Interview: Malin Akerman, Lake Bell and Erinn Hayes talk Children’s Hospital

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Here’s the last of the Children’s Hospital interviews I did at this year’s Comic-Con.

I talked with Malin Akerman, Lake Bell and Erinn Hayes and I kept this my last because it was incredibly hard to transcribe! The back and forth banter was quick, funny and writing it down just didn’t capture the spontaneity of the interview.

I’d listen to the audio portion if you want to get the full feel of the interview. There was a lot of things I couldn’t include here because most of it would look ridiculous in print.

From talking about having each other’s children, their outrage at Rob Corddry for not inviting them to go to Brazil to film a 10-second-scene and having their characters die and come back to life, the conversation was definitely a highlight.

Children’s Hospital airs on Adult Swim at midnight on Thursdays. 

For the full interview, click onto the audio link above or download from iTunes.

Children’s Hospital is not the kind of show where you go, “What is my arc?”

Lake Bell: None, there’s no logic.

Is that a challenge as an actor or is it more freeing?

Erinn Hayes: It was awesome.  All you have to do is show up and be like, “what am I going to do today?”  You don’t have to think about it or like do a whole lot of prep other than, like, what’s going to make this the funniest for this particular episode.  Read more

Watch: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s “Tin Tin” Comic-Con Panel

Here’s another panel I missed at Comic-Con: Two of the greatest directors alive, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, came to Hall H to talking about their new project, Tin Tin.

Just listening to the following clips, I would have loved to have been there.

Some of the highlights of the videos:

Spielberg: “I think that is the secret to great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You gotta have a great imagination. You’ve got to bring it to the day when you’re working.”

Spielberg again: “Tin Tin does not take no for an answer and that has been the story of my life.”

They also talk about the actors working in motion-capture, how they came to the project and tons more.

Check them out below!

Videos courtesy of Paramount Pictures

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Watch: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man (kinda), Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans at Comic-Con

The cast of The Amazing Spider-Man was at Comic-Con this past weekend and I’m completely bummed that I missed it. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans and director Marc Webb all appeared and showed the massive Hall H crowd an extended trailer and had the first look at the movies villain, The Lizard.

I forget who I was interviewing but I’m quite positive that I wasn’t having as much fun as everyone had in the audience for this panel.

Here are two videos (courtesy of Sony) of the panel. The first is a little hard to hear but it’s got Andrew Garfield dressed up in a horrible Spider-Man costume asking a question to the panel. He whips off his mask to a huge applause and gives a really wonderful speech about what Spider-Man and Peter Parker means to him. Again, I wish the sound were louder.

The second video are brief sound bites of the cast talking a bit about the film.

Check them out!

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Comic-Con 2011

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’m here at Comic-Con this weekend.

Yesterday was filled with nothing but interviews. I talked with 23 people in all. Elijah Wood and the cast of Wilfred, Judy Greer and the voice cast of Archer, the cast of Psych and Covert Affairs and a bunch more.

Today and the rest of the weekend will be packed with more interviews thought, thankfully, not as many as yesterday.

That’s the thing with covering Comic-Con. I’m so busy doing intervies and press conferences, I don’t have any time for panels or the fun that everyone else is having. Ah!

But I do love it.

If you’re in town, look for me!

 

Featurette: “Captain America: The First Avenger”

I’m here at Comic-Con and saw Captain America Wednesday night. It was great! I loved Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and the rest of the cast was wonderful.

Tommy Lee Jones made me laugh every time he was on screen and the great Hugo Weaving was the best thing about the film. Hayley Atwell, who has been getting ribbed about her performance in some publications, was good as well.

The one thing I’m pissed about is that they didn’t show the end tag where they show The Avengers. That still bugs me!

Here’s a quick featurette on the film where they talk about the suit and how it evolved in production. There are also some fun clips that you might not have seen before.

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“The Book of Mormon” is giving away free Comic-Con tickets!

From the Press Release:

“South Park” fans attending this week’s Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA will have three chances to win a free pair of tickets to see THE BOOK OF MORMON. Enter to win at the “Ultimate South Park Fan Experience” at Comic-Con, in addition to the chance to win other merchandise prizes.  One pair will be given out daily on Thursday, July 21, Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23.

Fans will be transported into the world of “South Park” as they walk into the 15,000 square foot Ultimate Fan Experience located at 450 2nd Avenue (at 1st Avenue & J Street), just outside of the San Diego Convention Center. The “South Park” Year of the Fan Experience,” a free and open to the public event, commemorates the series’ 15th season. The festivities kick off with a “South Park” themed parade starting at 12:30 PM on Thursday, July 21 at 5th Avenue and K Street with the venue officially opening at 1:00 PM and running through Saturday, July 23.
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Rob Corddry: “I’m like a Roman Caeser”

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I got a chance to talk to Rob Corddry at Comic-Con this year at a roundtable interview and while it was  brief (I think it lasted like 4 minutes!),  it was still very cool to talk to him.

