Sentences with phrase «life actors playing»

Anyone with a keen eye will notice the real life actors playing the actors in said performance: Sam Neil as Odin, Luke Hemsworth (Chris Hemsworth's brother) as Thor, and Matt Damon as Loki.

Not exact matches

When paired onscreen with actors living fully in the present — playing characters who are defined by their relationship with the lead rather than by their own complicated backstories — DiCaprio is again made to suffer.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander prove they are two of the top actors working today as they play a couple whose lives crumble after rescuing a baby adrift in a rowboat.

Here's one, paraphrased: Actors are often asked what they bring from real life to the roles they play.

During this week's «Saturday Night Live» cold open, actor Robert De Niro played the role of special counsel Bob Mueller conducting a lie detector test with President Trump attorney Michael Cohen, played by De Niro's former «Meet the Fockers» and

A songwriter might need accompanying musicians; an author might need a designer to do good work in designing a book cover; a playwright will need actors and a theater to bring her play to life.

Wilf has a look of Leon, the actor who starred in Cool Runnings — which coincidentally was also on the idiot box over the Bank Holiday weekend — and also in Madonna's controversial Like a Prayer video, in which he played a statue of Jesus which miraculously came to life (possibly to run away from Madonna).

Many Chelsea supporters fondly recall seeing the recently deceased actor Rodney Bewes in the East Stand at Stamford Bridge, and today's fixture played a significant cameo in his life.

If I was being extremely cynical I might argue that this is one of the main reasons why actors are so keen to play real life political figures.

On Thursday at 6 p.m. in Manhattan, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC holds «a festival of legislative theatre confronting mass incarceration and collateral consequences of conviction,» with an advocacy fair followed by «original plays based on community actors» lived experiences of discrimination based on past arrest or conviction.»

Actor Alec Baldwin, who plays Trump on Saturday Night Live, also made a push for city programs, including IDNYC.

On Friday at 6 p.m. in Manhattan, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC holds «a festival of legislative theatre confronting mass incarceration and collateral consequences of conviction,» with an advocacy fair followed by «original plays based on community actors» lived experiences of discrimination based on past arrest or conviction.»

Many who have had to adjust to a new life abroad will relate to the loneliness, confusion, and alienation felt by Bob Harris, the American businessman in Tokyo played by actor Bill Murray in the movie Lost in Translation.

He says that he has been a life - long fan of Deadpool, so it was unthinkable for him to allow any other actor to play him.

The Actor Who Plays Pennywise is Gorgeous in Real Life.

The Actors Who Play Jon Snow and Ygritte Are a Real - Life Couple Ironically, the BBC says one of the aims of The Real Hustle — a spin - off from the popular BBC1 drama Hustle — is to demonstrate to the public how to

The actors, who play spouses on the Netflix series Gypsy, are now dating in real life, according to AJ Lee On If CM Punk Knew About Her Bipolar Disorder Before Dating, If She Has More Wrestling Goals

When two or more characters in a show are played by actors who have some form of real - life...

The first question that confronts one when examining Luke and Acts is whether they were written by the same person, as A 2016 interview with Mr Porter notes that Welsh actor Luke Evans, who plays Gaston in the new live - action remake of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, was single.

The actors, who play spouses on the Netflix series Gypsy, are now dating in real life, according to

The film recounts the life and loves of Guitry's actor / father Lucien, with Guitry playing both himself and his dad.

These are good actors playing roles that were once sketches, and we're grateful to have them breathing real life into them.

There's plenty of raw material here for the kind of ruminative portrait that Haley did so well previously with Danner: Lee's divorce (his ex is played by Elliott's real - life spouse Katharine Ross), his strained relationship with his adult daughter (Krysten Ritter), and his refuge in the company of Jeremy (Nick Offerman), a friendly weed dealer and ex-child actor with whom Lee once worked on a series.

Before he was a made - for - TV wacko, Gary Busey was a pretty fine actor — and never better than when he played the title role in 1978's «The Buddy Holly Story,» a biopic of the «50s rock star whose life ended early.

There is also a wacky cameo by a beloved actor playing the biggest role of his life.

Born January 26th, 1966, Rainn Wilson is best known for playing über - nerd Dwight Schrute on the NBC comedy The Office, actor Rainn Wilson parlayed a Broadway career into screen work that began with a role on the daytime soap One Life to Live.

When he was barely an adolescent, the young actor made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the acclaimed play Conversations With My Father and landed a recurring role on the short - lived sitcom Drexell's Class around the same time.

Also impressive is director Wenders» use of his and Lisa Rinzler's shoots in Assisi, black - and - white, deliberately faded and silent film, showing an actor playing St. Francis who at the key point in his life heard God tell him to restore a dilapidated church — which I believe he did thinking that God's will is more important than his father's rage at the saint's alleged throwing away his money.

