Ben Kingsley on Playing a War Criminal in ‘Operation Finale’ and How He Leaves His Character On-Set
“He never got close to me, he never got near me, he never infected me.” – Sir Ben Kingsley on Playing the Evil Adolf Eichmann
Interview: Hera Hilmar on ‘An Ordinary Man’, Auditioning and Working with Sir Ben Kingsley
Hilmar chats about working with Kingsley, the research she did for the film, getting her start in Iceland and her time at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Interview: Rob Meyer On His Directorial Debut, ‘A Birder’s Guide To Everything’, Working With Ben Kingsley and More!
Rob: “I’ll always remember getting that email from the casting director saying it’s looking good, dates permitting, with Sir Ben”
Chris Evans on Why Acclaimed Actors are Doing Marvel Movies: “We don’t just love good performances. We love good movies. And Marvel has the Midas touch”
The upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier seems to have even more buzz than usual surrounding it, which says a lot considering few movies generate as much buzz these days as a Marvel movie. While audiences definitely gave Captain America: The First Avenger high marks, it seemed like star Chris
Review: ‘A Birder’s Guide to Everything’ Starring Kodi Smit McPhee & Ben Kingsley
A movie about four 15-year old high school students searching for an extinct duck just became one of my (so far) favorite movies of the year. A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a delightfully charming (and sometimes sad) story of David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a young bird watcher. I mean
Rebecca Hall on ‘Iron Man 3’: “This is not ever the kind of film that I wanted to do”
One of the most surprising members of the cast of Iron Man 3 is Rebecca Hall, who plays scientist Maya Hansen. Hall has had a prolific career since her first film in 2006, but had never been in any sort of big budget film until appearing alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man 3.
Ben Kingsley: “I think when actors are playing villains, the best key is not to look at how evil they can be, but to look into their total conviction”
Without spoiling much, Ben Kingsley absolutely steals the show in Iron Man 3. He plays the Mandarin, a terrorist who controls the television airwaves in order to broadcast his vicious acts.
Ben Kingsley on Acting in a 3D Film: “The 3D camera has such X-ray capacity that you almost have to modify your acting to a terrifying degree”
One of the best-reviewed films of 2012 is Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, and a large part of the praise comes from both the film’s use of 3D and Ben Kingsley’s portrayal of early film pioneer Georges Melies.
Ben Kingsley: “The lesson I learned is that every aspect of the character has to be bigger than me”
Oscar winner Ben Kingsley might have turned in one his finest performances in Hugo, but the award-winner admits he wasn’t always the acclaimed actor he’s often praised for being.
