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Michael Keaton admits it was a "ballsy move" by Tim Burton to cast him as Batman. The 72-year-old actor first played the Caped Crusader in Burton's 1989 superhero film 'Batman' and acknowledged that the filmmaker had taken a risk by selecting him for the part after it was met with an angry backlash by fans. In a career retrospective interview for GQ magazine, Michael recalled: "When they said, 'We're thinking of doing Batman', I said, 'Wait, you're thinking of making a movie about Batman?' "The fact that Tim said, 'That guy, I want that guy'... The fact that people cared one way or another so ...
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Ray Winstone “invented” his character from ‘The Departed’. The 67-year-old actor stars in the 2006 movie as Arnold 'Frenchy' French, the right hand man to crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) but he revealed he was originally in the frame to play a very different role. He told Empire magazine: “I invented this character sitting with Marty [Scorsese] in the Dorchester one Sunday morning. “I was up to play one of the coppers and I said, ‘I don’t want to, Marty’. “I said, ‘I’d like to play a character who was with Frank all the time, because it’s the only way you get to know who he is.’ “ A...
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Ray Winstone has branded Jack Nicholson "smarmy" and "arrogant" after they fell out while making 2006 thriller 'The Departed'. The 67-year-old 'Sexy Beast' star has previously hinted about a fed with the Hollywood veteran and now he's revealed Nicholson, 86, took a dislike to him and he has no idea why - and he was offended by his co-star's "smarmy little side mouth" and his "cracks". In an interview with The Independent newspaper, Ray was asked why Nicholson disliked him and he replied: "I have no idea ... You always look at yourself on set and think, ‘Ooh, I’m alright. I get on with everyone...
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Martin Scorsese was stunned that 'The Departed' won him an Oscar for Best Director. The legendary director explained that the 2006 film was made as his farewell to big-budget moviemaking and it took him by surprise that it gave him his only personal Academy Award triumph to date. In an interview with The New Yorker, Scorsese said: "I had made 'The Departed' as a sign-off. "I was leaving and just going to make some small films, I don't know. And it just happened that 'The Departed' clicked. And it was a very difficult one to make, for many different reasons. That's a whole other story. "But we ...
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The score of Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ will be performed by a live symphony orchestra to mark the movie’s 35th anniversary. Across 14 dates from January to June 2024, the DC in Concert series will bring the soundtrack to theatres in America, Paris and London. It will be performed in front of a projection of the original ‘Batman’ film, which starred Michael Keaton as the vigilante and Jack Nicholson as his Joker nemesis. The gigs kick off in January 2024 in Los Angeles, and run until late April in the US, with the tour finishing with a gig at Paris’ Le Grand Rex on May 24, and at London’s Barbican ...
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Kathleen Turner felt “scornful” after she learned Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Michael Douglas had a contest over who could bed her first. The mum-of-one ‘Romancing the Stone’ actress, 68, who had her singer daughter Rachel Ann Weiss, 35, with her ex-husband Jay Weiss, was fresh from her big-screen debut as Matty Walker in 1981 hit ‘Body Heat’ and was having dinner with the trio of Hollywood stars when they hatched the secret competition. It wasn’t until years later, when Michael let their plan slip, that Kathleen – who never bedded any of the actors – realised she was at the centre of th...
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Henry Winkler has become a "better actor" since starring in 'Barry'. The 77-year-old star plays pompous acting teacher Gene Cousineau in the comedy series that is set to end on Sunday (28.05.23) and feels that working on the show has helped him get close to emulating his heroes Jack Nicholson and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The 'Happy Days' actor told Entertainment Weekly: "I have become a better actor. I have. I'm getting close to the actor I dreamt of being when I was doing the Fonz. "Some of my idols in acting are Jack Nicholson and Anthony Hopkins, where there's no distance between their soul and...
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It’s no secret that Jack Nicholson, 86, is an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan. It seems that the Lakers are about the only ones able to bring the reclusive actor out of his shell. The last time anyone saw the 86-year-old in public was in October 2021, at a Lakers game no less. Nicholson surprised many in the Crypto.com arena when he attended one of the Laker’s games last month, as he watched them play against the Memphis Grizzles. The Jumbotron played a mini-montage of Nicholson’s most notable roles in The Shining and Batman, before turning to the real-time Nicholson. Laker’s superstar player ...
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Jack Nicholson attended his fourth basketball game in a row at the weekend. The 86-year-old actor - who leads his life largely out of the public eye these days - was joined by his actor son Ray and seated next to Dave Chappelle at the Crypto.com Arena on Saturday (20.05.23) to see his beloved Los Angeles Lakers in action against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals. However, the cheers of the 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' star were not enough to spur his team on because they lost once again, meaning Denver lead the Lakers 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, making them just one...
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Netflix has shut down the new movie from Nancy Meyers. The 73-year-old filmmaker had been set to helm a star-studded romantic comedy for the streaming giant but the plans have been scrapped for financial reasons. According to sources, Netflix and Meyers could not reach an agreement on the budget as 'The Parent Trap' director wanted a budget of at least $150 million – but the streamer did not want to exceed $130 million. Meyers has not directed since helming the 2015 movie 'The Intern' and commands big budgets as she is known for her work with A-list stars such as Jack Nicholson and Meryl Stree...
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