Jude Law: Filming ‘Anna Karenina’ was “intense, but in all the best ways’
Jude Law was ready to take on a challenging part in the new adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, in which he plays Karenina’s husband, Karenin.
Amber Tamblyn To Make Her Broadway Debut in ‘The Miss Firecracker Contest’ Revival
Amber Tamblyn will make her Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Beth Henley’s revival of The Miss Firecracker Contest.
Life of Pi’s Irrfan Khan: “We don’t have a culture of realistic acting in India”
Irrfan Khan has finally found roles that have helped him break away from Bollywood—with his newest turn in Ang Lee’s Life of Pi.
In Billy Ray Cyrus’ ‘Chicago’, Razors Hadn’t Been Invented Yet
Good ‘ole Billy Ray has decided to play Flynn with his soul patch and five o’clock shadow because in Billy Ray’s 1920’s, razors weren’t yet invented.
Jessica Chastain Almost Blew Off Her Final Audition for ‘The Help’
Jessica Chastain talked to Marie Claire magazine recently and said that she almost blew off the the final audition for her Oscar nominated role in The Help.
What is ‘Stage 32’?
Let’s say you are looking to connect with a writer for a film project or maybe you’re in need of a director of photography who has their own camera package to shoot your project, you might want to look at Stage 32.
Angus T. Jones Finds Religion and Asks Fans, “Please Stop Watching ‘Two and a Half Men'”
What is in the water over at Two and a Half Men? Whatever they are serving, I hope Jon Cryer doesn’t partake because I really like that guy.
Christopher Walken on Learning Lines, “Walkenized” Roles and the Advice He Offers Young Actors
Christopher Walken is very excited about A Late Quartet and has been talking about the film to just about anyone who wants to listen about the project.
Anthony Hopkins on Staying in Character Throughout a Film’s Production: “If actors want to do that, fine. If they want to be miserable, that’s up to them”
In a candid interview, Anthony Hopkins not only said he thought Oscar campaigning was “nauseating to watch,” he also was open about portraying such a famous cinema figure as Alfred Hitchcock in a movie and his thoughts on actors who choose to stay in character throughout a film’s production.
Don Cheadle Talks About the ‘Five Stages of an Actor’s Life’
Though most of the interview is focused on wristwatches (!), Don Cheadle has a few clever things to say about acting in films like Robert Zemeckis’ Flight and TV’s House of Lies in his recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Parker Posey: “A lot of people of my generation, who are part of the independent-film scene, the option is just to be a guest star on TV”
It’s hard to dispute that actress Parker Posey is the “Queen of the Indies”: Though she’s been a working film actress for twenty years, Posey’s work has almost entirely been in independent film. However, in the last several years she has also played a number of recurring and guest starring roles on television series, including Louie and New Girl.
Review: ‘Love Song’ at the Sargent Theater (NYC)
New York City’s The Seeing Place has constantly demonstrated that what it offers is versatility in its productions, but the only thing that never changes is the quality of the performance and the value of the ticket prices.
How to Stop Taking Things Personally at Auditions
Your perception and experience in an audition has nothing to do with what is actually happening
Bradley Cooper on ‘Silver Linings Playbook’: “I had never been asked to do a role that demanded that kind of dexterity and truth”
After watching Bradley Cooper play a horndog in the Hangover films, a dreadlocked gangster in Hit and Run, and supporting roles in comedies (both romantic and otherwise), it would be easy to doubt that he has the acting ability to pull off a dramatic lead role in a David O. Russell movie.
Anthony Hopkins Calls Oscar Campaigning “Nauseating to watch” and “Disgusting to behold”
If you run into Anthony Hopkins anytime between now and February, try to avoid bringing up the fact that his role as master film director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock is a potential Oscar favorite.
Tommy Lee Jones on Starring in ‘Lincoln’, the Research He Did and Thoughts on Improvisation
Among the many familiar faces in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is Tommy Lee Jones. Jones plays Thaddeus Stevens, a Pennsylvania Republican congressman who helped end slavery in the United States.
Chris Pine on Voicing His First Animated Film: “It’s a whole different art using your voice”
Pine spoke about why he decided to voice Jack Frost in the movie and what he got out of the gig
In Theaters: Red Dawn, Life of Pi, Anna Karenina and Holy Motors
Life of Pi is the film to see this holiday weekend
