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“She was just a sinner like you and me”: Monica Bellucci Risked Her Hollywood Career for a Spiritual Reason by Accepting Mel Gibson’s $612M Movie After Her Violent Intimate Drama


Monica Bellucci has proven with her craft that she can excel in controversial roles with much fearlessness. She has gained international prominence with her Malèna Scordia role in the 2000 Italian romantic drama Malèna. Her acting work was highlighted in the early 2000s especially after she starred in Gaspar Noe’s controversial violent s-x drama, Irréversible.
Given that she was quite bold with her performance in the 2002 film, many might be surprised to know the reason why she joined Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.

Monica Bellucci Revealed Why She Joined The Passion of the Christ
Monica Bellucciportrayed the role of Mary Magdalene inThe Passion of The Christ,one of the most significant characters in the story. The lady she played was one of Jesus’ followers who also witnessed his crucifixion and resurrection.

While she was the film director’s first choice, it would be quite surprising for many that she was the one who fought really hard to get her hands on the role.
She told London Evening Standard in 2012,

“I did all I could to get an audition.”
She also admitted that many warned her about the project stating,

“People would say to me, ‘Nobody will see it, nobody wants to produce or distribute it, it’ll make no money and it will raise controversy. Why on earth do you want to do it?’”
She clarified that the role touched her soul.
“But I wanted to play her because she moves me. She was just a sinner like you and me, her humanity and weakness touched me. She finds spirituality through Jesus; we all must try to find our spiritual side.”
This spiritual reason led her to pursue the role which she eventually got. As for the film, it was a commercial hit despite intense controversy grossing over $612 million worldwide. That was not the first time Bellucci was involved in some controversial project as her 2002 film, Irréversible garnered quite public attention.Monica Bellucci’s Irréversible Shocked Hollywood
While Gibson’s project garnered major controversy for an entirely different reason, Bellucci’s 2002 project became scandalous due to its r-pe-revenge theme, especially the unsettling nine-minute-long s-xual assault scene. Discussing her role as Alex, she mentioned,
“Irréversible was very controversial. When we went to Cannes, it was a complete scandal!”
While it was not anyone’s preference at the time for its grotesque nature, it later on ended up becoming a cult classic in today’s time.
Irréversible is available on Prime Video meanwhile The Passion of The Christ is available on Peacock.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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