Young actor Gonzalez voices 12 - year - old Miguel Rivera, whose only wish in life is to play the guitar like his idol, the late, legendary Ernesto de la Cruz (Bratt).

Host David Steinberg interviews comedian and actor Chris Rock, who talks about his influences including his minister grandfather and Eddie Murphy, the type of material that plays across all cultural boundaries, his respect for Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, and his struggle for fame and success in the years after he left «Saturday Night Live.»

Up in the flak - filled clouds, Louis (English actor Jack O'Connell) flashes back to his childhood in the 1920s, as a scrappy immigrant kid (played by C. J. Valleroy) in Torrance, Calif., heading for a life of violence and petty crime.

Hammer landed two of his first major roles at polar opposite ends of the dramatic spectrum: one playing the young Christian evangelical minister Billy Graham in actor - turned - director Robby Benson's chronicle of Graham's early life, Billy: The Early Years (2008), and another playing the son of Satan on the small screen fantasy adventure series Reaper.

His mother sends the kid off from the slums of Baltimore to live with her estranged parents, the Rev. and Mrs, Cobbs (played by Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker, and Oscar nominated best supporting actress Angela Bassett both of whom for their work in films «The Last King of Scotland», and «What's Love Got To Do With It?»)

Berg, the actor who played Billy Kronk on television's «Chicago Hope,» delights in exploiting the dark side of life.

This proves well - nigh impossible; Abe, the self - described «king of the Hollywood extras,» is not only a play - actor in Tinseltown but in life itself, refusing to take on any real responsibilities, least of all the responsibility of parenthood.

After breaking through with films made by an emerging avant garde — including Josh Trank's Chronicle, Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines and Josh Krokidas» Kill Your Darlings — this year the 28 - year - old actor has starred in two very of - the - moment genres, first playing Harry Osborn, Peter Parker's childhood pal turned homicidal supervillain Green Goblin, in The Amazing Spider - Man 2, and now appearing opposite Aubrey Plaza in the zombie comedy Life After Beth.

But as in his previous film, Crazy Heart, for which Jeff Bridges won an Oscar playing an alcoholic country and western singer, the writer - director Scott Cooper is able to rely on his actors to give life to characters and situations which might otherwise seem tired.

Doctor Strange is one of the few mainstream comic characters that could be played by an actor of any age, and yes, Marvel will probably go relatively young for the part, but this is a role that could benefit being brought to life by a more experienced actor.

Producer / actor Danny Abeckaser plays Dino Lapron, the best friend of real - life mob hitman Richard Kuklinski, in The Iceman, Israeli director Ariel Vromen's fascinating portrait of the notorious contract killer of the 70's and 80's.

The movie finds Lanthimos re-teaming with his Lobster star Colin Farrell, with the Irish actor playing a surgeon with a seemingly placid domestic life, married to Nicole Kidman's searching mother and raising two kids.

Reeve Carney - Singer and Actor Reeve Carney, who played the part of Peter Parker in U2's Broadway musical Spiderman preforming live at The Workmans Club, Dublin.Reeve is also in Dublin filming Horror series Penny Dreadful playing the part of Dorian Gray - Dublin, Ireland - Sunday 2nd March 2014 (19 Pictures)

«The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel» is a 2012, Golden Globe - nominated dramedy with an all - star cast of veteran actors playing seniors looking to re-live their youth and re-charge their lives by traveling to India and staying at a newly built, but poorly constructed hotel.

From THE DARK KNIGHT to a whole new kind of adventurous heroics, Welsh actor Christian Bale is reportedly set to play a real - life thrill - seeker...

The latest character posters for Mission Impossible 5 features the British actor known for playing icky villains or low - lives in small UK productions (remember his Drexl - type drug dealer in Harry Brown or his assassin in A Lonely Place To Die?)

And indeed, the greatest pleasure comes from watching this trio of exceptional actors breath life into a film that does absolute justice both to their talents, and to the multi-faceted characters they play.

The real - life couple play an actor out to prove himself and his girlfriend.

The only thing in it that is actually «live» is the boy Mowgli, played by preteen actor Neel Sethi.

A cinematic time capsule of sorts in that you're essentially watching a kid (both the character and actor playing him) grow up before your very eyes, the film has some really poignant things to say about adolescence, parenting and life in general.

The SPOTLIGHT Best Actor in a Play Benedict Cumberbatch — After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton David Suchet — All My Sons at the Apollo Matthew Macfadyen — Private Lives at the Vaudeville Rory Kinnear — Hamlet at the National, Olivier & Measure for Measure at the Almeida Simon Russell Beale — Deathtrap at the Noel Coward & London Assurance at the National, Olivier Toby Stephens — The Real Thing at the Old Vic