Frank Langella almost literally exploded onto the scene in 1970 with two movie roles that immediately brought him to prominence in Hollywood, Diary of a Mad Housewife and The Twelve Chairs — the latter being the movie Mel Brooks often cites as being his favorite of all he has made. What a start to a film career, and…
Tom Holland is only 24 and has been acting most of his life — and in very high-profile projects ranging from his stage sensation Billy Elliot to his secure place in the MCU as Spider-Man. Now he’s on to his most challenging dramatic role to date in Cherry, an epic story told in six chapters and independently made by…
Jude Law has been dealing lately with filmmaking in the era of Covid as production has continued in England on the third Fantastic Beasts film in which he again plays Albus Dumbledore. Actually, since we spoke, it was shut down again due to a case of Covid on the set, but it is nearing completion.
As an actor who has…
Jodie Foster is back in the awards game this season, having recently been Golden Globe-nominated for her supporting role in The Mauritanian and getting renewed Oscar buzz as well. This represents her eighth Globe nomination (she is also a past recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press’ Cecil B. DeMille Award), the…
Justin Timberlake is undoubtedly a musical superstar, but increasingly he has impressively been showing his acting chops on the big screen, a major reason I wanted to include him in my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side.
He has worked with a number of top-ranked directors in the past including the Coen brothers (In…
Sacha Baron Cohen had a very good morning. He personally received three, count ’em three, Golden Globe nominations, tying a record for the Globes. That means he is up for Best Actor – Musical/Comedy for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7, and…
Jared Leto might be his generation’s leading character actor. When I told him during our conversation for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, after looking at his filmography, that is how I would describe him, he took it as a great compliment. The proof is on the screen as Leto says he…
Candice Bergen joins me today on my Deadline video series, The Actor’s Side, and the five-time (in a row) Emmy winner starts us right off by explaining why, after winning so many times for her signature Murphy Brown character, she asked not to be considered for the role anymore. “I think the audience had probably had…
There is no doubt Rosamund Pike is one of the finest actors working today, and two concurrent films prove it. She joins me for the latest edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to discuss her latest roles in Amazon Studios’ Radioactive, in which she plays the two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, and…
Just watch the clip we have chosen to show from HBO’s limited series thriller The Undoing and see how the camera focuses on Hugh Grant’s rapidly changing facial expressions in an unhinged state as he talks to his son while trying to escape the authorities pursuing him — you may just see a side of this successful…
Billy Porter made Emmy history last year when he won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for his game-changing role as Pray Tell in FX’s Pose. This year he is once again nominated in the category for season two of the series and could be pose-d to make more history . No matter what happens Billy…
When you look at Holland Taylor’s career, and the variety of roles she has taken on, you have to be in awe — as I was when I interviewed her for this week’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side. The occasion is her eighth Emmy nomination, this time for her heartbreakingly good turn as Ellen Kincaid…
