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    Pedro Pascal's Idea of 'Polished' 'Wonder Woman 1984' Villain Rejected by Patty Jenkins

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    The ‘Game of Thrones’ alum reveals he initially thought Michael Douglas’ classic “Wall Street” character Gordon Gekko would be the perfect inspiration for his Max Lord, but the director didn’t want the baddie to be so polished.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Pedro Pascal had to ditch plans to base his new “Wonder Woman 1984” villain on Michael Douglas’ classic “Wall Street” character, because director Patty Jenkins didn’t want his baddie to be so polished.
    The former “Game of Thrones” star initially thought cold and calculating businessman Gordon Gekko in his power suit would be the perfect character to draw inspiration from for his Max Lord, but he was forced to abandon that idea after a chat with Jenkins.
    “She pulled me away from that,” Pascal explained to The Associated Press. “She was like, ‘That’s not the polish that we’re after.’ ”
    Instead, Jenkins steered him in a slightly different direction, and the actor ended up loving that take on Lord, a minor TV personality and aspiring oil tycoon. “What we went after was so much more unpredictable and exposed,” he said.

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    “The thing that would ultimately anchor me to him was far more vulnerable than what a Gordon Gekko-type would be.”
    In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Pascal weighed in on what he thinks his character’s perception of his himself. “I think that he strives to see himself as a part of an ideal, and in a way that so many of us do.”
    He continued, “Whether it’s the perfect body on Instagram or just like the perfect day expressed on Facebook, the perfect job, the perfect life, ‘living my best life,’ whatever version of that — which I think in the era that WW1984 takes place is pretty clear to us, that kind of unbridled excess, a very specific definition of success and whatever the quote-unquote American dream is,” he shared. “I think that he strives to be seen that way, is desperate to see himself that way, and is unwilling to see himself for who or what he really is.”
    “Wonder Woman 1984”, which stars Gal Gadot as the titular superhero, premieres in U.S. theatres and on streaming service HBO Max on Christmas Day (December 25). It was pushed back from its planned June 5 release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Christopher Nolan Came Up With Idea for 'Tenet' While Making 'Memento'

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    The director of ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy reveals he developed story for his latest time-bending movie from an idea he came up with during the making of his 2000 movie.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Filmmaker Christopher Nolan first came up with the idea for “Tenet” while making “Memento” 20 years ago.
    The director has always been interested in exploring metaphysical themes in his work, and in his summer blockbuster “Tenet”, John David Washington stars as a secret agent who has to embark on a time-bending mission to prevent World War III.
    However, Nolan reveals the initial kernel of the idea came to him two decades ago as he worked on psychological thriller “Memento” with Guy Pearce.

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    “I had this notion of just a bullet getting sucked out of the wall and into the barrel of a gun,” he told Complex, explaining the inspiration behind his use of time inversion in the opening scenes of the 2000 movie.
    “It’s an image that I had in Memento to demonstrate the structure of that movie, but I always harboured this ambition to make a film where the characters had to deal with the physical reality of that.”
    “In a way, an idea comes to the fore when the time is right for it, and it’s a hard process to quantify, so I was doing all these other things. There are things that you learn how to make and everything in Tenet, interestingly, on the surface of it, they’re all versions of action or particular ways of filming things that I’ve tried before in a different form. You’re building on what you’ve done in the past.”
    “Tenet” which surpassed $200 million at global box office has debuted at the top of the final U.K.’s Official Film Chart of 2020. The film notched up 149,000 sales across disc and digital to outsell the rest of the top five combined.

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    Paul Bettany Hides Gift From 'A Knight's Tale' Director in Basement and Never Opens It

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    The Vision depicter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe reveals the unusual ‘gift’ he received from director Brian Helgeland after they were done filming their 2001 movie.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Paul Bettany received his “penis back” at the end of filming “A Knight’s Tale”.
    The British actor stripped for his role in the 2001 movie and director Brian Helgeland marked the end of the shoot by presenting his leading man with a reel of film featuring all the outtakes of shots of him in the nude.
    Paul said, “(My best wrap gift was from) Brian Helgeland. Because of the absence of any (modesty) sock, there were lots and lots of strips of film that got cut that had… well, he gave me my penis back is essentially what happened.”
    “He gave me a reel of film that I have never opened but I still have in my basement, that is every frame of my penis cut from A Knight’s Tale.”
    Paul only shot the scene without any form of covering because the alternative he was offered was even more embarrassing than walking around naked.
    Discussing his most memorable on set moment, he said, “Walking down a road with no clothes on in A Knight’s Tale still holds the trophy.”

