Tag: Insider
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Paul Mescal Recalls Meaty First Role in Sausage Commercial: ‘I Was Poor’ and Needed to Pay Rent
Before earning his first Oscar nomination, Paul Mescal had something more like Oscar Mayer on his mind.The “Aftersun” star addressed an infamous 2018 commercial for Irish sausage brand Denny, admitting the resurfaced ad is “a little bit of folklore in Ireland now.”Mescal took the role of an Irish teen who is determined to travel the…
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Tom Felton Mistook Gary Oldman for a Janitor on ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’
Well, this might be Tom Felton’s “Darkest Hour.”The “Harry Potter” alum admitted to assuming Oscar-winning co-star Gary Oldman was a janitor while on set for 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Felton wrote in his memoir “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard” that Oldman was so “unassuming…
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Tom Felton Is ‘Ashamed’ of Mocking Emma Watson on First ‘Harry Potter’ Film
As adults, Tom Felton and Emma Watson are close friends, but the “Harry Potter” alum revealed it “did not start well” on set.Felton was 12 years old when he was cast as Draco Malfoy in the franchise, and admitted that his relationship with then 9-year-old Watson at first involved mocking her. As Felton wrote in…
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David Harbour: I Thought ‘No One Would Watch’ ‘Stranger Things,’ Netflix Series Would Be a ‘Disaster’
At first, “Stranger Things” was looking like a flop…at least, according to actor David Harbour.Despite the hit Netflix series breaking streaming records and spurring a whole franchise complete with a spin-off series and stage play adaptation, the Duffer Brothers-helmed ’80s-set teen sci-fi series was an underdog project from the start.“I remember when we were shooting…
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Naomie Harris Says She Was Groped by ‘Huge Star’ During Audition: ‘No One Said Anything’
Naomie Harris is speaking out about an incident of sexual assault that occurred during an audition earlier in the “No Time to Die” star and “Moonlight” Oscar nominee’s career.In an interview with the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine (via Insider), Harris said that the incident involved a “huge, huge star” though she declined to name…
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A MoviePass Docuseries Is Coming from Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg’s production company is setting its sights on a docuseries that will detail the rise and fall of MoviePass, the ill-fated subscription service for theater tickets that shut down in 2019.Deadline reported on Thursday that Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas, Assemble Media, and Insider (formerly Business Insider) were teaming up to develop the limited docuseries. Per…
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Robert Pattinson Refused to Reveal His Wild ‘Devil All the Time’ Accent Until the First Take
Antonio Campos’s star-studded backwoods Gothic thriller “The Devil All the Time” has skyrocketed to the number one position on Netflix’s most-streamed movies list in the 24 hours following its debut. It’s hardly a surprise given the film pits Tom Holland against Robert Pattinson. “Devil,” based on Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel, casts Pattinson as pastor…
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Lee Daniels Reveals He Was the Original ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Director Before Ang Lee
The musical chairs of hot directors once attached to direct the classic pastoral gay romance “Brokeback Mountain,” which ultimately went to Ang Lee, is the stuff of legend. Gus Van Sant was once set to helm the adaptation of Annie Proulx’s story, with Matt Damon and Joaquin Phoenix eyed to star in the roles that…