Daniel Sunjata on His Audition for ‘Graceland’
After leaving Rescue Me, Daniel Sunjata wasn’t looking for another television role. But he changed his mind once he read the part of FBI agent Paul Briggs on USA’s new drama, Graceland.
Broadway’s TKTS Booth Now Lets Theatergoers Who Bought a Ticket in Last Seven Days Skip Line
New Yorkers and tourists know that one of the best ways to score discount tickets to Broadway performances is Times Square’s TKTS Booth, which just celebrated its fortieth anniversary as a New York City institution this month.
Brett Tucker Got Cast on ‘Mistresses’ as an American But That Changed When He Showed Up On-Set
Brett Tucker wasn’t always going to play his character on ABC’s Mistresses as an Australian. The character was initially written as an American, but was later changed to use the actor’s own accent.
Michelle Rodriguez on Her Days as an Extra: “I had $2,500 due in bills that I had to pay”
Michelle Rodriguez might be best known for starring in numerous movies in The Fast & The Furious franchise, but her original ambition was to become a writer. Though she has yet to write a film,
Chris Noth: “I think [TV] opened things up for actors, especially older actors”
Chris Noth hasn’t appeared as Mr. Big in the Sex and the City movies for over three years, and the HBO series ended in 2004. Despite the passage of time, the actor is still most recognized for that role.
Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka on Eye-Rolling, Walking in on Don Draper and Filming Emotional Scenes
Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper on AMC’s Mad Men, wants you to know she’s nothing like her character. For instance, she doesn’t roll her eyes nearly as much.
Samuel L. Jackson Talks About His Early Career Addictions: “When I went to auditions I smelt of alcohol and my eyes were a little red”
Many people do not know that Samuel L. Jackson had significant substance abuse problems that derailed his acting career for many years before his 1990s breakthrough.
The Onion Reports That Brendan Fraser “Would Like to Apply For a Kickstarter”
Debate continues to go on about whether or not established celebrities have the “right” to use crowd sourcing funding websites like Kickstarter to fund their projects after a Veronica Mars movie and Zach Braff’s next movie received significant funding through the website on the behalf of fans’ donations.
Vincent Kartheiser on the Things That “Really Scare Him About Acting”
Vincent Kartheiser’s character, Pete Campbell, had been put through the ringer this season of AMC’s Mad Men. The actor maintains he doesn’t do anything special to get riled up.
Melissa McCarthy Responds to Rex Reed and Creating Her Over-the-Top Characters: “Crazy’s just crazy and there’s nowhere to go”
Melissa McCarthy‘s talent (and money-making) abilities are no longer in question after her huge success in 2011’s Bridesmaids and this year’s Identity Thief. So, it’s shocking and somewhat ridiculous that we’re still talking about her weight. When questioned about Rex Reed‘s review in which he calls the actress ‘tractor-sized,’ McCarthy
Kevin Rahm on Keeping ‘Mad Men’ Plot Secrets: If You Say Anything, They “Will Destroy You”
Kevin Rahm, who plays Ted Chaough on AMC’s Mad Men, knows how to make good decisions—whether it was deciding to become an actor or marrying his wife.
When Starting Out, Isla Fisher Asked Husband Sacha Baron Cohen’s Agent to Represent Her. The Agent Said, “No way”
Fired by her own agent and faced with the fact that she was losing heat in temperature obsessed Hollywood, Isla Fisher asked her famous husband if he would ask his own agent about possibly representing her.
Casting Call That Asked Actresses to Perform in Blackface and Spout Propaganda Turns Out to Be a Prank
Remember that scene in Brüno when Sacha Baron Cohen is auditioning babies for an increasingly ridiculous and degrading photoshoot and the attention-starved parents agree to feature their child in anything
Christopher Meloni on Not Playing Lex Luthor in ‘Man of Steel’, Almost Shooting a Stuntman, and ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Sequel
So the rumors were not true: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and True Blood star Christopher Meloni did not play Lex Luthor in Man of Steel in what fans speculated to be a closely-guarded secret. Instead, Meloni played Colonel Nathan Hardy, one of the many American soldiers faced with dealing with a battle of super-beings.
Oxford Academic Reveals Horrible Conditions for Elizabethan Child Actors
History has shown that child actors on film and television often face tremendous “growing pains,” with many of them spiraling into drug and alcohol abuse and falling prey (in a variety of terrible ways) to older people that they trust.
Q & A: Noah Wyle on ‘Falling Skies’, the Cast and His Newest Co-Star, Booger the Horse
Noah: “I was more exhausted at the end of this season than I had been”
5 Actors Who Had Amazing On-Screen Transformations
When all goes right, careers can be made or solidified, and the true range of a particular actor is stunningly revealed. Here’s five recent examples of just that
Jane Lynch Talks Broadway, the “Mistake” of Moving to New York When She Was a Young Actress and the Advice Harrison Ford Gave Her
Five years ago Jane Lynch was best known for her hilarious appearances in Christopher Guest’s ensemble mockumentaries and doing abbreviated runs on soon-to-be-canceled television series. Though she was a familiar face, she never seemed to reach her potential. Then came Glee and her career-changing starring role as Sue Sylvester… and Lynch’s world has never been the same since
Neil Patrick Harris is Headed Back to Broadway in ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
After hosting the Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris won’t be away from Broadway too long. It looks like as soon as he’s done with the last season of How I Met Your Mother, he’s headed back to New York to start in the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Can IMDbPro Help Your Acting Career?
A recent report shows how IMDbPro has helped actors profoundly in the past, with Robert Pattinson being used as an example.