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    “It was like someone’s anxiety dream. I remember, the dresser came in my trailer with a Day-Glo sock.”
    “I’m really nervous about having to shoot this scene, but the one thing that could be more humiliating than being naked and walking down a street is being naked but for a Day-glo sock. So I chose to go sans sock.”
    “The Avengers” star – who has two children with his actress wife Jennifer Connelly – admitted he is “very bad” about stealing from film sets, but the first time he did it was for a purpose that served him well.
    He explained to Total Film magazine, “I started off well and nicked all the suits from Gangster No. 1 because I couldn’t afford suits. I was able to audition in them for years!”
    And more recently, he took home a replica of his head made for his role as Vision in the Marvel movie, much to his wife’s disgust.
    He said, “My wife hates it, so she keeps hiding it, but I always find it and put it back. It is pretty creepy. It’s like some bodiless spectral apparition. You walk into the room and go, ‘Ah!’ ”

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    'Die Hard' Stars Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia Top 2020 Holiday Movie Couples Poll

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    The John McClane depicter and his onscreen wife are ranked first as the favorite movie couple this year in a new poll, beating onscreen couples in rom-com movies.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Die Hard” stars Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia have topped a new poll to find the top holiday movie couples.
    Over 2,000 film fans took part in Fandango’s new survey for Vudu, and Bruce’s John McClane and his estranged wife, Holly, have come out on top, beating “It’s a Wonderful Life” pair James Stewart and Donna Reed.
    “Die Hard” is not your traditional Christmas classic, but it has become a holiday favourite in recent years – and it appears fans love to watch the McClanes find love again during a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles highrise.

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    “Throughout this challenging holiday season, many couples have faced hard times and feel that the sparks between Bruce & Bonnie in Die Hard ignite the ultimate big screen love affair,” Fandango managing editor Erik Davis says. “In my opinion, Die Hard is the epic Christmas romance for our crazy, unpredictable times.”
    Meanwhile, Kate Winslet and Jack Black’s friendship in “The Holiday” wraps up the top three, while their co-stars, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law, also make the top 10 at 10.
    The full top 10 is:
    Bonnie Bedelia & Bruce Willis (“Die Hard”)
    Donna Reed & James Stewart (“It’s a Wonderful Life”)
    Kate Winslet & Jack Black (“The Holiday”)
    Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks (“Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail”)
    Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal (“When Harry Met Sally”)
    Queen Latifah and LL Cool J (“Last Holiday”)
    Martine McCutcheon & Hugh Grant (“Love, Actually”)
    Monica Calhoun & Morris Chestnut (“The Best Man Holiday”)
    Cate Blanchett & Rooney Mara (“Carol”)
    Cameron Diaz & Jude Law (“The Holiday”)

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    'Mad Max' Prequel Scheduled for 2023 Release

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    The upcoming movie that is expected to focus on a young Furiosa before she teamed up with Max Rockatansky in the ‘Fury Road’ has been set for summer 2023 release.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The “Mad Max” prequel, starring “The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy, is set to be released on June 23, 2023.
    George Miller’s new movie, which will focus on the character of Furiosa, has had a release date scheduled by Warner Bros.
    Anya-Taylor Joy will play the lead role in the upcoming film, which tracks the story of of Imperator Furiosa before she teamed up with Max Rockatansky in “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
    The 24-year-old actress has taken over the part from Charlize Theron, who portrayed Furiosa in 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” – the movie that revived the action franchise in which Tom Hardy replaced Mel Gibson in the role of Max.
    Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have also been cast as the characters of Dementus and Pretorian respectively.

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    George is producing the film with long-term partner Doug Mitchell and has penned the script with “Fury Road” co-writer Nico Lathouris.
    Anya recently explained how she is desperate to do her own stunts in the movie.
    The “Peaky Blinders” star said, “I’ve never wanted to do anything halfway and I have been looking forward to a role like this for my whole life. So yes, I will be doing as much as I can physically do.”
    Miller admitted he felt it was necessary to cast a younger actress in the flick as he did not feel the technology was good enough to de-age Charlize.
    The 75-year-old director said, “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-ageing on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet.”
    “Despite the valiant attempts on The Irishman, I think there’s still an uncanny valley. Everyone is on the verge of solving it, particularly Japanese video-game designers, but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.”

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    Shia LaBeouf Fired by Olivia Wilde From Her Movie 'Don't Worry Darling'

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    Rumor has it, the ‘Honey Boy’ actor didn’t leave Olivia Wilde’s movie on his own accord but being let go by the actress-turned-director and replaced by Harry Styles.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Olivia Wilde allegedly fired Shia LaBeouf from her new movie “Don’t Worry Darling” and replaced him with Harry Styles, according to a new report.
    Back in September, it was announced that Shia had dropped out because of a scheduling conflict, but now Variety sources claim Olivia felt she had to let him go.
    “Though shooting had not started yet when LaBeouf departed, insiders close to the project say LaBeouf displayed poor behavior and his style clashed with the cast and crew, including Wilde, who ultimately fired him,” a statement from the trade publication reads.
    “Wilde didn’t respond to requests for comment for this story. LaBeouf’s publicist declined to comment. A representative from New Line also declined to comment on the matter.”
    A source tells the outlet, “He is not an easy guy to work with.”

