “I love basketball,” Sandler said at a recent Santa Barbara International Film Festival Cinema...
View ArticleChristian Bale Isn’t Mad That Leonardo DiCaprio Gets Offered Every Role...
Christian Bale isn’t salty about Leonardo DiCaprio getting offered so many movie roles before he does. “Good for him, he’s phenomenal,” Bale told GQ‘s Zach Baron in the magazine’s November cover story....
View ArticleBrendan Fraser Was ‘Never That Far Away’ From Stardom: ‘You Can’t Get Rid of...
Brendan Fraser may be making a comeback with his Oscar-contender performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, but The Mummy star insists that despite how it might seem, he was “never that far away”...
View ArticleA Little White Lie Director Says Michael Shannon’s Acting Was So Moving, ‘He...
When Michael Shannon performed a certain scene in the new literary drama A Little White Lie, director Michael Maren says he watched every cast and crew member in the room’s jaws drop. The literary...
View ArticleRussell Crowe Not Only Denies Bad My Best Friend’s Wedding Audition — He Says...
Russell Crowe is refuting My Best Friend’s Wedding director P.J. Hogan’s anecdote about him giving a terrible table read opposite Julia Roberts during casting for the 1997 rom-com. And, Crowe isn’t...
View ArticleMachine Gun Kelly Is Tired of Being ‘Laughed At,’ Hopes Taurus Will Make...
Colson Baker — known in the music industry as Machine Gun Kelly — is tired of being “laughed at” when it comes to his acting career. He hopes his new film, Taurus, in which he stars alongside his...
View ArticleHorror Movie Star Jenna Ortega Says Wednesday Is the ‘Scariest’ Role She’s...
Jenna Ortega says her turn as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming Netflix series Wednesday is the “scariest” role she’s has ever taken on — but not for the reason you might think. The 20-year-old actress...
View ArticleHarry Styles ‘Chose Himself’ to Star in My Policeman, Director Says
Harry Styles sought out the role of 1950s British policeman Tom Burgess in Michael Grandage’s romantic drama My Policeman even before the director had a chance to send him the script. “Harry Styles...
View ArticleDaniel Radcliffe Doesn’t Identify As a Weird Al ‘Superfan,’ But He’s ‘Up There’
Daniel Radcliffe may not identify as a superfan of Weird Al Yankovic, but he certainly knows more about the parody singer’s catalog than the average fan. And that’s important, considering that the...
View ArticleThe Woman King Star Thuso Mbedu Trained for Hollywood Like Nawi Trained for...
The Woman King star Thuso Mbedu has been working towards a career in Hollywood just like her character, Nawi, trains to join the Agojie army of women warriors in the African historical epic. Directed...
View ArticleAnya Taylor-Joy Passed Up a Disney Channel Pilot In Order to Star in The Witch
Anya Taylor-Joy almost had a very different career before she became a breakout star in Robert Eggers’ 2015 horror film The Witch. The actress recently explained that she was offered two roles on the...
View ArticleJames Cameron: Kate Winslet Held Her Breath for 7 Minutes and 14 Seconds to...
Kate Winslet held her breath for over seven minutes while shooting James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water — according to her and director James Cameron. “We’ve got the video someplace, but her record...
View ArticleMia Goth Says That Creepy Smile Scene in Pearl Wasn’t in the Script
Remember that scene in Ti West’s horror-slasher Pearl when Mia Goth holds a bone-chilling smile for so long that her face starts twitching? Well, Mia Goth does, and she says the iconic scene actually...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg’s Sisters Called Paul Dano ‘Dad’ on Set of The Fabelmans
While Paul Dano was in the throes of playing Steven Spielberg’s father in the famed director’s semi-autobiographical movie The Fabelmans, Spielberg’s sisters Anne, Nancy and Sue would sometimes pay...
View ArticleEd Helms Says The Hangover Caused ‘Tornado of Fame’ and Anxiety
Ed Helms says that he was overwhelmed by all the fame that came his way after The Hangover came out in 2009. On a recent episode of Conan O’Brien’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, the actor...
View ArticleDave Bautista: It’s a ‘Relief’ to Say Goodbye to Marvel Role as Drax the...
Dave Bautista is beyond grateful to have played the role of Drax the Destroyer throughout nine years of Marvel movies. But the actor says it’s also “a relief” to say goodbye to him. “I’m so grateful...
View ArticleAustin Butler Walked on The Beach Practicing Elvis’ Laugh ‘For Hours’
Austin Butler would spend hours walking on the beach and practicing Elvis Presley’s laugh while preparing to play the famous musician in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie. Speaking at Q&A session at a...
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