Sunday, February 28th, 2010
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
In an article by Pop Eater, Kristen Stewart’s casting in The Yellow Handkerchief was partially aided by her once on-screen mom, Jodie Foster.
According to producer Arthur Cohn, he was “urged” by Ms. Foster to sign Kristen up for the role.
“Nobody wanted me to take (Stewart) in the part of Martine, she was practically an unknown,” Cohn told the press at “The Yellow Handkerchief’s” press day. “But Jodie Foster, a close friend, urged me to take her.”
“So I took her. I followed Jodie’s advice because she’s a great actress and director,” Cohn is quoted as saying in the notes.
But according to director Udayan Prasad, Kristen did a knock out audition that cemented her casting for the role.
She has a terrific presence Kristen does,” he tells PopEater. “She walked into the room. You just sensed something, like who is that person? Art [Cohn] probably talked to Jodie Foster after we had met Kristen.”
And because of Kristen’s massive success with Twilight, the film has been picked up for distribution. Kristen is not the main character in the film, but her presence and marketability has helped the film to be taken out from limbo.
“There’s no doubt the “Twilight” effect played the part,” director Udayan Prasad told Popcorn Biz.
If you don’t have a particularly sell-able star, people are very reluctant,” says Udayan. “We’re going through a period where people are scared of making decisions which could end up costing a lot of money ‘They are being very conservative.”
Thanks to Bryan Alexander.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Collider.com has posted their interview with Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, which was done during the round table interview with the film’s actors. Here is an excerpt of their interview:
Question: Was there a time where you were sitting with Alan Coulter and the producer and something clicked for you? Can you talk about why you were attracted to this character, and about taking that step to produce?
Robert Pattinson: Well, the producing thing. (laughs) I’m kind of embarrassed about the producing thing because I wasn’t really acting like a proper producer. I only really came on after the shoot just to kind of help Alan and Nick make sure that the product was what the product in which we all wanted to make in the end. It was the summer after the first Twilight. I read it then and I met with Alan and Nick. I thought they were really great, and I talked to them for hours about it. I think basically what I commented to them about was, what shocked me was I was reading a ton of scripts and it just didn’t fall into any, the way the dialogue was written and the plot was structured, it didn’t fit into any kind of normal category. It didn’t seem very formulaic. I had just read tons and tons of formulaic scripts in one genre or another and it was just such a relief to find that. There was also something about Tyler, the way he reacted to things seemed very relatable to me, and I hadn’t seen another character like it in like 100 scripts. So that’s why when the period came up between New Moon and Eclipse, we only had two months, you can’t really do that much, it’s difficult to find a movie which can fit in such a short period. It seemed like the perfect fit.
He’s a rebellious character, especially against his father. Were you attracted to that idea?
Pattinson: I mean, I don’t know if it was so much about just the rebellion that interested me. I liked how it seemed like Tyler didn’t really know what he was rebelling against. It seemed like no matter what his father was like, no matter what everyone around him is like, he’d still be rebelling. There was one interesting thing, I liked how he wasn’t fighting against everybody, he only chose to fight against his father. I think it was a pretty broken family to begin with, and I think he just takes out all of his rage on his father because his father is the only one who can take it. I mean if he tried to attack his mother, she’d probably end up killing herself or something. She’s too wounded to be able to take that. I don’t think it’s particularly typical rebel. It just comes in fits and starts all the time, so I think he’s kind of faking it. I think what he’s really rebelling against is himself.
This movie is so steep. The locations are amazing in the film, and it feels so authentically New York. What’s interesting to me is so much of the cast aren’t New Yorkers and don’t have a New York accent, and you’re Brooklyn accent is on point. I wonder if, working on that, what kind of research you did, or if you knew a lot about New York in 2001. And what it was like to film in the streets of New York?
Pattinson: My sister lived in New York for like 5 years and I used to go visit her all the time. I don’t know. When I read the script there seemed to be a sort of voice that was just there as soon as you read it. I’ve never had a dialect coach or anything. Ironically I’ve only had a dialect coach for this film I’m doing now, which I’m doing now in an English accent. (laughs) I guess I’ve forgotten how to do an English accent.
