Los Angeles, April 23 (IANS) Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to preside over the main jury of the upcoming edition of the Venice Film Festival. The Oscar-nominated actor, director, producer and screenwriter was last in Venice in 2021 with her directorial debut ‘The Lost Daughter’, which was an adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel of the same name, reports ‘Variety’.The film starred Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard, which won the fest’s best…
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Los Angeles, March 24 (IANS) Hollywood star Christian Bale has shared the inspiration behind his portrayal of Frankenstein in ‘The Bride’. The actor has shared that it was shaped by punk icon Sid Vicious and musician Richey Edwards, reports ‘Female First UK’.The actor, 52, said he drew on music and other imagery to build the character in a while explaining how director Maggie Gyllenhaal encouraged him and his co-star Jessie Buckley to immerse themselves in music during production.Describin…
Los Angeles, March 9 (IANS) Award-winning actor Christian Bale, who plays Frankenstein’s monster in The Bride! shared that he has many films that he still needs to watch. The 52-year-old actor revealed that he needs to see 28-year-old Jacob Elordi’s take on the same character in 61-year-old Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.Bale told people.com: “I hear it’s fantastic. I just don’t watch that many movies.”He also needs to catch his The Bride! co-star Jessie Buckley as Agnes Hathaway, the wife of…
Los Angeles, March 6 (IANS) Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and Christian Bale have teamed up again 18 years after ‘The Dark Knight’. However, it is not a typical Hollywood reunion. The pair reunited recently for ‘The Bride’. The film marks Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second movie as a director following 2021’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Lost Daughter’, reports ‘People’ magazine.The actress-turned-filmmaker, 48, cast Bale, 52, as Frankenstein’s creature (he’s named Frank in this reimagin…
Los Angeles, March 4 (IANS) Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal has shared her experience of shooting her 2nd directorial ‘The Bride!’. The actress made sure that the film was a family affair. For her audacious follow-up to the Oscar-nominated ‘The Lost Daughter’, the actress, 48, enlisted Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale for a reimagining of ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’, with Buckley as the titular bride and Bale as her monstrous suitor, reports ‘People’ magazine.The movie also …
Los Angeles, March 1 (IANS) Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal has shared her experience of directing her brother, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, in her forthcoming Gothic romance movie ‘The Bride’. The Lost Daughter filmmaker described “tearing up” while broaching the subject with her sibling, adding with a laugh that she “waited too long, that was a rookie mistake”, reports ‘Deadline’.She told The New York Times, she explained, “I waited until I was absolutely sure that asking him t…
Los Angeles, Feb 26 (IANS) Actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal has spoken up on her source of inspiration for her upcoming film ‘The Bride!’. The actress was inspired to direct after seeing a tattoo at a party, reports ‘Female First UK’.The 48-year-old actress and filmmaker has helmed the new Gothic romance movie and explained how it came about after she saw a man with a tattoo of the Bride of Frankenstein on his arm and decided to watch the original 1935 picture that starred Boris Karlof…
Los Angeles, Feb 4 (IANS) Hollywood star Christian Bale has shared that he spent six hours in the makeup chair in order to transform into Frankenstein’s monster for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride’. He stars in the reimagining of the 1935 film ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ opposite Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley, who plays the title role, reports ‘Variety’.Buckley spent an hour and a half in the makeup chair for her transformation into the Bride. He told Entertainment Weekly, “I would s…