Asha
Seriously Infected
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Post by Asha on Aug 17, 2005 14:53:46 GMT -5
A snippet from the article in The Toronto Star today: His choice of McAdams and Murphy for Red Eye shows his timing is as good as his instincts. St. Thomas, Ont. actress McAdams is the new face of 2005, playing the love match to Owen Wilson in the summer hit Wedding Crashers.
Craven chose her after seeing her work in a romance (The Notebook) and a teen comedy (Mean Girls).
Irish actor Murphy is also having a great year. He's the scene-stealer in Batman Begins, playing the psycho Sandman, who dispenses terrifying hallucinations. But he'd grabbed Craven's attention two years earlier as the star of 28 Days Later, as one of the few survivors of a zombie-plague holocaust.
For both actors, ironically enough, it was their eyes that made them ideal for Red Eye.
"Rachel has that little spark, something that Meryl Streep also has," Craven said.
"The first thing you look into is those eyes. They're beautiful — that's a given — but I knew that 80 per cent of the second act was going to be close-ups, so I just studied her face. She has these great eyes that can be warm and sparkling but also very solid. They can go to steel."
Murphy's pale blue peepers are also entrancing, in a scary way. They project the feeling that some terrible thought is on the other side of them.
Said Craven: "I thought Rachel's eyes were stunning and about a week later I had a meeting with Cillian and I thought, `Holy cow! This is amazing!' They're so pale and so bright and that really put me over the top with him. I was worried that maybe he wasn't leading-man handsome or maybe (McAdams) wouldn't fall in love with him. But those eyes are so sparkling you can believe it when he smiles."
Murphy's smile needed a bit of work, though." We actually did a little repair work on his teeth and whitened them a bit. We kind of Americanized him. I forced him to smile much more than he wanted to. He said, `We don't smile that much over in Ireland.' I said, `Great, but you're playing an American and we smile all the time.' He finally got into it."Worried that he wasn't leading man handsome?  |
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Post by tanya1976 on Aug 17, 2005 14:57:22 GMT -5
That was rude of him. As if Wes Craven is leading man handsome? Give me a break. As for the teeth that's even more rude. Having good teeth doesn't equal American. Plenty of Americans have bad teeth!!!
Can someone tell me what a perfect American looks like? In my almost 29 years, I've still haven't found one. I think the more flaws we allow in film, the better they will be.
P.S. I'm not one to smile. You have to basically force me to smile. So, no, Wes, not all Americans are smiley folks!
Okay, I'm ranting b/c I just found out that my classroom's room number was changed over the summer without prior notice and it urks me! Sorry, if I offended anyone.
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Post by fosforito on Aug 17, 2005 15:06:47 GMT -5
Well, there are so many things happening behind the scenes we really don´t know about... I´ve heared sth. similar about Lord of the Ring Elijah Wood, bleeching up the theeth because of his smoking etc. Don´t know if it´s the same in Cillian´s case but I could imagine that it has to do sth. with that... Greetz, Alexandra That was rude of him. As if Wes Craven is leading man handsome? Give me a break. As for the teeth that's even more rude. Having good teeth doesn't equal American. Plenty of Americans have bad teeth!!! *$%^#@! P.S. I'm not one to smile. You have to basically force me to smile. So, no, Wes, not all Americans are smiley folks! |
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Post by Gobby on Aug 17, 2005 15:12:19 GMT -5
wes is a bit pompous so you cant blame him for being that way...besides he just adores Rachel and EVERYONE in caomparison is mediocre...i thought cillian had good teeth befor red eye not that i thouroughly examined em but whats the difference between american and european teeth?...i think wes is thinkin Tom Cruise's PERFECT BEYOND REASON TEETH...yeah
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Post by tanya1976 on Aug 17, 2005 15:22:58 GMT -5
^yeah, we all should try to be like Tom Cruise. LOL!
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Post by dior4ever on Aug 17, 2005 15:26:13 GMT -5
yeah mr.cruises teath are perfact beyond reason
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Post by tanya1976 on Aug 17, 2005 15:28:37 GMT -5
^Like his relationships! LOL
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Post by dior4ever on Aug 17, 2005 15:31:59 GMT -5
LOL!!!