But what was it like for you to film in Queens, at NYU, what was that like?
Pattinson: It was nice. Obviously it was great for doing stuff at NYU, you’re filming at NYU, which is perfect. I like this bar, I went in there a few times before we starting shooting. That’s not really research. (laughing) Oh yeah I just went to a couple of bars. (laughs)
So that was a sum total of your New York research?
Pattinson: (laughs) No, I mean it was nice. I was sort of staying, it’s difficult to go out and stuff there at the time. I’ve gone out more in New York since. There’s funny little things which happened, experiences which I had in New York which were put into the script. Like a friend of mine, the whole fight in the beginning, how that was all set up, it happened to a friend of mine the day before we did the rewrites to the script. We were down in Alphabet City, and this guy jumped out of the car with a little mini baseball bat and just hit my friend in the face. The whole thing. It was literally the day before. The whole thing was put into the movie. (laughing) Annoyingly, I didn’t react in the same way. (laughing)
Hit Fix also had a interview with Rob where he shared his regrets over projects that he has passed on.
“I remember reading the script and thinking it was the best script ever. I just couldn’t do it. And I was so pissed off afterwards. I was gonna go into the audition, but I was just, like, I can’t do it,” he laughed. “Also ‘The Assassination of Jesse James [by the Coward Robert Ford]’ — that was the other. I don’t know why I’ve pussied out of these things. I wouldn’t do it ever again.”
He also shared his thoughts on making the fourth book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn into two more movies.
“If they can make it one script… It depends. l wouldn’t know where the first one would really end and the second one would begin. I mean, either way, there’s [more] movies to do, and people like them,” said the 23-year-old English actor, who plays Edward Cullen in the movie franchise.
To read the rest of the interview, please click on the links above.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Collider was in at the Remember Me roundtable press discussion. Rob provides great insight into his current project as well as making comments on the twilight universe.
“Do you see yourself trying to sort of make a big gap between Twilight and everything else you do so people realize there this…something so different from the phenomenon that everybody focus on?
Pattinson: No, I don’t really focus on trying to do it, I don’t think. I pick scripts the same way, I think, that I’ve always done. I barely like anything, and so it’s kind of easy to pick your jobs. The things which I’m signed onto now are all completely different. Like I’m playing a white Comanche in one thing and the parts completely in Comanche. Bel Ami is, I thought there was a kind of irony in Bel Ami as well, because a lot of the women are attracted to this character and then he kind of screws them over and steals their money and stuff. (laughs) Which I thought was quite funny compared to the Twilight character. (laughing) It’s kind of the polar opposite. It wasn’t intentional, I just thought Bel Ami was very funny, and it’s a very interesting character. With Remember Me, I’d never done a simple story before, and it’s not that simple, but its playing a normal guy and trying to relate to things on a normal level it’s kind of relief in a lot of ways.”
See the whole roundtable discussion on Collider.
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
During the Remember Me press junket, Hit Fix asked Robert Pattinson about roles that he either regretted not taking, or roles that he wanted and didn’t land. It looks like Rob passed up an opportunity to audition for a chance to work with Oscar winning legend and industry idol Daniel Day Lewis:
“Pattinson not only spoke on films to come, but also ones that passed him by. When asked if he’s ever been offered a script or role that he turned down for feared of not pulling it off, Pattinson revealed that Academy Award-winning “There Will Be Blood” “will always be one of my biggest regrets.”
“I remember reading the script and thinking it was the best script ever. I just couldn’t do it. And I was so pissed off afterwards. I was gonna go into the audition, but I was just, like, I can’t do it,” he laughed. “Also ‘The Assassination of Jesse James [by the Coward Robert Ford]’ — that was the other. I don’t know why I’ve pussied out of these things. I wouldn’t do it ever again.”
