Interviews
Film interviews by Husam Sam Asi with Hollywood actors, directors and filmmakers.
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Hilary Swank: an actress with conviction
“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…
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Danny Boyle creates an immobile action hero
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…
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Colin Firth learns how not to stammer
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…
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Cher: The Queen of Burlesque
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…
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Nicole Kidman: from Acting to Producing
Playing a grieving woman in her new film, ‘Rabbit Hole’, drove Nicole Kidman into agonizing sob during the night. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the film industry, yet Nicole Kidman projects humility and…
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Woody Allen meets a tall dark stranger
Woody Allen is still searching for the meaning of Life. Woody Allen is one of the most prolific filmmakers in the world, turning in one or two movies, year in and year out, since 1969. He…
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Michael Douglas revives Gekko and battles Cancer
“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…
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The Special Relationship
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…
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Al Pacino talks about Acting, Life and Dr. Death – interview
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…
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Emily Mortimer about Caine, Scorsese and Londons violent streets
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…
