“It was pretty distracting”: the scene Michael B Jordan kicked his mother off the set to shoot
In one of the most awarded TV shows in history.
Author: Tim Bradley
“Essentially a prostitute”: the breakthrough role Morena Baccarin nearly turned down
Could have missed out on her whole career.
How the 1993 movie Leonardo DiCaprio turned down became his defining moment: “I won the fucking lottery”
Took a big gamble on a gritty drama.
“A bit of a battle”: the traumatising role that put Rami Malek through “absolute hell” for years
He made it through relatively unscathed.
“I was sold”: Manchester’s three greatest-ever bands, according to Eva Mendes
Loves a bit of Manc music.
“It’s the template”: the most influential acting performance of the 1960s, according to Karl Urban
What might just be the most perfect movie of all time.
The director Sigourney Weaver crowned as the second coming of Ridley Scott and James Cameron
Another filmmaker who started out with horror.
“It’s really depressing”: the unmade 1987 movie that pulled the rug from under Gene Hackman
Nothing seemed to go according to plan.
“I couldn’t do that”: Jet Li rejected a 2003 role that predicted the future
A mega money-making futuristic blockbuster.
“I held on to my chair very tightly”: the movie Johnny Depp could barely bring himself to watch
A mid-2010s mob cracker.
“No stone was left unturned”: the pair of polar opposite actors who shaped Josh O’Connor’s career
Two titans of Hollywood acting.
“I wanted to be in that film”: the 1980 movie that informed Idris Elba that he wanted a life in cinema
One of the best sci-fi movies in history.