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Sirens will have you engaged, even if you don't know what it's trying to say
Given her recent TV and film track record, it's amazing that Nicole Kidman doesn't star in Sirens. The soapy dark comedy feels like it belongs in the The Perfect Couple, Babygirl, A Family Affair realm of rich white people doing rich white people things. But it's a different Oscar-winning redhead in this series: Julianne Moore. The show, based on the play Elemeno Pea by Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler (also in charge here), follows sisters Simone (Aussie Milly Alcock, House of the Dragon) and Devon (Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus), and Simone's boss Michaela (Moore) on an exclusive New England island of Port Haven. Devon, the older sister, has arrived on the island with a serious bone to pick with her sister. Simone, who she hasn't seen for about a year, has been working as an assistant to Michaela, and is refusing to head back to Buffalo where Devon is taking care of their ailing father, Bruce (Bill Camp, The Queen's Gambit). Simone and Michaela have a very strange, symbiotic relationship and Devon struggles to reconcile the doting, pastel-wearing woman before her with the sister she helped raise. There's definitely a whiff of cultishness in the air on Port Haven, and Devon is determined to extract her sister from Michaela's bejewelled clutches. It's not very clear what the point of Sirens is (maybe something about class divides, or the sacrifices people make for security?), but the five-episode series is entertaining enough for a weekend binge. The performances are good, especially Fahy's, and the costuming is almost a character of its own. A quirky supporting cast helps build out this Stepford-esque world, with the likes of Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Felix Solis, Josh Segarra and Trevor Salter as the delightful Captain Morgan. You won't really know why you watched this show, but you also won't regret putting the time in. If you're a millennial still trying to fill that One Tree Hill-shaped hole in your life, may we suggest Motorheads? While not as angsty or well-cast as the seminal 2000s high school show, Motorheads shares a lot with One Tree Hill - not least of which is creator John A. Norris, who was a writer on the earlier series. Twins Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo, Freaky) and Zac (Michael Cimino, Never Have I Ever) move to their mum's small, semi-rural childhood hometown to move in with their uncle (on their dad's side) for a fresh start. Coming from the hustle-bustle of New York, their new home of Ironwood, Pennsylvania is a definite change of pace. But this town has something that Caitlyn is very excited about - a thriving car race culture among the youth. She's been a 'motorhead' for years and has purportedly changed hundreds of tyres, despite being in only her late teens. Zac cares less about the mechanics of the cars, but does long for the glory of racing - especially as their dad was a celebrated (and criminal) street racer. Their sage yet flawed uncle Logan (Ryan Phillippe, Cruel Intentions) is a mechanic (very Keith Scott-coded for the OTH fans) who has some shady crime connections himself, but is trying to walk on the straight and narrow despite limited funds. Both the twins have romantic interests from the moment they step into town in classic teen drama style. And just in case the parallels in plot weren't enough to sell you on the OTH connection, the series opens with a shot of a bridge very similar to that one Lucas Scott walks over in the pilot/opening credits. Very intentional. The show also uses plenty of popular music, with tracks from the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Noah Kahan. The Amazon money put to good use. There are also plenty of flashbacks, where the twins' father is played as a teen by Deacon Phillippe (real life son of Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon), and the songs in this time period are iconic OTH-era jams like Fall Out Boy's This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race and M.I.A.'s Paper Planes. There must be two Guy Ritchies running around these days, because the director is producing an awful lot of work. Since 2023, he's released Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Covenant, The Gentlemen (the series version), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, MobLand (he directed the first two episodes, but was not involved in writing) and now Fountain of Youth. This latest film doesn't have the classic twisty Ritchie-esque feel to it, as it wasn't written by the Brit, but by Zodiac, Murder Mystery and Scream VI scribe James Vanderbilt (who built his own great-grandfather Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt into the script). A classic adventure romp, Fountain of Youth