C. Nolan's Interstellar - Part 2

[Sharkboy]

I wouldn't mind if JGL is never cast in a Nolan film again. There are times when a director has no chemistry with an actor. This is one of those times. Both JGL performances in Inception and TDKR are completely flat and uninspired.

His performances in both films can be summed up by:

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HAH! I thought he was pretty cool in Inception. Maybe it's the character I love more than the performance...who knows?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

He was decent in Inception, nothing special.

But then that's usually the case with JGL in all his movies. DiCaprio was great in Inception, but it was Hardy that stood out with his natural charisma. Even behind a mask he was a powerful presence in TDKR.

 

[Sharkboy]

Bale seemed to have perfect chemistry with the women in American Psycho.

don't just stare at it eat it

 

[Tacit Ronin]

He was decent in Inception, nothing special.

But then that's usually the case with JGL in all his movies. DiCaprio was great in Inception, but it was Hardy that stood out with his natural charisma. Even behind a mask he was a powerful presence in TDKR.

Hardy has tons more presence than JGL. Heck, in an alternate universe, if you had Hardy as John Blake he probably would've done the role more justice.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Bale deserved an Oscar nomination for that performance. I'd say win, but I can't remember the selection of best actors that year.

 

[terry78]

Eh, I don't know about all that. They both do decent in respective roles. Hardy was just another british dude to me when I saw Inception. I know what he can do now, but it is what it is.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

They were both given depthless ciphers to work with. JGL made little effort to make Arthur little more than just that, a cipher. Hardy gave his cipher a palpable and genuine personality. Thus he was more engaging to look at on screen. He made his scenes sizzle. JGL got the cooler stuff to do, Hardy was just cool.

 

[James.B]

Here are some small tidbits for Interstellar:
Jessica Chastain talks about reading the script and how top secret it is. The second video-http://uk.eonline.com/news/430679/jessica-chastain-i-m-not-talking-about-my-love-life-till-i-m-engaged

The producer Lynda Obst not saying much about it neither-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-porch/hot-in-hollywood-producer_b_3457326.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Obst's just-announced tentpole film is the sci-fi epic Interstellar, which she will co-produce with director Christopher Nolan and writer Jonathan Nolan for a November 2014 release. The film will star Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, and Matthew McConaughey, who Obst worked with on both Contact and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

"We're all in a very happy cone of silence about Interstellar," Obst said, declining to elaborate on the film's premise or other tidbits.

Mary Zophres confirms she will be the costume designer on Interstellar-http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/mary-zophres-exclusive-interview-294329.html

- Finally what is next for you?

I am currently working on Christopher Nolan’s next movie. It is exciting as I have never worked with him before but I am a huge fan of his films.

The Guardian has an interview with Kip Thorne-http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jun/21/kip-thorne-time-travel-scientist-film

If you could pass through a wormhole and fast-forward to November 2014, odds are many people will be talking about Kip Thorne and the possibility of time travel.

Hollywood's publicity machine will be in overdrive promoting a blockbuster film, Interstellar, which draws on research by the theoretical physicist.

Christopher Nolan, who directed the Dark Knight trilogy, has assembled Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine to star in what has been billed as "a heroic voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific understanding".

The real star, however, will be Thorne and his planet-sized brain. The 73-year-old scientist is already revered among peers for advancing some of Albert Einstein's most intriguing theories about relativity and gravity fields. The film will splash one of Thorne's big ideas – traversable wormholes through space and time – across popular culture.

"Closed timelike curve is the jargon for time travel. It means you go out, come back and meet yourself in the past," he said in an interview this week, seated in a sun-dappled courtyard at the California Institute of Technology. "Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity. We are several decades away from a definitive understanding, 20 or 30 years, but it could be sooner than that."

In the interview it also says Spielberg will remain as a producer on the film-

Interstellar, a co-production between Warner Bros and Paramount Pictures, is based on a treatment by Thorne and the producer Lynda Obst which Jonathan Nolan turned into a script for Spielberg. Spielberg remains as a producer but has handed directing reins to Christopher Nolan (brother of Jonathan) who in
addition to the Dark Knight trilogy made the sci-fi thriller Inception.

The story is believed to concern explorers who travel through a wormhole to another dimension. Nolan has veiled the project in secrecy. "I can't talk about Interstellar right now. You'll have to wait till next year," said Thorne, who is an executive producer.

Will there be a character based on him? He smiled. "You shouldn't believe everything you read."

 

[The Joker]

I wouldn't mind if JGL is never cast in a Nolan film again. There are times when a director has no chemistry with an actor. This is one of those times. Both JGL performances in Inception and TDKR are completely flat and uninspired.

