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Meryl Streep can't believe she got to play a rock'n' roll musician in her sixties.
The 66-year-old Oscar winning actress plays the titular character in 'Ricki and the Flash', a woman who walked out on her husband and family to make it as a singer and Meryl loved every minute of filming.
She told Weekend magazine: "I couldn't believe that at my age I was the lead in a rock'n'roll movie. I love rock'n'roll and I grew to love Ricki too.
"OK she ends up a wannabe star who hasn't quite made it but I loved that she had all those dreams in the first place. The world might say she's failed but that's only by other people's standards because as far as she's concerned she's living the dream."
Meryl's daughter Mamie Gummer plays her on-screen daughter in the movie and admitted filming hostile scenes between their characters was difficult.
She said: "I had to say some really hurtful things to my mother and that was really challenging. The hardest thing was not to allow it to feel like I was punishing her. Some scenes were hard to film but we got over that when I understood she does this for a living, She knows what's real and what's not."
Meryl Streep’s exciting role
Meryl Streep can't believe she got to play a rock'n' roll musician in her sixties.
The 66-year-old Oscar winning actress plays the titular character in 'Ricki and the Flash', a woman who walked out on her husband and family to make it as a singer and Meryl loved every minute of filming.
She told Weekend magazine: "I couldn't believe that at my age I was the lead in a rock'n'roll movie. I love rock'n'roll and I grew to love Ricki too.
"OK she ends up a wannabe star who hasn't quite made it but I loved that she had all those dreams in the first place. The world might say she's failed but that's only by other people's standards because as far as she's concerned she's living the dream."
Meryl's daughter Mamie Gummer plays her on-screen daughter in the movie and admitted filming hostile scenes between their characters was difficult.
She said: "I had to say some really hurtful things to my mother and that was really challenging. The hardest thing was not to allow it to feel like I was punishing her. Some scenes were hard to film but we got over that when I understood she does this for a living, She knows what's real and what's not."
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Zoe Saldana has joined the cast of 'I Kill Giants.'
The 37-year-old actress has landed the role of school psychologist Mrs Mollé, who helps a young girl named Barbara - who will be played by Madison Wolfe - as she battles against real and imaginary monsters.
Joe Kelly is adapting the screenplay from his original novel, while Anders Walter will make his feature directorial debut following the success of his short film, 'Helium' last year.
Walter told Comingsoon.net: "I'm thrilled to have the massively talented Zoe helping us bring Joe Kelly's beautiful story to life.
"I couldn't be more excited to see Mrs. Mollé, a kind, strong and incredibly inspirational character up on the big screen."
He added of Wolfe: "Madison is an extraordinary young actress and we are thrilled to have her join the cast."
Shooting for 'I Kill Giants' is set to kick off next year.
Meanwhile, Zoe has just finished filming for the US biopic 'Nina' in which she plays the titular character, Nina Simone.
She's also busy preparing to shoot 'Star Trek Beyond', which will see her reprise her role as Nyota Uhura alongside fellow castmates Chris Pine and Idris Elba.
Zoe Saldana joins I Kill Giants
Zoe Saldana has joined the cast of 'I Kill Giants.'
The 37-year-old actress has landed the role of school psychologist Mrs Mollé, who helps a young girl named Barbara - who will be played by Madison Wolfe - as she battles against real and imaginary monsters.
Joe Kelly is adapting the screenplay from his original novel, while Anders Walter will make his feature directorial debut following the success of his short film, 'Helium' last year.
Walter told Comingsoon.net: "I'm thrilled to have the massively talented Zoe helping us bring Joe Kelly's beautiful story to life.
"I couldn't be more excited to see Mrs. Mollé, a kind, strong and incredibly inspirational character up on the big screen."
He added of Wolfe: "Madison is an extraordinary young actress and we are thrilled to have her join the cast."
Shooting for 'I Kill Giants' is set to kick off next year.
Meanwhile, Zoe has just finished filming for the US biopic 'Nina' in which she plays the titular character, Nina Simone.