sees Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) convince his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) to help him find the fabled water source in a quest funded by billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson). The mission will take them across several contintents with lots of fun action along the way. Meanwhile the mysterious Esme (Eiza Gonzalez) and Interpol agent Jamal Abbas (Arian Moayed) are hot on the crew's tail. The secret to uncovering the fountain lies in a series of Renaissance-era paintings, so there's more than a little art theft on this journey.l Luke is equal parts Indiana Jones, Ben Gates and Rick O'Connell, and the film owes a lot to The Last Crusade, National Treasure and, to a lesser extent, The Mummy. Fountain of Youth lacks some of the heart of these iconic adventure films, and certainly could do with some more engaging score. The music really plays a big part in an adventure movie, and this one is let down on that front. If you're a sucker for adventure, especially history-based adventure, then Fountain of Youth is going to hit the spot, even if you're not itching to watch it again right away. Nicole Kidman might not have been in Sirens, but you can catch her in the second season of Prime Video's Nine Perfect Strangers. This time the action is moved from the sunny climes of Byron Bay to the decidedly frostier Austrian Alps. Joining Nicole for this season are fellow Aussie Murray Bartlett, Henry Golding, Mark Strong, Christine Baranski and Annie Murphy, among others. Also on Prime you'll find the fourth instalment of former Top Gear guru Jeremy Clarkson's reality farming series, Clarkson's Farm, and four-part documentary series about NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, called, inventively, Earnhardt. Over on Netflix you can dive into Fear Street: Prom Queen, a spin-off of the 2021 trilogy based on the R.L. Stine novels. This one is set in 1988 and while it takes a little time to find its rhythm, ends up being a blast. You can also catch Tyler Perry's latest comedy series She the People (Perry's the only person in Hollywood busier than Nicole Kidman and Guy Ritchie), and docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders on Netflix. Meanwhile on Binge there's another entry in the Librarians franchise, which has spanned several films and four seasons of TV. Now there's another spin-off, The Librarians: The Next Chapter. Given her recent TV and film track record, it's amazing that Nicole Kidman doesn't star in Sirens. The soapy dark comedy feels like it belongs in the The Perfect Couple, Babygirl, A Family Affair realm of rich white people doing rich white people things. But it's a different Oscar-winning redhead in this series: Julianne Moore. The show, based on the play Elemeno Pea by Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler (also in charge here), follows sisters Simone (Aussie Milly Alcock, House of the Dragon) and Devon (Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus), and Simone's boss Michaela (Moore) on an exclusive New England island of Port Haven. Devon, the older sister, has arrived on the island with a serious bone to pick with her sister. Simone, who she hasn't seen for about a year, has been working as an assistant to Michaela, and is refusing to head back to Buffalo where Devon is taking care of their ailing father, Bruce (Bill Camp, The Queen's Gambit). Simone and Michaela have a very strange, symbiotic relationship and Devon struggles to reconcile the doting, pastel-wearing woman before her with the sister she helped raise. There's definitely a whiff of cultishness in the air on Port Haven, and Devon is determined to extract her sister from Michaela's bejewelled clutches. It's not very clear what the point of Sirens is (maybe something about class divides, or the sacrifices people make for security?), but the five-episode series is entertaining enough for a weekend binge. The performances are good, especially Fahy's, and the costuming is almost a character of its own. A quirky supporting cast helps build out this Stepford-esque world, with the likes of Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Felix Solis, Josh Segarra and Trevor Salter as the delightful Captain Morgan. You won't really know why you watched this show, but you also won't regret putting the time in. If you're a millennial still trying to fill that One Tree Hill-shaped hole in your life, may we suggest Motorheads? While not as angsty or well-cast as the seminal 2000s high school show, Motorheads shares a lot with One Tree Hill - not least of which is creator John A. Norris, who was a writer on the earlier series. Twins Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo, Freaky) and Zac (Michael Cimino, Never Have I Ever) move to their mum's small, semi-rural childhood hometown to move in with their uncle (on their dad's side) for a