Quote of the Day: Ben Affleck Wowed by Blake Lively’s Acting
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Adaptation, Drama, Casting, Celeb News,
“The whole movie kind of hinges in a lot of ways on her performance, and I knew it was going to be the hardest part to cast… This girl came in, and no one had said to me beforehand, ‘Hey, look for this person.’ And obviously she was really attractive, and so I thought, Oh, here comes some blond girl. She came in, did one reading, and just crushed it. Like, Boston accent — really good. I was sort of stunned. I said, ‘Jeez, you know, that was really f——-g good. Who are you?’ She didn’t mention that she was on a television show… I want to be on the record because I think she’s really going to blow up, and I want to look like the smart guy. I didn’t quite discover her, but at least I want to say I bought the stock when it wasn’t $500 a share.”
-Director Ben Affleck on hiring actress Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively - an actress he wasn’t familiar with - for his upcoming movie The Town.
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Martin Scorsese Reteams with Leonardo DiCaprio
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adaptation, Drama, Thrillers, Casting, Upcoming Releases,
Muses can come in all different shapes and sizes. Woody Allen has Scarlett while Spielberg has Tom Hanks. For Martin Scorsese, his actor of choice has clearly become Leo.
The Academy Award-winning director and Leonardo DiCaprio will soon be reteaming for their fourth project together. Shutter Island will follow their work on The Gangs of New York, The Aviator and last year’s winner, The Departed.
Shutter is based off a book written by Dennis Lehane, the same man behind two critically-acclaimed films: Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone. The story focuses on two marshals who become trapped on a Boston-area island while searching for a criminally insane escapee. (Lehane’s stories are primarily set around Boston.)
The movie, which starts production next month, already boasts an all-star cast. Joining DiCaprio will be Mark Ruffalo (Reservation Road), Max von Sydow (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Emily Mortimer (Lars and the Real Girl), Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Ben Kingsley (You Kill Me), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and Patricia Clarkson (No Reservations).
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