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Posts tagged: Gary Oldman
Since tonight is Gary’s big night (but I have a feeling he won’t win, damn it) here are some words from the man himself. :)
Gary Oldman is an old pro at walking red carpets, but as a first-time Oscar nominee, Sunday will be different. “I’m very excited,” he said. “I’m not nervous. I’ve had a great ride and I’m looking forward to it.”
Oldman worked with some younger talent on his nominated film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and joked when asked what advice he gave co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy. “I smack ‘em,” Oldman quipped. “No, they don’t need anything from me. They are wonderful. It was a wonderful thing, a harmonic thing — right place, right part, right cast, right director.”
(Source: popwatch.ew.com)
Straughan: We knew from the beginning that we had to move it deeper into the story [in the movie] because we had to introduce George Smiley. Didn’t you say, Gary, that when you were shooting this scene that you maintained a Smiley silence which was freaking Tom out?
Oldman: Yes, it discombobulated him.
Straughan: You stayed in character.
Oldman: You’ve got a great excuse when you are playing Smiley. I would get to the set, and I was ready and I would just sit and wait. There is no particular method of how you approach a role but you find one. It was a nice thing for me to get there and be ready. There was a set up in this scene and we had about 40 minutes of downtime. I stayed sitting in the chair. And Tom was just talking and talking and talking and I was just sitting there like a statue, without realizing it. Tomas was watching this and he said, “Do you know that you have not spoken for 45 minutes?” I just watched Tom burble on. That is one of the secrets of George and how he gets people to open up.
From this interview.
Yay, it’s cuddle time…
*Hardy: Oldman Oscar nod is overdue*
Tom Hardy has thrown his weight behind Gary Oldman’s Oscar campaign - saying his nomination is long overdue.
The two men starred together in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for which Oldman received a best actor nod.
Tom said the news was “amazing” but that his co-star didn’t need an Academy Award to prove himself.
He said: “I think it’s amazing, it’s about time actually. The official answer is that I’m 110 per cent behind him, I think he deserves it.
“The other side of it is that he doesn’t need an award because he is the best actor ever.”
(Source: therewasneverjustone)
Harvey Weinstein explains ‘Wettest County’ release date move
January 6, 2012 | 1:33 pm / The Envelope - LosAngelesTimes
On Thursday, the Weinstein Co. pushed the release date of “Wettest County,” the Depression-era drama starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy as bootlegging brothers, from April 20 to Labor Day weekend.
Today Harvey Weinstein offered an explanation for the postponement, citing a media strategy that aims to capitalize on the post-“Dark Knight Rises” appeal of Hardy as well as a release template followed by other action-tinged dramas.
“We have a star in Tom Hardy who’s completely anonymous right now. If you go to a line at the ArcLight nobody would know who he is,” Weinstein told 24 Frames. But the film executive said that would change with the release of Hardy’s Batman picture (Hardy plays the villain, Bane) in July. “He’s going to be a huge movie star by August,” Weinstein said.
John Hillcoat directed “County,” which the musician-screenwriter Nick Cave adapted from Matt Bondurant’s novel. It concerns a family in rural Virginia that lives on the edge of the law and finds itself under violent pressure from authorities who want in on the action. The movie will now hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 31.
Weinstein, who said he believed performances from Hardy and LaBeouf would attract awards attention, also said that the new date would allow the film to play at at least one major international festival.
“The idea is to go to Venice and then hit the domestic market right after,” he said. It was a tack Weinstein said was taken by “The Constant Gardener,” Fenrando Mereilles’ 2005 John le Carre adaptation; the movie, released by Focus Features in late summer, went on to gross $33 million domestically and $48 million internationally.
Labor Day is typically considered a very slow weekend in U.S. moviegoing, but Weinstein noted that “it can be a great bridge between the summer and the fall. And we wanted the holiday weekend for the movie, especially down South, where there’s a big audience for this film.”