I love his show Children’s Hospital on Adult Swim. He plays ‘Dr. Blake Downs’, the clown doctor who believes in the ‘healing power of laughter’ as opposed to medicine. And if you’ve seen the show, you know that belief always leads to pretty disastrous but funny results.

Rob spoke about the show, being the guy in charge and not kissing Megan Mullally.

For the full interview, click onto the audio link above or download from iTunes.

What’s it like being in charge, does it feel good?

Rob: It’s so good. So good. I just say ‘no’ arbitrarily. I’m like a roman Caesar. “Yes, No, give me some ham.” It’s fantastic.

With the kids in the background, have you guys got any bets on set who can be the worst in front of the kids? To see what they can get away with before the parent steps in?

Rob: No, oh my God no. Oh my God no. Most of the time, I talk a truck driver and I’ve got two young children of my own and I can’t believe they haven’t sworn yet. But no, God, we would feel terrible.

One day this girl was just talking about her dad and how kind of horrible he was like, ‘yeah my dad makes us do this.’ Painting the picture of like this awful father. Any parent that lets their children do something like that is just a bad parent. There’s no argument against that- that kids should be in any way affiliated with this business, especially the show.

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Jim Caviezel and Lennie James on The Prisoner, nervousness & working in cramped taxis

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I interviewed Jim Caviezel and Lennie James, the stars of AMC‘s The Prisoner at this years Comic Con and they were two of the nicest, friendliest guys.

We talked about their characters, why they chose to take on this recreation, if they still get nervous before a scene and more.

I hadn’t had a chance to see the show yet, but from the trailers and talking with them, I cant wait to see it.

The Prisoner premieres this Sunday on AMC.

Tell us a little bit about your character.
Lennie James: I play 147, who’s the local taxi driver for the village.  And he is kind of the first friend that Jim’s character, Number 6, makes when he arrives in the village. And the moment when we first meet him, he is a totally content villager.  He has a wife that he loves and a daughter that he adores, and that’s his whole life.  And that’s all he needs to feel secure, and he’s totally at home in the village.  He is exactly the kind of person that the village wants to be there and to be living there in the way that he is.  He knows what roads not to drive down.  He knows what questions not to ask, and in amongst that, he’s found his own happiness.  And then 6 arrives and throws the whole thing out of kilter.  And by the end of it, my character has some serious choices to make and a serious kind of price to pay.

So is it just by coincidence that the two of you meet then?
Lennie: Hmm… the way of the village is… nothing is a coincidence.

Tell me why you wanted to take the role after you read the script.
Lennie: There’s very few opportunities – or the stuff I like to do is I like the characters that I play to start off being one thing and end up being something else.  I like the movement of a character.  Something happening to them.  That’s my definition of drama.  And on the other side of it they are changed, they are moved, they have developed.  That’s what stories are to a great extent.  This guy has that journey.  And he has it in spades, as we would say.  And also the scripts were real kind of page turners, but there was a genuine sense of excitement within it.  It wasn’t just the, “Oh, I wonder what happens next.”  That’s not the only question that’s going on in this story.  There’s a lot of other things kind of going on.  And that’s what really interested me.  The central premise is a very good and tight one.  And then the way that Bill [Gallagher - the writer] has decided to tell his version of the story is really exciting.  And it’s good for actors.  And it’s not just about shifting story.  There are some great dramatic moments.

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WWE Superstar Ted DiBiase Jr. talks about his film debut in “The Marine 2″

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Ted DiBiase Jr., son of wrestling legend Ted “The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase, has followed in his father’s footsteps in ring, but he’s now about to break out of his dad’s shadow by making his film debut in The Marine 2.

At the time of the interview, he had only been wrestling for a year. Seven months into it, the WWE came to him with The Marine 2.

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Interview With The Director And Star Of "Wrong Turn 3", Declan O'Brien and Janet Montgomery

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Like horror films? If you do, Wrong Turn 3 might be something you don’t want to miss.

Director Declan O’Brien calls it a cross between Con Air and the first Wrong Turn and judging by the trailer and clips, it looks exactly like that.

I talked to both Declan and the films star, Janet Montgomery, and both were excited about the upcoming release. They think it’s a fresh roller-coaster ride that once it gets started, it doesn’t stop.

Janet has been acting only 2 years and already she’s got 4 films on her resume! Totally jealous, right? She’s from England where she did an episode of the hit series, Skins. From that, she was noticed and hasn’t stopped working.
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