Articles tagged with ‘Andrew Garfield’
New Spider-Man Trailer Shows Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy Having a Snog!
Posted on February 8th, 2012 at 12:12 pm by SBGLA
A new preview for the rebooted Spider-Man movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, premiered recently and the trailer offers fans a more indicative illustration of what to expect from the upcoming superhero flick.
The promotional clip reveals several dark action scenes and gives viewers a closer look at British star Andrew Garfield as the web-slinger and rising ingénue Emma Stone as his love interest, Gwen Stacy.
Some details of the story are also unveiled including the premise that Peter Parker is living with both his Aunt May, portrayed by Sally Field, and Uncle Ben, played by Martin Sheen. Welsh actor Rhys Ifans shows off his sinister talents as Dr. Curt Connors, a suspicious scientist and former acquaintance of Peter’s dead father.
The trailer effectively promotes the entrails of a solid superhero saga, but does not necessarily demonstrate a film that lives up to the title’s declaration of “amazing.”
The Amazing Spider-Man is expected to sling into cinemas on July 4, 2012.
Check out the trailer!
Spidey Stunt Gone Wrong Gives Andrew Garfield a Bloody Nose!
Posted on November 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 am by Nick Crew
“With great power, comes great responsibilities”…or perhaps that should now read, with great powers (such as swinging through New York City), comes great nosebleeds?!
It seems all the web-slinging fun British actor Andrew Garfield may have been having has finally caught with him, as the after he was spotted on set with tissues stuck up his nose…
It certainly doesn’t fill one with the upmost confidence seeing your friendly neighborhood superhero suffering from a bloody nose…
We can let Garfield off I guess, the 28-year-old has been re-shooting some exciting stunt scenes on the set of the latest Spider-Man film - The Amazing Spider Man, so its only understandable that the guy might pick up and knock or two.
We have seen many great pictures from the set of the film and there are a whole lot of people looking forward to see how Garfield will fare as the masked crusader…
I, for one, am a massive fan and cannot wait to see him playing Spider-Man when the film is released next year.
I reckon it is going to be a massive blockbuster!
Superman Star Henry Cavill Reveals He Was Once a Chubby Kid!
Posted on November 2nd, 2011 at 12:28 pm by SBGLA
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s buff Superman star Henry Cavill showing off his amazing strength while swinging on a pole on a busy city street.
And in this month’s cover interview for Men’s Health magazine, Cavill who steps into the skin-tight suit and cape to play the hero in Man Of Steel, explains he was once a chubby kid who was given the nickname “Fat Cavill.”
He said, “It’s definitely a mean nickname, but kids are kids. Kids are cruel. Whatever… I was fat.”
Determined to bulk up for his ‘super’ role without the help of CGI or special effects, the Tudors actor, who chiseled his athletic 6’1″ frame down to 6% body fat to play a Greek warrior in Immortals, reveals how he lifted heavy weights and followed a strict diet with the help of Gerard Butler’s trainer Mark Dwight.“I had a big sense of pride,” stated Cavill.
“I was like, ‘No shading. I don’t want you to draw abs on me. I don’t want you to put dirt in the right places. I just want to do it myself. I want to have the body.”
He added: “I think the best thing I learned was that I can do it. A lot of people think they probably can’t, until they actually do. When I saw pictures I would say ‘Is that me?’”
Cavill joins fellow Brits Andrew Garfield and Christian Bale who have taken the U.S. by storm as Spider-Man and Batman; now he hopes Zack Snyder‘s reboot will have the same impact on the movie world, and we do too, Henry…we do too!
Read the full interview in the December issue of Men’s Health – on sale now!
Matt Smith’s Hollywood Dream!
Posted on October 26th, 2011 at 1:36 pm by SBGLA
Matt Smith is not your typical leading man, but the Doctor Who star has admitted he fancies his chances in Tinseltown when his time as TV’s favorite Time Lord is up.
Regarding his future career prospects, the 28-year-old actor revealed that he is contracted for one more series as the Doctor and confirmed he won’t be sticking with the role past the upcoming 2012/2013 season, adding: “Then I’m certainly going to come and give it a shot. I’d like to hang out in LA.”
I’m not sure Matt’s plan is a very good idea, Hollywood is a tough town to crack and only a few ever truly break through. Matt’s pal, The Amazing Spider-Man star, Andrew Garfield, is an example of one of the lucky ones.
But Smith did say he wanted to ‘hang out’ in LA, that’s good, because that is what most of the struggling thespians end up doing here, they hang out, attending the opening of an envelope hoping they’ll get noticed, the poor things… Not exactly living the dream when harsh reality comes to light…
If you ask me, Matt Smith may well want to reconsider his dream before hanging up his sonic screwdriver for the last time!
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New Spider-Man Trailer Not Very Amazing!
