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‘Dinig Sana Kita’ and ‘Independencia’ will take part in 34th Toronto International Film Festival
by admin on Aug.27, 2009, under Movies
Two Filipino films—Dinig Sana Kita and Independencia—will be exhibited at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival in Canada from September 10-20.
According to Direk Mike Sandejas, lead stars Romalito Mallari and Zoe Sandejas, will accompany him when he attends the international premiere of Dinig Sana Kita in Toronto.
Dinig Sana Kita (international title: If I Knew What You Said) will be part of the Contemporary World Cinema, a section dedicated to the “best of current international filmmaking” (as described by the official website of the Toronto IFF).
Written and produced by Direk Mike, Dinig Sana Kita stars deaf actor Romalito Mallari, Robert Seña, Lorenzo Mara, and Sandejas’ daughter, Zoe. It bagged the Audience Choice award in the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held last July. The film is produced by Echo and Mirage Media.
The film has also been invited to the Hawaii International Film Festival in October and the Brussels Independent International Film Festival in November.
Dinig Sana Kita, rated General Patronage by the Movie and Television Rating and Classification Board, is currently being screened at IndieSine, Robinsons Galleria until September 1.
Meanwhile, Independencia by Raya Martin will screen in the Vision program for its North American premiere. According to the official website of the Toronto IFF, this section is dedicated to “innovative works of newcomers and veteran filmmakers who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary cinema. It spotlights work that challenges our notion of mainstream cinema and explores experimental filmmaking techniques, new territory and technologies.”
Alessandra de Rossi, Tetchie Agbayani, and Sid Lucero are the main actors in this film. The black-and-white film was included in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival last May.
Aside from being part of the Toronto IFF, Independencia will also compete at the Vladivostok International Film Festival in Russia next month and at the 47th Annual New York Film Festival that will run from September 25 to October 11.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, organizer of the New York Film Festival, has described Direk Raya’s film by saying it “offers a kind of alternative history of the Philippines and its struggle for nationhood in this stylized tale of a mother and son hiding in the mountains after the U.S. takeover of the islands.”
This makes Independencia the third Filipino film to enter the New York Film Festival after Lino Brocka’s Insiang (1976) and Brillante Mendoza’s Serbis (2008).
Source: Philippine Entertainment Portal
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Antarctica’s first homicide heats up “Whiteout”
by admin on Aug.27, 2009, under Featured, Movies
Nature never intended you to survive in Antarctica. For U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale), things are about to get even more dangerous, in Warner Bros.’ new suspense-thriller “Whiteout.” The only law enforcement in this unforgiving territory, she has just been sent to investigate a body on the ice. Antarctica’s first homicide. A shocking discovery in itself, it will plunge her into an even more bizarre mystery and the revelation of secrets long-buried under the endless ice…secrets that someone believes are still worth killing for.
As Stetko races to find the killer before he finds her, winter is already closing in. In the deadly Antarctic whiteout, she won’t see him till he’s a breath away.
“Audiences won’t immediately know what circumstances brought U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko to seek a post in Antarctica, or what she hoped to find there, but they will feel from the film’s opening beats that she is anxious to get out,” says Joel Silver, who produced “Whiteout” under the banner of his Dark Castle Entertainment, and calls it “the coldest thriller ever made.”
Director Dominic Sena, marking his second collaboration with Silver following their 2001 action thriller “Swordfish,” concurs. “Whatever she came looking for at the bottom of the world, she didn’t find it. Meanwhile, the place has gotten to her—the cold, the claustrophobia, the isolation. She’s at the breaking point and counting down to that last flight out before winter closes in with its six months of darkness.”
Stetko’s departure plans are put on hold when a body turns up in the ice field. Frozen to the ground by blood and ice, his arms and legs strangely contorted, the body is that of an American geologist named Weiss, a member of a small research team studying meteorite fragments. Closer examination reveals numerous broken bones and a fresh gash in his leg that has been crudely stitched up, but the cause of death is a deep chest wound delivered by an instrument very common to this rough terrain: an ice ax.
As much as Weiss’s death is a mystery, its location is even more baffling. Miles from nowhere. No tracks, no maps, no gear. What was he doing way out here? A murder victim is the last thing Stetko expected to find after two years of arduous but uneventful duty, and certainly the last thing she wants to deal with now. Nevertheless, passing him off to the nearest U.S. authorities at McMurdo Station 900 miles away is not an option.
