Showing posts with label anna paquin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anna paquin. Show all posts

Friday, 2 April 2010

Friday, 30 October 2009

Anna Paquin on Graham Norton

Anna Paquin on Graham Norton, see the video here.

Preview:

Thursday, 6 August 2009

Paquin & Moyer Engaged

From: imdb.com

Actress Anna Paquin is set to become Mrs. Moyer - she is engaged to her True Blood onscreen lover Stephen Moyer.

The couple has been dating since they shot the pilot for the U.S. vampire show in the summer of 2007.

Paquin was forced to dismiss recent reports that she was set to walk down the aisle with Moyer, insisting the claims were "not true".

But the happy couple is now forging ahead with wedding plans - representatives for both stars have confirmed they are engaged.

No further details were available as WENN went to press.

Moyer has two children from previous relationships - son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002.

Monday, 15 June 2009

Paquin To Bare All On Screen As Vampire Prey

From: imdb.com

Fans of Oscar winner Anna Paquin are set to see a whole lot more of the former child star when she bares all as vampire prey in the second season of her hit TV show True Blood.

The actress, who was just 13 in 1994 when she claimed a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The Piano, admits she's getting more adventurous as waitress Sookie Stackhouse in the hit series - and she's planning to strip for the cameras and her real-life boyfriend, co-star Stephen Moyer.

She tells Eonline.com, "I get more naked this season than I did last season... It's not an issue for me."

But she wanted to make sure she looked trim and toned for the risque scenes: "I'm very careful about what I eat, and I work out a lot. My costume entails bathing suits, short-shorts and nude scenes.

"I don't want to be perpetuating the myth that women actually do look exactly like the way they look in magazines and on television through absolutely no effort!"

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Anna Paquin Ponders

Anna Paquin Ponders ‘X-Men: First Class’ Return — If She Gets An Action Scene!
Published by Josh Wigler
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If there’s one thing that “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” proved to Hollywood, its that Marvel’s mutants are still relevant and in high demand. No wonder, then, that “Wolverine” set up several new spin-off properties such as “X-Men: First Class,” a film focusing on the younger generation of Charles Xavier’s mutant trainees.

Whereas “Wolverine” featured a reprisal from actor Hugh Jackman, it’s less clear if any previous “X-Men” alums will rear their heads in “First Class.” But Anna Paquin, who played Rogue in the first three “X-Men” films, told IGN that she would love to get back in character for the spin-off — as long as she could enjoy some of the action this time.

“I would hope I could do a little bit more action next time,” the actress said. “I kind of find it ironic that I did three big action films and did, actually, no action whatsoever. I mean I got some really amazing emotional story moments, but I didn’t really get to do the physical stuff.”

Paquin is currently starring in the vampire drama “True Blood” for HBO, in which she plays the telepathic Sookie Stackhouse. The actress points to that role as evidence that she’s ready for more action.

“You know, as much as I loved doing those films I was kind of like, ‘Okay, so when do I get to beat someone up? When do I get to steal some powers?’” Paquin declared. “You know Sookie gets to do more action than Rogue ever did. So I’m just putting that out there. More action please, for next time.”

While Paquin seems willing to return to the “X-Men” franchise, it remains to be seen whether or not the franchise is ready to return to her. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner has said that “First Class” will focus on the yesteryear exploits of young Cyclops, Jean Grey and Beast, leaving Rogue’s potential involvement in the project a tad murky.

But even if “First Class” doesn’t have room for Rogue, there are still “X-Men” actors that would love to play opposite her — namely Taylor Kitsch, who portrayed Gambit in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and recently expressed his desire to work with Paquin.

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

X-Men Spinoffs: Deadpool, Storm & Gambit With Rogue? - Screen Rant

X-Men Spinoffs: Deadpool, Storm & Gambit With Rogue? - Screen Rant
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As we enter the aftermath of the opening weekend of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the discussions of spinoffs and sequels hit full throttle.

We’ve heard for a while now about the internal discussions at Fox about the many possible films that can branch out from the series so far. These include X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, Deadpool, X-Men: First Class, X-Men Origins: Magneto and a Gambit solo.

Well, what’s it going to be?

With Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine origins movie banking nearly $160 Million worldwide this weekend, we can expect to see some green lights on upcoming Fox productions in the X-Men franchise.

