Take a look at new images of actress Monica Bellucci ("Spectre") in the March 2023 'Black & White" issue of "Vogue" (Greece) magazine, wearing Chanel, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth:
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the international version of the 2005 animated...
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the international version of the 2005 animated...
- 2/26/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"The Apartment" doesn't fit neatly into any film genre, let alone into the saccharine fare often reserved for Christmas time. Melancholy, satirical, and biting, it's neither a sweet rom-com nor a straight drama. Even with its dark edges, there is something comforting about Billy Wilder's 1960 film, like sitting inside a snug apartment on a wintry night. Its original tagline is a perfect summary of the film: "Movie-wise, there's never been anything like 'The Apartment.'" Actor-wise, there was no one who could play its leading role like Jack Lemmon.
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- 6/21/2022
- by Leigh Giangreco
- Slash Film
A major addition to the Golden Globe-winning series, Mozart in the Jungle, is Monica Bellucci, who plays Italian diva Alessandra in season three.
With the New York orchestra still in a labor dispute, Maestro Rodrigo De Souza (Gael Garcia Bernal) accepts an offer in Venice to conduct a comeback performance for the aging diva, also known as “La Fiamma.” At an age where she has to make a decision about her voice and repertory, Alessandra is caged by her own limitations, setting off an emotional roller coaster ride for both the conductor and opera singer.
“We’re not trying to be so realistic, but we like to be authentic,” says Roman Coppola, who serves as executive producer, writer and director of the Amazon series. While the show considered the age at which an opera singer’s voice might change, they thought that Bellucci, 52, was a perfect fit regardless. “She felt authentic.”
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With the New York orchestra still in a labor dispute, Maestro Rodrigo De Souza (Gael Garcia Bernal) accepts an offer in Venice to conduct a comeback performance for the aging diva, also known as “La Fiamma.” At an age where she has to make a decision about her voice and repertory, Alessandra is caged by her own limitations, setting off an emotional roller coaster ride for both the conductor and opera singer.
“We’re not trying to be so realistic, but we like to be authentic,” says Roman Coppola, who serves as executive producer, writer and director of the Amazon series. While the show considered the age at which an opera singer’s voice might change, they thought that Bellucci, 52, was a perfect fit regardless. “She felt authentic.”
More: From '...
- 12/9/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Take another look @ Italian actress Monica Bellucci ("Brotherhood of the Wolf") in a recent issue of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine (Ukraine).
Bellucci wears dresses from a past spring/summer collection from Dolce & Gabbana.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the French version of...
Bellucci wears dresses from a past spring/summer collection from Dolce & Gabbana.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the French version of...
- 7/15/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
European film stars Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel have separated "by mutual agreement" after 14 years of marriage, according to reports. The Italian actress, 48, and the French actor, 46, met in 1996 while filming the French film The Apartment. They married three years later and have two daughters - Deva, 8, and Leonie, 3. Bellucci, a former model, starred in the Matrix sequels and also played Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ. Cassel is best known in the U.S. for his work in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and in Black Swan. Both of their reps confirmed the split, with Cassel's...
- 8/27/2013
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Sad international split news. Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel have separated "by mutual agreement" after 14 years of marriage, a rep for Cassel confirmed to Agence France-Presse. The actors met on the set of the 1996 French-language film L'appartement and tied the knot in 1999. They have two daughters together, 8-year-old Deva and 3-year-old Léonie. The Italian-born Bellucci, who starred in The Passion of the Christ and the two Matrix sequels, told Grazia magazine back in April, referring to marriage, "We never know how long it will last." "Today, it works, but in a year...I don't know," she said. Around the same time, Cassel...
- 8/26/2013
- E! Online
Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are calling it quits.
The 48-year-old Italian actress and her long-time husband, a French actor, confirmed rumors of their split Monday through their respective representatives.
In a statement released to the Agence France-Presse, Cassel's rep confirmed the 46-year-old actor and his wife are separating by "mutual agreement."
The pair, who were married for 14 years, met on set of French-language film "The Apartment" in 1996 and wed several years later. They have two daughters together.
In the past, Bellucci has spoken out about fidelity, reportedly saying that it would be ridiculous for her to ask her husband to be faithful if she was away for two months.
