Showing posts with label Anthony Hopkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthony Hopkins. Show all posts
Although, I have an action-hero image, I have barely done action scenes in our movies here-Randeep Hooda
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Rachana Dubey (BOMBAY TIMES; July 5, 2021)
A year ago, had everything worked as planned, Randeep Hooda’s international film, Extraction, which was released on a digital platform, would have had a mega premiere in the US. The actor is now in talks for more international projects and an announcement might be made soon. When asked if he has achieved what he intended to with the film, Randeep says, “Yes, I have — I have widened my audience base and opportunities for the future, built great relationships, and finally, done action and combat scenes in my movie. Although, I have an action-hero image, I have barely done action scenes in our movies here. So, that was a new genre to explore, and it came to me at a time when I had spent three years prepping for a movie that was shelved. I was in a dark space.”
Around the time of the film’s digital premiere, Randeep had said, “Maybe they didn’t like my acting,” when he was asked about Bollywood’s cold reaction to his Hollywood project. Bring this up, and he shares, “I was asked that Bollywood which lauds a poster launch, a teaser launch or a blink-and-miss appearance of an actor in a Hollywood film had not said much about my work. I responded to that saying that maybe they didn’t like my acting man…”
Randeep, who was recently seen in Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai, admits that he does find himself in a better place on the international film circuit. “Their industry has just opened up and conversations have begun. Talks are on and I hope one of them materializes soon. They don’t want people to travel there right now looking at the situation that exists here and everywhere else in the world.”
After a two-decade career, one wonders if Randeep, who has barely had 50 releases, has figured where he’d like to head from here. Randeep says, “I want to do more action films now. I enjoy that genre and want to expand myself as an actor where I need to prepare and change myself in every way and experience another life. I feel fortunate that 20 years down the line, filmmakers find me exciting and unexplored. I am offered challenging work, and I hope it continues. I hope that I can keep doing challenging things till the day I die. I saw Anthony Hopkins in The Father. To win an Oscar for the best actor at his age is so amazing. It tells actors what they can do even when they get older. He’s brilliant. There is no end to roles and craft. It keeps getting better as long as you stay interesting and interested.”
The actor further adds, “Staying relevant is about a whole juggernaut of things that you need to do, which are not entirely in your hands. Keeping yourself interested in your work, trying to be better at it and translating thoughts into your work while connecting with yourself is in your control. I am going to keep doing that.”
It feels weird to even pronounce my name next to these legends-Adarsh Gourav
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Describing his Best Actor nomination at 2021 BAFTAs as an accident, The White Tiger breakout star Adarsh Gourav on competing with Hopkins, Riz Ahmed
Uma Ramasubramanian (MID-DAY; March 11, 2021)
Adarsh Gourav remembers being blown away by Anthony Hopkins’s menacing act when he first watched The Silence Of The Lambs (1991). Now, in a charming twist of fate, he finds himself nominated alongside the legend in the Best Leading Actor category at the 2021 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). “I have followed the works of Mads Mikkelsen and Anthony Hopkins. They are my all-time favourites,” begins an exuberant Gourav, who burst on the scene with his captivating performance as Balram in The White Tiger.
As soon as the Ramin Bahrani-directed film — an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name — dropped on Netflix, curious viewers started Googling ‘Adarsh Gourav’. Everyone wanted to know more about the 26-year-old with the piercing gaze who held his own in front of Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. While Gourav has come to terms with his newfound fame, he didn’t foresee the international recognition coming his way.
“When I was at the gym [on Tuesday] night, I saw that Priyanka had posted a message on our group. I didn’t read it fully and sent a heart emoji. After a few minutes, I got a call, informing me that I have been nominated. That’s when I went back to the message and noticed that she had written about my nomination,” he chuckles.
