Variety Published: July 21, 2015 To play a boxing star in “Southpaw,” Jake Gyllenhaal had to transform himself into a bulked-up bruiser who could convincingly go twelve rounds with the fiercest and meanest guys in the ring. Complicating matters, the actor was a few months removed from shooting “Nightcrawler,” last year’s highly acclaimed thriller that …
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Variety Published: July 14, 2015 HBO’s crime drama “True Detective” has now become famous for its intense action scenes, with the bloody shootout involving Rachel McAdams’ SWAT officer Ani Bezzerides in Sunday’s episode being no exception. While the episode certainly got the adrenaline flowing in fans, it was especially grueling to film for McAdams. “That …
Variety Published: July 23, 2014 The New York premiere of Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions’ “A Most Wanted Man” on Tuesday started on a somber note. Pic marks the last major performance from the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment just after the film made its Sundance premiere …
Variety Published: November 9, 2010 You can’t turn down the ‘Today’ show, it’s the greatest job in TV!” Or so says Patrick Wilson’s character in Paramount’s latest adult comedy “Morning Glory.” That assessment might rankle Chris Matthews, who makes a cameo in the movie and was one of several evening TV personalities in attendance for …
Variety Published: July 27, 2006 RACHEL MCADAMS Actress It takes a special quality for an actress to be believable as the queen bee who rules the school, as the girl worth waiting for, and as the woman who can inspire a boy to grow into a man, but McAdams has excelled in satire (“Mean Girls”), …
Variety Published: December 11, 2005 Which director would you like to work with that you haven’t before? “Jane Campion and Michel Gondry. With Jane, I like the way she moves the camera and how close she gets to people. As for Michel, I love his collaboration with Charlie Kaufman and the way he breaks time-line …
Variety Published: October 23, 2005 When it comes to its breakthrough stars, the Hollywood Awards likes them to do triple duty. Jake Gyllenhaal headlined “Brokeback Mountain,” “Jarhead” and “Proof” in 2005. His femme counterpart at the awards, Rachel McAdams, is less well-known but has been equally busy this year, playing Owen Wilson’s elegant fiancee in …
Variety Published: March 16, 2005 Why: Standout turns in “Mean Girls” and “The Notebook” earned her notice last year. This year, McAdams is a woman stuck on an airplane — kidnapped by the vicious man in the seat beside her — in the upcoming Wes Craven psycho-thriller “Red Eye.” She’s also in “The Family Stone” …
Variety Published: November 18, 2004 Films: The Notebook, Mean Girls Why: She gained much notice for her first two major roles this year, the winsome heroine in tearjerker “The Notebook” and the evil antagonist in biting comedy “Mean Girls.” Quote: The small-town girl, who still resides in her native Canada, laughs as she describes her …