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Share/Bookmark Playing a ‘sociopath’ in his latest, fast-paced, action-packed crime thriller Safe House, opposite Ryan Reynolds, screen icon Denzel Washington joined director Daniel Espinosa at London’s swanky Mandarin Oriental Hotel recently for an exclusive Q+A about the film, the ‘poor script’ and getting into character, as well as the actor’s thoughts on his career choices [...]
Share/BookmarkBy now, you’ve almost certainly seen Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In fact, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve watched it more than once, trying to work out what it was you missed the first time round. It certainly holds up to multiple viewings. We recently attended a discussion of the film with producers Tim Bevan [...]
Share/BookmarkA few weeks ago, I got to chat with one of my all-time favourite actors, Nicolas Cage for his new movie Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in a swanky hotel in London. I’ve been doing HeyUGuys for just over three years now and done a fair few interviews but I still find myself getting very [...]
Share/BookmarkMark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were handed the reins of Sony’s Ghost Rider four years after the first film crashed and burned (on purpose) and with the sequel, subtitled Spirit of Vengeance, out in UK cinemas this week we thought now would be a good time to bring you our chat with one half of [...]
Share/BookmarkHere’s Beau Willimon talking about The Ides of March from the red carpet at last nights BAFTA Awards. (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). How does it feel to be a BAFTA nominee? ‘It feels thrilling. It feels like a miracle the movie made it from the [...]
Share/BookmarkJust a short post here, Branagh on Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe. (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). What was it like for you to play such an iconic character against such an iconic character? ‘The big learning curve was just watching Michelle Williams transform into Marilyn [...]
Share/BookmarkAnother quickie – This time it’s Tom Hooper discussing how much more enjoyable the ceremony is without the pressure of a nomination, and talking about Les Miserables. (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). I presume you get invited to these forever now that you’re a winner. ‘I [...]
Share/BookmarkAnd now we have Paul Feig, up for awards for his movie, Bridesmaids (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). ———————- This was a bit of a surprise awards hit. ‘Yeah, who would have thought? When you do comedy you don’t expect this, you just have to hope [...]
Share/BookmarkNext we have our interview with the Director of Senna, Asif Kapadia which is up for three awards (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). Senna walked away with two awards this evening which we are very, very pleased about! MASSIVE congrats! ———————– At this stage now, walking [...]
Share/BookmarkNext up in our Red Carpet interviews, Sarah Smith, writer/director Arthur Christmas. (see all our BAFTA coverage and other interviews here) ——————- Congratulations, it’s an astonishing achievement to be nominated against Steven Spielberg and Gore Verkinski certainly. ‘It’s hilarious that it happens to be the year that those two people made movies, but it’s hilarious [...]
Share/BookmarkI’m currently sat in the media centre at BAFTA, trying to warm up after spending several hours in the freezing cold. Still, it was all worth it as I managed to snag some great interviews with the nominees and attendees. To make it even more worthwhile, I’ll be posting the interviews as soon as they’re [...]
Share/BookmarkCindy Lowry is an American environmental activist and the former executive director of Greenpeace in Alaska who has dedicated more than 25 years to protect marine wildlife and the marine environment. She is also the founder of Oceans Public Trust Initiative, developed out of a concern over the rapid expansion of offshore renewable energy development, [...]
Share/BookmarkWhen it comes to interviewing people in the film industry, there are a great many unwritten rules if you want to be considered professional: Be reasonably respectful and polite, don’t beg for autographs and don’t dribble on yourself. Beyond that it helps to have some idea what to ask, and it’s certainly considered a bit [...]
Share/BookmarkJust as we’ll always associates Daniel Radcliffe with Harry Potter, we’ll be associating Kristen Stewart with her role as Bella Swan in the immensely popular Twilight franchise. The final movie, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is released in November later this year but before we see it, we’ll have Universal Studios’ new [...]
Share/BookmarkThe last time I sat down with Hammer president Simon Oakes Let Me In was about to roll into cinemas and he was in similarly upbeat fashion this time, just returned from the Paris premiere of Hammer’s latest film, The Woman in Black and with a big opening weekend in America behind him we talked [...]
Share/BookmarkEddie Redmayne is an absolute gent. I got to meet him when I interviewed him for My Week with Marilyn a few months ago and I could have chatted with him all day long. He’s such a nice guy, humble and is one of Britain’s best upcoming actors. He’s currently up for the Rising Star [...]
Share/BookmarkHitting DVD this week is Albatross, a coming-of-age comedy-drama about a Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay), a verbose, would-be writer’s incendiary effect on a struggling author, Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), and his respective family, including wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and daughter Beth (Felicity Jones). The film, which premiered at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival to wide acclaim, [...]
Share/BookmarkWe’re now only days away from the creepiest and most upsetting movie in years hitting cinemas (our review here). It’s already been well received in the US, where it made back its budget this weekend, and in case you haven’t read our review, we thought it was rather good. Last week we published our premiere [...]
Share/BookmarkHow To Stop Being A Loser arrives on the small screen on Monday, 6th February. You can see what we thought of this at times laugh out loud funny British comedy here and indeed you can win yourself your own copy right here if you get your skates on. As part of our coverage of [...]
Share/BookmarkWhen it comes to being a jack of all trades, Quentin Dupieux wrote the book. He can write, produce, shoot, edit, score, and these abilities have led to an extremely successful career both in music and film. His last film, Rubber, the story of a killer car tyre with psychic powers was a runaway success [...]