She's also busy preparing to shoot 'Star Trek Beyond', which will see her reprise her role as Nyota Uhura alongside fellow castmates Chris Pine and Idris Elba.
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Hugh Jackman's 'Wolverine' preparations make him "angry".
The 46-year-old actor undergoes a dramatic transformation when he has to bulk up to play the mutant and gets increasingly "annoyed" by the weight-gain diet plan and regular exercise regime he has to follow.
He said: "Wolverine is very determined and visceral. It's not just his anger that drives him, although he obviously uses anger to his advantage.
"I don't get angry while playing him. I get more annoyed in the months leading up to the start of filming and having to go on this insane diet and training regime in order to put on 25lbs and bulk up.
"You'd be angry too if you were eating 6,000 calories a day and bench-pressing 350lbs."
While being Wolverine makes him angry, Hugh insists he never loses his temper with wife Deborra-Lee Furness or their kids Oscar, 14, and nine-year-old Ava, though that can be a challenge of his acting skills.
He told Psychologies magazine: "I lose my temper very rarely and, when I do, I feel really miserable afterwards. But never with Deb and never with my kids.
"Although when they misbehave, you learn to control your emotions and exercise as much self-control and reason as you possibly can.
"It's better to tell your kids that they are driving you crazy and being impossible than to yell at them."
Hugh Jackman angered by Wolverine diet
Hugh Jackman's 'Wolverine' preparations make him "angry".
The 46-year-old actor undergoes a dramatic transformation when he has to bulk up to play the mutant and gets increasingly "annoyed" by the weight-gain diet plan and regular exercise regime he has to follow.
He said: "Wolverine is very determined and visceral. It's not just his anger that drives him, although he obviously uses anger to his advantage.
"I don't get angry while playing him. I get more annoyed in the months leading up to the start of filming and having to go on this insane diet and training regime in order to put on 25lbs and bulk up.
"You'd be angry too if you were eating 6,000 calories a day and bench-pressing 350lbs."
While being Wolverine makes him angry, Hugh insists he never loses his temper with wife Deborra-Lee Furness or their kids Oscar, 14, and nine-year-old Ava, though that can be a challenge of his acting skills.
He told Psychologies magazine: "I lose my temper very rarely and, when I do, I feel really miserable afterwards. But never with Deb and never with my kids.
"Although when they misbehave, you learn to control your emotions and exercise as much self-control and reason as you possibly can.
"It's better to tell your kids that they are driving you crazy and being impossible than to yell at them."
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Zoe Kravitz wants to star in a female driven comedy.
The 26-year-old actress is known for her dramatic roles but wants to show something a bit lighter and thinks women have a particularly unique sense of humour that sets them apart from men.
She said: "I really want to do a comedy. I feel like 'Bridesmaids' has opened it up for women in comedy and people are really hungry for that. I know I am.
"Women are a different kind of funny to men. Even in life, when I'm just with my girlfriends, we say and do the funniest s**t that men have no idea about."
The 'Divergent'' star also thinks women need to start doing more behind the scenes as it is a "great time" for females in Hollywood.
She told Elle magazine: "It's a great time because people are finally talking about our opportunities and roles.
"This is an industry that has been run by men for so long and we can't expect them to speak for us, because they really don't know.
"It's time for women to start writing our own s**t, directing our own s**t, producing our own s**t. We have to start doing it."
Zoe Kravitz’s comedy ambitions
Zoe Kravitz wants to star in a female driven comedy.
The 26-year-old actress is known for her dramatic roles but wants to show something a bit lighter and thinks women have a particularly unique sense of humour that sets them apart from men.
She said: "I really want to do a comedy. I feel like 'Bridesmaids' has opened it up for women in comedy and people are really hungry for that. I know I am.
"Women are a different kind of funny to men. Even in life, when I'm just with my girlfriends, we say and do the funniest s**t that men have no idea about."
The 'Divergent'' star also thinks women need to start doing more behind the scenes as it is a "great time" for females in Hollywood.
She told Elle magazine: "It's a great time because people are finally talking about our opportunities and roles.