fresh start. Coming from the hustle-bustle of New York, their new home of Ironwood, Pennsylvania is a definite change of pace. But this town has something that Caitlyn is very excited about - a thriving car race culture among the youth. She's been a 'motorhead' for years and has purportedly changed hundreds of tyres, despite being in only her late teens. Zac cares less about the mechanics of the cars, but does long for the glory of racing - especially as their dad was a celebrated (and criminal) street racer. Their sage yet flawed uncle Logan (Ryan Phillippe, Cruel Intentions) is a mechanic (very Keith Scott-coded for the OTH fans) who has some shady crime connections himself, but is trying to walk on the straight and narrow despite limited funds. Both the twins have romantic interests from the moment they step into town in classic teen drama style. And just in case the parallels in plot weren't enough to sell you on the OTH connection, the series opens with a shot of a bridge very similar to that one Lucas Scott walks over in the pilot/opening credits. Very intentional. The show also uses plenty of popular music, with tracks from the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Noah Kahan. The Amazon money put to good use. There are also plenty of flashbacks, where the twins' father is played as a teen by Deacon Phillippe (real life son of Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon), and the songs in this time period are iconic OTH-era jams like Fall Out Boy's This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race and M.I.A.'s Paper Planes. There must be two Guy Ritchies running around these days, because the director is producing an awful lot of work. Since 2023, he's released Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Covenant, The Gentlemen (the series version), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, MobLand (he directed the first two episodes, but was not involved in writing) and now Fountain of Youth. This latest film doesn't have the classic twisty Ritchie-esque feel to it, as it wasn't written by the Brit, but by Zodiac, Murder Mystery and Scream VI scribe James Vanderbilt (who built his own great-grandfather Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt into the script). A classic adventure romp, Fountain of Youth sees Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) convince his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) to help him find the fabled water source in a quest funded by billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson). The mission will take them across several contintents with lots of fun action along the way. Meanwhile the mysterious Esme (Eiza Gonzalez) and Interpol agent Jamal Abbas (Arian Moayed) are hot on the crew's tail. The secret to uncovering the fountain lies in a series of Renaissance-era paintings, so there's more than a little art theft on this journey.l Luke is equal parts Indiana Jones, Ben Gates and Rick O'Connell, and the film owes a lot to The Last Crusade, National Treasure and, to a lesser extent, The Mummy. Fountain of Youth lacks some of the heart of these iconic adventure films, and certainly could do with some more engaging score. The music really plays a big part in an adventure movie, and this one is let down on that front. If you're a sucker for adventure, especially history-based adventure, then Fountain of Youth is going to hit the spot, even if you're not itching to watch it again right away. Nicole Kidman might not have been in Sirens, but you can catch her in the second season of Prime Video's Nine Perfect Strangers. This time the action is moved from the sunny climes of Byron Bay to the decidedly frostier Austrian Alps. Joining Nicole for this season are fellow Aussie Murray Bartlett, Henry Golding, Mark Strong, Christine Baranski and Annie Murphy, among others. Also on Prime you'll find the fourth instalment of former Top Gear guru Jeremy Clarkson's reality farming series, Clarkson's Farm, and four-part documentary series about NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, called, inventively, Earnhardt. Over on Netflix you can dive into Fear Street: Prom Queen, a spin-off of the 2021 trilogy based on the R.L. Stine novels. This one is set in 1988 and while it takes a little time to find its rhythm, ends up being a blast. You can also catch Tyler Perry's latest comedy series She the People (Perry's the only person in Hollywood busier than Nicole Kidman and Guy Ritchie), and docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders on Netflix. Meanwhile on Binge there's another entry in the Librarians franchise, which has spanned several films and four seasons of TV. Now there's another spin-off, The Librarians: The Next Chapter. Given her recent TV and film track record, it's amazing that Nicole Kidman doesn't star in Sirens. The soapy dark comedy feels like it belongs in the The