Joel Edgerton
‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: Joel Edgerton in George Clooney’s Tribute to Old-Fashioned Can-Do Spirit
Callum Turner also stars in the true story of a junior varsity rowing crew’s ascent to the 1936 Olympic Games.
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‘The Boys in the Boat’ Star Callum Turner Says Actors “Were Awful” When Began Rowing for Film, Could See “Pain and Fear in George Clooney’s Soul”
In turns out, the biggest challenge of The Boys in the Boat was making sure the boys actually looked like they belonged in the boat. The Amazon MGM Studios film, directed by George Clooney, tells the inspirational true story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics […]
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Callum Turner Grabs Olympic Glory in George Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ Trailer
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore star Callum Turner goes on an epic quest for Olympic gold in the trailer for director George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat, which Amazon MGM Studios dropped on Wednesday ahead of a Dec. 25 theatrical release. Turner plays Joe Rantz, a Depression-era outsider who discovers joining the rowing […]
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Joel Edgerton Says He Owes Much of His Career to George Lucas for Casting Him in ‘Star Wars’
Joel Edgerton is opening up about his time as Owen Lars, Luke Skywalker’s uncle, in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, before returning to the character two decades later for Obi-Wan Kenobi. While the 2002 installment of Star Wars didn’t get glowing reviews across the board, Edgerton acknowledges that the film and […]
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Magnolia Pictures Plucks Paul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’
Magnolia Pictures has picked up the U.S. rights to Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, the final film in the Schrader-directed trilogy that includes First Reformed and The Card Counter. Joel Edgerton stars in the crime thriller as Narvel, a master gardener of a grand American estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). But events […]
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Charlie Hunnam on Battling Gut Infections, Dengue Fever on ‘Shantaram’ and “Destroying My Back” While Prepping for Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon’
“I feel good,” Charlie Hunnam said with a smile (and an asterisk) upon hitting the red carpet Monday night outside Westwood’s Bruin Theater, host of the world premiere of his new Apple TV+ series Shantaram. The asterisk is necessary because Hunnam’s emotional state is understandably layered, especially on the eve of this long-gestating series based […]
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‘Master Gardener’ Review: A Brooding Joel Edgerton Can’t Make Paul Schrader’s Belabored Allegory Bloom
Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell star in Paul Schrader's drama about a dedicated horticulturalist reckoning with his violent past.
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Netflix Picks Up Australian Crime-Thriller ‘The Stranger’ Starring Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris
Netflix has acquired Thomas M. Wright’s Australian crime-thriller The Stranger, which had its world premiere in Cannes earlier this year, with plans to launch the film globally in October. Starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, the film comes from See-Saw Films, Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films, and revolves around two strangers who strike up a […]
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Colin Farrell Says He Had Panic Attacks While Filming ‘Thirteen Lives’: “It Was Incredibly Nerve Racking”
When Colin Farrell heard that his Thirteen Lives co-star Viggo Mortensen wanted to do the film’s grueling underwater scenes himself rather than rely on a stunt double, he couldn’t resist diving in behind him. “I couldn’t have Viggo take all the glory,” Farrell joked to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday night at the premiere of […]
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Why Viggo Mortensen Recycled ‘Lord of the Rings: Return of the King’ Premiere Shirt for ‘Thirteen Lives’ Screening: “It Was Absolutely Intentional”
Viggo Mortensen turned up to Thursday night’s Thirteen Lives premiere in Westwood wearing the same shirt he donned for the London premiere of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on Dec. 11, 2003. Make no mistake — the red carpet déjà vu moment was “absolutely intentional.” Under a midnight blue suit, Mortensen wore […]
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‘The Stranger’: Film Review | Cannes 2022
Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris star in Thomas M. Wright's contemporary true crime-based drama set in Outback Australia about low-level gangsters who are not all they seem.
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Cannes: Ethan Hawke, Isabelle Huppert, Lee Jung-jae, Rebecca Hall, Austin Butler and More in The Hollywood Reporter’s Festival Photo Diary
Nothing compares to Cannes. That has never been more true than it is this year as the international film festival rolled out the iconic red carpet to celebrate a milestone 75th anniversary, as always, against the backdrop of the French Riviera. Welcoming A-list stars, celebrated auteurs, musicians, models and, yes, even TikTok creators, the 2022 […]
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