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Elisabeth Moss says the worse part of filming a sex scene is "the sounds you have to make".
The 33-year-old actress felt "awkward" during intimate scenes in 'High-Rise' in which she played pregnant character Helen Wilder opposite Luke Evans, who stars as her husband Richard Wilder.
While the former 'Mad Men' star revealed Luke was "gentlemanly" for the sequences, she added "Those things are so awkward. At a certain point you're like, 'Well let's just do it. And the worst part is the sounds you have to make."
Thor's Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Keeley Hawes also star in the dystopian satire that focuses on an orgy of sex, drugs and ultra violence set in a 1970s elite tower block.
And Moss was thrilled to be a part of the project because the risky subject matter and unusual setting made her feel like she was a part of something "naughty" and there was no way of knowing how it would be received by audiences.
She told the Metro newspaper: "It feels like you're doing something a little bit naughty. And this felt like that: we're making something we really liked and we thought was cool but you never know if anyone else is going to think the same."
'High-Rise' is based on J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel of the same name and has been directed by Ben Wheatley.
Elisabeth Moss embarrassed by sex scenes
Elisabeth Moss says the worse part of filming a sex scene is "the sounds you have to make".
The 33-year-old actress felt "awkward" during intimate scenes in 'High-Rise' in which she played pregnant character Helen Wilder opposite Luke Evans, who stars as her husband Richard Wilder.
While the former 'Mad Men' star revealed Luke was "gentlemanly" for the sequences, she added "Those things are so awkward. At a certain point you're like, 'Well let's just do it. And the worst part is the sounds you have to make."
Thor's Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Keeley Hawes also star in the dystopian satire that focuses on an orgy of sex, drugs and ultra violence set in a 1970s elite tower block.
And Moss was thrilled to be a part of the project because the risky subject matter and unusual setting made her feel like she was a part of something "naughty" and there was no way of knowing how it would be received by audiences.
She told the Metro newspaper: "It feels like you're doing something a little bit naughty. And this felt like that: we're making something we really liked and we thought was cool but you never know if anyone else is going to think the same."
'High-Rise' is based on J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel of the same name and has been directed by Ben Wheatley.
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Olivia Wilde was told she was "too old" to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
The mother-of-one admits she was gutted to find out she had been passed on the part of Jordan Belfort's wife in the Oscar-nominated flick, despite being ten years Leonardo's junior at the time.
She said: "I had heard for a part that I was too sophisticated, and I was like, 'Oh, that sounds nice. I like that feedback. I didn't get the part, but at least I'm a sophisticated person.' And I found out later that they actually said old.
"I want to make a translation sheet for Hollywood that's like, all the feedback your agent gives you and what it really means."
However, the 32-year-old actress - who has 22-month-old Otis Alexander with partner Jason Sudeikis - is now thrilled the part went to Margot Robbie and thought the 25-year-old singer "kicked so much ass" in the film.
Speaking to Howard Stern on SiriusXM, she added: "I watched it and I was like, 'She's [Margot's] perfect!' I thought she kicked so much ass in that movie."
Olivia Wilde was deemed ‘too old’ for movie role
Olivia Wilde was told she was "too old" to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
The mother-of-one admits she was gutted to find out she had been passed on the part of Jordan Belfort's wife in the Oscar-nominated flick, despite being ten years Leonardo's junior at the time.
She said: "I had heard for a part that I was too sophisticated, and I was like, 'Oh, that sounds nice. I like that feedback. I didn't get the part, but at least I'm a sophisticated person.' And I found out later that they actually said old.
"I want to make a translation sheet for Hollywood that's like, all the feedback your agent gives you and what it really means."
However, the 32-year-old actress - who has 22-month-old Otis Alexander with partner Jason Sudeikis - is now thrilled the part went to Margot Robbie and thought the 25-year-old singer "kicked so much ass" in the film.
Speaking to Howard Stern on SiriusXM, she added: "I watched it and I was like, 'She's [Margot's] perfect!' I thought she kicked so much ass in that movie."
