The Robert Downey Jr role almost played by Johnny Depp
Downey was far from the studio’s top choice to play a silent film legend…
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 09/2024
Denzel Washington on his first encounter with Sidney Poitier: “He was very gracious”
What happened when a future legend met his hero.
Nicole Kidman names the directors she’s dying to work with
Kidman had a list of directors she’d love to work with.
‘The Godfather’: How close did Francis Ford Coppola come to being replaced?
Was a substitute director waiting in the wings?
The movies that influenced Leonardo DiCaprio on ‘Shutter Island’
Leo went on a Scorsese-curated film noir crash course like no other.
Hear Me Out: Wolverine is cinema’s greatest anti-hero
He’s ‘the best there is at what he does’ for a reason.
Michael Mann breaks down Will Smith’s “really ballsy” performance as Muhammad Ali
One of Mann’s stars transformed his mind and body to play an icon.
Werner Herzog’s deep love of Winnie the Pooh: “They are indelibly present in part of my soul”
Yes, saying ‘Winnie the Pooh’ in a Herzog voice is very funny.
The movie Christopher Nolan called “an extraordinary piece of work”
This Sidney Lumet drama hugely inspired Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer’.
Tom Hanks’ dismissive view of method acting
‘America’s Dad’ doesn’t have much time for “the method”…
Is Nicolas Cage the definition of an actor as auteur?
Cage may be eccentric on film and in real life – but that makes him uniquely singular.