It’s Complicated
Baldwin plays Jake Adler in this comedy directed by Nancy Meyers. Jane Adler and Jake Adler, long divorced, reignite the spark in their relationship while attending their son’s college graduation. They embark on an affair, hiding from their children and his new wife. Co-starring Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.
When you do a movie that you like or you’re hopeful about, you’ll go to any lengths if it seems right.
It’s Complicated
Streep plays Jane Adler in this comedy directed by Nancy Meyers. Jane Adler and Jake Adler, long divorced, reignite the spark in their relationship while attending their son’s college graduation. They embark on an affair, hiding from their children and his new wife. Co-starring Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.
I don’t think if we had romped through half of this movie completely naked it would have added to the film. It’s about the intimacy of marriage and the comfort and the mess of it. It felt like what we did was exactly right.
According to Greta
Duff stars in the indie film According to Greta. Duff plays the main character, Greta, who is a suicidal teenager living with her grandparents for the summer. Throughout her summer Greta gets involved with a boy who has a criminal past and tries to drown herself while out sailing. The film also features actors Evan Ross, Michael Murphy and Ellen Burstyn.
It was a different character for me. It’s a coming of age story for a young girl. She has this list and plans to enter life before her eighteenth birthday. I think it’s a cry for help, trying to be noticed and trying to find her place in the world.
Brothers
Portman plays Grace Cahill in the war drama Brothers, alongside Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal. After being a prisoner of war, Capt. Sam Cahill returns home a different person. He is withdrawn and is convinced his brother and wife had a relationship during his absence.
It’s such a family story… It’s definitely something that people can relate to…
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Old Dogs
Williams stars as Dan Rayburn, with John Travolta co-starring as best friend Charlie Reed in the film Old Dogs directed by Walt Becker. The former is a divorced father who suddenly finds himself solely responsible for the care of his twin sons, and the latter is a bachelor. The two friends attempt to close a major business deal while parenting the boys.
I’ve had a lot of people tell me they watched Old Dogs with their kids and had a good time. It paid the bills. Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money. You know they’re going to make it goofy. And that’s OK.
Uncertainty
Gordon-Levitt stars in this indie drama thriller directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. He plays Bobby, one half of a young New York couple who flips a coin to help them decide where to go on the 4th of July and whether or not they should have their unborn baby. They both experience two different realities that each take place in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The actor is joined by Lyn Collins, who plays his pregnant girlfriend.
It’s really different than my usual movie. They had written a script so the story was all very well thought through but the actual specifics of how everything was going to play out was sort of left up to the moment. The moments were left up to the moment. It allowed for just a whole new kind of creativity for me which, that’s what I’m in this for. I had a great time.
An Education
Pike plays the character Helen in Lone Scherfig’s adaptation of Lynn Barber’s memoir. Helen and her group of friends encourage a relationship between a 16-year-old schoolgirl and a con-man twice her age. Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard co-star.
I think my character really engaged people. They realized that I could be funny. People are so keen to pigeonhole you in this industry that to bust out of that is always good.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Michael Jackson’s This Is It is documentary-concert film directed by Ortega. It documents Jackson’s rehearsals and preparation for the concert series, Michael Jackson’s This Is It. The series is cancelled June 25th due to Jackson’s death and it is the last film he starred in. Jackson’s family tried to stop the movie from being released. La Toya:
Michael always wants to give his best. This is a rehearsal. He wasn’t giving his all. He loves to give his all always. That’s just the way he is. He wants people to see him at the top of the ladder and not half-stepping because he doesn’t want to do a full-out rehearsal.
New York, I Love You
Portman plays Rifka in the 2009 romantic-comedy anthology New York, I Love You. The film consists of 11 short films and features an all-star cast with some of the biggest names in Hollywood such as: Bradley Cooper, Ethan Hawke, Andy Garcia, and Orlando Bloom. Set in New York City, each short portrays love and romance in its own individual way.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Waits plays the devil, Mr. Nick, in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a role that Gilliam says he was “born to play.” Doctor Parnassus and his sideshow troupe promise their audience a trip to “The Imaginarium,” where dreams come true. He pledges to give his daughter Valentina to the devil on her 16th birthday, in return for loving a mortal woman. The time is near and they work to save her from her fate. Co-starring Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell.
Gilliam and I met on Fisher King. He is a giant among men and I am in awe of his films. [The Adventures of Baron] Munchausen I’ve seen a hundred times. Brazil is a crowning achievement. Brothers Grimm was my favorite film last year. I had most of my scenes with Christopher Plummer (He’s Dr. Parnassus). Plummer is one of the greatest actors on earth! Mostly I watch and learn. He’s a real movie star and a gentleman. Gilliam is an impresario, captain, magician, a dictator (a nice one), a genius, and a man you’d want in the boat with you at the end of the world.