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Post by fosforito on Aug 17, 2005 15:44:20 GMT -5
but, you´re right... To us, Cillian is a beautiful man, but acting or being an artist in general has so many things to think about, things that we as an audience don´t see on screen or on stage or hear, when we listen to a piece of music.... So on the other hand I can understand Wes Craven´s thougths. He had an idea of someone/something in his had and Cillian´s job was to realize this idea..... Greetz, Alexandra Worried that he wasn't leading man handsome? *sigh* This keeps coming up. Just because someone tells the truth in that Cil isn't someone with typical leading man looks doesn't mean they're being unfavorable toward him. Or when a person mentions that his arms are hairy. Cillian is exotic and -beautiful-, not "Marlboro Man" (or in this case, leading man) rugged handsome that most in our culture consider the point of reference in male beauty. As someone casting for a very American, very expensive, very Hollywood film, that's something to be considered. I really wish people would realize that Cil is a PERSON just like every one of us and not everything the guy does or says or looks like is going to be PERFECT for everyone ALL the freaking time. He takes bad pictures, I've seen them. He gets morning breath. He poops and farts and burps just like everyone else, and you know what, he's not perfect for every role in every movie and directors have to consider his strengths and weaknesses, including those found in his looks. Theres nothing wrong with Craven explaining his thought process in choosing Cillian for the role. Out of all the praises and all the things said in the article... Just.. feh. I'm done and will probably just delete this. |
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Post by courtnee on Aug 17, 2005 15:52:38 GMT -5
but, you´re right... To us, Cillian is a beautiful man, but acting or being an artist in general has so many things to think about, things that we as an audience don´t see on screen or on stage or hear, when we listen to a piece of music.... So on the other hand I can understand Wes Craven´s thougths. He had an idea of someone/something in his had and Cillian´s job was to realize this idea..... Greetz, Alexandra Absolutely in agreement, the thing that bakes my noodle is that stating facts seem to be treated as negative unless the content is overtly positive and fawning. Not having a certain type of look isn't automatically a negative comment, and if someone were truly ragging on Cil I could get behind this stuff all the way. But in general, it just seems a little ridiculous to take a favorable article and pick apart one comment because it can be seen in a negative way. Like I said, just a rant. Theres so much better stuff to focus on in that article. Like the fact that he got the role  |
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Post by Gobby on Aug 17, 2005 15:53:12 GMT -5
LOL...so truE! and i agree w/ what courtnee said true...but all that matters is he IS gorgeous and talented and all that shtuff XP
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Post by tanya1976 on Aug 17, 2005 16:00:50 GMT -5
What I was referring to was some Hollywood generalization of what perfect is - which is so crazy to begin with. Courtnee, your rant is more than welcome here. LOL.
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Post by fosforito on Aug 17, 2005 16:03:07 GMT -5
Hmm.. I have the impression that things are getting a little bit out of control here... Whatever Craven has demanded from Cillian to do, we shouldn´t forget that fact that Cillian was obviously aware of it and obviously agreeded with it concerning the movie, otherwise I couldn´t explain the result (which is the movie to be released right now.). Or should we attack Cillian now for what he´s done ? This can´t be the way... To me it doesn´t make any sense to argue here now about Wes Craven, if he´s got a crush on Rachel McAdams or not because first it doesn´t have to do with the facts (bleaching teeth etc.) and second it doesn´t really interest me, if he has a crush on her or not. As I´ve said before, there a quite more things belonging to artist work, not only the result we see as the audience, and these things can be positive but also negative, and to understand the whole thing you might include all aspects of it and not one or two pieces. That´s just my opinion: as a Cillian fan, as an artist and a human being. Greetz, Alexandra |
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Post by courtnee on Aug 17, 2005 16:05:38 GMT -5
What I was referring to was some Hollywood generalization of what perfect is - which is so crazy to begin with. Courtnee, your rant is more than welcome here. LOL. Yeah, any generalization of perfect pretty much makes my blood boil because the world had far more to offer than that, and I think Cillian is hotter on every imaginable level than that freakshow cradle robbing jerkoff Tom Cruise could ever be (can you tell I really respect him?  ). But I really don't think ragging on our prettyboy was the point of that statement and it's much more telling to focus on say, the fact that Craven has had his eye on Cillian for years after seeing him in 28 days. I dunno it just hit a nerve and I see it often here so I finally just said something about it heh. |
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Post by §hannon on Aug 17, 2005 16:11:37 GMT -5
I think this whole thing needs to be dropped... lmao. I can lock the thread, if that would work.  |
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). But I really don't think ragging on our prettyboy was the point of that statement and it's much more telling to focus on say, the fact that Craven has had his eye on Cillian for years after seeing him in 28 days.