Gourav is in august company with Hopkins, Mikkelsen, Riz Ahmed, the late Chadwick Boseman, and Tahar Rahim for co-nominees. “It feels surreal. Every year, we talk about so-and-so being nominated, and suddenly, my name is on that list. It feels weird to even pronounce my name next to these legends. To me, it’s an accident. During the shoot, when Ramin used to tell me that I was doing okay, I thought he was being kind. After people started talking about my act, I apologised to him for doubting [his instincts].”
Ask him how life has changed post the film, and he says, “Earlier, the frequency of auditions was low. Now I am auditioning for solid parts and reading more scripts.” He is simultaneously prepping for his next that will roll in November.
I’ve gone back to being an acting/cinema student all over again-Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui is using the lockdown to hone his craft by watching a slew of ‘tough’ films
Prashant Singh (HINDUSTAN TIMES; April 12, 2020)
By now, almost all the Bollywood stars have discovered various ways to stay busy during the Coronavirus lockdown. But Nawazuddin Siddiqui feels this “free time” has given him “an opportunity to rediscover myself as an artiste and sharpen nuances of my craft”. “So, you can say I’ve gone back to being an acting/cinema student all over again,” he shares.
And for the same, the actor has hit upon a “unique, special method”. He explains: “I watch back-to-back movies of one particular favourite actor of mine such as Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ricardo Darin and Tony Leung etc. Then, I move on to another actor’s films. That way, I understand how the same actor must have prepared for different parts. So, I get a sneak peek into his mindset and processes.” Siddiqui maintains he “just can’t sit through ‘time-pass’ films”.
“The idea is to watch tough, path-breaking work. I feel people — especially the younger generation —are also watching that kind of work on OTT platforms. So, after this period [Covid-19 restrictions], ‘time-pass’ films may start looking out of place. And accordingly, our filmmakers also have to alter their craft,” says the actor, who was busy shooting for Kushan Nandy’s (of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz fame) next when the lockdown came into force.
Siddiqui was also supposed to travel to New York for shooting. Is he missing work? “I’m not, because I am the kind of person who gets accustomed to different situations. I feel, this pandemic will give us a completely new perspective towards everything. And whoever sticks to the same old mindset will appear odd and outdated,” he says.
Once things return to ‘normal’, Siddiqui feels he is going to “observe and value every day of his life much more”. “Plus, I will also attach great value to every human being as well as his well-being. I feel something inside all of us will alter. Most importantly, this pandemic has made all of us realise that only the idea of oneness will help us sail through such tough situations,” he adds.
Actor's hit list
Anthony Hopkins: The Remains of the Day, The Innocent, The Two Popes
Daniel Day Lewis: There Will be Blood, Lincoln, In The Name of The Father, Phantom Thread
Kevin Spacey: American Beauty, Seven, Outbreak
Matthew McConaughey: Dallas Buyers Club, The Gentlemen, Serenity
I had to pinch myself hard-Nawazuddin Siddiqui on being compared to Anthony Hopkins
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Shaheen Parkar (MID-DAY; May 19, 2016)
In the last five years, Nawazuddin Siddiqui has come a long way. From lamenting about having no suit to wear for his Cannes debut in 2012 to being labelled as India’s answer to Anthony Hopkins at the French Riviera this year.
After the premiere of Anurag Kashyap’s Raman Raghav 2.0 at the festival on Monday, Nawaz, who essays the titular role, was lauded for his stellar performance as the Mumbai serial killer of the ’ 60s. International critics and film lovers were so impressed
years, has From suit in as Anthony Riviera by his gory performance that they made no bones in drawing parallels between the actor with the Hannibal (2001) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) legend.
A critic for The Hollywood Reporter said: Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal need not move over, but he would certainly enjoy the nuanced performance of this rising Indian actor, who has demonstrated his extraordinary range in roles.” Says Nawaz, “Being compared to a living legend like Sir Anthony Hopkins feels truly surreal. I had to pinch myself hard. After being heaped with the accolades, I can’t stop thanking people for appreciating all the hard work that has gone into making this film.”
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