Actress Emma Fitzpatrick Getting Big Publicity for ‘Les Mis’ Spoof Video
In the case of Emma Fitzpatrick, she’s only teasing Anne Hathaway because she likes her.
Megan Hilty: “My voice teacher was very upset with me when she learned I was going to major in musical theater”
It’s an interesting question because much of the cast and crew behind the inconsistent first season — including creator Theresa Rebeck — have not returned for the show’s second season.
Keri Russell on Her New Risque Role in ‘The Americans’
Keri Russell was ready to take on a more risqué role than Felicity. In her new project, FX’s The Americans, Russell portrays a KGB agent posing as part of a happy American couple. Her character is first seen in a more compromising position than Felicity ever would have been caught in.
Josh Gad on ‘jOBS’ and His Reaction to Steve Wozniak Calling the Film “Atrocious”
It’s always difficult when an actor portrays a real person — Josh Gad is seeing that up close and personal with his depiction of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the new biopic jOBS. In fact, the real Wozniak has already deemed the film ‘atrocious.’
Al Pacino on His Recent Comedic Turns: “You’re always looking for what’s going to feed you, what’s going to feed the spirit and get you going”
Al Pacino might not have appeared in as many comedies as Robert De Niro or Robert Duvall, but his latest film, Stand Up Guys, has Pacino making a rare clownish turn.
Hugh Jackman Returns to ‘Inside the Actors Studio’
Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman returns to the Inside the Actors Studio for a second time on Wednesday, February 13th.
Nicholas Hoult talks ‘Warm Bodies’, Getting Cast and the Pressures of Being a Lead in a Film
With his role as a zombie in love in Warm Bodies, Nicholas Hoult might finally be able to prove he’s not just another child actor hoping to be taken seriously as an adult.
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Star Benjamin Walker on Acting: “If a magician tells you how he did his trick, it’s not magical any more”
While there’s no doubt that the big star of the current Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is Scarlett Johnasson, who plays Maggie, Johansson’s co-star is Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker.
Ashton Kutcher Studied Hours of Footage, Went on a Fruitarian Diet and Ended Up in the Hospital to Play Steve Jobs
Ashton Kutcher is another actor who has made the news recently for risking his health for a film role (ie: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables and Matthew McConaughey for The Dallas Buyers Club.) In order to play Apple genius Steve Jobs, Kutcher adopted Jobs’ fruitarian diet.
Jodie Foster Praises Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis’ and says that, “I think people don’t really understand child acting”
Jodie Foster tends to be the actress people turn to with questions about child actors. After all, Foster began acting at the age of 3 and was nominated for an Oscar for her role as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver, a role she performed when she was twelve.
Clare Bowen on Getting Cast in ‘Nashville’ and Having Her Boyfriend Dump Her After She Got the Role
Australian actress Clare Bowen was starring in the Australian production of Spring Awakening when one of the show’s producers — none other than Cate Blanchett — told her that she really needed to bring her talent to America.
William H. Macy on Playing Frank Gallagher in ‘Shameless’: “It is more like a parlor trick. It ain’t acting”
I’ve been particularly impressed by William H. Macy’s performance as Frank Gallagher on Showtime’s Shameless, mostly because it’s so much different from roles Macy usually plays.
Stephen McKinsley Henderson Doesn’t Call Himself a Character Actor: “I’m what I like to call a story-line actor”
Actor Stephen McKinsley Henderson has followed up his Tony-nominated role opposite Denzel Washington in the 2010 production of August Wilson’s Fences and long-running recurring role as judge on Law & Order with recent appearances in episodes of The Newsroom and a role in the highest profile film of his career, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Daniel Day-Lewis on His Lengthy Breaks Between Roles: “I cannot do the work I love to do unless I take time away from it”
It’s odd to see Daniel Day-Lewis so chatty during awards season to promote Lincoln because he isn’t known for doing many interviews in his career. But Day-Lewis has also been participating in various revealing Q&A sessions, including the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to receive the festival’s Montecito Award for his career achievements.
Rafe Spall Talks About Auditioning for His Nude Scenes in ‘I Give it a Year’
You’ll see just about everything of actor Rafe Spall in the upcoming comedy I Give it a Year.
Dustin Hoffman Talks About the Difficulties of Auditioning as a Method Actor
In an interview with NPR promoting his directorial debut Quartet, acting legend Dustin Hoffman talked about getting his start in acting. Famously, Hoffman beat out other actors for his breakthrough role of Benjamin in The Graduate like Robert Redford, who far more resembled the character in the original novel.
Victor Garber on Being Labeled a Character Actor: “I don’t see that term as diminishing at all”
Victor Garber has appeared on and off Broadway and in dozens of films and television series dating back to the early 1970s, but now has a major role in the NBC series Deception.
Michael Cera’s Effort to Go Method for ‘Crystal Fairy’ Failed
Michael Cera decided to go Method on his new film Crystal Fairy by doing the same drugs his character does.
Rebecca Hall on ‘Parade’s End’, ‘Iron Man 3’ and Finding Projects That Challenge Her
Rebecca Hall has tried to stay away from blockbuster movies, preferring smaller fare like The Town and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. But, in a departure, she’ll be appearing in Iron Man 3 in May.
Emmy Rossum talks ‘Shameless’ and saying, “My character wouldn’t do that” to the writers
Emmy Rossum admits that she wishes her show, Showtime’s Shameless, would get the same attention the network’s other hit, Homeland, gets. “They are a strong drama. We were entered [in the Emmys] as a drama, because we’re an hour long,” she said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.