Jessica Chastain Reveals How She Got Her SAG Card, Her First Years in L.A. and Choosing a Play over Filming a Pilot (video)
Jessica Chastain is a perfect example of an actress who by hell or high water was going to break through.
Holland Taylor on How She Came Up With the Idea for Her One-Woman Broadway Show Based on Former Texas Governor, Ann Richards
Holland Taylor is thrilled to finally have a part she can sink her teeth into. Not that playing a mom on Two and a Half Men isn’t exciting, but it’s not exactly a difficult role. With her new play, Ann, Taylor has the opportunity to portray former Texas governor, Ann Richards.
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson talks ‘Snitch’ and Jumping at the Chance to Be Vulnerable On Screen
Millions of wrestling fans recognize Dwayne Johnson as The Rock — a trash-talking heavyweight who started wrestling in the mid-1990s until leaving for his burgeoning career in Hollywood movies in 2004. However, not only has Johnson recently returned to wrestling, he is also curiously hitting the busiest and most impressive streak of his acting career.
Shia LaBeouf Leaves Broadway’s ‘Orphans’ a Month Before Previews
Shia LaBeouf was to make his Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in Orphans, which was supposed to begin previews March 19th. But, that’s not happening now.
Connie Britton: “Sometimes my favorite directors are the ones I literally want to punch in the nose”
Connie Britton worried that there would be no coming back from playing Tami Taylor. After her name became attached to her beloved character on Friday Night Lights, Britton knew it would take something a little daring to avoid being typecast forever.
Jane Lynch on Her Animated Roles: “Instead of coming up with a funny voice, I let my work on the character inform how I sound, so its grounded”
Even up until a few years ago Jane Lynch was mainly known as one of the most talented improvises in Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries. More recently Lynch’s career has really taken off with her starring role on television’s Glee. Now Lynch finds herself in demand, especially as a voice actor in animated films.
Nick Kroll on Improvising, ‘The League’ and ‘The Kroll Show’
Comedian Nick Kroll is living the dream. With his own Comedy Central series, Kroll Show, and his role on FX’s The League, Kroll is quick to acknowledge how lucky he is.
Maggie Smith is Interviewed by ’60 Minutes’ and Reveals She’s Never Watched ‘Downton Abbey’ (video)
Maggie Smith loves to talk about how proud she is about the success of Downton Abbey and how the period drama is shot. Just don’t ask her about the final product.
Rooney Mara on Reviews: “At the end of the day, I am so much more critical of myself than anyone else could be”
Few would think that Rooney Mara, whose acting career has launched into the stratosphere after appearing in The Social Network and starring as the titular character in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (which she received an Oscar nomination for), would still care about what reviewers thought of her performances.
Helen Mirren on Why She is Playing Queen Elizabeth Again in the New Play, ‘The Audience’
Helen Mirren still worries about being typecast. But that hasn’t stopped her from returning to once again depict Queen Elizabeth in a new play, The Audience. “I didn’t want to do it,” the actress confessed in an interview with The Telegraph. “The first thing I emailed [writer Peter Morgan] was
Corey Stoll on ‘House of Cards’, Playing Drunk and Working with David Fincher
Corey Stoll is sort of known for being a drunk…well, onscreen that is. After appearing as a smashed Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Stoll also mimics a sloshed person in Netflix’s new series, House of Cards.
Actor Yan England Takes Short Film to Oscar Finish Line
Yan England didn’t expect to go to the Academy Awards when he made his short film “Henry.” The 21-minute film is nominated in the live action short category with filmmakers such as actress Bryce Dallas Howard, whose film “When You Find Me,” is executive produced by her father Ron Howard.
Watch Norbert Leo Butz & Kate Baldwin Sing ‘Time Stops’ from the Upcoming Broadway Musical, ‘Big Fish’
The upcoming Broadway musical Big Fish just put up this video of stars Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin singing one of the songs from the show, ‘Time Stops’, on their YouTube page.
A Good Day to Die Hard’s Jai Courtney on Acting in L.A., His American Accent and Playing Bruce Willis’ Son
Jai Courtney had mixed emotions when he was cast as Bruce Willis’ son in the newest installment of the Die Hard series, A Good Day to Die Hard.
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New Undergraduate BFA Program at The New School Reflects the Realities of the Acting Job Market
Manhattan’s The New School has launched a new Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dramatic Arts program, which is an undergraduate version of its storied Masters of Fine Arts program.
Matthew Rhys on Shooting ‘The Americans’ in New York: “You hold up a bunch of New Yorkers who can’t cross the street, they’re not going to take it well”
Rhys explains that he had the benefit of being approached about the role, not the other way around.
Scarlett Johansson on Playing Maggie in Broadway’s ‘Cat’ Revival: “Whatever my take is on it is certainly my take on it”
Just because you’ve won a Tony doesn’t mean you can rest on your laurels—at least according to Scarlett Johansson. The actress, who won her award for 2010’s A View from the Bridge, is currently starring in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But she isn’t taking the role lightly.
Interview: ‘Beautiful Creatures’ stars Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert talk Getting Cast and Bad Auditions
Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert also discuss working with the Beautiful Creatures cast and their advice to actors