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Dave Bautista couldn't get an agent when he decided to pursue acting.
The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star has revealed that despite a number of other professional wrestlers - including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena - making the move into acting before him, he still found it difficult to make people take him seriously.
Quizzed on whether Johnson's transition from wrestling to acting was helpful, Bautista said: "I don't think he paved the way for any wrestlers to move into film. It was hard for me. I couldn't get an agent. I think Dwayne is an exception."
The 45-year-old WWE star - who stars as Drax the Destroyer alongside Zoe Saldana as Gamora and Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star Lord in the sci-fi adventure - has confessed he thinks he will struggle to get diverse roles because casting directors will assume he's only suited to action.
He told the Metro newspaper: "It is hard getting auditions because people have slapped a label on me from WWE. It is kind of rough when you want to pursue more dramatic roles and not be an action star."
Bautista also revealed he'd never heard of Marvel Comics' 'Guardians of the Galaxy' universe before being offered an audition in the upcoming film, but insists once his acting coach, who is a "serious comic-book nerd" helped him out, he managed to get his around his character's funny lines.
He added: "The fact that Drax doesn't realise what he says is funny is what makes it funny. If you can get a hold of that, it becomes very easy."
Dave Bautista couldn’t get an agent
Dave Bautista couldn't get an agent when he decided to pursue acting.
The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star has revealed that despite a number of other professional wrestlers - including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena - making the move into acting before him, he still found it difficult to make people take him seriously.
Quizzed on whether Johnson's transition from wrestling to acting was helpful, Bautista said: "I don't think he paved the way for any wrestlers to move into film. It was hard for me. I couldn't get an agent. I think Dwayne is an exception."
The 45-year-old WWE star - who stars as Drax the Destroyer alongside Zoe Saldana as Gamora and Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star Lord in the sci-fi adventure - has confessed he thinks he will struggle to get diverse roles because casting directors will assume he's only suited to action.
He told the Metro newspaper: "It is hard getting auditions because people have slapped a label on me from WWE. It is kind of rough when you want to pursue more dramatic roles and not be an action star."
Bautista also revealed he'd never heard of Marvel Comics' 'Guardians of the Galaxy' universe before being offered an audition in the upcoming film, but insists once his acting coach, who is a "serious comic-book nerd" helped him out, he managed to get his around his character's funny lines.
He added: "The fact that Drax doesn't realise what he says is funny is what makes it funny. If you can get a hold of that, it becomes very easy."
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A script with an alternative ending to 'Gone with the Wind' is to be sold at auction.
The classic American Civil War movie - which starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler - saw Butler walk out on his lover O'Hara while uttering the line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn".
O'Hara was then seen vowing to move on from the relationship saying, "After all, tomorrow is another day", which saw the character hailed as a strong, independent woman - but it's now been revealed there could have been a more traditional ending.
An alternative script for the 1939 film - which is to be auctioned online next month and is expected to sell for up to $5,000 - swaps O'Hara's famous last line to something far more desperate.
It reads: "Rhett!... Rhett!... You'll come back. You'll come back... I know you will!"
Margaret Barrett of Heritage Auctions is selling the unique piece of film history - which is believed to have belonged to a production member and was eventually passed to a film fan who ran a bookshop - and she claims the alternative could've seen Leigh miss out on the Oscar she won for the role.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, Barrett said: "In the original Scarlett comes across as a determined woman who will survive with or without Rhett, but this alternative ending is much more traditional.
"Her life has been ruined because her man left her. Scarlett is such enduring character because she is so independent. She is way ahead of her time in terms of how women were viewed."
Alternative ending to Gone with the Wind
A script with an alternative ending to 'Gone with the Wind' is to be sold at auction.
The classic American Civil War movie - which starred Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler - saw Butler walk out on his lover O'Hara while uttering the line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn".
O'Hara was then seen vowing to move on from the relationship saying, "After all, tomorrow is another day", which saw the character hailed as a strong, independent woman - but it's now been revealed there could have been a more traditional ending.
An alternative script for the 1939 film - which is to be auctioned online next month and is expected to sell for up to $5,000 - swaps O'Hara's famous last line to something far more desperate.
It reads: "Rhett!... Rhett!... You'll come back. You'll come back... I know you will!"
Margaret Barrett of Heritage Auctions is selling the unique piece of film history - which is believed to have belonged to a production member and was eventually passed to a film fan who ran a bookshop - and she claims the alternative could've seen Leigh miss out on the Oscar she won for the role.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, Barrett said: "In the original Scarlett comes across as a determined woman who will survive with or without Rhett, but this alternative ending is much more traditional.
"Her life has been ruined because her man left her. Scarlett is such enduring character because she is so independent. She is way ahead of her time in terms of how women were viewed."
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Rita Ora kept forgetting her lines whilst filming her scenes in 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
The 23-year-old singer - who landed the role of Mia Grey in the erotic drama - had someone feeding her script to her through an earpiece because nerves got the better of her and she couldn't remember her words.
Speaking to 'Access Hollywood', she said: "I had to have someone in my ear on set telling me what to say before I said it because I was honestly like so nervous I forgot everything that I had learnt."