For now, let’s talk about what the actors want to see in the future. The other day, I wrote about Ryan Reynolds and his desire to not only have his own Deadpool solo movie, but to feature the character Cable as his opposite in the film. I’m all for that idea as I thought Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson in the Wolverine movie was one of the best parts (pre-Weapon XI that is).

For those who don’t know the character, Cable is the son of Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Madelyne Pryor (Jean Grey’s clone) who was taken to the future only to return as a much older and hardened mutant. This will certainly not be his origin if he is ever to appear in the movies. At least, not until the X-Men franchise is rebooted in the not-too-distant future.

I also thought that Cable would be a good character to introduce into the X-franchise and I proposed that a good place for his introduction would be in X-Men: First Class as it will bring back major characters Cyclops and Jean Grey back into the mix (and possibly Emma Frost). That way, Cable would known by audiences by the time Deadpool is made.

So, out of the solo possibilities, Deadpool seems a more likely choice than Gambit, if not for the fact Ryan Reynolds has significantly more star power than Taylor Kitsch.

As for Gambit, he is one of my favorite characters from the comics and of the classic nineties animated series. In the movie, he does not earn such praise from me.

While Gambit is a cool character and Taylor Kitsch a good actor, together they do not meet the basic needs of what many fans of the character want. Gambit needs his Cajun accent and his French catch-phrases – that is essential.

In the comments section of Screen Rant’s review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you may have seen my review of the movie where I discuss a few of the characters. In it, I talk about how Gambit came off as some cocky southern kid and didn’t have the coolness or suave that the real Gambit puts forth. He wasn’t a bad character in the movie; he was just a weak character who could jump 50 feet high and nothing like the Marvel versions.

Regardless, Gambit is one of the spinoff possibilities. What does Taylor Kitsch, the actor who plays him want in a Gambit spinoff? In speaking to MTV before X-Men Origins: Wolverine hit theaters, the Canadian actor of Friday Night Lights fame said:

“I would love to go darker… [Gambit] in Vegas was fun, but I want to go into the Thieves Guild part of his story.”

“How cool would it be to see him stealing things to survive because the stakes are so high?… Of course, as an actor, I’m always going to the darker side, but for him that would just be way more intriguing.”

“Come on, Fox… Let’s do it.”

I always love when an actor is passionate about his character, but I really want a Gambit flick to be really friggin’ good. In order for that to happen, Gambit needs to portrayed more accurately on screen. And for the movie to be bankable, they’re going to need some big names in the supporting cast.

How about Anna Paquin who played Rogue in the X-Men trilogy and who’s keeping busy with HBO series, True Blood? Taylor Kitsch has this to say about that idea:

“There are two things with that — she’s such a great actress and I’d love to work with her, and that would be cool to see Gambit and Rogue.”

“I’d also like to see the charming Gambit on his own and see how he is with other women — see how he is with the women in the casino there, with the charm and the suave and the effortlessness it takes with him… That’s something I’d like to explore as well.”

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Idea of Gambit and Rogue Hook-Up in 'Wolverine' Spin-Off Proposed

From: aceshowbiz.com

'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' actor Taylor Kitsch reveals on what he has in mind should his character Gambit is getting a solo spin-off movie.

An idea to bring the story of Gambit and his love interest Rogue for solo spin-off movie has been thrown in by "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Taylor Kitsch. The "Friday Night Lights" star who depicts the card-tossing Cajun confessed to MTV News of his hope to team up with Anna Paquin, who played the X-Men's southern belle in the previous "X-Men" movies.

"There are two things with that - she's such a great actress and I'd love to work with her, and that would be cool to see Gambit and Rogue," the 28-year-old shared. On another story he'd like to see, he said, "I'd also like to see the charming Gambit on his own and see how he is with other women - see how he is with the women in the casino there, with the charm and the suave and the effortlessness it takes with him. That's something I'd like to explore as well."

While ideas of bringing Gambit to the big screen has come up since "X-Men 2" was made in 2003, the character whose alter ego is known as Remy LeBeau first appeared in feature film in the recently-released "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". In the Hugh Jackman-toplined movie, Gambit helps Wolverine to reach the island where William Stryker imprisons many mutants. Earlier, there were words that Gambit is one of the characters in "Wolverine" considered to get its own spin-off.

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Patrick Stewart's X-rated kisses

From: 92.9 Entertainment

Patrick Stewart loved working on 'X-Men' - because he got to kiss his female co-stars every day.