Unfortunately for Stetko whose bags are already packed, this doesn’t look like the kind of case that can be wrapped up easily. Instead, it becomes immediately more complex as Stetko turns her attention to the two remaining members of Weiss’s team, men who could be either prime suspects or the next victims of a killer whose motivation she has yet to discover.
Opening soon across the Philippines, “Whiteout” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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Jack Black, primitively funny in ‘Year One’
by erikb on Aug.26, 2009, under Movies
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic road trip through the ancient world in Columbia Pictures’ new comedy “Year One.”
Taking that trek is none other than Jack Black who plays Zed in the film. “Zed is living a very tribal lifestyle in his primitive village with hunters and gatherers,” he says, “but he’s wondering if there’s more to life than just hunting, gathering, and sleeping.”
As the characters fleshed out on the page, director Harold Ramis has always seen Jack as his hero, Zed. “The whole time, I was thinking, ‘Wow, this could be great for Jack Black,” the director reminisces. “Jack really knows how to be silly and take big chances with comedy. He’s incredibly sharp; there’s a really great articulation to what he does.”
Returning the compliment, Black says, “Harold loves actors – he encourages us to do our thing, he wants us to play.” Black goes on to say that it’s the approach that Ramis feels is right for the film, but also what Ramis himself seems to enjoy. “I could always hear him laughing from video village. Whenever I heard ‘snortle chortle,’ it warmed me. But I’d also be thinking, ‘Keep it down and don’t ruin the take!’”
Black was attracted to the project by the screenplay, which has a tone he admired. “I liked the script’s attitude – nothing is sacred. It doesn’t take anything seriously,” says Black.
“Zed is very quick to assume that he’s been chosen by the gods for some great mission,” Black continues. “He thinks that will give him meaning in his life. He’s a searcher. He wants to figure out what the hell is going on in this strange world.”
Black most recently starred opposite Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr. in “Tropic Thunder.” He also voiced the title character in the animated hit “Kung Fu Panda,” which took in over $215 million in the U.S. and was nominated for the Oscar® for Best Animated feature. He is currently in London filming “Gulliver’s Travels”, set for release June 2010.
In September 2003, Black proved his box-office draw with a #1 opening for “The School of Rock” from director Richard Linklater and writer Mike White. Black received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
In December 2005, Black was seen in Peter Jackson’s cinematic blockbuster “King Kong,” joining a cast that included Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis and Colin Hanks.
2006 saw Black starring in the box-office smash “Nacho Libre,” directed by Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”), and in the ensemble comedy “The Holiday,” directed by Nancy Meyers and also starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law.
Opening across the Philippines on Sept. 2, “Year One” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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To find love, people need to face ‘The Ugly Truth’
by admin on Aug.26, 2009, under Featured, Movies
Columbia Pictures pairs up Katherine Heigl (“Knocked Up,” “27 Dresses”) against Gerard Butler (“300”) in “The Ugly Truth,” a smart, sexy comedy about men, women and the giant abyss that stands between the ways we each think about, fantasize about and try to seduce the other.
Heigl and Butler throw sparks as two co-workers destined to despise one another. She’s out to find a sophisticated dream partner. He’s on a mission to tell women to get real and admit that men have just one thing on their minds. But when he decides to help her get what she wants, they both learn something unexpected about how powerfully even the most defiant opposites attract.
Abby Richter (Heigl) is an ambitious morning talk show producer on “A.M. Sacramento” who prides herself on being able to find an instant solution to any problem – any problem that is except her own unhappily single status. When it comes to dating, the always-in-control Abby has a flawless track record of failure.
When her show suffers a ratings slump, Abby is forced to team with the newly recruited special correspondent Mike Chadway (Butler), a man who couldn’t push more of her buttons. His “The Ugly Truth” segment promises to spill the beans on what makes men really tick. But his outrageously racy, gleefully chauvinistic, “shock jock” style rubs Abby in all the wrong ways and to make matters worse, becomes an instant ratings bonanza, sealing his network status.
Then Abby meets Colin, her neighbor, and he’s a single doctor! He’s everything Mike Chadway isn’t –suave, polite, not remotely into jello wrestling — and this time, Abby doesn’t want to blow it. She hates to admit it, but she needs Mike’s insight into the male mind to make the right moves. Now, as Mike coaches Abby and Abby puts Mike’s provocative seduction theories to the test, they are both about to discover an ironic truth: as different as we might be, men and women share some of our most secret feelings in common.
Says director Robert Luketic (“Legally Blonde”), “I think we’re all starting to realize that men and women are wired differently and it’s liberating to be able to play with that in a movie that’s honest and frank, but also outrageously irreverent, about what makes us different and what brings us together. We are certainly all equal but the ugly truth is that there are things men need and there are things women need – and sometimes they clash, and yet . . . it’s that difference that makes romance so exciting and wonderful.”