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Dakota Fanning attended the 46th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards February 28 in LA. More photos here.Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Anna Kendrick attended the launch of Z SPOKE by Zac Posen February 27 at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, California. SourceSunday, February 28th, 2010
Celebrity Examiner writer Gabrielle Long interviewed Robert Pattinson during the Remember Me press junket on Saturday. It’s a good interview so be sure to check it out! Was there a time where you were sitting with Alan Coulter and the producer and something clicked for you? Can you talk about why you were attracted to this [...]Sunday, February 28th, 2010
First the good news: boys are reading as much as girls. Now the bad: the books they choose are far less challenging and easier to comprehend than those selected by girls, and this gets worse as they grow older. The findings of a major study of 100 ...Sunday, February 28th, 2010
New/old portraits of New Moon-er Kristen Stewart from the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.
Kristen attended the festival to promote her movie The Yellow Handkerchief.
Loves it!!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
 Alt Film Guide (blog) | Robert Pattinson Interview That Did or Didn't Take Place Alt Film Guide (blog) Considering how ardent The Twilight Saga and other Robert Pattinson fans are, it's no wonder that all ... |
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Taylor Lautner has dropped out of ‘Max Steel’ for ‘Stretch Armstrong’
Just last week we marveled at the sheer number of projects “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner had in development, and perhaps he was starting to feel the pressure too. After dropping out of “Northern Lights” earlier this week, the 18-year-old has parted ways with another project, “Max Steel,” based on the Mattel toy, reports New York magazine’s Vulture blog.
Sources say it was his “Stretch Armstrong” collaboration with rival toy company Hasbro that was the impetus for Taylor’s departure. According to Vulture, Taylor realized Hasbro was doing a better job with its movie properties than Mattel. To wit, the toy company has leveraged board games Candy Land, Battleship and Risk into high-profile projects and had earlier success with a couple small flicks called “G.I. Joe” and “Transformers.” Added one source, “When you sign up to make a movie with Hasbro, you know it will be in theaters a year later.”
Read the article on HollywoodCrush here!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Eclipse Actor Booboo Stewart joins his sister at the Children of the World Project 25th Anniversary Reunion at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel last Friday. He was interviewed at the black carpet where he talked about the third Twilight film, Eclipse.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
“You can never be a character, that’s the one thing I’m sort of starting to realize,” he said. “I always thought that, you know, you look at ‘Raging Bull’ and stuff and think, ‘Wow, De Niro, he’s become someone else.’ And I was completely convinced that there is some way that you can actually become someone else for three months.”
He added, “I’m gradually starting to realize it’s more about performance rather than actually some kind of physical [transformation], and it’s taken me quite a long time to realize that.”
See the article on MTV here!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Dakota Fanning shows her short LBD as she attended the 2010 Cinema Audio Society Annual Awards Dinner held at the Millenium -Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles last Saturday night.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Ashley Greene took a little break from filming her new movie in Berlin as she hopped into Milan to attend the Giorgio Armani and the Gucci Fashion Shows during the Milan Fashion Week.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
8 movie clips from Robert Pattinson’s upcoming movie, Remember Me was released online yesterday.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
We have a great new Robert portrait session that took place in New York yesterday. Enjoy!
029 x Photoshoots: 2010: New York Portrait Session
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Aww Anna Kendrick is bringing her mom and brothers as dates to the Oscars!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The theme for this week’s Fan Video Sunday is a Twilight music video. This video is from darkwizardcatcher09’s YouTube channel. It is titled Twilight - Our Time Is Running Out and features Time Is Running Out by Muse. Darkwizardcather09 calls this fan video a Twilight music video,...
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Collider has a collection of the Remember Me Clips. The first three most people have seen from TV commercials and MTV spots. Others are extended versions of the trailer. Check it out.
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In the interviews Jackson talks about Jasper’s mood control abilities, and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.
Check out the screencaps from the interviews after the break!
I.am.died. *runs off to take a cold shower*
You can view the rest of the screencaps over at JacksonRathboneSource.org!
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
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The press junket for Remember Me was held yesterday, where Rob and Emilie de Ravin answered questions and inquiries from the media. Here are some of the images that were released online.
Also in a short interview with E!Online, Rob said he doesnt mind if Breaking Dawn is split into two movies.
“I don’t mind either way,” he admits to E! News during the Remember Me press junket in New York City on Saturday.
Stay tuned in the coming days as we bring you more news about Rob and Remember Me.
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