Posted on July 26th, 2011 at 10:17 pm by
It is probably not a coincidence that the trailer for the upcoming overhauled Spider-Man movie was released a few days before Comic-Con this year, but if Columbia Pictures intended to create positive buzz for the film with the timely release of the preview, the studio seems to have fallen short of reaching this kind of promotional achievement.
The motion picture, called The Amazing Spider-Man, stars relative newcomer – British actor, Andrew Garfield as a young angst-filled Peter Parker coping with adverse events and his newfound super-powered secret identity. The trailer is laced with a seemingly forced artificially dark tone that is more apt for The Dark Knight than for the misfit web-slinger.
Furthermore, as talented as Andrew Garfield is as an actor, he simply does not appear to personify Peter Parker or Spider-Man in the familiar way that comic book fans contemplate the character.
Presenting Spider-Man as a darker and more mysterious hero might be interesting to audiences who are unfamiliar with the wall-crawler, but this interpretation of the character seems less accessible to long-time Spider-Man fans.
Hopefully the film, expected to be in theatres on July 3rd, 2012, will be more impressive and catch some fans in its web…
A Sneak Peak of Meryl Streep as ‘Iron Lady’ Maggie Thatcher…
Posted on July 7th, 2011 at 8:14 am by
It’s only fair that with Brit’s Henry Cavill, Christian Bale and Andrew Garfield (to name only a few) playing American superhero icons Superman, Batman, and Spiderman, it seems only natural for it to play out the other way around.
When I first heard that Meryl Streep had taken on the task to immortalize Margaret Thatcher on the silver screen in a new biopic, I wasn’t convinced by this one at all, my first reaction being, “No, Meryl, NO!”
Yes, the wonders of Hollywood’s top make-up departments had Streep looking the part in publicity stills, but then anyone can do that with a wig and a few pearls. But could Streep actually pull off playing such a remarkable and historic figure such as Maggie Thatcher?
After seeing this little sneak of the trailer released yesterday, however, I was pleasantly surprised, thinking Streep might just do it justice!
Oscar-winner, Streep, 62, has previously said of playing Mrs. Thatcher: “The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge.”
Adding, “I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses — I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own!”
The movie hits cinemas January 6, 2012 and co-stars Jim Broadbent as Maggie’s hubby, Denis Thatcher, and Richard E. Grant as former Defense Minister Michael Heseltine.
Looking back at Meryl’s previous films, it is difficult to find one I didn’t like, so I hope this isn’t the first of its kind.
Check out the clip below and see what you think.
Spider-Man Revealed… Literally!
Posted on February 4th, 2011 at 8:54 am by Nick Crew
Here are some revealing pictures from the set of the new Spider-man movie currently in production.
Revealing definitely being the correct term I’d say, as the new Spider-man suit certainly looks to leave little to the imagination… I mean if it gets any tighter he’ll burst right out of it, revealing the superhero’s hidden identity! And we wouldn’t want that, would we?
Now, we all know these big action blockbusters need there stuntmen, so we’re left to make up our own minds to whether the tight suited action figure is that of Brit, Andrew Garfield, or it is indeed his stunt double… BUT going by the features you can see and the eyes, my spider-senses tell me this could well be Andrew.
The 27-year-old actor, who replaced Tobey Maguire as the web-slinging hero, recently told Details Magazine that he wanted to feel a lot stronger for the role… And judging by these pictures, we can see he is a man of his word. Fighting crime looks like it agrees with you, Andrew.
It must be a daunting task, following in the footsteps of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-man, but Andrew knows that; “I see it as a massive challenge in many ways to make it authentic,” he said. “To make the character live and breathe in a new way.”
Andrew isn’t the only newbie on set though as the film, directed by Marc Webb, has gone in a totally new direction this time around and see’s a host of new faces including the gorgeous Emma Stone and fellow Brit, Rhys Ifans. It will also star big Hollywood names such as Martin Sheen and Sally Fields.
The film is set for release in July 2012.
Is Andrew Garfield Showing LA’s Paparazzi How To Dance?!
Posted on January 17th, 2011 at 6:05 pm by
If this picture were anything to go by I’d say Andrew Garfield fancies himself as a contender for next season’s Dancing with the Stars.
Garfield was nominated in the best supporting actor category at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards for starring in The Social Network, losing out to Christian Bale for his role in The Fighter.
However, he seemed content enough doing what looked like the Irish Jig on the pavement outside LA’s prestigious Chateau Marmont.
We’re not sure if the actor had a few too many to drink, but judging from these action shots Garfield was happily dancing the night away, or maybe he was showing the paparazzi a few of his Spider-man moves… Or perhaps the star just simply slipped over in the street…
Yeah, I reckon it was probably more likely to be that… And they say the camera never lies!
