We’ve all heard stories of how an actor went out of his or her way with a characterization in order to land a role that he or she really wanted. Most of the time it requires dedication and courage. Sometimes it involves props. Sometimes it even requires spending $15,000 on […]
There are few actors I like as much on screen as Robert Duvall. One could go on and on about the problems of The Godfather Part III, but as far as I’m concerned that film was doomed the minute they wouldn’t pay Duvall to come back to play Tom Hagen.
Grant Neale stars as Polanski during three distinct periods of Polanski’s life
The Casting Society of America (CSA) announced today that it will honor President of CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler with the organization’s Career Achievement Award at the 29th Annual Artios Awards. CSA will also present esteemed Casting Director Linda Lowy (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Friday Night Lights) with the Hoyt Bowers Award,
There is incredible power as a performer when you make the choice to start creating and producing your own projects.
The most buzzed about movie of the year is finally cast and the backlash over who is playing Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele has been tremendous. Despite the online protests, Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam is taking the whole thing in stride. In an interview with the Associated Press,
The Venice Film Festival has brought forth a few fall films that are already generating Oscar hype. One of those movies is the Alfonso Cuarón-directed film Gravity starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. The storyline involves two astronauts who are left adrift after surviving a space shuttle accident. While Clooney is
Yo, Adrian! It was announced yesterday that the two leads of the new Broadway musical, Rocky, have been cast. Andy Karl (Drama Desk nominee for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jersey Boys) will step into the ring as the man himself, Rocky Balboa and Margo Seibert will make her Broadway
Just when you thought Sons of Anarchy couldn’t get any more disturbing, violent, or darker, star Donal Logue, who has been featured on the show as Lee Toric since last season, confesses to The Hollywood Reporter that we haven’t seen anything yet. He spoke about the difficulty of shaking off his
In the last year, Hugh Jackman‘s career has soared to new heights with his first Academy Award nomination for Les Misérables. With a busy awards show schedule, he still found the time to work on the thriller Prisoners. That film with director Denis Villeneuve taught him a few lessons. The
Kristen Wiig talked to The Hollywood Reporter about her new film, Hateship Loveship, while she was at the Toronto International Film Festival. Joined by the director, Liza Johnson, she talked about the film and why she was “terrified” about her role in the film. In the interview, she also says
As a child actor in one of the most recognizable roles of the last decade, Daniel Radcliffe is boldly taking his career in new directions. With three films currently premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, the 24-year-old actor is growing beyond his Harry Potter days. In an interview with
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. started his career on The Wire playing D’Angelo Barksdale. Because another actor from the series was already on AMC’s The Walking Dead, Gilliard was convinced he wouldn’t be able to land the part of Bob Stookey. “Scott [Gimple, the showrunner] told me, ‘You know, we’ve got Chad
Jason Bateman has been in front of the camera for over 30 years. From the TV series Little House on the Prairie to The Hogan Family, audiences have watched him grow up onscreen. Now that he’s 44 years old, the actor is looking for new challenges in his entertainment career.
Kristen Bell made a name for herself playing teenage PI, Veronica Mars. But the actress is in no rush to limit her choices to either drama or comedy. She’s currently playing a lost 29-year-old who romances a teenager in the indie, The Lifeguard. “I don’t know [whether I consider myself
Ruth Wilson has a great off-screen relationship with her co-star Idris Elba on the BBC drama, Luther. “It comes from the writing, it comes from us working with each other,” she said in an interview with Vulture. “We really love the bantering. It is a bit heightened and it is
When we last saw Downton Abbey’s Mary Crawley, she was sitting blissfully with her newborn son while her beloved Matthew was lying dead on the ground, the victim of a car accident. Michelle Dockery, who plays Mary Crawley, explains that actor Dan Stevens’ exit was expected. “I knew quite early
Modern Family would be a very different show if the original casting choices had played out. The role of Jay Pritchett was initially supposed to go to Craig T. Nelson instead of Ed O’Neill. “When I read it I thought, ‘Oh boy, this is pretty good,” O’Neill said in an
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