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Thursday, November 12
British actress Gemma Arterton has become the "it" girl of action movies recently. First, she starred alongside Daniel Craig as Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace, then she landed the role of Sam Worthington's love interest in Clash of the Titans, and soon she will be appearing as Princess Tamina opposite Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
In a recent interview with Coming Soon, Arterton discussed how working on such high-profile projects is changing her life.
I'm really starting to feel it. Things have changed very quickly. Usually, I can kind of get on with my work and not think about it but it's actually having an effect on my life now and that's fine. I just have to kind of get used to it I suppose but it has been really, really quick and hey, why not, you know? If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen and just deal with it, but yeah, it's mad what's happened. In a year, I think I've done eight films or something. I don't know how I've done it. I don't know how I have the energy but I do somehow.
Like Gyllenhaal, who trained extensively for the movie, from weight trainging and sword fighting to learning Parkour, Arterton had to pick up a new set of skills to play Princess Tamina.
I had to learn how to horse ride 'cause I'd never done it before in my life, and it's kind of become a real new sort of passion for me. Pretty much the whole cast went to Spain and learned to horse ride for two weeks, which was incredible to have that opportunity and then we all kind of continued it. Then I have to do loads of fighting but there isn't a particular style to my fighting. It's quite wild 'cause she's never really been trained to fight so it's just kind of go "aaaagh" like that, but just doing it with some sort of skill. Where I went to drama school I trained in stage combat quite heavily so I had quite a bit of experience before.
Arterton said that she relishes the action and perhaps she "should have really been a stuntwoman."
I really enjoy it even though sometimes you think, "Oh, God, there are actually people that are trained to do this and they're trained to get battered and bruised," but I've loved doing all of that and the fighting. It's gobsmacking the sets and the costume and the sheer scale of this film and then you're kind of put into into this completely different world and that is really, really fantastic. You don't have to really imagine much 'cause it's there designed right in front of you, and so that's been brilliant as well.
Next Showing: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time opens May 28, 2010
Posted 11/12/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Daniel Craig | Jake Gyllenhaal | Sam Worthington | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Clash of the Titans | Gemma Arterton
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Wednesday, November 11
Finally, we get a look at director Louis Leterrier's remake of Clash of the Titans. Fans of the original will recognize a few of the monsters, notably the scorpion and Medusa, but won't be familiar with the trailer's rockin' soundtrack. Enjoy Sam Worthington in action, as well as glimpses of Liam Neeson, Pete Postlethwaite, and Gemma Arterton below:
Next Showing: Clash of the Titans opens March 26, 2010
Posted 11/11/2009 by Ryan
Related: Liam Neeson | Pete Postlethwaite | Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans | Gemma Arterton
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Saturday, October 3
Director Louis Leterrier's (The Incredibly Hulk) vision for his remake of the 1982 movie Clash of the Titans is finally coming into focus, thanks to the release of a batch of new movie stills and behind-the-scenes set images. Empire released several shots of Sam Worthington in action as Perseus and also revealed the hideous Stygian Witches.
Likewise, the first shots of Liam Neeson in costume as the Greek god Zeus were revealed by Entertainment Weekly. Letterier told EW that Neeson's family was instrumental in him taking the role and that he "never complained" about the long hours he spent in costume during the sweltering shoot.
Liam's sons were like, "You get to play Zeus, that's cool, Dad, do it!" That's why he took the job.
Next Showing: Clash of the Titans is scheduled to open March 26, 2010
Posted 10/3/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Liam Neeson | Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans
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Saturday, September 19
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was already a star in Europe when he landed a part as 007's nemesis in Casino Royale, but that role gave him much-needed exposure on this side of the Atlantic. Mikkelsen starred in two movies that were recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival -- Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky and Valhalla Rising -- and recently wrapped filming on the remake of Clash of the Titans.
While Mikkelsen's turn in Stravinsky didn't require much of him physically, his roles in Valhalla and Clash required him to get into fighting shape, slimming down and beefing up. Though Mikkelsen says that he is "normally in shape," he admitted that he "starved" himself to get "that skinny prison look" to play One-Eye, a half-blind, mute man-killer in the Viking saga Valhalla Rising. Filmed mostly outdoors in the mountains of Scotland, Mikkelsen likened the location to "the land of Mordor," a reference to the Dark Lord Sauron's realm in The Lord of the Rings, and said the shoot "took its toll" on him.
As in Valhalla, Mikkelsen plays another hardened fighter in Clash of the Titans. He describes his character, Draco, as a "long-haired, full-blooded guy, a classical Greek warrior." However, his experience on the set of Clash was vastly different than his work on Valhalla because he often had to act against a green-screen backdrop and fight invisible enemies, such as giant scorpions.
It's always easier to have something there, something or someone you can act to, it goes without saying. But after a while, you find a way of doing it. And it's really hard to find those big scorpions these days.
Next Showing: Clash of the Titans is scheduled for release March 26, 2010
Posted 9/19/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Mads Mikkelsen | Clash of the Titans
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Thursday, August 6
Academy Award-nominated actor Liam Neeson's star is (finally) on the rise. Though a Hollywood stalwart since the success of 1999's Darkman, Neeson has only flirted with stardom over the years. Neeson won over critics as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List and collected a fan following thanks to roles in Star Wars: Episode I and Batman Begins. However, despite these notable roles, Neeson has never quite made it into the upper echelons of leading male actors.
