Watch: Conversations with Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and Brian Helgeland of ‘Legend’
Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and writer/director Brian Helgeland talk about ‘Legend’ and the complex shoot that required Hardy to switch between roles seamlessly.
Rooney Mara on Her Difficult Auditions and Playing Cate Blanchett’s Lover in ‘Carol’
“I thought, ‘If I don’t get a job soon, I’m just going to go back to New York.’” – Rooney Mara on her first years in LA
Ron Perlman on ‘Sons of Anarchy’, How Makeup Helps His Acting and His Father’s Influence on His Career
Perlman tells a funny story about how he was an overweight teenager, but he points out that being overweight actually helped him inhabit his roles in heavy makeup when he was older (and thinner).
Bryan Cranston on Preparing to Play Dalton Trumbo and Why He Won’t Play Walter White Again
Bryan Cranston on his actor preparation: “The character starts outside of you and [you use] your imagination and own personal experience.”
John Boyega on His ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Audition
“That was seven long months of training, of reading scripts that I wasn’t allowed to bring home, to create this character from scratch. So that for me was the emphasis.” – John Boyega
Toby Kebbell on the Negative Reaction to ‘Fantastic Four’: “I was disappointed, but the fans aren’t wrong”
“I don’t know if I learned anything from [playing] Doom, apart from, perhaps, when I see something I don’t agree with, to voice that immediately.” – Toby Kebbell
Watch: Conversations with Sir Ian McKellen
Sir ian McKellen covers all facets of his long career on stage and screen, including what’s it like playing Gandalf for approximately twenty hours of screentime!
Watch: Rachel McAdams’ Audition for ‘The Notebook’
In this 2003 audition for The Notebook, McAdams displays the romantic intensity that won her the role.
Margo Martindale on Finding Success as an Older Actress: “I’m having a blast”
“My dream was always to get on a show and be on a show, but I think I landed in a place I actually didn’t expect” – Margo Martindale
Jeff Daniels on Aaron Sorkin’s Dialogue and Working with Michael Fassbender in ‘Jobs’
“You’ve got to get those lines so embedded inside you that it’s second nature.” – Jeff Daniels on working with Aaron Sorkin
‘Broadway Sings Sara Bareilles’ Sells Out NYC’s Highline Ballroom; Next Up: ‘Broadway Sings Billy Joel’
The singers were backed by musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes, who led an eleven-piece band and three powerful backup singers.
Aziz Ansari on Diversity and Being Asked to Audition for ‘Transformers’ With an Accent
Ansari recalls a specific instance when he was asked to use an accent in an audition and he refused.
Preview: ‘Misery’ on Broadway Starring Bruce Willis & Laurie Metcalf
‘Misery’ on Broadway: Check out our preview of the new play starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf!
Keira Knightley on Making Her Broadway Debut: “I think actually that’s why I enjoy theater: It doesn’t exist”
Keira Knightley on her Broadway debut, Therese Raquin: “I don’t know how to do it and there are so many problems with putting it on. But I was sort of up for the challenge”
Christina Hendricks on Saying Good-bye to ‘Mad Men’
Hendricks speaks about what is was like to live with the character for so long and how Mad Men has affected her career
Preview: ‘Broadway Sings Sara Bareilles’ on November 2nd at The Highline Ballroom
On Monday, November 2, nearly two dozen Broadway stars will use one of their few days off to preform in a very special event, Broadway Sings Sara Bareilles
Watch: Conversations with Gina Rodriguez on ‘Jane the Virgin’
Rodriguez speaks about playing such a unique character in a series that mixes typical American sitcom conventions with touches of telenova melodrama.
Tom Hanks on Working with Steven Spielberg and Mark Rylance in ‘Bridge of Spies’
“Steven does this incredible thing when he casts you: He empowers you with the scene.” – Tom Hanks on Steven Spielberg
Say It With Flowers? Bouquet Tossing Man Interrupts Keira Knightley’s Broadway Debut
On the first night of previews on Thursday, October 1, an unknown male audience member in the mezzanine went to the railing and shouted out to Knightley.
Preview: ‘Sylvia’ on Broadway Starring Matthew Broderick & Annaleigh Ashford (Plus Discount Code!)
Unlike other stage shows that cast an actual dog to play a canine, the role of Sylvia is played by Ashford.