Perfect Couple, Babygirl, A Family Affair realm of rich white people doing rich white people things. But it's a different Oscar-winning redhead in this series: Julianne Moore. The show, based on the play Elemeno Pea by Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler (also in charge here), follows sisters Simone (Aussie Milly Alcock, House of the Dragon) and Devon (Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus), and Simone's boss Michaela (Moore) on an exclusive New England island of Port Haven. Devon, the older sister, has arrived on the island with a serious bone to pick with her sister. Simone, who she hasn't seen for about a year, has been working as an assistant to Michaela, and is refusing to head back to Buffalo where Devon is taking care of their ailing father, Bruce (Bill Camp, The Queen's Gambit). Simone and Michaela have a very strange, symbiotic relationship and Devon struggles to reconcile the doting, pastel-wearing woman before her with the sister she helped raise. There's definitely a whiff of cultishness in the air on Port Haven, and Devon is determined to extract her sister from Michaela's bejewelled clutches. It's not very clear what the point of Sirens is (maybe something about class divides, or the sacrifices people make for security?), but the five-episode series is entertaining enough for a weekend binge. The performances are good, especially Fahy's, and the costuming is almost a character of its own. A quirky supporting cast helps build out this Stepford-esque world, with the likes of Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Felix Solis, Josh Segarra and Trevor Salter as the delightful Captain Morgan. You won't really know why you watched this show, but you also won't regret putting the time in. If you're a millennial still trying to fill that One Tree Hill-shaped hole in your life, may we suggest Motorheads? While not as angsty or well-cast as the seminal 2000s high school show, Motorheads shares a lot with One Tree Hill - not least of which is creator John A. Norris, who was a writer on the earlier series. Twins Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo, Freaky) and Zac (Michael Cimino, Never Have I Ever) move to their mum's small, semi-rural childhood hometown to move in with their uncle (on their dad's side) for a fresh start. Coming from the hustle-bustle of New York, their new home of Ironwood, Pennsylvania is a definite change of pace. But this town has something that Caitlyn is very excited about - a thriving car race culture among the youth. She's been a 'motorhead' for years and has purportedly changed hundreds of tyres, despite being in only her late teens. Zac cares less about the mechanics of the cars, but does long for the glory of racing - especially as their dad was a celebrated (and criminal) street racer. Their sage yet flawed uncle Logan (Ryan Phillippe, Cruel Intentions) is a mechanic (very Keith Scott-coded for the OTH fans) who has some shady crime connections himself, but is trying to walk on the straight and narrow despite limited funds. Both the twins have romantic interests from the moment they step into town in classic teen drama style. And just in case the parallels in plot weren't enough to sell you on the OTH connection, the series opens with a shot of a bridge very similar to that one Lucas Scott walks over in the pilot/opening credits. Very intentional. The show also uses plenty of popular music, with tracks from the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Noah Kahan. The Amazon money put to good use. There are also plenty of flashbacks, where the twins' father is played as a teen by Deacon Phillippe (real life son of Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon), and the songs in this time period are iconic OTH-era jams like Fall Out Boy's This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race and M.I.A.'s Paper Planes. There must be two Guy Ritchies running around these days, because the director is producing an awful lot of work. Since 2023, he's released Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Covenant, The Gentlemen (the series version), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, MobLand (he directed the first two episodes, but was not involved in writing) and now Fountain of Youth. This latest film doesn't have the classic twisty Ritchie-esque feel to it, as it wasn't written by the Brit, but by Zodiac, Murder Mystery and Scream VI scribe James Vanderbilt (who built his own great-grandfather Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt into the script). A classic adventure romp, Fountain of Youth sees Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) convince his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) to help him find the fabled water source in a quest funded by billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson). The mission will take them across