Director Alfonso Cuarón‘s visually stunning film, Gravity, opens this weekend and it’s definitely something you should watch on the big screen; you should see in both IMAX and 3D. And I hate 3D. In this New York Times Anatomy of a Scene video, Cuarón narrates a scene from the film
Tom Hanks and Director Paul Greengrass‘ Captain Phillips looks like it’s going to be one of many award-worthy films that are coming out this fall. I’m really looking forward to catching it. In the video below, Hanks and star Barkhad Abdi talk about the filming, how Abdi got the part
Katey on Gemma: “I don’t see her as evil at all. I rather like her”
Here’s another video in the great New York Times series, In Performance. This time, we get Joe Manganiello as Stanley Kowalski. He’s currently starring as Kowalski in the Yale Repertory Theater’s revival of Tennessee Williams’s 1947 drama, A Streetcar Named Desire. In the scene below, Stanley talks to his wife
Our friend and occasional writer here at Daily Actor, Christian Meoli, is behind a new project called, The Character Project. Originally a documentary, which was a work in progress for years, the producers set out to interview some of the best character actors working today. The DVD featured Dabney Coleman,
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, Neil Johnson and his acting demo reel. At over 7 minutes long, the demo features sex acts, various cowboy hats, the murder and dismemberment of a homeless person and sex toys. And it’s hilarious. But, that’s the thing, I don’t think it’s meant
Riley: “Nerves that come on the first day of set are usually good nerves”
Listen to that voice and that command he has while reading. Recorded at Air Studios in London, Tom Hiddleston reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ from The Love Book app. The Love Book interactive app has a selection of poems, quotes, short stories and
Megan: “I probably gave one of the better auditions of my career [for the show]”
The SAG Foundation talked with Taylor Schilling, star of the fantastic (and addictive) Netflix series, Orange is the New Black. Interviewed by Variety‘s Jenelle Riley, Schilling talks about how she got the part of Piper, working on the show, her career, being directed by Jodie Foster and tons more. It’s
Two New York City news stations stopped by the open call auditions for Motown The Musical‘s upcoming National Tour. They go behind the scenes, talk to some of the hopeful actors and even talk to casting director, Bernie Telsey. Check them out below!
Maggie: “If I commit to something 100% and I’m satisfied with what comes out then I can walk away from my day and I feel pretty light”
With Sam Rockwell as the lead, there is never an uninteresting moment and that alone is one reason to watch this.
Justin Matthew Sargent, best known for playing Drew, the lowly bartender turned rock star in Broadway’s Rock of Ages, has landed the role of Peter Parker / Spider-Man role in Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark. He’ll play evening performances starting tonight. Reeve Carney, the original Peter Parker, played his final performance
Daniel Bruhl is absolutely fantastic in the new Ron Howard film, Rush. The film is great and a lot of that can be credited to Bruhl who portrays Formula 1 superstar Niki Lauda. To play Lauda, Bruhl says in the video that he read Lauda’s biography, watched documentaries to get
Here’s a couple videos featuring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto talking about their new film, Dallas Buyers Club. I am really looking forward to this. McConaughey is on a spectacular roll the past couple of years and this will only add to it. In the first video, McConaughey, Leto and
Patrick Stewart tweeted this picture he took with Ian McKellen and Elmo last Friday and everything about it is all kinds of wonderful.
Jake Gyllenhaal will appear on Inside the Actors Studio this Thursday, September 19th. Gyllenhaal has won a BAFTA award and been nominated for an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild award and a Golden Globe award. Gyllenhaal has starred in such varied films as “Brokeback Mountain,” “October Sky,” “Donnie Darko,”
The Casting Society of America (CSA) announced today that it will honor President of CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler with the organization’s Career Achievement Award at the 29th Annual Artios Awards. CSA will also present esteemed Casting Director Linda Lowy (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Friday Night Lights) with the Hoyt Bowers Award,