"Passion you can feel for the worst man you ever met. But that has nothing to do with a deeper partnership. In such a one, passion stays, but more important is confidence, respect, knowing a man is not just loyal in a sex way,...
The 48-year-old Italian actress and her long-time husband, a French actor, confirmed rumors of their split Monday through their respective representatives.
In a statement released to the Agence France-Presse, Cassel's rep confirmed the 46-year-old actor and his wife are separating by "mutual agreement."
The pair, who were married for 14 years, met on set of French-language film "The Apartment" in 1996 and wed several years later. They have two daughters together.
In the past, Bellucci has spoken out about fidelity, reportedly saying that it would be ridiculous for her to ask her husband to be faithful if she was away for two months.
"Passion you can feel for the worst man you ever met. But that has nothing to do with a deeper partnership. In such a one, passion stays, but more important is confidence, respect, knowing a man is not just loyal in a sex way,...
- 8/26/2013
- by Sara Gates
- Huffington Post
Longtime couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are divorcing, their reps confirmed Monday.
The pair, who met on the set of French film "The Apartment" in 1996, have been married for 14 years and have two daughters. Bellucci, best known stateside as Persephone in the "Matrix" sequels, had previously spoken out about the state of her marriage, saying she'd prefer to have respect and loyalty in her union than simply sexual faithfulness.
"In [a deeper partnership], passion stays, but more important is confidence, respect, knowing a man is not just loyal in a sex way, but that they will be there for you. That is more important than just fidelity," the 48-year-old Italian actress and model told The London Times in 2011. "It would be ridiculous to ask [fidelity] of him if I hadn't been there for two months. You can't ask such things as who has he been seeing, what has he been up to? It...
The pair, who met on the set of French film "The Apartment" in 1996, have been married for 14 years and have two daughters. Bellucci, best known stateside as Persephone in the "Matrix" sequels, had previously spoken out about the state of her marriage, saying she'd prefer to have respect and loyalty in her union than simply sexual faithfulness.
"In [a deeper partnership], passion stays, but more important is confidence, respect, knowing a man is not just loyal in a sex way, but that they will be there for you. That is more important than just fidelity," the 48-year-old Italian actress and model told The London Times in 2011. "It would be ridiculous to ask [fidelity] of him if I hadn't been there for two months. You can't ask such things as who has he been seeing, what has he been up to? It...
- 8/26/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Sneak Peek Italian actress Monica Bellucci in the March 2013 issue of fashion magazine, "Harper's Bazaar Ukraine".
Bellucci wears dresses from the 2013 spring/summer collection from Dolce & Gabbana.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the French version of the 2005 animated feature "Robots".
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Bellucci wears dresses from the 2013 spring/summer collection from Dolce & Gabbana.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990's, playing roles in "La Riffa" (1991) and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
In 1996 she was nominated for a 'César Award' for best supporting actress for her portrayal of 'Lisa' in "L'Appartement".
This was followed by roles in "Malèna" (2000), "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Irréversible" (2002).
She has since played in numerous films including "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Le Deuxième souffle" (2007), "Don't Look Back" (2009), and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010).
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007), also voicing 'Kaileena' in the video game "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" and the French voice of 'Cappy' for the French version of the 2005 animated feature "Robots".
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- 4/6/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
French actor Vincent Cassel is an unlikely sex symbol. Having made his name by playing violent, intense men, he's been cast in another dark, morally dubious film role in the new ballet thriller
At first, I didn't think I knew who Vincent Cassel was, because he has one of those faces that can look completely different in every movie he makes. That's not so unusual for a character actor, but it is for a sex symbol. In his native France he's been a leading man for many years, and if there can be a pretender to the crown last held by Gérard Depardieu then it must be Cassel – but only now, at 43, is he beginning to emerge as an international movie star.
As the son of the late French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, a close friend of Serge Gainsbourg, Cassel grew up around the Parisian theatre scene. But his career began slowly,...
At first, I didn't think I knew who Vincent Cassel was, because he has one of those faces that can look completely different in every movie he makes. That's not so unusual for a character actor, but it is for a sex symbol. In his native France he's been a leading man for many years, and if there can be a pretender to the crown last held by Gérard Depardieu then it must be Cassel – but only now, at 43, is he beginning to emerge as an international movie star.
