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How a large cast that didn't work together collectively created a great ensemble film performance. Michael Douglas knew he was a part of something special from the first day he [...]

According to 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' co-producer Bonnie Curtis, Jude Law was Steven Spielberg's only choice to play Gigolo Joe, the android love machine who befriends abandoned mecha child David (Haley [...]

Ben Kingsley should be ashamed of himself. He's a fraud. For 35-plus years he's had this polished facade of an erudite, uncommonly civilized gentleman of enormous talent, with decades of [...]

I have this condition,' the character Leonard explains again and again in 'Memento,' the story of a man who cannot make new memories. It's a character defined by what we [...]

When 'Chinatown' came out in 1974, Jack Nicholson was lauded for his willingness to walk around for half the movie with his nose bandaged. Tom Cruise took that disregard of [...]

Forget Billy, Whoopi or even Steve. Wouldn't it be something if Hedwig hosted the Oscars? 'I don't really do Hedwig anymore, but I'd probably make an exception to sing a [...]

When Gene Hackman huddled with director Wes Anderson a couple of years ago in New York, the veteran actor was intrigued by the idea for a film called 'The Royal [...]

Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in 'Walk the Line,' a film about the romance between June and Johnny [...]

It's probably not the first time Eddie Murphy has been called an ass. This time, however, it paid off huge at box office. Sitting in an isolated booth reciting dialogue [...]

Tony Shalhoub, by his own admission, didn't do any homework prior to shooting the Coen brothers' 'The Man Who Wasn't There.' No tedious afternoons in a sleepy law library; no [...]

Jon Voight recalls being interviewed by the late Howard Cosell. He doesn't remember the exact circumstances, but the experience remains vivid. 'I remember seeing a lot of things in that [...]

Casting the role of William Parcher, a mysterious government official who gives mathematician John Nash a secretive assignment, 'A Beautiful Mind' director Ron Howard was looking for someone who could [...]

Although Jim Broadbent's mother had suffered with Alzheimer's, he found surprising joy in filming Miramax's 'Iris.' Broadbent plays John Bayley, husband and helpmate to Iris Murdoch, the famed British author [...]

Though Billy Bob Thornton is no stranger to minimalist performances -- indeed, 1996's 'Sling Blade,' which single-handedly launched him into public consciousness, was a study in minimalism -- he gives [...]

Early in ins career; by taking the role of a con artist in the film version of John Guare's 'Six Degrees of Separation,' Will Smith made it clear that he [...]

In E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer-winning novel 'The Shipping News,' the main character; Quoyle, has a facial disfigurement that contributes to his abject shyness and timidity. But as played by Kevin [...]

Talking to Tom Wilkinson, the first thing you notice is his thick British accent. After his riveting performance as Matt Fowler, a Maine doctor whose son is killed in director [...]

Sean Penn is like having Michael Jordan on the court,' says Jessie Nelson, director, writer and co-producer of New Line's 'I Am Sam.' Penn portrays a mentally challenged father who [...]

FODs (Fans of Denzel Washington) were angry that his volcanic performance as Rube 'Hurricane' Carter in 'The Hurricane' fell victim to the controversy about the story's factual authenticity, leading to [...]

In 'Life as a House,' Kevin Kline plays a 45-year-old man who loses his job, then finds out he's dying. He decides to build his dream house and tries to [...]

Director Ron Howard hadn't seen Russell Crowe's Oscar-winning turn as the title character in 'Gladiator' before deciding he should play mathematician extraordinaire John Forbes Nash in the biopic 'A Beautiful [...]