However, the blonde beauty credits her co-star Dakota Johnson - who plays the leading lady Anastasia Steele - for helping her get over her first-time acting fears.
She explained: "She's [Dakota is] a great friend of mine and she really eased me, and she was really nice to take care of me."
Meanwhile, the 'RIP' hitmaker - who has read all three novels by E. L. James - feels incredibly proud to have been chosen to take part in the movie adaptation, which is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
She said: "The movie is as visually close as it can be [to the book]. I think the actors are phenomenal in this and I'm just kind of honoured to be on the same wavelength as them.
"This being my first movie, it's pretty awesome."
'Fifty Shades of Grey' is set for release next year.
Rita Ora kept forgetting Fifty Shades of Grey lines
Rita Ora kept forgetting her lines whilst filming her scenes in 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
The 23-year-old singer - who landed the role of Mia Grey in the erotic drama - had someone feeding her script to her through an earpiece because nerves got the better of her and she couldn't remember her words.
Speaking to 'Access Hollywood', she said: "I had to have someone in my ear on set telling me what to say before I said it because I was honestly like so nervous I forgot everything that I had learnt."
However, the blonde beauty credits her co-star Dakota Johnson - who plays the leading lady Anastasia Steele - for helping her get over her first-time acting fears.
She explained: "She's [Dakota is] a great friend of mine and she really eased me, and she was really nice to take care of me."
Meanwhile, the 'RIP' hitmaker - who has read all three novels by E. L. James - feels incredibly proud to have been chosen to take part in the movie adaptation, which is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
She said: "The movie is as visually close as it can be [to the book]. I think the actors are phenomenal in this and I'm just kind of honoured to be on the same wavelength as them.
"This being my first movie, it's pretty awesome."
'Fifty Shades of Grey' is set for release next year.
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Chris Pratt never imagined himself playing a superhero.
The 35-year-old actor stars as Peter Quill aka Star Lord in James Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and he's revealed he never saw himself taking on that kind of role when he began his career in acting.
Commenting on whether he had to prove himself in his audition, he said: "I'm not sure that I even saw myself in this kind of a role.
"What's really nice about this movie is that I believe we did something that's never been done before ... So, maybe people wouldn't have seen me in this role, but that's because they weren't able to have the vision that James [Gunn, director] had for what this could be."
Pratt - who is best known for having parts in 'Zero Dark Thirty' and comedy series 'Parks and Recreation' - admits he was questioning what direction to take in his career before signing on to star alongside Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista in GOTG.
He told Collider: "At the time [of my audition], I had been having an identity crisis, as an actor. I didn't know what I was and whether I was an action guy or a comedy guy.
"I thought, 'Maybe I could do a combination of both, but there's nothing out there that's like that. Maybe I have to develop something'. And my manager just kept saying, 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. So, I said, 'Maybe you're right. Let's go meet on it'. And then, James said, 'I just want somebody to do their thing'."
Chris Pratt unsure of playing a superhero
Chris Pratt never imagined himself playing a superhero.
The 35-year-old actor stars as Peter Quill aka Star Lord in James Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and he's revealed he never saw himself taking on that kind of role when he began his career in acting.
Commenting on whether he had to prove himself in his audition, he said: "I'm not sure that I even saw myself in this kind of a role.
"What's really nice about this movie is that I believe we did something that's never been done before ... So, maybe people wouldn't have seen me in this role, but that's because they weren't able to have the vision that James [Gunn, director] had for what this could be."
Pratt - who is best known for having parts in 'Zero Dark Thirty' and comedy series 'Parks and Recreation' - admits he was questioning what direction to take in his career before signing on to star alongside Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista in GOTG.
He told Collider: "At the time [of my audition], I had been having an identity crisis, as an actor. I didn't know what I was and whether I was an action guy or a comedy guy.
"I thought, 'Maybe I could do a combination of both, but there's nothing out there that's like that. Maybe I have to develop something'. And my manager just kept saying, 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. So, I said, 'Maybe you're right. Let's go meet on it'. And then, James said, 'I just want somebody to do their thing'."
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Chris Evans says there's a lot of banter on the set of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'.
The 33-year-old actor - who starred as Steve Rogers aka Captain America in 'Avengers Assemble' - is to reprise his role in the upcoming next instalment of the Marvel superheroes franchise and he claims the cast all get along really well.
Speaking about the banter between him and his co-stars - who include Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), he said: "Everyone always says, 'Oh we get on so well'.
"But we really do get along phenomenally well and coming back to the second one, the banter is happening before you yell action, so there's so much camaraderie happening in life it's so easy to translate on screen and Joss [Whedon, director] really wants that to be a part of this next film."
The 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' star - who is set to appear in his directorial debut 'Before We Go' later this year - claims making the second film is easier because the characters have already been acquainted.
Evans told Collider: "The first movie you're trying to build the team, now we have the team, now it's a matter of maintaining the team and evolving the team and growing the team and that banter is what makes it likeable, what makes you invest and anticipate the journey and the struggle."
'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is slated for release on April 24 2015.
Chris Evans enjoying banter on Avengers set
Chris Evans says there's a lot of banter on the set of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'.