His performances in both films can be summed up by:

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Glad I'm not the only one who didn't think he was anything special in Inception. Marion Cottiard made more of an impression in her limited role in it than JGL did.

 

[Schlosser85]

Hardy makes more impression than JGL in Inception, but comparing them isn't really fair because Arthur was meant to be the low-key serious guy while Eames was kind of cheeky and mischievous and had practically all the one-liners. Eames is by design a more scene-stealing character than Arthur. Glad he didn't end up being James Franco though, Hardy is so much more charismatic...

I thought JGL was fine as Blake.

 

[-JKR-]

James Franco was supposed to play Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role, not Tom Hardy's.

 

[Laderlappen]

I liked the Casey Affleck casting very much. Nobody saw it coming.

Ehh, I dont know. Affleck is pretty much the typical Nolan choice.

 

[Laderlappen]

His performances in both films can be summed up by:

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Well you can say the same thing about the characters written for him.

 

[terry78]

They were both given depthless ciphers to work with. JGL made little effort to make Arthur little more than just that, a cipher. Hardy gave his cipher a palpable and genuine personality. Thus he was more engaging to look at on screen. He made his scenes sizzle. JGL got the cooler stuff to do, Hardy was just cool.

Eh, agree to disagree there since you seem biased.

 

[BatLobster]

Bale seemed to have perfect chemistry with the women in American Psycho.

don't just stare at it eat it

LOL I was thinking the same thing.

I think JGL was fine in Inception and TDKR. He was a good straight man to Hardy in Inception and he gave a great physical performance in that hallway fight. In TDKR, he gets some moments to show some more emotion (I think his scene on the bridge is absolutely fantastic). I don't think he was too perfect a character because I HATED the way he arrogantly judged Gordon and wanted to reach through the screen and smack him for it, but eventually his own experiences make him come around and understand where Gordon was coming from. I do think sometimes he tries to be too understated and ends up coming off a bit stiff and flat.

So yeah, I'd say I don't need to see JGL in Interstellar unless he had some kind of offbeat, Hesher-like role to play.

 

[redfirebird2008]

So another new person (costumer designer) for Nolan to work with. Very good.

 

[Travesty]

I hope JGL gets cast as a doctor, so he can fix peoples bones and stuff.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

So another new person (costumer designer) for Nolan to work with. Very good.

Apart from Lindy Hemming who (appropiately) did the entire TDK trilogy, Nolan has had different costume designers for all his movies.

Mary Zophres has a great resume and I hope she'll be able to give the movie a unique and fresh flavour.

 

[Kansiov]

I wouldn't mind if JGL is never cast in a Nolan film again. There are times when a director has no chemistry with an actor. This is one of those times. Both JGL performances in Inception and TDKR are completely flat and uninspired.

His performances in both films can be summed up by:

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Still not as bad as his performance in Lincoln.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, when did this turn into the "Let's trash JGL!" thread?

 

[Octoberist]

yeah, haha.

BTW, I love JGL but I don't think he has the range (yet). He's still growing as an actor in my eyes, and I respect his body of work. There's quality there.

There are many actors in his age bracket. To me, he doesn't have the bravado of Hardy; the presense of Fassbender; or the understatedness of Gosling. And he shouldn't. But I like him due to his earnestness and yes, his boyish charms. But because of his boyishness, it can work against him just like what happened to early Leo when he went for stoic or stern or tough. Sometimes it doesn't work.

Sometimes with any actor, you just have to let your age come into play; but that's only when the time's right.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, when did this turn into the "Let's trash JGL!" thread?

Everytime it does, I don't stick around for it. Popular actors always have their gaggle of haters, it's the way of the world.

Of course I couldn't disagree more with these opinions but I'm not going to argue about it.

 

[rashad]

LMAO I love hearing the stories of how Nolan sends scripts to his actors.

Jessica Chastain talks about reading the script and how top secret it is. The second video-http://uk.eonline.com/news/430679/je...ll-i-m-engaged

 

[Kansiov]

To be fair to JGL, I thought his performance was pretty solid in TDKR... Too bad he had to play one of the, if not the most annoying character in the Nolan franchise.

I don't dislike the guy or anything, nor do I think he is particularly a bad actor- but he certainly isn't the second coming of Marlon Brando or anywhere close to that. As others have mentioned previously, there are many other actors who are just as good, if not better than JGL to be cast in this movie.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Still not as bad as his performance in Lincoln.

His performance in Lincoln displayed more depth and variety than either Nolan flicks with comparatively less screentime. So I disagree.