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26 May 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Artist-turned-director Steve McQueen has been awarded the prestigious Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie debut Hunger.

Hunger details the final days of Irish Republican Army (Ira) hunger striker Bobby Sands - played by 300 star Michael Fassbender - who died aged 27 in Maze Prison in Belfast, Ireland in 1981.

McQueen was presented with the award - which honours first-time filmmakers - on Sunday by Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper.

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15 May 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

German actor Michael Fassbender starved himself for two months to win the role in new movie Hunger.

The star went through with the extreme film preparation - where he dropped from 166 pounds (73 kilograms) to 125 pounds (57 kilograms) - to play Irish Republican Army (Ira) hunger striker Bobby Sands who died in Maze Prison, Belfast, Ireland in 1981.

Speaking at the film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday, director Steve McQueen revealed he was desperate for the movie to appear real.

He says, "This film is about a person who, in order to be heard didn't eat. I knew from the beginning that we had to do it for real. What was taken away was the muscle.

"You could see the skeleton on (Fassbender's) rib-cage and the hallows in the side of his head."

And Fassbender - who was born in Germany but raised in Ireland - admits the role was challenging.

He says, "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't tough."

Sands was jailed for weapons offences and was one of the Ira's most prominent martyrs during the 1970s.

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12 May 2008 9:20 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood star Natalie Portman has dropped out of a forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights over conflicts in her schedule.

The Star Wars actress was set to play the film's lead role, Cathy Earnshaw, in John Maybury's take on the classic Emily Bronte novel, but has quit the project in favour of an unknown movie venture.

Portman was slated to appear opposite German actor Michael Fassbender, who will play the iconic Heathcliff in the film.

Movie bosses at Ecosse Films are said to be determined to shoot the movie on schedule and are currently searching for a replacement for Portman.

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3 articles from 2008