The 33-year-old actor - who starred as Steve Rogers aka Captain America in 'Avengers Assemble' - is to reprise his role in the upcoming next instalment of the Marvel superheroes franchise and he claims the cast all get along really well.
Speaking about the banter between him and his co-stars - who include Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), he said: "Everyone always says, 'Oh we get on so well'.
"But we really do get along phenomenally well and coming back to the second one, the banter is happening before you yell action, so there's so much camaraderie happening in life it's so easy to translate on screen and Joss [Whedon, director] really wants that to be a part of this next film."
The 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' star - who is set to appear in his directorial debut 'Before We Go' later this year - claims making the second film is easier because the characters have already been acquainted.
Evans told Collider: "The first movie you're trying to build the team, now we have the team, now it's a matter of maintaining the team and evolving the team and growing the team and that banter is what makes it likeable, what makes you invest and anticipate the journey and the struggle."
'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is slated for release on April 24 2015.
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Cate Blanchett was "desperate" to play a dwarf in 'The Hobbit' films.
The 45-year-old actress - who plays Lady Galadriel in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' trilogies - has expressed her disappointment at not being given the opportunity to dress up as one of the hairy mythical creatures.
According to ET Canada, she said: "I was so desperate to play a dwarf. The facial hair. You go into the wig room. Oh my god. The beard."
Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom - who stars as elf Legolas in the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels - was more sentimental about the iconic franchise coming to an end.
Speaking at Comic-Con the 37-year-old actor - who appears in all three LOTR films and two of three Hobbit films - explained: "It's a truly passionate event, and I feel very fortunate that I'm getting to see it on the last installment of a journey that's been so special for me."
The last film in 'The Hobbit' trilogy, 'The Battle of the Five Armies, is to be released on December 12, 2014.
Bloom is joined on the cast by Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, 'Lost' star Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans.
Cate Blanchett reveals ambition to play a dwarf
Cate Blanchett was "desperate" to play a dwarf in 'The Hobbit' films.
The 45-year-old actress - who plays Lady Galadriel in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' trilogies - has expressed her disappointment at not being given the opportunity to dress up as one of the hairy mythical creatures.
According to ET Canada, she said: "I was so desperate to play a dwarf. The facial hair. You go into the wig room. Oh my god. The beard."
Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom - who stars as elf Legolas in the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels - was more sentimental about the iconic franchise coming to an end.
Speaking at Comic-Con the 37-year-old actor - who appears in all three LOTR films and two of three Hobbit films - explained: "It's a truly passionate event, and I feel very fortunate that I'm getting to see it on the last installment of a journey that's been so special for me."
The last film in 'The Hobbit' trilogy, 'The Battle of the Five Armies, is to be released on December 12, 2014.
Bloom is joined on the cast by Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, 'Lost' star Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans.
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Jamie Foxx will portray Mike Tyson with the help of CGI.
The 'Django Unchained' star has been in discussions with the legendary boxer for a number of years about a biopic, which is rumoured to be titled 'Champion', and Tyson has now revealed special effects will be used to transform Foxx into a 20-year-old version of him, the Daily Mirror newspaper reports.
The 48-year-old boxer - who became the youngest heavyweight champion when he was just 20-years-old - claims Foxx, 46, will be transformed using the same technology that allowed Brad Pitt to change from an old man to a baby in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'.
Tyson said: "Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it.
"Within a year to 18 months, we're going to do the Mike Tyson story and he's going to portray me, and now they have this new animation, because you know Jamie's pretty much my age so he can portray me but they have this new system."
The controversial sportsman, who claims Martin Scorsese is attached to direct, also confessed that once the project - which will tell the story of his troubled life from the age of 20 to the present day - is completed, he will only agree to watching it alone as he thinks people in a cinema would say, "Oh you d**k".
Foxx - who won the best actor Oscar in 2004 for his portrayal of jazz singer Ray Charles in 'Ray' - has reportedly asked Tyson to train him for the role.
Jamie Foxx to be transformed into Mike Tyson
Jamie Foxx will portray Mike Tyson with the help of CGI.
The 'Django Unchained' star has been in discussions with the legendary boxer for a number of years about a biopic, which is rumoured to be titled 'Champion', and Tyson has now revealed special effects will be used to transform Foxx into a 20-year-old version of him, the Daily Mirror newspaper reports.
The 48-year-old boxer - who became the youngest heavyweight champion when he was just 20-years-old - claims Foxx, 46, will be transformed using the same technology that allowed Brad Pitt to change from an old man to a baby in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'.
Tyson said: "Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it.
"Within a year to 18 months, we're going to do the Mike Tyson story and he's going to portray me, and now they have this new animation, because you know Jamie's pretty much my age so he can portray me but they have this new system."
The controversial sportsman, who claims Martin Scorsese is attached to direct, also confessed that once the project - which will tell the story of his troubled life from the age of 20 to the present day - is completed, he will only agree to watching it alone as he thinks people in a cinema would say, "Oh you d**k".
Foxx - who won the best actor Oscar in 2004 for his portrayal of jazz singer Ray Charles in 'Ray' - has reportedly asked Tyson to train him for the role.