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Sally Field has described her role as Aunt May in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' as "s**t".
The 69-year-old actress portrayed May Parker in the 2012 superhero movie and took the role so that she could work with her friend Laura Ziskin - who produced the blockbuster and died of breast cancer before it was released in 2012 - one last time.
But Sally, 69, didn't put "a great deal" of effort into playing the Marvel Comics character - who is the widowed aunt of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man - because May, in her opinion, was poorly written.
She declared: "It's really hard to find a three dimensional character in it, and you work it as much as you can, but you can't put ten pounds of s**t in a five pound bag."
What's more, Sally didn't have many positive things to say about the film as a whole - which starred Andrew Garfield as the web-slinger and Emma Stone as his first crush Gwen Stacy.
Asked if she even liked the movie, she confessed on 'The Howard Stern Show' on Sirius XM Radio: "Not especially. It's not my kind of movie. But my friend Laura Ziskin was the producer, and we knew it would be her last film, and she was my first producing partner, and she was a spectacular human."
Despite her complaints, Sally reprised the role in 2014 sequel 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'.
Sally Field’s Spider-Man role was not amazing
Sally Field has described her role as Aunt May in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' as "s**t".
The 69-year-old actress portrayed May Parker in the 2012 superhero movie and took the role so that she could work with her friend Laura Ziskin - who produced the blockbuster and died of breast cancer before it was released in 2012 - one last time.
But Sally, 69, didn't put "a great deal" of effort into playing the Marvel Comics character - who is the widowed aunt of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man - because May, in her opinion, was poorly written.
She declared: "It's really hard to find a three dimensional character in it, and you work it as much as you can, but you can't put ten pounds of s**t in a five pound bag."
What's more, Sally didn't have many positive things to say about the film as a whole - which starred Andrew Garfield as the web-slinger and Emma Stone as his first crush Gwen Stacy.
Asked if she even liked the movie, she confessed on 'The Howard Stern Show' on Sirius XM Radio: "Not especially. It's not my kind of movie. But my friend Laura Ziskin was the producer, and we knew it would be her last film, and she was my first producing partner, and she was a spectacular human."
Despite her complaints, Sally reprised the role in 2014 sequel 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead says it was "surreal" to see John Goodman play a "creepy" role in '10 Cloverfield Lane'.
In the psychological thriller, the 63-year-old actor plays Howard Stambler who holds Mary's character Michelle captive in an underground bunker.
And the 31-year-old actress admits it was weird seeing comic star John - who was a permanent fixture on TV from 1988 to 1997 in American sitcom 'Roseanne' - play a sinister role.
She said: "He's everything that you hoped he would be, as someone who grew up watching him in so many things. He is that lovable John Goodman that we all know. A legend, but in this role he gets to be somebody else entirely. So it was a bit surreal, getting to watch this actor, that I love so dearly, be intimidating and creepy. But he does it so well."
The film also has John Gallagher, Jr. as Emmett DeWitt, who shares the bunker with Michelle after he believes Howard's claim that there has been an alien attack or Russian military offensive against America.
The filming conditions were intense and Mary was relieved she got to work the two actors, were not just consummate professionals but also "easy going" on set.
She told website HeyUGuys: "If you're going to be stuck in a bunker with anybody, I think you would want John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr ... they're such good people and very relaxed and easy going and I think in that environment, that's what you want, because it is so physically and emotionally draining. So I felt very lucky to work with people like that."
'10 Cloverfield Lane' - directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by J. J. Abrams - hits cinemas later this month.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Creepy John Goodman was a surreal sight
Mary Elizabeth Winstead says it was "surreal" to see John Goodman play a "creepy" role in '10 Cloverfield Lane'.
In the psychological thriller, the 63-year-old actor plays Howard Stambler who holds Mary's character Michelle captive in an underground bunker.