several contintents with lots of fun action along the way. Meanwhile the mysterious Esme (Eiza Gonzalez) and Interpol agent Jamal Abbas (Arian Moayed) are hot on the crew's tail. The secret to uncovering the fountain lies in a series of Renaissance-era paintings, so there's more than a little art theft on this journey.l Luke is equal parts Indiana Jones, Ben Gates and Rick O'Connell, and the film owes a lot to The Last Crusade, National Treasure and, to a lesser extent, The Mummy. Fountain of Youth lacks some of the heart of these iconic adventure films, and certainly could do with some more engaging score. The music really plays a big part in an adventure movie, and this one is let down on that front. If you're a sucker for adventure, especially history-based adventure, then Fountain of Youth is going to hit the spot, even if you're not itching to watch it again right away. Nicole Kidman might not have been in Sirens, but you can catch her in the second season of Prime Video's Nine Perfect Strangers. This time the action is moved from the sunny climes of Byron Bay to the decidedly frostier Austrian Alps. Joining Nicole for this season are fellow Aussie Murray Bartlett, Henry Golding, Mark Strong, Christine Baranski and Annie Murphy, among others. Also on Prime you'll find the fourth instalment of former Top Gear guru Jeremy Clarkson's reality farming series, Clarkson's Farm, and four-part documentary series about NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, called, inventively, Earnhardt. Over on Netflix you can dive into Fear Street: Prom Queen, a spin-off of the 2021 trilogy based on the R.L. Stine novels. This one is set in 1988 and while it takes a little time to find its rhythm, ends up being a blast. You can also catch Tyler Perry's latest comedy series She the People (Perry's the only person in Hollywood busier than Nicole Kidman and Guy Ritchie), and docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders on Netflix. Meanwhile on Binge there's another entry in the Librarians franchise, which has spanned several films and four seasons of TV. Now there's another spin-off, The Librarians: The Next Chapter.
News18
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Sydney Sweeney Makes Big Reveal About Season Three Of Euphoria, Calls It 'Unhinged'
Last Updated: Sydney Sweeney says that season three of 'Euphoria' is "unhinged" for Cassie. Premiering in 2026, it features a time jump, new cast members, and Zendaya as Rue. Sydney Sweeney has teased that season three of 'Euphoria' is 'unhinged" for her character Cassie. The 27-year-old actress has teased that her 'flawed" alter ego goes 'crazier" in the upcoming instalment of the hit HBO teen drama. She told Empire magazine: 'I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear. 'She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She's flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love, as well. It's so much fun to play a character that is as crazy as she is. Sam [Levinson] is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I'll read something, then I'll call him, and I'm like, 'Let's go crazier.' And he's like, 'I'm all in.' And this season is unhinged." The second season saw Cassie get romantically involved with Maddie's (Alexa Demie) abusive ex-boyfriend Nate (Jacob Elordi). The eight-episode season will feature a time jump taking the lead characters out of high school and it is due to premiere in 2026, four years after the second season aired. Sydney, Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Eric Dane, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, and Colman Domingo will all be returning, but Algee Smith and Nika King won't be, while Dominic Fike's return has yet to be confirmed. New series regulars will include Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Toby Wallace, while a number of guest stars have also been lined up including Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, and Kadeem Hardison. The cast and showrunner Sam Levinson kicked off shooting season three in Los Angeles earlier this year after a long delay. The series is expected to mark the end of the drama. Zendaya – who leads the cast as Rue Bennett – recently admitted she finds filming 'Euphoria' 'emotionally and physically draining". Speaking to Nicole Kidman for Variety's Actors on Actors series, she said, 'You get so used to a character. It feels like a skin that you just slip on. Rue just falls into me. I'm not thinking about it so much. It's just like, 'Oh, she's here now.' The 'Babygirl' star then asked, 'Do you stagger out of that experience?" Zendaya replied, 'Yes and no. While it was emotionally and physically draining, it was so rewarding. I was so proud of it. It connected with people… 'We're supposed to do another season. I've only done two, but it feels like five. One season of 'Euphoria' is like, 'Phew!'… I still have my Rue scars."