As the son of the late French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, a close friend of Serge Gainsbourg, Cassel grew up around the Parisian theatre scene. But his career began slowly,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Decca Aitkenhead
- The Guardian - Film News
In the romantic thriller L'Appartement, Vincent Cassel's character Max describes the girl he has fallen for to a friend. "She's dark, very dark ... something special about her. I don't know, a sort of sadness, a tragic aspect ... " Actress Monica Bellucci plays the object of Cassel's affections and I can't think of a more perfect way to describe her. Her stunning visage is widely admired (she was once exclusively a fashion model), but the Italian actress shouldn't be desired solely for her sex appeal. She's also a talented performer.
Belluci's had a strange career. She's more recognized in Europe, where she's been nominated for awards for her work in films like L'Appartment and the romantic drama Malèna. American audiences mostly know her from her performances in movies like The Matrix Reloaded and Shoot Em Up, primarily because Hollywood seems intent on only allowing her to play the femme fatale or...
Belluci's had a strange career. She's more recognized in Europe, where she's been nominated for awards for her work in films like L'Appartment and the romantic drama Malèna. American audiences mostly know her from her performances in movies like The Matrix Reloaded and Shoot Em Up, primarily because Hollywood seems intent on only allowing her to play the femme fatale or...
- 5/11/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
European arthouse movie couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are expecting their second child in spring 2010. The Italian actress first became a mum five years ago when daughter Deva was born.
A family friend tells People that the star is due with her second child at the end of spring. In addition, a source says that she is approximately three months along in her pregnancy.
The 45-year-old former model and "Ocean's Thirteen" star Cassel have been married since 1999 after the two met while filming movie "L'appartement" in 1996. Three years after tying the knot, they made onscreen reunion in film "Irreversible".
Recently, Monica Bellucci's big screen project "Baaria" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at 2010 Golden Globe Awards, but "The White Ribbon" from Germany beat it successfully. Bellucci also plays in the upcoming flick, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Nicolas Cage.
A family friend tells People that the star is due with her second child at the end of spring. In addition, a source says that she is approximately three months along in her pregnancy.
The 45-year-old former model and "Ocean's Thirteen" star Cassel have been married since 1999 after the two met while filming movie "L'appartement" in 1996. Three years after tying the knot, they made onscreen reunion in film "Irreversible".
Recently, Monica Bellucci's big screen project "Baaria" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at 2010 Golden Globe Awards, but "The White Ribbon" from Germany beat it successfully. Bellucci also plays in the upcoming flick, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Nicolas Cage.
- 1/18/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Regularly included on "most beautiful" lists, actress Monica Bellucci is glowing even more than usual these past months. She is due with her second child at the end of spring, a family friend tells People. Bellucci and her husband, French actor Vincent Cassel, already have a 5-year-old daughter, Deva, named for the Hindi moon goddess. The 45-year-old former model currently appears in the Golden Globe nominee Baaria as well as costars with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming summer flick Sorcerer's Apprentice. Cassel is familiar to American audiences through appearances in Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13 as the balletic burglar Francois Toulour.
- 1/17/2010
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
April Showers evenings @ 11 all month long
I like to think that this is the only part of the horrifically vile Irreversible (2002). It's a short film about sweet lovemaking and the marital bliss of one of cinema's sexiest couples, Monica Bellucci & Vincent Cassel. That's it, a beautiful short film!!! I pretend whenever possible that the rest of the movie did not attempt to show itself to me.
Tangent: Shower curtains in movies are always so sparkly clean. No mold, no stains, nothing. You can totally kiss through them without once thinking 'god, i totally need to clean this bathroom!' ...hypothetically speaking. My bathroom is impeccable. Um...
Occasionally my pretending fails me. I recognizable the structural potency (to an extent) of Irréversible but I will never ever ever ever ever subject myself to it again. Never ever.
Weirdly, I have never seen any of the other collaborations between the Bellucci-Cassels (and...
I like to think that this is the only part of the horrifically vile Irreversible (2002). It's a short film about sweet lovemaking and the marital bliss of one of cinema's sexiest couples, Monica Bellucci & Vincent Cassel. That's it, a beautiful short film!!! I pretend whenever possible that the rest of the movie did not attempt to show itself to me.