And the 31-year-old actress admits it was weird seeing comic star John - who was a permanent fixture on TV from 1988 to 1997 in American sitcom 'Roseanne' - play a sinister role.
She said: "He's everything that you hoped he would be, as someone who grew up watching him in so many things. He is that lovable John Goodman that we all know. A legend, but in this role he gets to be somebody else entirely. So it was a bit surreal, getting to watch this actor, that I love so dearly, be intimidating and creepy. But he does it so well."
The film also has John Gallagher, Jr. as Emmett DeWitt, who shares the bunker with Michelle after he believes Howard's claim that there has been an alien attack or Russian military offensive against America.
The filming conditions were intense and Mary was relieved she got to work the two actors, were not just consummate professionals but also "easy going" on set.
She told website HeyUGuys: "If you're going to be stuck in a bunker with anybody, I think you would want John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr ... they're such good people and very relaxed and easy going and I think in that environment, that's what you want, because it is so physically and emotionally draining. So I felt very lucky to work with people like that."
'10 Cloverfield Lane' - directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by J. J. Abrams - hits cinemas later this month.
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Don Cheadle says 'Miles Ahead' wouldn't have been financed without "white" actor Ewan McGregor on board.
The 51-year-old star plays legendary jazz musician Miles Davis in the biopic to be released in April and revealed the late icon's family couldn't get the cash together to make the film without casting a non-black actor in a lead role.
Don explained: "To get this film financed, we needed a white co-star. These are issues that come into play. And until Ewan came on, until we had cast the proper white co-star, there was no Miles Davis movie. There was no 'Miles Ahead'.
"The family had been trying to make this movie for years, and we straight-up told them, 'We need a white co-star. We need to tell this story, in order to get this money, with a white male lead.' That means something."
McGregor, 44, plays fictional Rolling Stone journalist Dave Braden, a character written into the storyline with the purpose of helping tell Miles' life story to the audience.
Cheadle was grateful the Scottish actor accepted the part and didn't see it as playing "second fiddle" to other characters.
The actor - who can next be seen in 'Captain America: Civil War' as Lieutenant Colonel James 'Rhodey' Rhodes aka War Machine, next month - added in an interview with Rolling Stones magazine: "My hat's off to Ewan, who, you know, didn't look at this role and go, 'It's like a second fiddle.' Or, 'I'm carrying Miles' water.'
"There were a few different journalists who did try to interview him during this time, but there were some real-world concerns we needed to deal with and that necessitated bringing the character in."
Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead needed ‘white’ Ewan McGregor
Don Cheadle says 'Miles Ahead' wouldn't have been financed without "white" actor Ewan McGregor on board.
The 51-year-old star plays legendary jazz musician Miles Davis in the biopic to be released in April and revealed the late icon's family couldn't get the cash together to make the film without casting a non-black actor in a lead role.
Don explained: "To get this film financed, we needed a white co-star. These are issues that come into play. And until Ewan came on, until we had cast the proper white co-star, there was no Miles Davis movie. There was no 'Miles Ahead'.
"The family had been trying to make this movie for years, and we straight-up told them, 'We need a white co-star. We need to tell this story, in order to get this money, with a white male lead.' That means something."
McGregor, 44, plays fictional Rolling Stone journalist Dave Braden, a character written into the storyline with the purpose of helping tell Miles' life story to the audience.
Cheadle was grateful the Scottish actor accepted the part and didn't see it as playing "second fiddle" to other characters.
The actor - who can next be seen in 'Captain America: Civil War' as Lieutenant Colonel James 'Rhodey' Rhodes aka War Machine, next month - added in an interview with Rolling Stones magazine: "My hat's off to Ewan, who, you know, didn't look at this role and go, 'It's like a second fiddle.' Or, 'I'm carrying Miles' water.'
"There were a few different journalists who did try to interview him during this time, but there were some real-world concerns we needed to deal with and that necessitated bringing the character in."
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Mark Hamill will join actor Kevin Conroy in new animated movie 'Batman: The Killing Joke'.