Perth Now
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sydney Sweeney teases season three of Euphoria is 'unhinged'
Sydney Sweeney has teased that season three of 'Euphoria' is "unhinged" for her character Cassie. The 27-year-old actress has teased that her "flawed" alter ego goes "crazier" in the upcoming instalment of the hit HBO teen drama. She told Empire magazine: 'I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear. 'She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She's flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love, as well. It's so much fun to play a character that is as crazy as she is. Sam [Levinson] is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I'll read something, then I'll call him, and I'm like, 'Let's go crazier.' And he's like, 'I'm all in.' And this season is unhinged.' The second season saw Cassie get romantically involved with Maddie's (Alexa Demie) abusive ex-boyfriend Nate (Jacob Elordi). The eight-episode season will feature a time jump taking the lead characters out of high school and it is due to premiere in 2026, four years after the second season aired. Sydney, Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Eric Dane, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, and Colman Domingo will all be returning, but Algee Smith and Nika King won't be, while Dominic Fike's return has yet to be confirmed. New series regulars will include Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Toby Wallace, while a number of guest stars have also been lined up including Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, and Kadeem Hardison. The cast and showrunner Sam Levinson kicked off shooting season three in Los Angeles earlier this year after a long delay. The series is expected to mark the end of the drama. Zendaya - who leads the cast as Rue Bennett - recently admitted she finds filming 'Euphoria' "emotionally and physically draining". Speaking to Nicole Kidman for Variety's Actors on Actors series, she said: "You get so used to a character. It feels like a skin that you just slip on. Rue just falls into me. I'm not thinking about it so much. It's just like, 'Oh, she's here now.' The 'Babygirl' star then asked: "Do you stagger out of that experience?" Zendaya replied: "Yes and no. While it was emotionally and physically draining, it was so rewarding. I was so proud of it. It connected with people... "We're supposed to do another season. I've only done two, but it feels like five. One season of 'Euphoria' is like, 'Phew!'... "I still have my Rue scars."
Gulf Today
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Harris Dickinson's directorial debut born of gut feeling
Harris Dickinson is sitting on a rooftop terrace in Cannes, trying to find all the movie tattoos on his body. There's a little one for 2001's 'Donnie Darko,' but there's a much larger one on his arm for 'Kes,' Ken Loach's seminal British social realism drama from 1969. 'I'm sure there's a few more on my legs,' Dickinson says, smiling. 'I can't remember.' But the spirit of Loach runs strong in Dickinson's directorial debut, 'Urchin.' The film, which premiered the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, stars Frank Dillane as a homeless London addict. A sensitive and preceptive character study, 'Urchin' has been widely hailed as a standout at Cannes. Just as the 28-year-old Dickson, who starred in last year's 'Babygirl,' is emerging as a major movie star, he's revealed himself to be a filmmaker to watch, too. 'Before we screened, I was debilitated by nerves,' Dickinson said the day after the premiere. 'I felt so vulnerable - which I do normally with acting, but not as much. I suddenly realized what an exposing thing this is. Like you said, it's showing a different side of myself and putting that out there to be obliterated.' But Dickinson, who first emerged in Eliza Hitman's 2017 film 'Beach Rats,' only expanded audience's notions of him with 'Urchin.' As he explained in an interview, making it was important enough to him, even if it meant sacrificing parts at the very moment Hollywood won't stop calling. Next, Dickinson will star as John Lennon in Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles project. How did your artistic journey start? Was acting or directing first? I wanted to direct from a very young age. I wanted to make films. I was making these skateboard videos and I was doing a lot of short films on YouTube. I had a web series where I would release episodes weekly. It was like a sketch show. That was first love, just making things. Acting kind of kicked off a little bit once 'Beach Rats' came out at Sundance. It was weird. I had to earn my stripes, of