While a movie’s period setting usually dictates a limited release, Weinstein said he saw “Wettest County” as a wide play and planned on opening it in several thousand theaters.
“Wettest” will kick off a packed fall season for the Weinstein Co. The company in recent years has been stocking up at festivals for its fall slate (its 2011 best-picture contender, “The Artist,” was acquired just ahead of last year’s Cannes Film Festival). But next fall is already crowded, with Brad Pitt-starring mob tale “Cogan’s Trade,” the David O. Russell family reconciliation story “The Silver Linings Playbook,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s so-called Scientology movie “The Master,” and Quentin Tarantino’s slave picture “Django Unchained” all likely to come out in the fourth quarter.
What?! You’d deny us The Cardigan Killer for another 4 months?
Of course they’re also calling it ‘The Wettest Country,’ but we’ll take their word for it.
(Source: New York Magazine)
(Source: The Huffington Post)
Shaking and Crying!!!!! The trailer is officially released. I was so sick of looking at bootlegs. OMG did you see how bloody Bruce’s face was? Holy crap!
I can never resist posting any comment from Gary Oldman on working with Tom. :)
And then the young one you seem to be working with in these three films coming up is Tom Hardy.
I wouldn’t say we have a great deal to do in Batman, and I don’t physically work with him in the Hillcoat movie [The Wettest County], but it’s been the year of Oldman and Hardy.
I’m sure he’s learning a lot from this, the youth of today!
Oh, yeah, I mean, you know when you’re getting on a bit when Tom Hardy comes in and says, “Oh, man, I love your work. I used to watch you when I was a kid.”
Just as you did with John Hurt?
Yes, I guess John’s now of that generation. He must be nearly 70 now, but it’s nice. That’s one of the lovely things about the job — we’re all like links and chain. We’re all passing through, and now you look at people like Tom and Benedict Cumberbatch and all these lovely actors that are coming up.
(Source: m.askmen.com)
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The more I see and hear from Gary Oldman, the more I adore him; he’s funny, thoughtful and wonderfully laid-back. And letting Tom do all the work for him! Ha!
What appeals to you about returning to Smiley again? I love his observations. He’s like an owl, like a wise old owl. He listens. He can see everything. He’s the smartest guy in the room. He’s good for my blood pressure.Like doing yoga? Yeah! It’s like coming into work and you’re in a scene and you don’t have to rush it. [Sits back serenely, a la Smiley] You know, Tom Hardy’s getting all emotional and doing all the work for me and I just quietly sit there in the chair and sit back and say, ‘Tell me what happened.’ [Laughs]
Speaking of Tom Hardy, you’ve worked quite a bit with him of late - or at least have been on the same projects. Yes — not physically worked with him, but obviously in Tinker… and then on The Wettest County and of course Batman. Yeah. It’s been the year of Oldman-Hardy. He’s a nice guy. He’s a talent, Tom.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw008vtYmi1qe5f96o1_1280.jpg)
The more I see and hear from Gary Oldman, the more I adore him; he’s funny, thoughtful and wonderfully laid-back. And letting Tom do all the work for him! Ha!
What appeals to you about returning to Smiley again?
I love his observations. He’s like an owl, like a wise old owl. He listens. He can see everything. He’s the smartest guy in the room. He’s good for my blood pressure.
Like doing yoga?
Yeah! It’s like coming into work and you’re in a scene and you don’t have to rush it. [Sits back serenely, a la Smiley] You know, Tom Hardy’s getting all emotional and doing all the work for me and I just quietly sit there in the chair and sit back and say, ‘Tell me what happened.’ [Laughs]Speaking of Tom Hardy, you’ve worked quite a bit with him of late - or at least have been on the same projects.
Yes — not physically worked with him, but obviously in Tinker… and then on The Wettest County and of course Batman. Yeah. It’s been the year of Oldman-Hardy. He’s a nice guy. He’s a talent, Tom.
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