Stellan Skarsgard has been a familiar face in films — Holly biggies to indie fare — and has played memorable roles, including Bootstrap Bill Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Erik Selvig in the Avengers franchise. With Sony PIX celebrating the Swedish actor’s birthday by screening some of his films, t2 caught up with 67-year-old Skarsgard for a phone chat
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I am instinctively drawn to our everyday human stories,” says English actor and director Ralph Fiennes. A veteran of the stage and screen, he is famous for his Oscar-nominated roles in Schindler’s List (1993) and The English Patient (1996), as well as his work as Lord Voldemort in The Harry Potter films, but the 55-year-old feels that acting never gets easy. In an interview, he speaks to us from Italy about Satyajit Ray’s genius, dark roles, and digital content.
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‘Big Little Lies kept me up at night’: Poorna Jagannathan
Although Poorna Jagannathan has starred in only two Bollywood movies — Delhi Belly and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani — the American actress and producer has been quite active on international shores. With a couple of movies, including Mile 22 and Share lined up, she is also in news for joining the cast of the award-winning TV series Big Little Lies, for the second season. Here, Poorna tells us more about choosing projects that have a resonance with the audience and why she thinks theatre is a powerful tool for change
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The Circle could be from real life
The tech thriller deals with relevant topics like privacy, ethics and, most important, freedom Mae Holland played by Emma Watson lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called The Circle, while engaging herself into experiments that would change the world around her. The tech thriller deals with relevant topics like privacy, ethics and, most important, freedom. In this interview, Emma lets us in on the plot, her experience on working with James Ponsoldt and Tom Hanks and more. Watch The Circle on June 21 at 4 p.m. on Sony PIX.
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Joss Whedon's comment on 'Avengers' script inappropriate: Zak Penn
NEW DELHI: Hollywood scriptwriter Zak Penn has responded to Joss Whedon's comments that he solely wrote the script of the superhero ensemble film "The Avengers", saying the filmmaker is entitled to his opinion but he is "wrong".
Penn, who has impressive resume of films such as "X-2", "X-Men: The Last Stand", "The Incredible Hulk" and Steven Spielberg's latest sci-fi adventure "Ready Player One", said he found Whedon's comments "inappropriate".
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WhileAvengers: Infinity Warbreaks records, Zak Penn, who co-wrote the firstAvengersstory, explores the changes in the superhero landscape If nothing, the aftermath of the Avengers: Infinity War frenzy has set the Marvel fandom on a prophesising spree. While some fan theories suggest that Captain Marvel might lead the battle against Thanos, others following the comics are hoping Nebula will step in for the Dark Lord. But would female characters be so invested — in terms of storylines and screen gravitas — a decade ago? A quarter of a century since he first penned a script for Hollywood, American screenwriter Zak Penn, things have changed. From superhero flicks being taken seriously by industry insiders and audiences alike, to dealing with a motley of socio-political themes, these films have come a long way, says Penn.
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Sony PIX, the ultimate destination for Hollywood Blockbusters and Premieres, is all set to air the Indian Television Premiere of the Academy and Golden Globes’ award winning film, Get Out on 27 May at 1 PM. Having earned whopping $255.2 Mn at the Box Office, Get Out is one of the most successful and the most awarded movies of 2017, making it one of the most awaited premieres on Indian television.
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Sony PIX, home to Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters and premieres, is back with its biggest on-ground experiential event – Sony PIX Premiere Nights premiering the most-awaited movie franchise of the year, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. On June 6, 2018, a day before its India release and weeks before its US release, the dino park has opened first for Sony PIX viewers for a jaw dropping experience!
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The cricket-crazy India has been gripped by the Football fever. And Sony PIX, home to blockbuster Hollywood movies, has added to the on-going craze by introducing an exclusive on-air property ‘Sony PIX Football Fever’, which has a robust line-up of Hollywood Blockbusters scheduled right after the matches so that the fun does not stop at the final whistle.
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Actor Matt Damon says there was a certain giddiness while making action-adventure fantasy "The Great Wall".
"Being on set, there was a certain giddiness, we felt as we were doing something that had never been done before. It is hard to do that in a medium that has been around for 100 years. There has never been a collaboration at this scale and the crew represented that," Damon said in a statement to IANS.
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