"This is an industry that has been run by men for so long and we can't expect them to speak for us, because they really don't know.
"It's time for women to start writing our own s**t, directing our own s**t, producing our own s**t. We have to start doing it."
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Anne Hathaway finds comedies harder than drama.
The 32-year-old actress was desperate to do something lighthearted after shooting intense scenes for Interstellar' but it was only when she began work on 'The Intern' that she remembered they weren't as much fun to work on as she expected.
She recalled: "I was on the set of 'Interstellar' and it was the moment where [my character] Brand believes that she could be the last human being in the universe and I just had to tap into this place of fear and loneliness.
"Afterwards I went up to the producer, threw my arms around her and said, 'Oh my God, I just want to do a comedy! I need to laugh so hard, man'.
"I forgot, because it's been so long, that comedies are way harder than dramas. It's funny the first take, it's funny the second take and then you're like, 'We're here all day.'"
The 'Les Miserables' star still feels disappointed when she doesn't land roles she has auditioned for but no longer "beats herself up" the way she used to and tries to feel happy for the actress who has been given the part.
She told Glamour magazine: "It's disappointing and you have a cry and give yourself a day to feel rotten about it.
"And then you have to be happy for the person that got it and think, 'I'm not going to shoot daggers at the poster whenever I see it.'
"I don't beat myself up as easily any more, I see the opportunity that exists within failure more easily now. It's great maturing."
Anne Hathaway: ‘Comedies are hard’
Anne Hathaway finds comedies harder than drama.
The 32-year-old actress was desperate to do something lighthearted after shooting intense scenes for Interstellar' but it was only when she began work on 'The Intern' that she remembered they weren't as much fun to work on as she expected.
She recalled: "I was on the set of 'Interstellar' and it was the moment where [my character] Brand believes that she could be the last human being in the universe and I just had to tap into this place of fear and loneliness.
"Afterwards I went up to the producer, threw my arms around her and said, 'Oh my God, I just want to do a comedy! I need to laugh so hard, man'.
"I forgot, because it's been so long, that comedies are way harder than dramas. It's funny the first take, it's funny the second take and then you're like, 'We're here all day.'"
The 'Les Miserables' star still feels disappointed when she doesn't land roles she has auditioned for but no longer "beats herself up" the way she used to and tries to feel happy for the actress who has been given the part.
She told Glamour magazine: "It's disappointing and you have a cry and give yourself a day to feel rotten about it.
"And then you have to be happy for the person that got it and think, 'I'm not going to shoot daggers at the poster whenever I see it.'
"I don't beat myself up as easily any more, I see the opportunity that exists within failure more easily now. It's great maturing."
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Sienna Miller "smelt of fish for weeks" while preparing for 'Burnt'.
The 29-year-old actress trained with chef Marcus Wareing to learn the skills needed to play a chef de partie in the movie - in which she stars with Bradley Cooper - but it wasn't always pleasant.
She said: "I think I cooked 70 turbots in one day - my fingers smelt of fish for weeks.
"Marcus did shout at me during training. 'You can't hold your spoon like a f***ing shovel.' I was [his] favourite pupil."
The stunning star sported "a very sweaty face under a white chef's cap" in the film and found it a "relief" not to have to worry about her appearance.
She told Vogue magazine: "I think, at a certain point, you have to let go of any sense of vanity in films and start playing real character roles. It's a relief actually, for the focus not to be to look glamorous."
And director John Wells was very impressed with the actress' dedication to the role.
He said: "She always came to set prepared, ready to work, she trained very, very hard to simulate being a chef."
As well as her impressive work ethic, Sienna also makes filming fun for those around her.
Bradley said: "She comes ready to work but also ready to play and makes everyone around her feel at home."
Sienna Miller’s fishy role
Sienna Miller "smelt of fish for weeks" while preparing for 'Burnt'.
The 29-year-old actress trained with chef Marcus Wareing to learn the skills needed to play a chef de partie in the movie - in which she stars with Bradley Cooper - but it wasn't always pleasant.