He continues: “I like that this movie is a chance to chill out and laugh over this stuff. Because at the end of the day, when you strip away all the myths and all the posturing men and women take so seriously, both sexes keep falling in love in spite of it all.”
Opening soon across the Philippines, “The Ugly Truth” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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Sandra Bullock makes a ‘Proposal’ you can’t refuse
by admin on Aug.26, 2009, under Movies
In Touchstone Pictures’ new romantic comedy “The Proposal,” Sandra Bullock stars as Margaret Tate, a high-powered New York book editor whose life is about to change. Facing deportation to her native Canada (and with it, the end of her career), the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), whom she’s tormented for years. Andrew agrees to participate in the charade – but with a few conditions of his own.
Filmmakers tapped Bullock early on for the role of Margaret. “She’s really fun to play, because she’s in all of us,” says Bullock. “Margaret doesn’t try and rectify any of the wrongs. She doesn’t apologize. She doesn’t feel like she has to make the world like her. She has a job to do, and she’s gonna get it done. And there’s a large part of me in that.”
“I feel really lucky that we got her,” says producer Todd Lieberman of Bullock. “She’s a phenomenal actress and she can do any role, but she’s so good and naturally gifted at comedy. People love her even when she’s playing someone who’s as hard edged as the character Margaret.”
Producer David Hoberman adds: “Sandy gets to play a really fun character—there’s a lot of physical comedy in this movie, so she gets to do everything her fans want to see. She’s really smart and had really good instincts about her character, the script and the comedy.”
Director Anne Fletcher was equally impressed by Bullock. “Sandra Bullock is a female comic genius,” says the director. “There really isn’t anybody on her level. I’ve been completely and utterly spoiled by her professionalism, her talent, her mind, her sense of humor, her sense of being. And her chemistry with Ryan is bar none.”
The character of Margaret intrigued Fletcher. “Margaret starts off being a hard-nosed business woman who only focuses on work and wants to get to the top, and that’s really the only goal that she has in life,” says Fletcher. “When you really dig deep into this person, you realize that she’s got a lot of flaws. Margaret starts out really hard, but during the course of the film, she becomes herself again.”
“Margaret was written the way they usually write the male roles, which are usually the juiciest,” says Bullock. “They’re allowed to be complex, unattractive, crabby, difficult, fun and funny, which is not how female characters are usually written.
“The film also reminds me of the really well-constructed comedies that happened to be about a relationship failing, working and failing again—and they don’t write ‘em like this anymore,” adds Bullock, “From the way Anne Fletcher sets up the scene, cinematographer Oliver Stapleton lights it and the landscape is used in the comedy, you realize that we’re not making a light, superficial romantic comedy. I think screwball—rather than romantic—comedy is a better way to describe this film.”
Opening soon across the Philippines, “The Proposal” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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Offbeat talent Jack Carpenter in ‘I Love You Beth Cooper’
by admin on Aug.26, 2009, under Movies
In this age of virtual networking, nothing still beats the corporeal when it comes to bagging the best of times with our best friends. It is all these doing and undoing of things taboo during adolescent years that makes high school the most unparalleled times for most, if not all. Such is the case in the latest comedy “I Love You Beth Cooper” where up and coming young actor Jack Carpenter tackles basic teen issues with sheer talent under the magical hands of director Chris Columbus, who directed the first Harry Potter films – “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and produced the third “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.
Jack Carpenter stars as Rich alongside Hayden Panettiere in “I Love You Beth Cooper.” In the movie, Rich successfully goaded his best friend Dennis Cooverman (Paul Rust) into expressing his secret chronic l’amour for six years to Beth Cooper (Panettiere) during his valedictory address.
For the part of the flashy Rich, Jack T. Carpenter shares his own take on the place he and Denis occupy in the scheme of all things high school: “The characters Paul and I play are not the complete losers. It’s just that we don’t quite fit in. It’s where I was in high school and that’s something that I definitely connect to.” Rich is one of those great character combinations, then, of verbal acuity, physical comedy and a deep soul… think The Fool in several of Shakespeare’s plays. And who wouldn’t want to portray that?
