Sentences with phrase «film role choices»

Since embarking on Park Chan - wook and Jim Jarmusch signed films, Wasikowska (who was in Park City with Nicolas Pesce's Piercing) has ben making some radical film role choices and so we got to speak to her and chat with Chris Ohlson on how his partnership has evolved.

Not exact matches

Eisenberg had such passion for Rollers, a small indie film, that he not only maintained his commitment to the role throughout its two years of fundraising but also helped its producers with casting choices and other key decisions.

Freeman (director Jackson's first choice for the title role) is inspired casting as Bilbo Baggins, and makes for a more likeable protagonist than Wood's rather other - worldly Frodo (who, along with Holm as the older Bilbo, makes an appearance in the film's opening framing story).

Carole Shelley's film appearances of the 1990s have included such choice character roles as Mrs. Hookstratten in The Road to Wellville (1994) and Charles Van Doren's (Ralph Fiennes) aunt in Quiz Show (1994).

While many of his talkie roles at Warners were bits, Blue was given choice supporting roles in such films as Across the Pacific (1942), Mask of Dimitrios (1944) and especially Key Largo (1948).

Each actor is always typecast and plays it «safe» when it comes to making choices in their movies, but this film is a complete role reversal and shows what they are capable of doing.

And on Sunday, Margot Robbie was announced the winner of the Critics» Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie for her role in the comic inspired film.

Award winner: Margot Robbie has won the Critics» Choice Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie for her role in Suicide Squad - despite the film being slammed by critics earlier this year

Stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Gugu Mbatha - Raw and Josh Gad together with director Bill Condon open up about the uniqueness of Belle as a Disney princess in the new «Beauty and the Beast» film, how important she is for 21st century women as a role model - industrious, learned and courageous as she is - and why Emma is the perfect choice for the role.

Perhaps the weakest part of this otherwise powerhouse film is the choice by Tarantino to cast himself in a prominent role.

Whilst the focus of many reviews of Lost in Translation has been on the renaissance of Bill Murray's career, Coppola's choice in casting him in the starring role and to juxtapose him with Scarlett Johansson is inspired in its exploitation of his deadpan, ironic screen persona established in films like Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993).

There's a report now saying that Joaquin Phoenix is Eastwood's top choice for another role in the film: associate FBI director and reported Hoover paramour Clyde Tolson.

Chazelle has been attached to the film since just after Whiplash, and Gosling has always been his first choice for the role.

Reeves» career choices after Speed were eclectic: despite his successes, Reeves continued to accept supporting roles and appear in experimental films.

all three are great choices, but I agree with # 15 I can see him playin'the father or something but still have a strong role, or better yet put them all in the film, and we got something great!!

The specificity of Anderson's position as a highly wanted and recognized filmmaker can be seen in the very casting of Cruise, arguably the most popular Hollywood star at the time, while the choice of giving him an unusual, even unnatural and very complicated role in the film is a testament to the director's vision, courage and remarkable self - confidence.

Bill Nighy seems like a more unusual choice, though his role as a vampire overlord in the Underworld films could be seen as tangentially similar to the Ancient One.

Perceived whitewashing aside, the double role is a really cool choice, and I'm eager to see what it means for the film's ideas and what it brings out of McGregor.

That's the first thought I had when Black Mass director Scott Cooper confirmed her role in the film had been cut due to «narrative choices.»

Larson, who won the Best Actress Academy Award for Room earlier this year, is the first choice to play the role in the upcoming film Captain Marvel.

Deathstroke has THE breakout & choicest role in the film.

Of course, Ryan Reynolds is reprising his role in the film, and in true Deadpool style, Reynolds took to twitter to joke about the casting choice.

Starting with his breakthrough role in the timeless classic «The Graduate» to his highly praised turn in his upcoming film, «The Meyerowitz Stories,» Dustin's wide range of roles — often portraying antiheroes or the marginalized — and the creative choices he has embodied in these complex characters, has firmly placed him amongst the most compelling actors to have graced the screen,» said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center.

As allegations about Kevin Spacey's history of sexual assault and predation began to mount, Scott took the unprecedented step of recasting his part and reshooting key portions of the film; ironically, that meant giving the role of tycoon J. Paul Getty to Scott's first choice, Christopher Plummer, who had been passed over by the studio in favor of the more «bankable» Spacey.

Indeed, Offerman has quite a bit in common with his signature creation — like Swanson, he's a genuinely talented furniture maker — but in recent years he's broken from his man's man persona to branch out with more dramatic roles in films like The Founder and the second series of FX's «Fargo,» for which he received a Critics» Choice Television Award nomination.

As for Matthew McConaughey, he's been revitalized of late taking a diverse array of roles in films like «The Paperboy,» «Bernie,» «Magic Mike,» and «Killer Joe» (he's gonna have a helluva 2012), and this is another leftfield choice from an actor suddenly challenging himself.

