Jim Carey appeared on Gayle King’s CBS show. How did you feel when you saw the incident? “It made me nauseous. I was disgusted to see that Will Smith was given a standing ovation moments later when he received the Oscar for Best Actor. I had the feeling that Hollywood had no courage, no morality. I felt like …
Robert Pattinson agreed to play in Twilight a little too quickly . He had not anticipated the ordeal it would be for him. He found the books completely stupid and hoped the films would move away from them. Once he was stuck in the role and the machine was rolling, he waited for it to end. But with each …
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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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