She said: "I think I cooked 70 turbots in one day - my fingers smelt of fish for weeks.
"Marcus did shout at me during training. 'You can't hold your spoon like a f***ing shovel.' I was [his] favourite pupil."
The stunning star sported "a very sweaty face under a white chef's cap" in the film and found it a "relief" not to have to worry about her appearance.
She told Vogue magazine: "I think, at a certain point, you have to let go of any sense of vanity in films and start playing real character roles. It's a relief actually, for the focus not to be to look glamorous."
And director John Wells was very impressed with the actress' dedication to the role.
He said: "She always came to set prepared, ready to work, she trained very, very hard to simulate being a chef."
As well as her impressive work ethic, Sienna also makes filming fun for those around her.
Bradley said: "She comes ready to work but also ready to play and makes everyone around her feel at home."
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Michael Moore thinks Meryl Streep should try to become the US President.
The 61-year-old filmmaker - who's best known for his movies 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Bowling for Columbine' - has suggested the Oscar-winning actress should follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan by making the move from Hollywood to Washington.
He told the Guardian newspaper: "The Republicans knew Reagan knew how to talk to American people and get them to vote. In this case you have a beloved person who happens to be in the movies but is also smart and has a heart and is curious."
The suggestion comes shortly after Meryl admitted she sometimes feels a sense of guilt as she tries to balance her career with her family life.
She explained: "Every day is some kind of compromise if you're a working woman. There's a different set of expectations, and there's a guilt that's self-generated and condoned in the larger society. In every profession, men are held to a completely different standard of parenthood."
What's more, Meryl said she felt a sense of responsibility
when it comes to choosing what roles to accept.
She said: "We all have a responsibility for what we put out in the world. I do think that.
"I mean, unless you're really, really struggling and you have to do something you don't believe in. That's economic necessity. But somebody like me, who can make some choices... I don't know what to do with it, the responsibility. But I feel it. And I don't mind representing, for New Jersey and women my age!"
Michael Moore backs Meryl Streep for US Presidency
Michael Moore thinks Meryl Streep should try to become the US President.
The 61-year-old filmmaker - who's best known for his movies 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Bowling for Columbine' - has suggested the Oscar-winning actress should follow in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan by making the move from Hollywood to Washington.
He told the Guardian newspaper: "The Republicans knew Reagan knew how to talk to American people and get them to vote. In this case you have a beloved person who happens to be in the movies but is also smart and has a heart and is curious."
The suggestion comes shortly after Meryl admitted she sometimes feels a sense of guilt as she tries to balance her career with her family life.
She explained: "Every day is some kind of compromise if you're a working woman. There's a different set of expectations, and there's a guilt that's self-generated and condoned in the larger society. In every profession, men are held to a completely different standard of parenthood."
What's more, Meryl said she felt a sense of responsibility
when it comes to choosing what roles to accept.
She said: "We all have a responsibility for what we put out in the world. I do think that.
"I mean, unless you're really, really struggling and you have to do something you don't believe in. That's economic necessity. But somebody like me, who can make some choices... I don't know what to do with it, the responsibility. But I feel it. And I don't mind representing, for New Jersey and women my age!"
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Ronda Rousey is to star in a remake of 'Road House'.
The 28-year-old mixed martial artist-turned-actress is set to step into the role Patrick Swayze made famous in the 80s cult classic, in which he played a bouncer in a bar.
Rousey recently spoke to Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing and is now eager to press on with the movie, with production set to begin in 2016, Variety reports.
The film will mark Rousey's biggest movie role to date, and will further her reputation as one of the coming forces in Hollywood.
Her casting comes shortly after she admitted she'd love to star as Captain Marvel.
Rousey said she dreams of starring in her own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and identified Captain Marvel as her character of choice.
Asked during a Reddit Q&A she was asked which superhero she'd most like to play, the blonde beauty replied: "A lot of the good ones have been taken, but I'd like to vie for Miss Marvel."