Now, thanks to the surprise success of Taken, in which Neeson played a retired CIA agent who tracks down the slave traders who kidnapped his daughter, Neeson is set to star in a rapid succession of high-profile movies. Neeson will portray Zeus in the remake of the Ray Harryhausen classic Clash of the Titans, and is preparing to star in a big-budget adaptation of TV's The A-Team, in which he will play the team's leader, Col. John "Hannibal" Smith. After that, Neeson may be donning a beard and a top hat to bring Abraham Lincoln to life in a Steven Spielberg biopic.
The latest news has Neeson in negotiations to star in Unknown White Male, a thriller being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan). Based on the novel Out of My Head by Didier Van Cauwelaert, Unknown White Male tells the story of a doctor who awakes from a coma to find that he has been replaced by a sinister imposter. Joel Silver is producing with Leonard Goldberg and shooting is scheduled to begin in January in Berlin.
Posted 8/6/2009 by reelz
Related: Liam Neeson | Darkman | Schindler's List | Taken | A-Team | Clash of the Titans
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Wednesday, August 5
Sam Worthington continues his meteoric rise to fame by replacing Tom Cruise in The Tourist, a remake of the French thriller Anthony Zimmer. Worthington can already be seen in the upcoming Avatar on December 18, Clash of the Titans on March 26, 2010, and recently signed on for the remake of The Candidate.
The Tourist will co-star Charlize Theron and be directed by Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day). Worthington will star as an American tourist in France used by an Interpol Agent (Theron) as bait to trap a criminal who is also her former lover.
The Tourist starts shooting this January, making The Candidate the next next movie Worthington will make. Cruise is skipping out on The Tourist to shoot Wichita, a comedy from director James Mangold and co-starring Cameron Diaz.
Posted 8/5/2009 by Ryan
Related: Tom Cruise | Bharat Nalluri | Anthony Zimmer | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans | Wichita | The Tourist
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Saturday, July 25
With Terminator Salvation and the upcoming Avatar already under his belt, Sam Worthington is currently at work on Clash of the Titans and has a new project lined up: a remake of the Danish thriller The Candidate. Worthington will play a defense attorney who is hunting a group of blackmailers when he is accused of murder.
Playwright Beau Willimon will adapt the script, however no director is currently attached. Worthington will also produce, adding even more work to his busy schedule.
The Candidate won't be Worthington's first thriller, having already finished the upcoming The Debt, directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). Worthington also has a romantic drama on the way with Last Night, where he co-stars with Keira Knightley.
Not bad for an Australian actor whose pre-Terminator work was fighting crocodiles in the horror movie Rogue.
Posted 7/25/2009 by Ryan
Related: Shakespeare in Love | Rogue | Sam Worthington | Avatar | Terminator Salvation | Clash of the Titans | Last Night
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Thursday, June 18
Fans of Sam Worthington have already seen two photos of the actor in full costume as Perseus from the Clash of the Titans shoot, and now a photo of Worthington's love interest, Io (Gemma Arterton), have surfaced on an Arterton fansite.
Arterton's character of Io is a new addition for the remake/reboot, and a role Arterton previously described as "the coolest." Arterton also revealed that this version of Clash of the Titans will delve more into the personal life of Perseus than the 1981 original.
Clash of the Titans opens March 26, 2010, and stars Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes as Hades, and Danny Huston as Poseidon, with direction from Louis Leterrier.
Posted 6/18/2009 by Ryan
Related: Danny Huston | Liam Neeson | Ralph Fiennes | Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans | Gemma Arterton
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Monday, June 8
Previously, pictures of Sam Worthington on the set of the Louis Leterrier remake were of the unofficial variety, clearly taken by someone working on the movie. Now Warner Bros. has finally released two official photos of Worthington in his full costume as hero Persueus. The pics show Worthington in action, holding a shield and sword, though what action he is involved in is unknown.
From the looks of the photos, Worthington could be tracking down Medusa, or entering an arena to fight Russell Crowe. Time will tell.
Next Showing: Clash of the Titans opens March 26, 2010
Posted 6/8/2009 by Ryan
Related: Russell Crowe | Louis Leterrier | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans
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Wednesday, May 20
Some of these early images are only interesting to the hardcore fan, but if you're into this kind of thing, we've got 5 images of Sam Worthington in a potato sack.
They are the first photos from the set of Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1980's movie. And thanks to our friends at CraveOnline, we can now see Worthington boarding a boat as the Greek hero Perseus.
Obviously he is off to some far flung adventure -- is he sailing to confront the Gorgon? Unfortunately, these pics aren't that revealing. Although, there is one shot up Worthington's skirt.
And no photos, yet, of Liam Neeson, who will step into Laurence Olivier's shoes as Zeus.
Posted 5/20/2009 by Jim
Related: Liam Neeson | Clash of the Titans | Sam Worthington | Clash of the Titans