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The movie Scarlett Johansson “absolutely hated” and created a “visceral reaction”


In such a short period of time, the cinematic achievements of Scarlett Johansson have already spread far and wide. Not only is the New York-born actor the highest-grossing box office star of all time, but her performances have also been critically appraised in movies like Lost in Translation, Match Point, Her and Marriage Story.
One of Johansson’s most intriguing roles, though, came in Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 science fiction movie Under the Skin, in which she plays a seemingly otherworldly woman who preys on men throughout Scotland, using a British accent that so many were unaware she was capable of.

Interestingly, before the acclaim Under the Skin eventually received, the crowd at the Venice Film Festival premiere met it with a mixed reaction, to say the least. There were several cheers from the audience, but equally, there were a fair few boos, and Johansson had to take it in her stride.
In an interview with The Guardian, the actor admitted that she felt “super-exposed” at Venice because of the varied reception of the film. “It was very strange,” she said. “It was the first time I had seen the film with an audience and the first time I saw the film finished. And I was on this huge mezzanine.”

She continued: “When the lights came up… there was this sound of people cheering and booing at the same time but with equal gusto. I didn’t know how to react to it. I think I was just… I wouldn’t say disturbed, but I was sort of shocked.”
Johansson expected Glazer to experience the same sort of shock, but he looked to be in a state of absolute joy, telling Johansson after, “That was the best reaction! That was the most amazing sound I’ve ever heard in my life.” Evidently, the director understood that mixed reviews often occur for great films.

That line of reasoning got Johansson thinking about the time she saw Stanley Kubrick’s Eye Wide Shut. She noted, “I saw it like three times in the theatre, and the first time I saw it, I hated it. I had a visceral reaction to it; I hated it so much. And then I was like, I have to see that movie again; I hated it so much.”
There was certainly a draw to the fact that Johansson kept wanting to see Kubrick’s final movie – which stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in an adaptation of Arthur Schniztler’s novella Dream Story – despite seeming to “hate” it every time. It just seemed to take a while for the actor to understand it, and that related to her experience at the Under the Skin premiere.

“And then I loved it,” Johansson signed off. “I think in some ways I hated the emotional experience; it’s like a visceral reaction. There’s passion behind it. I can’t ever totally fault a film that I absolutely hate.” Check out the trailer for Eyes Wide Shut below.

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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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