Interview: Joe Bithorn, George Harrison from The Beatles Tribute Show, ‘Rain’
Joe: “It is like a dream job”
Walton Goggins: “An actor that tells you that they have real choices between material is, for the most part, lying”
Walton Goggins is best known for playing bad guys, like Justified’s Boyd Crowder and The Shield’s Shane Vendrell, but the actor doesn’t want everyone to think he’s some sort of criminal.
Adam Lambert Complains About the Music in ‘Les Mis’, Russell Crowe Actually Responds
I’m not into singing shows, so I admit I had to look up who Adam Lambert is when I started writing this story. Lambert — who was the runner-up on American Idol in 2009 — criticized Les Misérables director Tom Hooper’s decision to have the cast sing live during the production on his Twitter by saying,
Rosemarie DeWitt on ‘Promised Land’, Indie Films and Working with Matt Damon and John Krasinski
Rosemarie DeWitt has popped up everywhere recently, from the indie Your Sister’s Sister to the comedy The Watch. Now, with her role in Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land, DeWitt is showing other actors how to take on a variety of projects.
Samuel L. Jackson: “I’m not one of those actors who feels like audiences have to like him”
Samuel L. Jackson continues his long association with director Quentin Tarantino with a major role in Django Unchained. Jackson plays Stephen, the head slave on the plantation known as Candieland. A Tarantino film on its own is often a source of controversy, but the controversy surrounding Django Unchained is heightened because it deals with slavery.
Q & A: Sonja Sohn on ‘Burn Notice’ and Her Advice to Actors
Sonja: “Who gets the job is going to depend a lot of times on more than who gave the best audition”
SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award Recipient Dick Van Dyke on his Long and Wonderful Career (video)
The SAG Life Achievement Award is given for “outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession” and I can’t think of a better choice to receive this years award than Dick Van Dyke.
Awakened And Realizing Part Of Your Life Has Been Asleep
Unleashing that creative side after years of being bound by boringness is a beautiful thing
Scarlett Johansson: “I wanted to start playing adults — tough women who knew what it took to survive”
Scarlett Johansson has made her return to Broadway — her first time since her 2010 debut in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge — as Maggie in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
John C. McGinley on His ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Role: “Unless you are going to respect what David put on the page … I just think you might as well do a different play”
It’s been almost three decades since John C. McGinley last appeared on a Broadway stage, and he certainly didn’t choose to return under the radar. McGinley is starring in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross as Dave Moss alongside Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale.
Eddie Redmayne on Auditioning for ‘Les Mis’: “I never felt so terrified in my life”
With the long-awaited film adaptation Les Misérables a big hit at the box office as the year wraps up, the stars of the film have been opening up about how difficult the process of shooting the film was. One of those stars is Eddie Redmayne, who plays Marius in the film, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the daunting audition process and the challenge of singing live on set.
Ex-Management Sues Leah Remini for Commissions for Her New ABC Sitcom
Actress Leah Remini’s old management helped get her a lead role on the long-running sitcom The King of Queens and in movies like Old School, but according to Remini her current management had nothing to do with landing her latest sitcom role.
The Best and Worst Films of 2012
It’s that time of year where everyone and their alcoholic uncle are giving you their list of the best and worst films of 2012. So, we here at Daily Actor are jumping in, minus our drunk uncle.
Anne Hathaway on the Pressure of Singing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ in ‘Les Mis’: “Put aside all that bullshit and just do your job”
There are many memorable songs in Les Misérables, but perhaps none are as beloved as “I Dreamed a Dream,” which is sung by Fantine. Over the last few decades it has been recorded by everyone from Neil Diamond to Aretha Franklin, and turned middle-aged Scottish singer Susan Boyle into a household name with a single television performance.
Hugh Jackman on Singing Live for ‘Les Mis’: “It was a weird set to go on. It was a bunch of crazy people in the rain singing”
It’s now well-known that the filmmakers and actors had a unique approach to recording the music in Les Misérables. Unlike most movie musicals in which the songs are recorded before the shoot and the cast mimes to the music, Les Misérables features the cast recorded as they were singing live.
Barbra Streisand on ‘The Guilt Trip’, Challenging Herself and How She’s Difficult to Hire
It’s not easy to get Babs to agree to make a new film. Despite her appearances in the Meet the Parents series, Barbra Streisand chooses her projects carefully. And she’s the first one to admit that she might have made some diva-like requests before she agreed to star in the new film, The Guilt Trip.
Lizzy Caplan talks ‘Masters of Sex’, the Comedy Community and Choosing the Right Roles
Lizzy Caplan is such a good actress that you might actually believe she’s just like the roles she plays—a somewhat nerdy lawyer on New Girl, a druggie in the film Bachelorette. But the comedienne is just adept at “finding some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it’s the tiniest thing.”
Kit Harington on His ‘Game of Thrones’ Accent and Favorite Monologues
The cast of Game of Thrones has the right idea of how to bond with coworkers. Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the HBO series, admits they do “a bit of drinking to get to know each other.”
Yvonne Strahovski’s Broadway Debut in ‘Golden Boy’ is “a roller coaster ride, and nothing is not complicated”
Chuck and Dexter actress Yvonne Strahovski is making her Broadway debut in Golden Boy, a seventy-fifth anniversary revival of the boxing Clifford Odets drama.
Christoph Waltz on His ‘Overnight’ Success: “I had been trying for years. I was already giving up”
The incredible Christoph Waltz is a great example of how there are incredibly talented international actors that just need a single high-profile performance to break through to English-speaking audiences.