The 68-year-old actor favourite part about working on the superhero trilogy was being surrounded by beautiful women, including Halle Berry, every day.

He said: "Filming 'X-Men' was amazing. Can you imagine what it was like starting your day walking into the make-up room and giving a good morning kiss to Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn and Anna Paquin, can you imagine how good that felt?"

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Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Anna Paquin wins Golden Globe

From: Stuff.co.nz
Written by Greer McDonald - The Dominion Post

Kiwi actress Anna Paquin is the toast of Hollywood and her "Wellywood" family after beating out A-list actresses to take home her first Golden Globe.

Paquin, 26, won the best actress in a television series award for her role on the HBO vampire television series, True Blood.

International media have labelled her the "surprise winner" after she beat Sally Field from Brothers and Sisters, Law & Order actress Mariska Hargitay, Kyra Sedgwick from The Closer and January Jones from Mad Men.

Paquin, adorned in a deep purple gown, accepted her award about 2.30pm NZ time yesterday.

"This is awesome, I'm so excited," she said.

When she spoke backstage after she received the award, she said she fought hard to land the role.

"I was the pale brunette from New Zealand, and I'm playing the Southern tanned blonde, essentially a Hooters waitress," Variety magazine quoted her as saying.

"It wasn't the most obvious casting choice, but I just really wanted it and I didn't stop until they said yes."

She said she could not compare her Globe win to her Oscar win for The Piano at just 11-years-old.

"I don't even remember that, it was very blurry and crazy," she said.

"This is quite blurry and crazy, too, but at least I'm old enough to drink and stay out past 10pm."

Her family also expressed their excitement at her win through a statement delivered by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman, whose partner, Katya, is Paquin's older sister.

"On behalf of the New Zealand family, we are absolutely thrilled and very proud of Anna," he said.

"We'll certainly be toasting Anna tonight, we'll crack open a bottle of bubbly and toast her."

Paquin missed out on her first Globe in 1993 when she was nominated for her supporting actress role in The Piano. Winona Ryder took home the award.

Just weeks later, Paquin made history when she beat Ryder and won an Academy Award for her role.

In 2008, Paquin was nominated for an Emmy for the TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

True Blood is set in a small town in a world where, thanks to the invention of synthetic blood, vampires no longer have to feast on humans.

Paquin plays the character of Sookie Stackhouse who has the ability to hear people's thoughts, so is open-minded about the integration of vampires with other humans.

Prime Television took advantage of the win, announcing it had secured the 12-part series which would be screened "shortly".

Saturday, 10 January 2009

Blast from the past

Old interview with Hugh Jackman and Rogue for 'X-Men'.

Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Movie and TV Winners List of 13th Satellite Awards

From: AceShowbiz.com

'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'Australia' dominated the 13th Annual Satellite Awards with three kudos each, while 'Happy-Go-Lucky' brought home best comedy film title.

"" has been hailed as 2008 Best Motion Picture in Drama at the 13th Satellite Awards. On Sunday, December 14 at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, the Danny Boyle-directed movie about a poor Indian boy getting a shot at winning millions in a television game show was revealed to be the winner on the coveted category, besting over "", "", "", "" and "".


Apart from taking home the top prize, the 2008 Best British Independent Film also nailed two other kudos. The first one was Best Director for Danny Boyle and the second was Best Score for A.R. Rahman. For the director prize, Boyle won over Thomas McCarthy of "", Ron Howard of "", Gus Van Sant of "", Christopher Nolan of "" and Stephen Daldry of "".

Another movie collecting three awards from Satellite was Baz Luhrmann's "". On the special occasion, the and -starring drama walked away with best cinematography for Mandy Walker, best visual effects for Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti, and best art direction and production design for Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverly Dunn.

Winning the Best Motion Picture for Comedy or Musical was Mike Leigh's "", whereas the Best Animated/Mixed-Media Film was "". Furthermore, in the performers categories, Richard Jenkins of "" and of "" were named Best Actor and Actress for Drama respectively, and Michael Shannon of "Revolutionary Road" and Rosemarie Dewitt of "" were in respective order the Best Supporting Actor and Actress.

