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Paul Dano thinks writing is the "hardest part" of making a movie. The 39-year-old actor is known for his roles in 'Little Miss Sunshine' and '12 Years a Slave' but co-wrote and directed the 2018 film 'Wildlife' and is hoping to step behind the camera once again at some point next year. He told RogerEbert.com: " I think writing is the hardest part. It takes me a while. And with acting—that’s what I’ve been doing—so it involves taking a break from that, which is what I’m doing now because my wife [Zoe Kazan] is in a play six days a week, and I’m at home with the two kids and writing. "My dream i...
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Adam Sandler found it hard to remove his comedic side in 'Spaceman'. The 57-year-old actor stars in the new Netflix film as an astronaut who finds friendship with a giant extraterrestrial spider as his marriage falls apart on Earth and explained how it was challenging to go against his usual approach to satisfy director Johan Renck. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the movie's Los Angeles premiere on Monday (26.02.24), Adam said: "I did my best. He didn't want me sounding like me, he didn't want me making faces. It was a difficult process." Johan decided to cast the 'Happy Gilmore' actor ...
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Barry Keoghan spent just $10 on his self-tape audition for 'The Batman'. The 30-year-old star tried out for the role of The Riddler in the movie, and while he lost out to Paul Dano, the actor's budget 'Clockwork Orange'-inspired audition tape did enough to impress director Matt Reeves and land him the part of The Joker. Keoghan, who spent $10 on a cane and a hat for the tape, told Esquire magazine: "I just made it up. I wanted to make it Kubrick-y: symmetrical, the X on the back, the square doorframe, everything square. "I just wanted swag to come across. Swag and endearing. It was just me giv...
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Paul Dano used “70 or 80 takes” for the Riddler's final confrontation with Batman in 2022's 'The Batman'. Director Matt Reeves revealed perfectionist Paul took two days and a huge number of takes to get the scene with Robert Pattinson (Batman / Bruce Wayne) exactly right. He told The Guardian: "Paul loves doing a lot of takes, as do I. We took two days on the final scene between him and Robert Pattinson as Batman. We must have easily done 70 or 80 takes. Paul loves exploring. He’s obsessive that way.” And, Paul, 39, kept Matt on his toes by changing up scenes at the last minute. Matt explained...
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Paul Dano refuses to let money rule his life. The 39-year-old Hollywood actor - known for his roles in 'The Batman' and 'The Fabelmans' - doesn't want to let his bank balance become linked to his self-worth insisting he just wants to earn enough cash from his films to pay his mortgage and live a "decent life" with his partner Zoe Kazan and their two young children. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, he explained: "I have two kids and a mortgage, so there’s a practical element to it. I want to be able to do the work I want to do and make enough to live a decent life, which I know is a...
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Steven Spielberg cried when he first saw Michelle Williams and Paul Dano in character together for 'The Fabelmans'. The 76-year-old filmmaker's Oscar-nominated movie is based on his old childhood and he explained how a "routine" first day of filming proved to be very emotional for him. Speaking on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert', he said: [Costume designer] Mark Bridges came over to me and said, ‘I’ve got Paul and Michelle here in their hair and make-up and costumes. “I turned around and there was my father and mother, and I just burst into tears. Just like that, I didn’t even think about...
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Steven Spielberg says the Covid pandemic pushed him to make his new film as he thought it could be an “extinction-level event”. The director, 76, said he was so petrified the outbreak could wipe out humanity he felt he needed to make a movie he felt he had to get out of his system. He was quoted by the Daily Star newspaper on Tuesday (17.01.23) saying about creating his latest film ‘The Fabelmans’: “I was terrified (Covid) was an end-of-days, and epic-level event, I mean an extinction-level event, that was happening to the world. “If I got the chance to make one more movie, it was going to be ...
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Steven Spielberg missed the Gotham Awards after testing positive for COVID-19. The iconic 75-year-old filmmaker was meant to appear at the ceremony in New York on Monday night (28.11.22) to present Michelle Williams with a performer tribute, but he was instead replaced by Paul Dano, who co-starred with the actress in Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans'. During the presentation, Dano recalled being with Williams at the film's Hollywood premiere and told the audience: "Michelle said, 'I remember just driving around town looking for work.' "And I thought, 'Imagine if that teenage girl knew that at the mi...
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Paul Dano says 'The Fabelmans' provided an "antidote" to 'The Batman'. The 38-year-old actor stars in Steven Spielberg's movie as Burt Fabelman – a character inspired by the legendary filmmaker's father Arnold – and discussed the contrast to starring as the Riddler in the superhero flick. Paul told ComicBook.com: "I'm so lucky to have had the antidote of Burt in a way and making a film about family and something that was truly guided by love and a man of integrity and decency, and there's something very classically American. "So, this was really about, 'How do I build a life?' How do this life...
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Seth Rogen saw Steven Spielberg “cry dozens of times” while filming ‘The Fablemans’. The ‘Knocked Up’ star shared that the 75-year-old director “would cry a lot” during the production of the movie - which was co-written by Steven and his ‘West Side Story’ collaborator Tony Kushner - based on the ‘Jaws’ filmmaker’s own life growing up after the Second World War with Gabriel LaBelle’s Sammy Fabelman discovering a family secret and his love of movies. The 40-year-old actor - who plays family friend Bennie Loewy in the flick out on Friday (11.11.2022) - told the Hollywood Reporter: “He would cry a...
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