Tag: Kick-Ass
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson ‘Didn’t Care’ for Blockbusters Like ‘Avengers’ and ‘Godzilla,’ So He Rejected Other Huge Franchises: ‘I Didn’t Give a F—‘
Aaron Taylor-Johnson revealed to Esquire magazine that he turned down “big, huge franchises” after he started making a name for himself in Hollywood with roles in blockbusters such as “
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Thought He Was ‘Done’ with Blockbusters After Turning Down ‘Huge Franchises’
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stuck to his guns when selecting smaller films early in his career.The “Kick-Ass” breakout star revealed in an Esquire cover story that he turned down large franchise roles that “nobody knows about” to lead indies.“There was ‘Kick-Ass,’ and then there was ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Avengers,’ and all those things lined up for me. But…
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How Alan Arkin Sheltered Abigail Breslin From Little Miss Sunshine’s Adult Language
It’s sometimes hard to comprehend whether child actors in R-rated films can be shielded from the adult themes in the films that surround them. At 12 years old, Chloë Grace Moretz was instructed in “Kick-Ass” to repeat nearly every curse word that exists, and a few years later, Jacob Tremblay appeared in one of horror’s…
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Turned Down A Role In ‘Deadpool 2’ Before Leading Sony’s ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Movie
British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Tenet”) is no stranger to comic book roles. He first made big waves in the U.S. when he played the lead in Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” and eventually took on the role of Quicksilver in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” The actor has now landed a second Marvel role by leading Sony’s “Kraven…
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Locarno kicks off with Aaron Taylor-Johnson award; past artistic directors to join 75th anniversary celebrations
Johnson stars in David Leitch’s Bullet Train, which opened the festival.This year’s edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13), the second one under the artistic direction of Giona Nazzaro, kicked off Wednesday evening with the presentation of the Davide Campari excellence award to the UK actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson before the screening of his latest…
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Will Spider-Man Ever Connect With Sony’s Other Marvel Movies? ‘There Actually Is a Plan,’ Says Exec
When director David Leitch and Brad Pitt told Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch that they were keen to cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the ensemble thriller “Bullet Train,” Panitch wasn’t super-aware of the British actor.“It was a ‘I had to look him up’ kind of thing,” Panitch tells Variety. “I didn’t have a…
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‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy
The Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator is back with a TV series about a warring super-powered family. The Scot reveals how Carrie Fisher helped inspire it – and why he’s delighted Covid scuppered his move to HollywoodMark Millar is remembering one of the best bits of advice he ever came across, something he read as a…
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Stars In New Rhye Music Video Directed By Sam Taylor-Johnson
Los Angeles-based musician Micael Milosh, aka Rhye, has announced his new album, titled Home, which is set to drop early next year. Alongside the album announcement, Rhye has released the lead single “Black Rain” and an accompanying music video that stars actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson whom many will recognize from “Kick-Ass,” “Nocturnal Animals,” “The Avengers,” and…
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Brad Pitt Assassin Movie ‘Bullet Train’ Casts Aaron Taylor-Johnson as “Tangerine”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) is about to step on a train…the only problem is that the train is full of assassins. The former Kick-Ass star is the latest cast member to hop on board Sony’s Bullet Train, an assassin film which has Oscar winner Brad Pitt headlining and former stuntman and Deadpool 2…
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Edgar Wright to Direct ‘The Chain’ Movie Based on the Bestselling Book, with Jane Goldman Writing the Script
Edgar Wright is about to tackle some dark material. The filmmaker, who has built his career making frequently comedic genre exercises, is going to direct a film adaptation of The Chain, author Adrian McKinty’s bestselling novel about a mother whose daughter is kidnapped. Jane Goldman, whose credits include films like Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Kingsman:…