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    Wilde has also spoken out in support of singer and actress FKA twigs, who recently came forward with allegations of sexual and emotional abuse against Shia, her former boyfriend.
    Meanwhile, LaBeouf’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, has revealed the actor is planning to start 2021 in an intensive treatment facility to work on his issues.
    “Shia needs help and he knows that,” Holley tells Variety. “We are actively seeking the kind of meaningful, intensive, long-term inpatient treatment that he desperately needs.”
    Olivia Wilde is not the only star kicking Shia LaBeouf out of her project.
    Sia also distanced herself from the embattled actor following FKA twigs’ lawsuit. The “Chandelier” hitmaker said she was, too, was emotionally hurt by the actor during their fling. She cut him from her movie “Music” and recruited Kate Hudson as a replacement.

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    Hugh Grant Initially Agreed With Criticisms Over Renee Zellweger's Casting as Bridget Jones

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    The ‘Two Weeks Notice’ actor reveals he was left unimpressed at first by the casting of an American actress to play the lead role in the British rom-com.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Hugh Grant thought it was a “stretch” for American actress to play British Bridget Jones in the film adaptations of the books at first.
    When Renee Zellweger was cast in the titular role in the movie versions of Helen Fielding’s beloved books, there was a national outcry over why a British actress hadn’t been picked for the role.
    And in a new BBC Two documentary titled “Being Bridget Jones”, Grant – who played Daniel Cleaver in the films – admitted he also had doubts about whether or not Renee would do the role justice.
    “There was a whole scandal about why isn’t this a British actress?” he said. “I didn’t know Renee Zellweger, and a Texan playing a British character, it did seem like a stretch.”

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    Renee worked hard to nail the British accent she needed to play Bridget, with Hugh adding he was “startled” at first to hear that she sounded just like Queen Elizabeth’s sister Princess Margaret.
    “She was told to kind of, well she thought she better loosen it up a bit,” Hugh said, adding that a week later Renee’s accent “was bang on.”
    Renee played Bridget in “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2001, “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” in 2004, and “Bridget Jones’s Baby” in 2016.
    In a 2016 interview, the actress revealed she kept her British accent even when the camera was not rolling. “It’s just really lazy. I don’t want to do the work to get back into everyday,” so she explained.
    She also worked behind the scenes on the ITV breakfast show “Good Morning Britain” to perfect her portrayal as the unlucky-in-love TV producer.

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    Demi Moore Felt Like 'Guinea Pig' Filming 'Songbird' at the Start of Pandemic

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    The ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’ actress reveals she and her cast mates were aware that they became a ‘test case’ to find out the safe way to work on the set amid pandemic.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Demi Moore was aware, while filming “Songbird” amid the coronavirus pandemic, that she and the cast were “guinea pigs.”
    The “Ghost” actress leads the cast in director Michael Bay’s pandemic-themed romantic thriller and she admitted they were all very aware that they were the “test case” in how the movie industry can now operate because they were the first to start filming in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
    She said, “It was the first film from what I understand, to get the green light (to start filming).”
    “So in a way I felt like we were the guinea pigs. We were the test case to see if it could work as they were slowly rolling out a new version of how we can work safely.”
    Demi – who plays Piper Griffin in the film – believes the movie offers a “cautionary tale” and depicts everyone’s “worst nightmare” amid the coronavirus crisis.
    She explained, “It’s about a pandemic in the future and I think it’s a cautionary tale. It’s the version of what happens in our worst nightmare with this virus.”

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    “It’s looking at a world that has separated between those who have and those who have not and the desperation and fear that can take over…”
    “My character is a woman, mother and a wife who has resorted to some black market dealing to survive for her family.”
    “And it’s a world where if you’re immune to the virus, which my character is, you have almost a free pass to move about where everyone else cannot.”
    When it comes to the rest of the career, the G.I. Jane star has always sought roles she felt were “provocative” or could teach her something about herself.
    She said in a recent interview, “I was definitely moved by things that were provocative. And I don’t mean just in a sexual context, but things that really pushed us to think outside the box.”
    “And in the very early days for me, I think so much of what inspired and moved me was about exploring how to love myself, how to find myself and in looking at different ways to discover the different pieces of me.”

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