Articles tagged with ‘Julia Roberts’
Lily Collins and Kristen Stewart’s Battle to be the Fairest of Them All…
Posted on December 1st, 2011 at 8:09 am by Nick Crew
“Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all?”…Well, it turns out it can be two people, as Lily Collins revealed that she auditioned for the title role of the up coming fairytale film, Snow White and the Huntsman, only to lose it to Twilight star Kristen Stewart. But fear not, young Lily is now to play the same character, Snow White, in another movie adaption called Mirror, Mirror.
The young actress told Access Hollywood,” I auditioned for it [Snow White and the Huntsman], but I’ve been so excited for Kristen, I think that story is so different from ours and the girls are so different” … So there is room enough in Hollywood for two!
Lily Collins, who is the daughter of legendary Brit musician Phil Collins, also said: “[Kristen] is perfect for her version, and I’m really excited to be doing this one and I think they have totally different audiences.”
The 22-year-old will star in Mirror, Mirror alongside big Hollywood names such as Julia Roberts, who is somewhat of an acting idol for young Lily. Ms. Collins exclaimed: “Julia was amazing. Her laugh and smile — that’s classic Julia and she brings that to the movie, but she puts a twist on it because she’s evil.”
It will be interesting to see which of the two films will be a bigger hit at the box office. If Lily’s Snow White movie ends up being less popular, we shall see just how truly happy she is for Kristen… or if she will wish she had fed Kristen a poisoned apple!
Spider-Man’s Andrew Garfield to Face Welsh Actor Rhys Ifans!
Posted on October 11th, 2010 at 4:13 pm by
Sony Pictures recently announced that Welsh actor Rhys Ifans has been cast as the villain in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot movie. Ifans joins the growing cast, which includes Brit Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as the heroic web-slinger, and American actress Emma Stone (Easy A) as love interest Gwen Stacy. Sony also stated that the filmmakers prefer not to reveal which character Ifans will be playing.
Ifans is best known for portraying the misfit character Spike in Notting Hill alongside Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. He was also recently featured in Nanny Mcphee Returns starring Emma Thompson and can be seen in the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The revamped Spider-Man flick is expected to sling into theaters in July of 2012.
Although we do not know exactly which character Ifans will be playing, it is easier to imagine him personifying an evil super-villain than it is to envision Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Besides, if we must have a British Peter Parker, I reckon we might as well have a Welsh enemy for him to battle against.
British Actresses Compete for Spider-Man Lead Role!
Posted on August 26th, 2010 at 6:01 pm by
Now that British actor Andrew Garfield has been established as the next to play Spider-Man/Peter Parker in Sony Picture’s upcoming retelling of the wall-crawler saga, the studio is on the hunt to cast Spidey’s leading lady, the role of Mary Jane Watson. Reportedly, Imogen Poots (pictured left), who was featured in V for Vendetta; Lily Collins (pictured middle) from The Blind Side (and Phil Collins’s daughter); and Ophelia Lovibond (pictured right)who starred in the UK film Nowhere Boy; are all in the running to play the red-headed beauty. Coincidentally, or maybe not, all three of these young starlets are British.
However, these three are not the only ones competing for the role, as it appears Julia Roberts’s niece Emma Roberts and Australian actress Teresa Palmer are also being considered, but the Brits certainly seem to have the numbers in their favor.
I say if Peter Parker is going to be portrayed by a Brit, we might as well have a British Mary Jane also.