In a way, one can make the connection to the film itself, in which Tilda Swinton agreed to play the role of Marianne if her voice is never heard, giving her character a throat surgery recovery angle that effectively makes her play the entire role with body language, save for a few choice moments when she must speak, albeit in a nearly inaudible whisper.

Given that he frequently makes «world's sexiest» lists Michael Fassbender made a brave choice taking this movie role which sees him wear papier - mâché mask for most of the film.

Word of mouth is likely to be fueled by Vince Vaughn as an Ebonics - spouting, big pimpin» manager and The Rock as his aspiring actor bodyguard, and they indeed provide the biggest laughs in the entire film; and in smaller roles Cedric the Entertainer and Andre Benjamin also have some choice moments.

I really liked what he did with the film from the music choices to the casting choices even smaller roles like RZA as Steve were hilarious!

Because her thinking man's Ilsa act in The Reader is at least conceptually riskier than her put - upon dishrag Debbie Downer in Revolutionary Road, we were that close to throwing her by the wayside in this category, especially because there's a clearly superior crypto - leading role in the mix (Rosemarie DeWitt, whose titular character in Rachel Getting Married has been shut out of a lot of races thus far, but we feel anyone who actually watches enough of the film to justify throwing their vote toward frontrunner Anne Hathaway should have no other choice but to recognize DeWitt's equally tricky, equally attention - stealing performance).

A year later, he received Golden Globe, SAG Award and Critics» Choice Award nominations for his work in the title role of the indie film «Lars and the Real Girl.»

Garland makes different choices than you'd expect in several ways (including the film's depiction of gender roles), which are interesting, but they still have to be believable and not all of them are.

The Bridesmaids filmmaker revealed the White House Down heartthrob is his top choice to play one of the lead roles in the upcoming film, which he is currently developing, reported Cinema Blend.

I spoke with Hooper (Les Misérables, The King's Speech) about his aesthetic choices for the film and how he felt about the pushback he received from some members in the LGBTQ community for casting Redmayne, a cisgender male actor, in the role of Lili.

To which director Ridley Scott said a hearty «watch me» — then went about re-casting the role with Christopher Plummer (said to be Scott's original choice) and re-assembling the cast for a rush of last - minute re-shoots, promising to get the film in as close to the original release date as possible.

Perhaps true, Sandy, but the Best Actress Award always goes to the actress with the most powerful performance in a film of high merit, such as Streep's two Oscar wins, for Sophie's Choice as Best Actress and for Kramer vs. Kramer as Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Oscar - winner Octavia Spencer («The Help») is a throwaway casting choice as Amity Johanna (who has more of a role in the novels), and Oscar - nominated Naomi Watts has barely ten lines in the whole film (though she is gifted with the closing scene of the film — a scene that was drastically changed from the book).

* Update: Camilla Belle (When a Stranger Calls) is the choice for the lead role of Eve in the film, says Deadline...

McConaughey continues his trend of smart role choices and delivers a great performance — balancing Mud in a tricky space between likability and menace - but again, there is more implied about the character and his complexity than the film actually explores.

In 2009, director Steven Soderbergh made an interesting casting choice by placing adult film star Sasha Grey in the lead role of his film THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE.

But I really shouldn't bury the lede: if you are going to catch The Infiltrator (and here, your Cranston fandom and / or your interest in drug war films not starring Emily Blunt will surely factor in), you should know that you get to see Diane Kruger rock some serious fashion while nailing the tricky role of a smart and rookie undercover agent playing Bob's arm candy fiancée, you get to witness Olympia Dukakis chew scenery as Mazur's Aunt Vicki, who's not as clean - cut as her nephew, and you get to watch Amy Ryan... well, sadly not all the women could get choice roles here, now could they?

Co-writer and director Phillips reportedly met with Phoenix before the new year and settled on the actor as his top choice to star in the film, with sources saying that Phoenix has now decided to agree to the role, although studio negotiations have not yet begun.

John Cena, the first and only choice for the role, is currently attached to the film, which is being produced by Platinum Dunes, Michael Bay's production company.

Acting in films and television since his late teens, Nicholson landed a choice role in his friends» film, Easy Rider, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Music and pop culture plays an integral role throughout in «setting the scene,» as it were, and Gerwig's choices for the songs that play in various key moments are almost always pitch - perfect (Dave Matthews Band's «Crash into Me» figures prominently in the narrative — and, as an aside, will be stuck in your head for days after seeing the film).

Lee targeted both Christian Bale and Colin Firth for the villain role in the film, but both declined and now, according to Twitch, Lee's moved onto his third choice, Clive Owen.

The IP Awareness Foundation aims to highlight the role of copyright and how the choices consumers make can contribute to the future of the film and television community in Australia.

Aston's new flagship was thrust into the limelight, making a starring role as James Bond's car of choice in the 2002 film, Die Another Day.

Paramount and Warner Bros. are co-producing a film adaptation of the novel, and this week we learned of director Stephen Daldry's surprising choice for the lead role.