"I became an actor because I felt like an outsider," Hilary Swank reflects. As a child, the double Oscar-winning actress was the pariah neighbours didn't let their kids play with because she lived in a trailer park. At the time, she couldn't understand why people would look down on her, and

He reveals how he made an action movie in which the action hero couldn't move. After the phenomenal success of his multi-Oscar winning, rags-to-riches hit, Slumdog Millionaire, in 2009, Danny Boyle was deluged with directing offers from Hollywood, but, having been stung by a Hollywood adventure in the past with

The man who epitomised Englishness on the screen, doesn't even feel that he belongs to the English society. Last year, Colin Firth awed Toronto International film festival audience playing a gay British professor who grapples with solitude after the death of his partner in "Single man", for which he earned an

As I was heading into the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, to attend the premiere of the musical 'Burlesque', I heard an eruption of cheers, emanating from the crowds, lined up behind police fencing along the sides of Hollywood Boulevard. Turning around, I caught a sight of a woman, with long

"I've always liked to make characters in the most precarious situations and try to bring them back." Michael Douglas exclaims. During his acting career, Michael Douglas has enthralled his audience, not by playing heroic characters, but by taking on unsympathetic characters and infusing them with charm and humanity. Among those compelling

Following his previous dramas, The Deal and The Queen, the prolific screenwriter Peter Morgan delivers the last instalment in his trilogy, The Special Relationship, which deals with Tony Blair's foreign politics and particularly his relationship with America. The film provides an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the unique and sometimes turbulent political

Al Pacino is arguably one of the greatest and most accomplished actors of his generation. He became a cultural icon thanks to revered performances in wide range of classics such as The Godfather, Serpico, Scarface, Scent of A Woman, Heat and many more.

Emily Mortimer is one of the busiest British Actresses these days. She started her film career working on small projects like "Young Adam" and "Bright Young Things" and filling small roles in blockbusters such as "The 51st State" and "Elizabeth", but in 2005 she leapt to prominence when she took