Showing posts with label cast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cast. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

'Eclipse' Cast Responds: What Will Your Character Be Doing 100 Years From Now?


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If you already have your ticket to go see "Eclipse" opening night (and about six times between Wednesday and Sunday), then chances are you don't need an "Eclipse" cheat sheet.
But The Los Angeles Times, who has always had some pretty great coverage of "The Twilight Saga," decided to create one anyway for all those other potential ticket buyers out there whose disinterest caused "New Moon" to have such short-lived box office power.
But before we get into what we liked about their article, let's put in a little cheat sheet of our own for theirs. First of all, while vampires live forever (until they have their body torn apart and burnt to ashes), werewolves in Stephenie Meyer's world do not. In fact, werewolves only come into their true forms because they have vampires to defend against. That means, they age normally like your average humans, and don�t have any special powers when the sparkly ones aren't around.
Second, and I guess this deserves a spoiler alert, but Victoria and Riley don't live past the end of this film. ...Yeah.
With both of those in mind, we really like that the LA Times asked a certain few of the "Eclipse" cast members where they would be in 100 years. Peter Facinelli said he expects Carlisle to still be a doctor, maybe even in Forks. Elizabeth Reaser gave a truly Esme-worthy response and said, "I want [Esme and Carlisle] to adopt more babies!"
Nikki Reed gave the best answer of them all, saying Rosalie would be "planning my 90th wedding because I keep making Emmett marry me and reliving that. It's so amazing that he does everything I say." Jackson Rathbone gave a similarly romantic response, saying, "Jasper would be right behind Alice; wherever she is, he'll be there."
But it was Kellan Lutz's answer that had us start getting a little worried. He said he would "sit back until the newborns create a global resistance for him to take out," because "there's not enough enemies for Emmett to really be concerned about." Huh wha? Did we miss something? Emmett only has a few months after the start of "Eclipse" to worry about the newborns, so why are we talking about a century into the future?
Also, why ask the cast of the wolf pack what they would be doing in 100 years? Well, they'll be dead, but at least their puppies will live on.Julia Jones answered by saying Leah would be "tired," while Alex Meraz acknowledged that Paul probably wouldn't be alive that long.Chaske Spencer said Sam would be "sitting up on a mountain in a rocking chair� just kicking it."
And we'll view Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel's responses as pure fantasy for their characters. Xavier said he thinks Riley "would be on a boat with Victoria, feeling the breeze and just having a really, wonderful, lovely time," while Bryce said a little more realistically, "It depends what happens with Edward and Bella. I think she's so devastated by the loss of James that she would not stop until the Cullens were finished."
We should add that they didn't ask that question to Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner or Ashley Greene... the four people we really would have liked to hear the answer from.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Casting Complete on BEL AMI

Over the last few months, pre-production on Robert Pattinson's Bel Ami has been charging forward as we've covered the casting of Christina Ricci and Uma Thurman / Kristin Scott Thomas. Now that the casting of the major players has been completed, we've been told principal photography on Bel Ami is scheduled to begin February 7 and they'll be filming in London and Budapest. Here's the synopsis:

Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden Garretsen to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where power and celebrity sex is an obsession.

Based on the synopsis, I think Pattinson's female fanbase is going to be very happy watching this movie. Hit the jump for more:


The other bit of news we were informed of each actor is exactly who is playing in the film and some more casting info. Here's what we were sent:

Robert Pattinson plays Georges Duroy in this erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction. Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) is Madeleine, Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy, I've Loved You So Long) is Virginie, Christina Ricci (Monster, The Ice Storm) is Clotilde, Holly Grainger (Scouting Book for Boys) is Suzanne, Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Calendar Girls) is Charles, and Colm Meaney (The Damned United, The Snapper) plays Duroy's adversary, Rousset. The screenplay is written by Rachel Bennette from the novel by Guy de Maupassant, and the film is directed by the influential and innovative Cheek By Jowl directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod.

BEL AMI is produced by Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty, Machan) with as executive producer Simon Fuller. The director of photography is Hagen Bogdanski (The Young Victoria, The Lives of Others), Attila F. Kovacs (Sunshine, Meeting Venus) is production designer, the costumes are designed by Odile Dicks-Mireaux (An Education, The Constant Gardener), the hair and make-up designer is Jenny Shircore (The Young Victoria, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) and the editor is Masahiro Hirakubo (The Duchess, Trainspotting).

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