Carpenter continues, “The thing I like most about Rich is that underneath all of his shtick and his movie quotes, there’s a real sincerity to the guy; he’s a real human being who’s had a really hard background. And he’s trying to get through it. He’s got these brand new shoes that he had to buy himself, because his father wouldn’t get them for him; it’s oddly symbolic, because he’s just trying to dance his way through life without concentrating too much on the bad stuff. Rich convinces Denis to tell Beth he loves her, because in the movie-influenced world of Rich, people who do that fall in love. And even though things don’t go that way, he just doesn’t concentrate on it. He goes with the flow, onto the next piece of bad advice he will give Denis.”
Jack Carpenter made his film debut in the teen comedy “Sydney White” with Amanda Bynes. Next up, he will show his range of acting in the drama “Harvest” opposite Robert Loggia and Barbara Barrie. In 2006, just months out of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama, Carpenter nabbed the lead role of Adam Lipshitz opposite Leslie Nielson in the NBC Television pilot “Lipshitz Saves the World,” which unfortunately never aired. However, he later went on to a recurring role in the Fox comedy “The Return of Jezebel James,” opposite Lauren Ambrose and Parker Posie.
“I Love You Beth Cooper” opens September 9 in theaters from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
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Animated movie “Up” posts RP’s biggest opening ever at P45.98-M
by admin on Aug.26, 2009, under Movies
Disney/Pixar’s latest comedy-fantasy “Up” took to the Philippine skies in record-breaking heights, opening at No. 1 nationwide.
The critically acclaimed animated film rocketed to a five-day opening weekend gross of a gravity-defying P45.98-million for the Aug. 19-23 frame. The announcement was made by Victor R. Cabrera, managing director of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
This installs “Up” as the new holder of the record for all-time biggest opening for an animated feature (besting 2008’s “Kung Fu Panda” at P38.4-M), even as it also beat the debut of the recent animated hit “Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” at P36.5-M.
“Up” has likewise surpassed the openings of previous Disney/Pixar titles, notably 2004’s “The Incredibles” (P32.1-M), 2007’s “Ratatouille” (P29-M) and 2008’s “WALL-E” (P19-M).
“We definitely benefited from the unanimously positive word-of-mouth and the three-day weekend as it allowed more families to watch `Up,’” noted Cabrera. “Another factor is the rising patronage of the Digital 3D screens which accounts for 32 percent of the film’s overall opening gross.”
“Up” rolled out in 101 screens nationwide (15 of which were in Digital 3D, the remaining in traditional 35-mm format). The Top 20 cinemas with highest receipts are Trinoma (P3.34-M), SM North EDSA (P3.10-M), SM Mall of Asia (P3.09-M), Greenbelt 3 (P1.92-M), SM Megamall (P1.90-M), Power Plant (P1.82-M), Shangri-la (P1.72-M), Glorietta 4 (P1.51-M), Alabang Town Center (P1.49-M) and Robinsons Galleria (P1.384-M).
Completing the list are SM Cebu (P1.383-M), Gateway (P1.24-M), SM Clark (P1.053-M), Eastwood (P1.052), SM Baguio (P951,967), Greenhills (P910,296), Ayala Cebu (P891,312), SM Marikina (P874,544), Robinsons Ermita (P823,254) and SM Iloilo (P711,112).
“Up” follows the uplifting tale of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. Their journey to a lost world, where they encounter some strange, exotic and surprising characters, is filled with hilarity, emotion and wildly imaginative adventure.
Still playing across the Philippines, “Up” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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May the “G-Force” be with you
by admin on Aug.18, 2009, under Movies
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer brings his first 3-D film to the big screen with Walt Disney Pictures’ “G-Force,” a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws.
Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist.
Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning visual effects master Hoyt Yeatman—“G-Force” takes audiences on a high-octane thrill ride, proving once and for all that size really doesn’t matter.
What makes this live-action film such a wonderful and unusual ride is that “G-Force” combines the best of Disney family comedy with the unmistakable stamp of Bruckheimer, evident from movies like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to television franchises like “C.S.I.” — plenty of action, cutting-edge special effects, larger-than-life heroes and villains, superlative production values and, most of all, a great ride. And on top of that, “G-Force” is the first for the filmmaker in 3D!
Opening soon across the Philippines, “G-Force” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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Some guys can’t just handle Vegas in ‘The Hangover’
by erikb on Aug.10, 2009, under Movies
The bachelor party is a time-honored tradition. Every weekend across America, countless men on the brink of their wedding dates are taken out by a select few of their best buddies for a symbolic last hurrah. “Just a few friends getting together,” says Todd Phillips, director of Warner Bros.’ new raunchy comedy “The Hangover.”
“It’s such a typical thing to do, they don’t even want to call it a bachelor party because they see it more as a guys’ night out,” he adds. “A nice dinner, some laughs, and a toast to the new groom.” You know, “Harmless.”
