And having her and Affleck stress the fact that there were over 100
speaking roles in the movie didn't hurt.
Casting directors are looking for one or two more actresses that are around 3 to 4 years old to play
a speaking role in the movie.
According to a sweeping industry study, only 31 percent of
speaking roles in movies go to women (and 29 percent to actors of color), and only 4.2 percent of women get to sit in the director's chair.
Another well - produced Errol Flynn release - and for film buffs, look fast for Gig Young, unbilled in an early
speaking role in the movie!
However, women had more
speaking roles in those movies, up two percentage points from 2016.
Not exact matches
Emmy award - winning actor and writer Bob Odenkirk
speaks with CNBC about his
role in the new
movie «The Post», why being not «that famous» is a good thing, and his take on the streaming media landscape.
Speaking about the film recently
in Los Angeles, Cera — who
in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the
role, and the way
in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes
in Grease or a Gene Kelly
movie.
After losing 35 pounds for her
role in the latest Star Wars
movie, she
spoke out against society's obsession with physical appearance
in saying, «We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane.»
I've also been featured
in three different exercise infomercials and had a
speaking role in a National Lampoons
movie.
Because Altman himself effortlessly swims
in a sea of friends and associates, he finds it easy to make
movies that do the same thing, and what's amazing is not how many characters there are
in «Nashville» (more than 25 significant
speaking roles) but how many major characters.
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt's new
movie Passengers is now casting a new
speaking role in Atlanta, Georgia.
«Deadpool» will have a comedic edge lacking
in most super-serious superhero
movies, and the
role Miller has been offered serves as an additional comic voice to compliment Deadpool, who often breaks the fourth wall and
speaks directly to the audience.
Speaking with Empire as part of the magazine's cover feature for the upcoming superhero
movie, The Wire alum talked about the rigorous process of getting
in the zone to play his
role.
Now that he's been officially confirmed for Captain America: Civil War, we can all look forward to our first glimpse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Spider - Man, and Tom Holland has been
speaking to Collider about his excitement for taking on the
role of the wall - crawler, and what he'd like to see explored
in the 2017 solo
movie and beyond.
Speaking of his involvement
in the Marvel
movie as well as
in «Star Wars episode VII», the actor told Variety: «I'm playing a
role (
in both films).
Rolling Stone recently
spoke with Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, portraying T'Challa (Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios
movie to put a person of color
in the lead
role and to feature a mostly black cast.
The self - confessed Marvel fan
spoke of how his mother revealed his dream of being
in the
movie two years ago — long before he landed the
role.
While doing the rounds to promote his small
role in the second Night at the Museum
movie, Steve Coogan stopped by BBC Radio One and
spoke to Edith Bowman.
The master of ceremonies here is obviously producer Jamie Beardsley, who
speaks knowledgeably about the
movie's origins with uncredited producer Walter Shenson, who enjoyed sizable annuities from his
role as a producer of A Hard Day's Night and Help, as well as the actual production and difficulties
in post.
I also think part of the reason I side with Ivory is how much Luca has
spoken about how he wanted to make the
movie «universal» so I can see that playing a
role in his decision to make the
movie more palatable for straight audiences and James getting frustrated with it.
Although the accolades went to Wiest (whose «Don't
speak» became the
movies most famous of lines), and Tilly is finally cast
in a
role that perfectly suits her personality, it's Chazz Palminteri that has the most surprising appeal, delivering a performance that is both threatening and comical at the same time.
If you are interested
in a
speaking role in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok
movie contact your talent agent for an audition.
The 32 - year - old «Social Network» star hasn't
spoken much about the negative reaction to his performance
in the Zack Snyder film until this weekend, when he told fans at MCM London Comic Con that he will reprise his
role in Snyder's upcoming Justice League
movies.
Karl Urban
spoke with
Movie Fanatic about his
role as Judge Dredd
in «Dredd» and the performance of co-star Lena Headey as Ma - Ma.
Hayden Christensen has
spoken about why he decided to quit acting after featuring
in the Star Wars prequel
movies, having been cast
in the
role of...
There are also good performances from supporting characters Miranda Richardson (The Bachelor, Merlin), Lisa Marie (Burton's wife, who has a habit of showing up
in small
roles in his films), Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman
movies), Ian McDiarmid (Restoration), Christopher Walken (Blast From the Past, The Rose Hotel), an unbilled cameo by Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones (Ravenous, Stuart Little), and a surprising decent Caspar Van Dien (The Omega Code, Starship Troopers), probably because the amount of
spoken time allotted to his character was kept at a minimum.
Still, this is a telling clarification of the best - actress discrepancy — the best directors simply aren't making many
movies starring women, probably because historically, Hollywood has proven itself to be uninterested
in telling stories about women, or even,
in many cases giving them
speaking roles.
Recently, TheWrap
spoke with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal's sister, about being turned down for a
role in a
movie because she was too old to play the love interest for a 55 - year - old man.
Cornerman starring Anthony Hopkins and directed by Rupert Friend is now casting a lead
speaking role in the new
movie.
In an interview with Comic Book
Movie, Johnathon Schaech
spoke about his upcoming
role as Jonah Hex and whether or not he'd watched the previous «Jonah Hex» feature film.
Speaking of Stone, shes OK
in the
movie, as shes clearly good at playing this kind of
role.
At the film's recent press day, Speedman
spoke about his creative collaboration with Egoyan with whom he worked previously on Adoration, how Egoyan wrote the
role specifically with him
in mind, why he was drawn to the complicated character and enjoyed the challenge of an enigmatic story, the backstory he created for his character, his research with the Kitchener - Waterloo detectives, working with Reynolds and Dawson, how they had fun while doing serious work on a dark
movie, and his upcoming films: October Gale, a romantic thriller with Patricia Clarkson, and Out of the Dark, a horror - thriller with Julia Stiles.
Casablanca, a 1942
movie set
in literally the same timeframe
in Morocco, gave more
speaking roles to a woman and a black man than Dunkirk.