Warner Bros. has confirmed the 'Star Wars' actor will be reprising his voice role as the Clown Prince of Crime, while Kevin will return as The Caped Crusader.
The news comes as a surprise to fans after it was widely reported that Hamill had retired from voicing the Joker again.
Hamill, 64, said: "The chance to work once again with Kevin Conroy, my favourite Batman, in what some consider the definitive origin of this iconic villain is a dream come true for me. I am beyond thrilled to return as The Joker in 'The Killing Joke!'"
Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland, the tale is widely considered one of the greatest comic book stories to ever feature The Dark Knight and the Joker.
Hamill maybe most famous for portraying Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker in the 'Star Wars' saga, but his work as the Joker has earned him many plaudits.
It was in the 90s that Hamill first began voicing the character for 'Batman: The Animated Series' alongside Kevin.
He has returned to the role a number of times over the years, voicing the Joker in feature-length cartoons in the 'Arkham' trilogy of video games, as well as the 'Justice League' and 'Superman' animated shows.
Meanwhile in addition to the Arkham video games, Kevin has original animated movies like 'Justice League: Doom' and 'Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' and he has also voiced Batman/Bruce Wayne on 'Superman', 'Justice League' and 'Batman Beyond' to name but a few.
Speaking about his Batman return, Kevin, 60, said: "I've had the great privilege of voicing Batman for more than two decades, and some of my favourite moments in the recording booth have been alongside Mark Hamill. Mark always enables me to be a better actor. I'm thrilled that we're both back to bring these characters to life in one of the most heralded Batman/Joker stories of all time."
They will be joined in the movie by both Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and Ray Wise, who is known for his roles in TV series like 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mad Men' will bring Commissioner Jim Gordon to life.
A release date is yet to be announced for 'Batman: The Killing Joke' but Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will host the world premiere this summer at Comic-Con International in San Diego before the film is released in stores later this summer.
Mark Hamill to play Joker in Batman: The Killing Joke
Mark Hamill will join actor Kevin Conroy in new animated movie 'Batman: The Killing Joke'.
Warner Bros. has confirmed the 'Star Wars' actor will be reprising his voice role as the Clown Prince of Crime, while Kevin will return as The Caped Crusader.
The news comes as a surprise to fans after it was widely reported that Hamill had retired from voicing the Joker again.
Hamill, 64, said: "The chance to work once again with Kevin Conroy, my favourite Batman, in what some consider the definitive origin of this iconic villain is a dream come true for me. I am beyond thrilled to return as The Joker in 'The Killing Joke!'"
Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland, the tale is widely considered one of the greatest comic book stories to ever feature The Dark Knight and the Joker.
Hamill maybe most famous for portraying Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker in the 'Star Wars' saga, but his work as the Joker has earned him many plaudits.
It was in the 90s that Hamill first began voicing the character for 'Batman: The Animated Series' alongside Kevin.
He has returned to the role a number of times over the years, voicing the Joker in feature-length cartoons in the 'Arkham' trilogy of video games, as well as the 'Justice League' and 'Superman' animated shows.
Meanwhile in addition to the Arkham video games, Kevin has original animated movies like 'Justice League: Doom' and 'Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' and he has also voiced Batman/Bruce Wayne on 'Superman', 'Justice League' and 'Batman Beyond' to name but a few.
Speaking about his Batman return, Kevin, 60, said: "I've had the great privilege of voicing Batman for more than two decades, and some of my favourite moments in the recording booth have been alongside Mark Hamill. Mark always enables me to be a better actor. I'm thrilled that we're both back to bring these characters to life in one of the most heralded Batman/Joker stories of all time."
They will be joined in the movie by both Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and Ray Wise, who is known for his roles in TV series like 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mad Men' will bring Commissioner Jim Gordon to life.
A release date is yet to be announced for 'Batman: The Killing Joke' but Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will host the world premiere this summer at Comic-Con International in San Diego before the film is released in stores later this summer.