The stars of Grace, Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Ed Asner and Kate Arrington, a new Broadway show written by Craig Wright, talk about the production at a recent press event in New York City.
Teal: “When I’ve taken big risks, I’ve really been rewarded for them and learned a lot the times that I’ve really messed up and done really stupid stuff”
The economic instability that hit most of the world in 2008-2009 and still lingers didn’t just hit the lower classes — A-list stars who used to command paychecks hovering upwards of $20 million per film are far less common than they were before the recession. For a major star like Brad Pitt, who earned a reportedly $20 million salary for Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005, hasn’t gotten paychecks close to that in recent years.
It would be easy for Alexander Skarsgard to skate by on his looks. He has the appearance of a Swedish Adonis, who gets to flash his abs on pretty much every episode of HBO’s hit series, True Blood. So it’s good to know that the actor still cares a great deal about his work.
Remember when most people thought of Ben Affleck as the less-talented half of the Good Will Hunting duo? Turns out that while Affleck wasn’t always the greatest actor — at the very least his bad moments, like Pearl Harbor, Gigli, and Surviving Christmas were really bad — he’s a great director, with his first two films getting rave reviews and his soon-to-be-released third, Argo, already getting award buzz.
Melanie Lynskey has been receiving rave reviews for her latest film, Hello, I Must Be Going, about a divorced woman who falls for a 19-year-old.
Jessica Chastain, star of recent films like The Help and The Tree of Life, will be making her Broadway debut in The Heiress in November. The actress took on the role because she thinks of it as one of the greatest women roles ever written.
Chris O’Dowd first got the attention of moviegoers after starring in the runaway hit, Bridesmaids, as Kristen Wiig’s love interest. He’s now starring in the Australian musical The Sapphires, which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
I guess maybe you can learn acting from osmosis by simply being in the company of one of the best actors around.