Tangent: Shower curtains in movies are always so sparkly clean. No mold, no stains, nothing. You can totally kiss through them without once thinking 'god, i totally need to clean this bathroom!' ...hypothetically speaking. My bathroom is impeccable. Um...
Occasionally my pretending fails me. I recognizable the structural potency (to an extent) of Irréversible but I will never ever ever ever ever subject myself to it again. Never ever.
Weirdly, I have never seen any of the other collaborations between the Bellucci-Cassels (and...
- 4/16/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
- Sony Pictures Classics has given us the newest trailers and poster one sheet for Moliere. Written by Gregoire Vigneron and Laurent Tirard and directed by Laurent Tirard the period pic shall open in New York and Los Angeles on July 27, 2007. 1644, Paris. 22-year-old Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Molière, is not yet the writer that history recognizes as the father & true master of comic satire, author of "the Misanthrope and Tartuffe, and a dramatist to rank alongside Shakespeare & Sophocles. Far from it. He is in fact, a failed actor. His Illustrious Theatre Troupe, founded the previous year, is bankrupt. Hounded by creditors, Molière is thrown into jail, released, then swiftly imprisoned again. When the jailors finally let him go, he disappears. The combined efforts of historians have unearthed no trace of him before his reappearance, several months later, when his troupe begins touring the provinces - a tour that will last for thirteen years,
- 4/27/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Bellucci and Cassel's "Divine" New Daughter
Italian movie star Monica Bellucci and her actor husband Vincent Cassel are taking a break from films to care for their first child, Deva, who was born in Rome on Sunday. The Passion Of The Christ star, 35, met Cassel, 37, on the set of the 1996 French film L'Appartement and has since played opposite him in controversial movie Irreversible, action film The Brotherhood Of The Wolf and romantic drama Agents secrets - but they're glad to step away from the limelight to concentrate on their daughter, whose name is of Sanskrit origin and means divine. Bellucci's agent, Laurent Gregoire, said, "Everybody's doing well."...
- 9/15/2004
- WENN
Wicker Park
Wicker Park may have been adapted the 1996 French film L'Appartement, but pretty much all evidence of what was once an engaging psychodrama has been lost in the translation.
A stilted, episodic tale of obsession that grows more ridiculous by the second (with much unintended audience giggling to attest to the fact), the MGM picture has been taken out of long-term storage, dusted off and given a last-gasp-of-summer release, but it will unlikely be requiring anything much bigger than a breadbasket to collect its boxoffice earnings.
Like the original, which won a BAFTA Award for best foreign-language film, the story concerns a young exec (Josh Hartnett) who, despite being engaged to his boss' younger sister, risks throwing it all away when the woman (Diane Kruger) who was once the love of his life before abruptly disappearing resurfaces in a Chicago restaurant.
Or so it would appear.
Nevertheless, that possibility is enough to send the resmitten Matthew on the phantom Lisa's trail, leading to a whole lot of dead ends and wispy flashbacks to those carefree, happier days when he first stalked, uh, met her.
Without revealing any of the film's trick plot twists, it turns out Matthew doesn't have the monopoly on obsession.
While on the subject, it would appear director Paul McGuigan, who was also responsible for this year's much better The Reckoning, has a thing for shots with mirrors in them. That probably has something to say about appearances being deceiving and people's reflections not always being indicative of their actions, but all the fancy camera angles and split-screen effects in the world can't compensate for a script (credited to Brandon Boyce and L'Appartement writer-director Gilles Mimouni) in which characters say things like, "Take my picture. I'll feel beautiful tonight!"
Not that the original was all that original -- there's more than a little Single White Female and a touch of Vertigo in the telling -- but leads Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci provided the necessary dark and sultry (respectively) undercurrents.
Here, Hartnett, an actor trained in the Keanu Reeves school of laid-back emoting, and newcomer Kruger just aren't the right people for the job.
Providing some much-needed energy, meanwhile, is the dependable Matthew Lillard as Hartnett's supportive buddy, while Rose Byrne shows up later in the role of Alex -- and let's just say it's probably no accident she shares her name with a certain character played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.