course, as an actor. But I couldn't go to film school because I was acting. So I just carried on my own interest in it and thought: Hopefully someday I can do it. Then the short film happened and the BBC took a chance on me, commissioning 'Urchin.' Was it hard to juggle your priorities? Hard to figure out, yeah. And particularly when we're in a world where people don't always love someone trying to doing multiple things. And rightly so. There are times when you shouldn't be trying to be a basketball player, or whatever. A lot of people do go, 'Oh, I fancy doing that now,' particularly when they get to a more successful position. But this has always been a love of mine and I've just been waiting for the moment to do it. That must of required a lot of effort, especially after all the attention of 'Babygirl.' Did it mean saying no a lot? Yeah, for sure. But it's easy to say no to things. 'Urchin' was all I could think about it. It was pouring out of me. It was all that was on my mind. It's easy to say no when you've got something to take you away from that, you know? Nothing that came in would make me question my own film, which is a sign that I had to make it at this time. I don't know, maybe that sounds self-important. What was it about this character that compelled you? The discovery of Mike happened over a long time. I really started with the intention to create a very focused character study of someone who was ultimately battling against themselves. I wanted to show a full person in all of their ugliness and all of their humanity and their charm. And that was a hard process to get right. Associated Press
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nicole Kidman Discusses ‘The Most Intimate Things' With Her Teenage Daughters: ‘I Get to Be Their Guide'
Nicole Kidman said she's 'very close' with her teenage daughters and wants to keep it that way. The Nine Perfect Strangers star divulged details about her marriage to Keith Urban and relationship with their daughters, Sunday Rose, 16, and Faith Margaret, 14, in an interview with Allure published on Thursday, May 22. 'I do, actually [like who I am as a mother]. Yeah. I'm very close to both my girls,' Kidman, 57, said when asked about parenthood. (Kidman also has two grown children, Isabella, 32, and Connor, 30, from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise.) 'I sit on their beds and discuss the most intimate things; I get to be their guide,' she continued. 'If they want to tell me to be quiet, they can. I'm able to apologize to them. I'm able to stand up to them. I very much like the relationship we have. It's nice to be able to say that.' Nicole Kidman's Daughter Sunday Rose Attends Pre-Golden Globes Event With Her Look-Alike Mom Kidman, who said she'd be a teacher if she weren't an actress, added that she's perhaps an 'over-giver' who will always prioritize her children. 'I grew up with a very strong connection to taking care of my mother and my family and being the oldest child. Put the oxygen mask on yourself first, right? Right. It sounds good in theory, but it doesn't make sense to me when you have kids. I will do anything in terms of sacrifice. I want them to feel completely loved, completely prioritized.' Kidman was very close with her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, who died in September 2024 at age 84. The Babygirl star was set to receive the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival when she received the news of her mom's death. "I'm in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her,' Kidman said in a statement at the time. 'She shaped me, she guided me and she made me. I am beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina [Reijn, Babygirl director]. The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken." Nicole Kidman Dedicates Venice Film Festival Award to 'Brave' Mother Janelle Who 'Just Passed' She told Allure, 'Losing my mother changed every part of me. I spoke to her every second or third day. And because she was on the other side of the world, if I woke up at 5 a.m., I'd get up, I'd walk around the block and I'd talk to her for an hour before the girls got up, before Keith got up. That was the rhythm of my day.' Kidman said she's still dealing with the loss. 'I'm so raw with it,' she continued. 'I feel embarrassed because I feel like, 'Oh, you've talked about it enough.' So I have to keep saying to myself, 'It's OK. Maybe it's my sense of what I feel I should be doing.' I'm trying to be quiet and have it be a more intimate thing with just my friends or my sister. The love was so profound that the loss of it … I'm on the journey of grief, the year of magical thinking.'
