It's shockingly evident that Karl Urban has an "interview mode," which is quite different than his "normal human being mode." When I met Urban on Friday afternoon in his Toronto hotel room -- the actor is in town promoting "Dredd 3D," which is playing at the Toronto International Film Festival -- he was relaxed and noticeably jovial. At least until the questions started. Often glaring out the window at the Toronto skyline, what I had first feared was indifference to what we were discussing, was (thankfully) revealed to be Urban really thinking through each and every answer -- there's no regurgitated, autopilot answer for Urban. I'd label it "careful, yet thoughtful."
In "Dredd 3D," Urban plays the title character -- a futuristic judge living in a dystopian city who has the power to invoke sentencing for crimes on the spot -- who is investigating a skyscraper-type neighborhood where a mysterious...
In "Dredd 3D," Urban plays the title character -- a futuristic judge living in a dystopian city who has the power to invoke sentencing for crimes on the spot -- who is investigating a skyscraper-type neighborhood where a mysterious...
- 9/7/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Look beyond the headlines, and you might think Americans are falling out of love with Hollywood. But there are reasons to cheer
Do you want the good news first or the bad news? The good news is that the summer of 2012 broke all the box office records that make studio executives feel their sap is on the rise. The Hunger Games gave them the "strongest opening weekend total for a spring release", while Joss Whedon's The Avengers smashed Harry Potter's record to become the biggest box office opening of all time." Seth McFarlane's Ted enjoyed "the best opening ever — $54m — by an R-rated original comedy", while The Dark Knight Rises, undented by the Aurora murders, provided not only "third- highest domestic bow ever, and the best opening for a 2D film" but "the biggest opening day of the year in France, where it grossed $2.7 million including previews." Vive la difference!
Do you want the good news first or the bad news? The good news is that the summer of 2012 broke all the box office records that make studio executives feel their sap is on the rise. The Hunger Games gave them the "strongest opening weekend total for a spring release", while Joss Whedon's The Avengers smashed Harry Potter's record to become the biggest box office opening of all time." Seth McFarlane's Ted enjoyed "the best opening ever — $54m — by an R-rated original comedy", while The Dark Knight Rises, undented by the Aurora murders, provided not only "third- highest domestic bow ever, and the best opening for a 2D film" but "the biggest opening day of the year in France, where it grossed $2.7 million including previews." Vive la difference!
- 9/4/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
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