Wicker Park
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment present
A Lakeshore Entertainment production
A Paul McGuigan film
Credits:
Director: Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter: Brandon Boyce
Based on the motion picture screenplay L'Appartement by: Gilles Mimouni
Executive producers: Georges Benayoun, Gilles Mimouni, Henry Winterstern, Harley Tannebaum
Producers: Andrew Lamal, Marcus Viscidi, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Director of photography: Peter Sova
Production designer: Richard Bridgland
Editor: Andrew Hulme
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Music: Cliff Martinez
Cast:
Matthew: Josh Hartnett
Alex: Rose Byrne
Luke: Matthew Lillard
Lisa: Diane Kruger
Daniel: Christopher Cousins
Rebecca: Jessica Pare
MPAA rating: PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
A stilted, episodic tale of obsession that grows more ridiculous by the second (with much unintended audience giggling to attest to the fact), the MGM picture has been taken out of long-term storage, dusted off and given a last-gasp-of-summer release, but it will unlikely be requiring anything much bigger than a breadbasket to collect its boxoffice earnings.
Like the original, which won a BAFTA Award for best foreign-language film, the story concerns a young exec (Josh Hartnett) who, despite being engaged to his boss' younger sister, risks throwing it all away when the woman (Diane Kruger) who was once the love of his life before abruptly disappearing resurfaces in a Chicago restaurant.
Or so it would appear.
Nevertheless, that possibility is enough to send the resmitten Matthew on the phantom Lisa's trail, leading to a whole lot of dead ends and wispy flashbacks to those carefree, happier days when he first stalked, uh, met her.
Without revealing any of the film's trick plot twists, it turns out Matthew doesn't have the monopoly on obsession.
While on the subject, it would appear director Paul McGuigan, who was also responsible for this year's much better The Reckoning, has a thing for shots with mirrors in them. That probably has something to say about appearances being deceiving and people's reflections not always being indicative of their actions, but all the fancy camera angles and split-screen effects in the world can't compensate for a script (credited to Brandon Boyce and L'Appartement writer-director Gilles Mimouni) in which characters say things like, "Take my picture. I'll feel beautiful tonight!"
Not that the original was all that original -- there's more than a little Single White Female and a touch of Vertigo in the telling -- but leads Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci provided the necessary dark and sultry (respectively) undercurrents.
Here, Hartnett, an actor trained in the Keanu Reeves school of laid-back emoting, and newcomer Kruger just aren't the right people for the job.
Providing some much-needed energy, meanwhile, is the dependable Matthew Lillard as Hartnett's supportive buddy, while Rose Byrne shows up later in the role of Alex -- and let's just say it's probably no accident she shares her name with a certain character played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.
Wicker Park
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment present
A Lakeshore Entertainment production
A Paul McGuigan film
Credits:
Director: Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter: Brandon Boyce
Based on the motion picture screenplay L'Appartement by: Gilles Mimouni
Executive producers: Georges Benayoun, Gilles Mimouni, Henry Winterstern, Harley Tannebaum
Producers: Andrew Lamal, Marcus Viscidi, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Director of photography: Peter Sova
Production designer: Richard Bridgland
Editor: Andrew Hulme
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Music: Cliff Martinez
Cast:
Matthew: Josh Hartnett
Alex: Rose Byrne
Luke: Matthew Lillard
Lisa: Diane Kruger
Daniel: Christopher Cousins
Rebecca: Jessica Pare
MPAA rating: PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
- 9/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lillard in thriller for McGuigan
Scooby-Doo star Matthew Lillard will star opposite Josh Hartnett in the Lakeshore Entertainment/MGM thriller Wicker Park for director Paul McGuigan. Production begins Dec. 16 in Montreal. Wicker will be produced by Lakeshore chairman and CEO Tom Rosenberg and president Gary Lucchesi from a script by Brandon Boyce. Based on the 1996 Giles Mimouni-directed L'Appartement, Wicker is an intense, Hitchcockian psychological drama about a man (Hartnett) and his obsessive search for a lost love from his past that ends up uncovering the twisted machinations of an eccentric secret admirer. Lillard will portray Hartnett's character's best friend in the film. Rose Byrne and Diane Kruger star as film's two female leads. Lillard, repped by CAA and Mosaic Media Group, previously starred in such films as Thirteen Ghosts, Summer Catch, She's All That, SLC Punk! and Scream. He next has a cameo role in Paramount Pictures' A Perfect Score.
- 12/6/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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