Penelope Cruz Discovers Musical Muscles
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Drama, Musicals, Period, Romance, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Penelope Cruz had to use muscles she hadn’t used since she was a teenager in new movie Nine.
The Spanish actress put in weeks of training for one particular scene in the musical movie - about a film director struggling in his relationships with women, in which Penelope plays the central character’s mistress - where she had to slide down a rope.
Describing the scene, Penelope said, “They mapped it out and showed me how it was done. I said I would never be able to do it but I worked and worked and regained the memory of muscles in my legs I hadn’t used since I was a teenager studying ballet.”
Penelope, 35, was rehearsing for the film’s rope scenes for three months before they were eventually completed, and was left with calluses on her hands and bleeding digits from sliding down the ropes so often.
She added to Britain’s Daily Mail, “I was stretching, running and going to the gym to get my arms strong to support me on the ropes. But with my hands, after a while you don’t feel the pain. I had the wounds dressed and carried on.”
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Robin Wright Gets It Done in One Take
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Adaptation, Drama, Romance, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, New Releases,
Robin Wright was relieved when it only took one take to film her sex scenes with Keanu Reeves.
The actress, who recently ended her marriage to Sean Penn, found it hard to shoot parts of her new movie, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, especially when her character had to make love to Keanu’s in the back of a truck.
“Any kind of vulnerability is always hard to do. Just being exposed in that way is difficult. People say it’s hard to do those scenes revealing the blood and soul of your heart, crying. That’s easy-peasy for me. Intimacy is far more challenging. Thank God we did it in one take.”
Robin also revealed she wants fans to start remembering her for her new movies rather than 1994’s Forrest Gump and 1987’s The Princess Bride: “I love those movies, and they’re going to go down in history. They’re iconic. And I love that I’m a part of film history. But, it’s so then, and we’re now. It’s 20, 22 years ago. I’m interested in doing other things.”
Robert Downey Jr. Wants Violence
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Robert Downey Jr. says he has a good day when he gets to beat people up.
The actor urged writers and the stunt department of Iron Man 2 to give his character more action scenes because they are his favorite to film.
“The action’s certainly got bigger because I went to do Sherlock Holmes, which was a real adventure. So coming back into this I really challenged our stunt team to get our hands dirty a little more because I was still kind of into that… I love it so much. There is no better day that I can have than one where I beat people up or get thrown around. I just love it. It’s supposed to be safe, but it’s a little more than acting so it’s really fun.”
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Quote of the Day: Robert Pattinson Scared of Abs
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Action, Adaptation, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, New Releases,
“It was incredibly annoying when I saw Taylor [Lautner]‘s transformation. I realized just having a pre-pubescent girl’s body wasn’t going to work for me any more. In fact I saw him and thought ‘Jesus, I’m going to get fired.’”
- Robert Pattinson (abs on the left) on New Moon co-star Taylor Lautner’s (abs on the right) muscles.
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Nine Addict Penelope Cruz
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Musicals, Romance, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Penelope Cruz found working on her latest film, Nine, addictive.
The Broken Embraces actress formed a strong bond with her co-stars on the musical, which included Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard, and particularly enjoyed their dance training.
“It was scary, but it was so much fun. It was great seeing that we were all feeling the same way. There was a great support system on that set, all the actors with each other and with Rob Marshall, the director. I had danced classical ballet before, so this was very different from what I had studied. We had a room in our building and we were all taking different classes. We would all pass each other in the hallway. All day, training. We all felt so free and so happy. Music was so present everywhere. That elevates people, music. It was so addictive, that experience.”
Rob admits he was amazed by the actress’ work ethic and dedication to giving the best possible performance while filming: “She knew we had to get in there and really be great, so she came in and worked like nobody’s business. She was the first one there and the last one to leave. She’d always want one more take. She’s a real perfectionist.”
Zac Efron Thinks Action Role Could be Kiss of Death
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, Musicals, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip,
Have no fear, Shia—Zac Efron thinks it would be “weird” if he starred in an action movie (despite already having the body for it).
The High School Musical star, who became a teenage heartthrob after appearing in the Disney movie franchise, would love to try his hand at as a screen hero but fears his career could be over if the role wasn’t perfect.
“I would love to try an action film at some point, but not too soon. I think that can be a kiss of death. There’s got to be a real role that I can bring something unique and specific to, a way for me to do it believably. Until then, I think it would just come across as weird.”
The 22-year-old star also revealed he is in awe of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, despite disliking him when he was growing up: “I think Leonardo DiCaprio’s done a great job. I was dead set against the guy when I was growing up, kind of force-fed his image from Titanic. Since then, through very hard work and incredible performances, he’s done a complete 180. Now he’s one of my favorite actors. He’s at the top of his game.”
Quote of the Day: Natalie Portman on Joining Thor
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
“I just thought it sounded like a really weird idea ‘cause Kenneth Branagh’s directing it. And Ken Branagh doing Thor is super weird. I’ve got to do it.”
-Natalie Portman explaining why she decided to join Paramount Pictures’ upcoming blockbuster.
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Daniel Day-Lewis Scared of Singing
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Musicals, Romance, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t think his singing and dancing was good enough to star in new musical movie Nine.
The Oscar-winning actor, who plays Italian film director Guido Contini in the hotly-anticipated film, had a crisis of confidence and asked the director Rob Marshall if there was anyone else who could take his role, because he had no confidence in his voice.
“I did say to Rob in the early stages, ‘Is there anyway of getting out of this? I have a list of actors who could do it tomorrow!’ He tried to convince me I could sing and I said, ‘You’ve no idea if I can sing or not!’ I sang feebly a couple of times, and on the grounds of that Rob managed to convince me it was worth pursuing.”
The 52-year-old actor, who is famous for his method acting, also joked that dancing was difficult because his body is so “creaky”: “I can do a lot of stuff, I can climb, I can run, I can cycle, I can box, but I can’t dance. I used a lot of 3-in-1 to lubricate those stiff joints. It’s not natural grace - that’s sheer effort of will. My limbs are a mass of scar tissue through years of doing things I shouldn’t have.”
Daniel stars in Nine alongside Penelope Cruz, Dame Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman.
Quote of the Day: Chris Weitz on Kissing Scenes
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Adaptation, Drama, Romance, Sequels, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
“It’s not like when they’re about to kiss, I’m leaning in and saying, just off camera, ‘Tender, tender!’ or anything like that. I just let them do their thing. I think it would be creepy and inappropriate for me to advise them how to kiss one another or what it’s like to be young in love. I’m 40 years old. I’m not going to Polanski out on them.”
- New Moon director Chris Weitz on directing on-screen (also, perhaps, off-screen?) lovers Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
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Quote of the Day: Natalie Portman on Kissing Mila Kunis
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Fox Searchlight, Drama, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
“It’s not raunchy, it’s extreme.”
- Actress Natalie Portman on kissing her Black Swan co-star Mila Kunis. Will they do it better than Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried?
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