At age eleven, Will Smith was forced to build a wall. Without equipment, without knowledge, without anything, the task seemed impossible. The wall must have been between 3 and 4 meters high and 6 meters long. But his father gave him no choice. Every day he laid bricks — there is no rest for one who builds …
After the success of Titanic , Leonardo DiCaprio was “the king of the world” . Hollywood gave him carte blanche for his next role. Fearing being trapped in the role of the young romantic lead, he decided to take the lead role in American Psycho , a particularly dark character. Christian Bale had, however, already been chosen by director Mary Harron, in …
In addition to liking girls at a very young age and being a sex maniac, Errol Flynn was a pathological voyeur. He lived in a mansion on Mulholland Drive that he had modified so that he could freely indulge in his little vice. In the guest rooms, all the mirrors were one-way and secret corridors …
In 1988, Warner Bros. began production on the first Batman , directed by Tim Burton. For the role of the Joker, the studio settled on Jack Nicholson, who seemed to them to be the absolutely ideal choice. Only Jack Nicholson is not interested and rejects the proposal. Warner then decides to play on Nicholson’s ego by setting a …
A little-known example is Ghostbusters , released in early June 1984. The studio absolutely wanted to release the film by the beginning of summer, in order to make it a summer blockbuster. Filming was completed in February of the same year, but as the film contained so many special effects, the 3 months remaining before release proved …
We would be tempted to cite films like The World with Tom Hanks or 127 Hours with James Franco, but these films feature other actors, even if we tend to forget them. Films that truly have only one actor are exceedingly rare. Usually there is always an extra in the background, or a final sequence with a character appearing …
Watching the film The Northman , we realize that director Robert Eggers did everything to ensure that we see Nicole Kidman’s face as little as possible and as less clearly. The actress has long abused injections (and other retouching) to appear younger and her face is now frozen. To avoid having to show it too clearly, Robert …
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Steven Spielberg almost directed the first Harry Potter film . He was offered the project and he accepted it. He worked on the film for almost six months, developing the script with Steve Kloves (who would end up being the screenwriter for almost every film in the saga). However, Spielberg will not succeed in imposing his vision on …
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In Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018), Tom Cruise plays Rebecca Ferguson, who plays British secret agent Ilsa Faust. Rebecca Ferguson was six months pregnant during filming, and she was prone to nausea. But she vomited every day in secret, for fear that she would be judged unfit and replaced by another actress. During the filming of a fight scene …
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In 1982, Christopher Reeve had the audacity to coldly say what he thought of Marlon Brando during an interview on David Letterman’s talk show. Reeve had acted with Brando in Superman , and he didn’t have fond memories of their collaboration. “I don’t want to be mean by saying this,” the actor began by saying, “ but I admit …
