British Independent Film Awards: ‘Kneecap’ wins seven awards
The full list of winners from the BIFA Awards 2024.
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 12/2024
The Oscar-winning movie Nicolas Cage made because nobody else wanted to: “No studio would touch it”
No one else was brave enough to touch the role that won Cage his Oscar.
Denzel Washington names the worst period of his career: “I had responsibilities”
Denzel took a few roles for the money and they didn’t turn out well.
The box office bomb that made Ron Howard shave off his Andy Warhol-approved moustache
That ginger ‘stache was more important to Howard than Warhol anticipated.
The movie that made Tom Hanks break his cardinal rule of acting: “The most important tool we had”
Hanks went against his instincts.
The greatest director of the 1970s, according to science
Data was crunched. Gasps of shock were made.
The movie Ridley Scott refused to direct: “I don’t want to”
Sir Ridley couldn’t imagine following in the footsteps of someone very close to him.
The only Paul Verhoeven movie he admits he can’t defend: “It really is not me anymore”
Verhoeven tried to make something conventional but ended up hating it.
The behind-the-scenes discontent that devastated Woody Harrelson: “They wanted to do it different”
Losing a key creative force.
The role Gary Oldman only took for the money: “I’m at the mercy of what the industry is making”
Oldman has always been pragmatic about forging a career in Hollywood.
“His behaviour was shocking”: the actor who made a lifelong enemy of Burt Reynolds
There was still no love lost between these two 30 years later.