List of 13th Satellite Awards' Winners in Film and Television Categories:

Motion Picture:

Television:
  • Miniseries: "Cranford"
  • Motion Picture Made For Television: "Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story"
  • Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: , "Cranford"
  • Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made For Television: , "John Adams"
  • Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Fionnula Flanagan, "Brotherhood"
  • Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Nelsan Ellis, ""
  • Television Series (Drama): ""
  • Actress in a Series (Drama): , ""
  • Actor in a Series (Drama): Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
  • Television Series (Comedy/Musical): "State of the Union"
  • Actress in a Series (Comedy/Musical): , "State of the Union"
  • Actor in a Series (Comedy/Musical): Justin Kirk, ""

Sunday, 7 December 2008

The Full List of TV Nominees for the 13th Annual Satellite Awards

Miniseries
* John Adams
* Cranford
* The Last Enemy

Motion Picture Made for Television
* The Memory Keeper's Daughter
* Bernard and Doris
* God on Trial
* Recount
* Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
* 24: Redemption

Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TV
* Judi Dench - Cranford
* Laura Linney - John Adams
* Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris
* Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
* Julie Walters - Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
* Jacqueline Bisset - An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for TV
* Paul Giamatti - John Adams
* Kevin Spacey - Recount
* Tom Wilkinson - Recount
* Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
* Benedict Cumberbatch - The Last Enemy
* Stellan Skarsgard - God on Trial

Actress in a Supporting Role
* Laura Dern - Recount
* Sarah Polley - John Adams
* Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies
* Dianne Wiest - In Treatment
* Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy
* Fionnula Flanagan - Brotherhood

Actor in a Supporting Role
* Jimmy Smits - Dexter
* Zeljko Ivanek - Damages
* John Slattery - Mad Men
* John Noble - Fringe
* Nelsan Ellis - True Blood
* Harvey Keitel - Life on Mars

Television Series, Drama
* Brotherhood
* In Treatment
* Mad Men
* Primeval
* Life on Mars
* Dexter

Actress in a Series, Drama
* Anna Paquin - True Blood
* Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
* Glenn Close - Damages
* Kathryn Erbe - Law & Order: Criminal Intent
* Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
* Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Actor in a Series, Drama
* Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
* Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
* Michael C. Hall - Dexter
* Jon Hamm - Mad Men
* David Tennant - Doctor Who
* Jason Isaacs - Brotherhood

Television Series, Comedy or Musical
* It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* 30 Rock
* Pushing Daisies
* State of the Union

Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
* Tracey Ullman - State of the Union
* America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
* Tina Fey - 30 Rock
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures Of Old Christine
* Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
* Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
* Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
* Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
* David Duchovny - Californication
* Danny DeVito - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* Justin Kirk - Weeds
* Jonny Lee Miller - Eli Stone

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Quotes

From: ContactMusic.com

The thing that is so appealing about him is his ability to love. If a man really loves his wife and you can tell, that's very appealing.There are very few people in cinema now that can love a woman and I was on the receiving end of that on screen." Nicole Kidman isn't surprised her AUSTRALIA co-star Hugh Jackman has just been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2008.

"She's a tall woman and I don't think she's been in many movies where she's got to look up." Hugh Jackman on what AUSTRALIA co-star Nicole Kidman liked most about her new movie love interest.

The Australian actor - recently named the Sexiest Man in the World - says, "I've known Nicole for a long time but to give you some context, when she first came to Hollywood, (she) lived with my wife. Until she lived with Tom (Cruise) she was living with Deb, so they were very close friends, and still are very close friends."

"In hotels I always find the Gideon Bible and rip out Leviticus 18:22, which is directed against homosexuals. No one vulnerable to what I consider Leviticus' pornography should read that. I've ripped out hundreds of those pages." British actor Sir Ian McKellen on his personal triumphs as a gay rights activist.

"I've very rarely done the Halloween thing. I'm usually working, and my job is like Halloween every day." Actress Anna Paquin's on-screen characters keep her in costume enough throughout the year.

Sunday, 9 November 2008

2nd Treat trailer

From: JoBlo Video

In February of this year, we showed you the first trailer for the Michael Dougherty directed horror TRICK'R TREAT. A second trailer was recently released and it only took six months. Warner Bros. must really not give a rat's ass about this movie. In any case, the film follows four interconnected storylines during Halloween. Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Leslie Bibb, Lauren Lee Smith and Dylan Baker star. Check out the spooky goodness over at our video hub. The film is set for release October 31st but given WB's contempt for the film, it may never be released.

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Anna Paquin in True Blood














Scans from a magazine with information about Anna's new TV-series; 'True Blood'. You can click the images for bigger versions.