|
Archive for the ‘“Monsters Vs. Aliens”’ Category
Movie stars often talk about how they aren’t really like the characters they play on screen.
Reese Witherspoon proves the point with silence. Her character Lisa in How Do You Know, the new James L. Brooks comedy opening Friday, is as taciturn as Witherspoon is talkative.
“I’ve never really played a character that wasn’t very verbal,” she said in an interview. “I mean, all I do is talk in movies!
“So this is a nice departure for me, to learn to, as my mother always says, ‘Never miss an opportunity to shut up and listen!’”
Good thing Witherspoon didn’t heed that advice making Walk the Line, the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic, where she played June Carter Cash and both talked and sang her way to an Oscar.
In How Do You Know, Witherspoon’s plays a baseball star who would rather get in touch with her ball and glove than her emotions. She amusingly finds herself romantically involved with two men: stereotypical jock Matty (Owen Wilson) and sensitive businessman George (Paul Rudd). (A fourth character, played by Jack Nicholson, is there to complicate their lives in other ways.)
If this were a real-life romantic triangle and not a movie, Witherspoon would be talking the ear off a sympathetic friend or family member.
“Oh, yes. I talk endlessly about my romantic conflicts, my loves lost and gained — my life is a non-stop dialogue with my friends. So this very interior character, who knows she’s feeling things but she’s not sure what they are, really doesn’t know how to talk about them.
“And when people want to talk about it, Lisa wants them to stop talking. It’s a really interesting woman to see on film. Conversely, Paul’s character just can’t stop talking!”
So what would Witherspoon tell her intimate associates, if she were to find herself in the unlikely position of having two suitors at once? Which of the two guys, cocky Matty or chatty George, would she choose?
Continue reading this entry »
She’s an Oscar-winning actress and one of Hollywood’s hottest stars — but even Reese Witherspoon’s children, 9-year-old daughter Ava & 6-year-old-son Deacon, are surprisingly “embarrassed” of their uber-famous mom.
“My children are embarrassed at me all the time. They’re like ‘mom you’re being really stupid’,”Witherspoon told us in a recent interview. “When ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ came out Ava told me I’m the coolest mom in the third grade. I said ‘can you put it on a piece of paper and sign it for me please’. I was cool once.”
And as cool and yet hot as the majority of men (and women) think Witherspoon is, she won’t be baring too much for the lights and camera.
“I had my first baby when I was 23, so for me, no. I’ve always been choosing roles knowing that I have a daughter and I have a responsibility to her and to the world to be representing women of strength,” the 33-year-old added. “These are the women I know in life. I think it’s a natural extension of parenthood for you to feel like you’re responsible for the worlds you create, whether they be silly or serious. I think you are responsible for the art you put in the world.”
While these are certainly inspiring words of wisdom, don’t be fooled — this mama was more than happy to embrace her childhood habits while lending her voice to “Monsters vs. Aliens”.
“It’s definitely not hard. It’s like you go in and it’s about how imaginative you can be. For me, that’s just a fantastic opportunity to be free and act like a 5-year-old,” Witherspoon added. “We just go in the sound booth and be silly and eat candy and drink caffeine and bounce off the walls. The older I get the more I regress. I really have just become very silly.”
Go to IESB to check out 13 clips and featurettes from Monsters vs. Aliens! The movie opens in theaters March 27!
Reese Witherspoon has revealed she would love to be invisible.
The Hollywood actress voices a character in new 3D animation film Monster Vs Aliens and said she’d like to try being invisible if she was a superhero.
She said: “It would be nice to have just every superpower, why do I have to choose just one?! I would probably choose invisibility, it would be nice to escape out of certain situations and of course spy on people.”
Reese, 32, added that she would use her powers for a bit of good and a bit of evil.
Continue reading this entry »
Reese made the stop to Paris, France today for a photocall for Monsters vs. Aliens. And the Aliens promotion isn’t slowing down anytime soon, she will hit the states this week!
     
GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: “Monsters vs. Aliens” Paris Photocall
The Los Angeles premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens is going to be held on March 22nd. Reese is scheduled to attend.
When: Sunday, March 22, 2009, Promptly at 11:00 a.m.
Arrivals begin at 10:00 a.m.
Press Check-in begins at: 9:00 a.m.
Where: Gibson Amphitheater
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
More talk shows for Monsters vs. Aliens promotion have been announced.
Wednesday March 18th – Reese on Jay Leno
Tuesday March 24th – Reese on The Today Show
Wednesday March 25th – Reese on Regis and Kelly
Friday March 27th – Reese on Ellen
As always I will do my best to bring coverage of the shows at a later date but if anyone out there could still record as well, please do. If you know of anymore dates send them in!
Pictures from the Madrid premiere are available now, Reese attended this shortly after yesterday’s photocall in Spain. Also earlier today, Reese was in Italy for the Rome photocall. She sure is looking lovely this past week even if she’s been ultra busy!
     
GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: “Monsters vs. Aliens” Madrid Premiere
- Public Events: “Monsters vs. Aliens” Rome Photocall
Next stop: Spain! Reese and her co-star Keifer Sutherland attended a photocall for their new animated flick in Madrid. Reese kept it classy and pretty in a black dress and heels.
     
GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: “Monsters vs. Aliens” Madrid Photocall
Reese Witherspoon’s son wanted to kill things after watching her new movie.
The blonde actress was amazed when a trip to see Monsters vs Aliens – in which she voices the character of Susan, a woman who swells to 42 ft 11 ins tall and then helps save the planet from an alien invasion – brought out Deacon’s violent tendencies.
Reese – who has nine-year-old daughter Ava and five-year-old son Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe – told BANG Showbiz: “I took my kids to see it a couple of week’s ago. As I was driving home from the theater I said to my children in the back seat, ‘So, what do you think is the message in this movie?’ My daughter really thoughtfully said, ‘I think it’s about never letting someone underestimate you and always living up to your true potential.’ I said, ‘That is so astute, yes, Ava, that is exactly what the message is.’
Continue reading this entry »
|
Water For Elephants (2011) 
This Means War (2012)
Mud (2013)
Untitled Peggy Lee Biopic (201?)