Granted, this night out in “The Hangover” is awfully close to the day of groom Doug’s (Justin Bartha) actual ceremony… And sure, Stu (Ed Helms) has to lie to his girlfriend about where they’re going…
And yes, they’re taking along Doug’s new brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis) who’s socially awkward and somewhat of a loose cannon…But other than that, what do they have to worry about?
When the foursome checks in to Caesars Palace they’re feeling good and relaxed. Stepping out onto Caesars’ rooftop to start their evening with a toast amidst the wraparound glow of Vegas lights under the desert sky, they raise their glasses to Doug’s upcoming new life and “to a night the four of us will never forget.”
And that’s the last thing any of them can remember.
The next thing that Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu and Alan know it’s morning and they’re sprawled out with their faces on the marble floor. Sunshine streams in through the windows, revealing a palatial suite that is totally trashed.
But that’s not so unusual, as bachelor parties go, Phillips grants. “Getting drunk and waking up next to a pile of empty bottles is pretty much par for the course. For a movie about a hangover to end all hangovers, we had to take things a gigantic step beyond. We thought, ‘What would be the craziest night you could possibly have and still live to talk about it.’”
“How about, there’s a baby in their room, that they’ve never seen before, and a tiger in the bathroom?,” adds producer Dan Goldberg. Party dolls bob atop the Jacuzzi bubbles, a chair still smolders from what appears to have been a fire and an ottoman dangles from the ceiling. Oh, and one more little thing… the groom is missing.
As the three revelers struggle to regain consciousness, each reacts to the scene in his own way. Leader-of-the-pack Phil surveys the damage with a confident but blurry eye, assumes they had a good time and that Doug will turn up soon. Stu, the worrier, and the one whose credit card is on file with the front desk, launches into a panic that escalates with each new offense he uncovers in the wreckage of their $4,000-a-night suite. And Alan kind of takes it all in with a crazy sense of wonder—that is, once he gets over the fact that he was just standing, half naked, within pouncing distance of a real, live, full-grown tiger.
Opening soon across the Philippines, “The Hangover” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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Kristen Stewart, from Twilight to Adventureland
by erikb on Jul.17, 2009, under Movies
When Kristen Stewart was making the teen romantic comedy “Adventureland,” she was just another young actress whom most people had never heard of. Then “Twilight” came out and changed all of that. That movie grossed more than $370 million worldwide and propelled her to stardom.
A definite advantage of fame is to be able to call attention to “Adventureland,” a critically acclaimed independent film that screened at Sundance. “Well, that part is good,” Stewart says. “I want as many people as possible to see this movie.”
To be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Glorietta 4 & Greenbelt 3) starting July 22, the sweet coming-of-age tale is about a college graduate whose parents are forced to renege on their promise to send him to Europe because they’re broke. Teen actor Jesse Eisenberg stars as James Brennan, the young man who instead finds work at a decrepit amusement park called Adventureland. Stewart plays fellow employee Em Lewin, a confused rich girl who is far more sexually advanced than James is.
Although Stewart is actually younger than the character she plays, she responded viscerally to the character, immediately latching onto Em’s volatile mix of sexual maturity and emotional naiveté. For even as Em is fishing for lost quarters in the arcade, she’s also searching for what her confused heart really wants. “I certainly don’t have the same life experiences Em has, but I felt I could relate to something in her,” says Stewart. “And knowing that she was based on real people [director] Greg Mottola has known, I felt a big responsibility to get everything about who she is and her affect on James across.”
As for what a daring, angry, experienced girl like Em sees in a shy, anxious, virginal guy like James, she observes: “There’s something about James that is wonderfully innocent – and Em is so past that, I think his attitude is just disarming to her. James comes along right at a time when she’s involved in something very complicated that’s filled with all kinds of feelings of guilt – and what happens between them is very sweet and simple and real, which is completely new to her.”
Mottola was also excited to see Stewart have the chance to reveal some of her comic chops. “I’ve always thought she had a very mysterious quality and she exudes intelligence, but she also can be very, very funny,” he notes. “She’s one of those actresses who I find deeply fascinating to watch on the screen.”
Eisenberg says the chemistry with Stewart was completely organic: “She’s so natural and realistic. It’s shocking to see someone so young come across with so much maturity.”
In turn, Stewart says of Eisenberg: “He’s completely earnest so there was never any pretension and it never felt like we were working at it. He’s as straight up and sincere as James, so I thought he was perfect in the role.”