Surrogates
Pike plays the character Maggie Greer in Jonathan Mostow’s adaptation of the sci fi-action comics by Top Shelf Productions. In a futuristic world where humans live their lives through surrogates, Maggie and her husband, FBI agent Tom Greer, interact virtually. Tom investigates the death of two surrogates and uncovers a government plot, eventually freeing humans from the surrogate world. Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Boris Kodjoe, Ving Rhames and James Cromwell co-star.
It’s a very real story about a man, Greer, having an existential crisis about what it means to be human.
The Rebound
Zeta-Jones plays Sandy in the romantic comedy The Rebound. After finding her husband’s sex-tape with another woman, Sandy moves to an apartment in the city. Her new neighbor has recently separated from his wife as well, and the two hit it off. As things get serious, they question if their feelings are true, or if each of them are just rebounds from their failed marriages. Co-starring Justin Bartha.
I’ve been looking for a while for a comedy. I love comedy, I always love when I have a chance to do some comedy. Not that I can tell a joke beginning to end, but if the writing’s one the page, I always enjoy that.
Stay Cool
Duff stars in film Stay Cool with costars Winona Ryder, Mark Polish and Jon Cryer. The movie follows author Henry—played by Polish—who reunites with an old high school flame Scarlett—played by Ryder—in his hometown to give a commencement speech. Duff’s character Shasta O’Neil tries to weasel her way into Henry’s love life by inviting him to her prom.
She (Shasta) is a very normal girl. She is a high school student graduating, but she is really spunky and kind of larger than life and she’s a huge flirt. That’s not really me in real life so it was fun to get to do.
Surrogates
In this science fiction drama, Willis plays CIA Agent Tom Greer who investigates the first murder in years in his futuristic, utopian community. All the residents live life via remote controlled robot “surrogate” selves, and Willis has to work as his real self after his surrogate is destroyed along with a string of others. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. On doing his own stunts for the film:
One of my favorite shots in the film is where I get impacted by a car – very startling.
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Whiteout
Beckinsale plays Carrie Stetko, a U.S. marshal assigned to a desolate research base on the Antarctica. Days before Stetko’s retirement, members of the research team are mysteriously murdered. With an impending storm and months of darkness setting in, the marshal is in a chilling race against time to find the killer.
I have been surprised by the fact that I’m able to do these kind of roles, because it’s not how I’m really like in real life. And it certainly wasn’t what I ever anticipated when I decided to become an actress.
Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino releases the film, Inglourious Basterds. It receives eight Oscar nominations including best director and best original screenplay. The World War II tale follows a group of eight Jewish soldiers led by Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt, as they embark on a mission to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The film also stars Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, and Mélanie Laurent.
I enjoy the war-mission subgenre but I want to forward it, make it bigger, broader, more artistic… I got to write a war film and a love letter to cinema.
Julie & Julia
Tucci plays Paul Child, Julia Child’s husband, in this biographical drama from Nora Ephron. As Julie Powell challenges herself to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, we see her struggle interspersed with Child’s rise to cooking stardom.
I don’t mean to get too methody on you, Meryl, but we need to cook together.
Julie & Julia
Adams plays Julie Powell in this biographical drama from Nora Ephron. As Powell challenges herself to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, we see her struggle interspersed with Julia Child’s rise to cooking stardom.
I was very grateful that my character wasn’t about her physique. Let’s just put it that way.
Julie & Julia
Streep plays Julia Child in this biographical drama from Nora Ephron. As Julie Powell challenges herself to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, we see her struggle interspersed with Child’s rise to cooking stardom. Co-starring Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.
There was a whole kitchen set up at the studio and I practiced my cooking there. I could justify it because it was part of my job. I’ve been cooking roast chicken for 30 years but I’d been doing it wrong, and Julia Child has a recipe that is absolutely foolproof. It’s the difference between doing it pretty well and doing it great.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Gordon-Levitt takes on the iconic role of Cobra Commander in this sci-fi action film directed by Stephen Sommers. As the supreme leader and head scientist of the terrorist organization Cobra, his character perfects nanomite technology to get back at the Joes. G.I. Joe field commander Duke is played by Channing Tatum. On playing Cobra Commander:
That toy is not my face. It’s a mask. I like that I get to keep my face. It has less to do with me and more to do with this character that I helped create. That’s more thrilling to me. It’s this thing that was born out of a creative, collaborative process between me and a bunch of other people that all worked on creating this character.