And prior to her most-recent victory over UFC rival Bethe Correia, Rousey explained how her burgeoning movie career would work around her mixed martial arts commitments.
She said: "Here's pretty much the plan. I'm going to beat up Bethe, then I'm going to take a couple of weeks to rest, and then I'm going to go beat up Miesha [Tate], and then I'm going to go to like Thailand or wherever we decide to film ('Mile 22') and prep for like a month, and then start filming for like eight to 10 weeks, and then go beat up the next chick.
"That's pretty much my plan."
Ronda Rousey ‘to star in Road House remake’
Ronda Rousey is to star in a remake of 'Road House'.
The 28-year-old mixed martial artist-turned-actress is set to step into the role Patrick Swayze made famous in the 80s cult classic, in which he played a bouncer in a bar.
Rousey recently spoke to Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing and is now eager to press on with the movie, with production set to begin in 2016, Variety reports.
The film will mark Rousey's biggest movie role to date, and will further her reputation as one of the coming forces in Hollywood.
Her casting comes shortly after she admitted she'd love to star as Captain Marvel.
Rousey said she dreams of starring in her own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and identified Captain Marvel as her character of choice.
Asked during a Reddit Q&A she was asked which superhero she'd most like to play, the blonde beauty replied: "A lot of the good ones have been taken, but I'd like to vie for Miss Marvel."
And prior to her most-recent victory over UFC rival Bethe Correia, Rousey explained how her burgeoning movie career would work around her mixed martial arts commitments.
She said: "Here's pretty much the plan. I'm going to beat up Bethe, then I'm going to take a couple of weeks to rest, and then I'm going to go beat up Miesha [Tate], and then I'm going to go to like Thailand or wherever we decide to film ('Mile 22') and prep for like a month, and then start filming for like eight to 10 weeks, and then go beat up the next chick.
"That's pretty much my plan."
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Emily Watson thinks the 3D effects used in 'Everest' are "incredible".
The 48-year-old actress stars in the adventure thriller based on the true story of a group of climbers who trek to the highest point on earth in the Himalayas and despite her reservations about the use of computerised imagery to recreate the mountains, she felt in awe of the results.
She said: "You can feel what it is to be in some of those really dangerous places. I mean 3D, because I usually hate 3D, but this is the first time that I've gone, 'Now that really works'.
"You're looking down those incredible drops."
Emily portrays Helen Wilton, the group's manager who co-ordinated the climb from base camp, in the movie.
Meanwhile, Jake Gyllenhaal (Scott Fischer), Keira Knightley (Jan Arnold), Josh Brolin (Beck Weathers) and Robin Wright (Peach) also star in the blockbuster as various climbers.
But things go wrong for the group when a fierce storm strikes the mountain.
Emily - whose previous film credits include 'War Horse' and 'The Book Thief' - told ITV's 'Good Morning Britain': "There are just incrementally lots of different things that are just beginning to go wrong and it builds and builds and builds and it's very tense."
Emily Watson: Everest 3D is incredible
Emily Watson thinks the 3D effects used in 'Everest' are "incredible".
The 48-year-old actress stars in the adventure thriller based on the true story of a group of climbers who trek to the highest point on earth in the Himalayas and despite her reservations about the use of computerised imagery to recreate the mountains, she felt in awe of the results.
She said: "You can feel what it is to be in some of those really dangerous places. I mean 3D, because I usually hate 3D, but this is the first time that I've gone, 'Now that really works'.
"You're looking down those incredible drops."
Emily portrays Helen Wilton, the group's manager who co-ordinated the climb from base camp, in the movie.
Meanwhile, Jake Gyllenhaal (Scott Fischer), Keira Knightley (Jan Arnold), Josh Brolin (Beck Weathers) and Robin Wright (Peach) also star in the blockbuster as various climbers.
But things go wrong for the group when a fierce storm strikes the mountain.
Emily - whose previous film credits include 'War Horse' and 'The Book Thief' - told ITV's 'Good Morning Britain': "There are just incrementally lots of different things that are just beginning to go wrong and it builds and builds and builds and it's very tense."