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New York Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Bus Stop' Review: Travelers Find Shelter From a Storm
When a blizzard strands stagecoach passengers in a lodge in Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight,' violence and mayhem erupt. Death looms. Eight people are also marooned by a snowstorm in William Inge's 1955 play 'Bus Stop,' but what looms for them is life: Some take stock, others try to figure out what awaits. Best known for its movie adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe, 'Bus Stop' isn't seen much in New York these days, so Classic Stage Company, the National Asian American Theater Company and Transport Group should be thanked for this revival. The director Jack Cummings III staged Inge's 'Come Back, Little Sheba' and 'Picnic' in repertory for the Transport Group in 2017, and is familiar with the delicate bard of the Midwest, whose deceptively plain work captures the lives of working people. The most consequential decision here is to forgo amplification, creating a sense of intimacy at the Kansas diner where four bus passengers and their driver (David Shih) wait out the weather. The diner's owner Grace (Cindy Cheung) and a waitress, the high school student Elma (Delphi Borich), are used to parades of customers, but maybe not for such extended stays. Conversations stop and start as the visitors chat among themselves and with the locals, who include the sheriff, Will (David Lee Huynh). Elma, for example, is fascinated by Dr. Gerald Lyman (Rajesh Bose), a former professor whose flowery verbiage evokes a broader, more literate world than hers — and a more perverse one, too, as he has a taste for underage women. But the most striking of the newcomers is Cherie (Midori Francis), a nightclub singer who has been whisked away by Bo (Michael Hsu Rosen), a smitten young cowboy who plans to take her to his Montana ranch, whether she likes it or not. The story line is rattling to a contemporary audience. But the beauty, humanity and complexity of Inge's writing is that he makes us understand what drives Bo and, even more important, who Cherie is, and why she stays with Bo. Both naïve and wise to the ways of the world, she has been 'goin' with guys' since she was 14 — 'down in the Ozarks, we don't waste much time,' she says. Delivering the show's standout performance, Francis illuminates how Cherie realizes that she may have met someone who not only cares about her, but also doesn't mind what she had to do to survive. A performance of 'That Old Black Magic,' backed by Bo's friend, Virgil (Moses Villarama), on guitar, hits the right balance of awkwardness and sincerity: This Cherie is not wanting for pity or deserving of laughter. (Unfortunately, Rosen is not as assured as Bo, making the relationship more imbalanced than it should be.) Because the actors are not miked, they feel close to one another and to the audience. We feel as if we, too, are in the diner with them, especially when they talk at the counter or at a table. Cummings also suggests a kind of stasis, as if the roadside restaurant were a self-contained parenthesis outside of time and space. There is talk of the howling winds outside, but we don't hear them (the production does not have a sound designer), making the diner feel cut off. That directorial decision mostly works, but Cummings is on shakier ground when dramatizing the space itself. In scenes involving only two or three characters, the others often stare blankly, just sitting or standing there. This is at odds with the verisimilitude of the natural voices and saps the show of dramatic tension. It doesn't help that the set (by Peiyi Wong) and lighting (by R. Lee Kennedy) lack a sense of atmosphere and the cowboys' shirts and jeans are distractingly crisp (costumes by Mariko Ohigashi). Inge's main subjects are usually said to be loneliness and the search for connection. 'Bus Stop' has something else: Its examination of masculinity is particularly perceptive about the way it can instill feelings of inadequacy and shame, but also a quiet confidence. This production might not hit all the play's grace notes, but I'm still glad it pulled over for a while.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hollywood star Tim Roth: There is no one way of grieving
Tim Roth believes there is "no one way of grieving". The 64-year-old actor lost his son Cormac to germ cell cancer, aged 25, in October 2022, and Tim believes there isn't a right or wrong way of coping with loss. He told the Guardian newspaper: "There is no one way of grieving. People react differently – everyone does – otherwise there would be a cure for it." Tim filmed 'Poison', his latest movie, while Cormac was battling cancer. The veteran actor considered dropping out of the movie amid Cormac's health troubles - but his son encouraged him to commit to the project. Tim said: "He was unfazed by me doing the film. He thought it was a good thing. He was probably wanting to get me out of the house as well. "It had his seal of approval, otherwise I wouldn't have done it. If he needed me to stay close, I would have been staying close." Tim was trying to remain optimistic about his son's chances of survival at the time. The actor shared: "At that point we were trying to remain positive because he was still with us." 'Poison' tells the story of a couple torn apart by bereavement. And Tim is convinced that grief is an "individual" thing. He said: "The film has such a truth to it because it shows that how you grieve is as individual as a fingerprint. "Now with my friends and family I see that everyone is doing and handling that differently and need to be respected for it." Meanwhile, Tim recently admitted to having had a "healthily messy" career. The actor has starred in a host of well-known movies, including 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Hateful Eight' - but Tim admits that there's also been a chaotic element to his career. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "My feeling is that the career that I was after was anarchy. I always like that - and chaos. "So, I always do a film to finance another film. Because a lot of these films that I love to do, these crazy films I love to do, have no money. They're the little independent things that are trying and are struggling to be made even more now than ever. So you got to do the ones that finance them. But sometimes they are terrible, and sometimes they are great, and sometimes the little independents don't work. "I think my career is healthily messy."
Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Hollywood star Tim Roth: There is no one way of grieving
Tim Roth believes there is "no one way of grieving". The 64-year-old actor lost his son Cormac to germ cell cancer, aged 25, in October 2022, and Tim believes there isn't a right or wrong way of coping with loss. He told the Guardian newspaper: "There is no one way of grieving. People react differently – everyone does – otherwise there would be a cure for it." Tim filmed 'Poison', his latest movie, while Cormac was battling cancer. The veteran actor considered dropping out of the movie amid Cormac's health troubles - but his son encouraged him to commit to the project. Tim said: "He was unfazed by me doing the film. He thought it was a good thing. He was probably wanting to get me out of the house as well. "It had his seal of approval, otherwise I wouldn't have done it. If he needed me to stay close, I would have been staying close." Tim was trying to remain optimistic about his son's chances of survival at the time. The actor shared: "At that point we were trying to remain positive because he was still with us." 'Poison' tells the story of a couple torn apart by bereavement, and Tim is convinced that grief is an "individual" thing. He said: "The film has such a truth to it because it shows that how you grieve is as individual as a fingerprint. "Now with my friends and family I see that everyone is doing and handling that differently and need to be respected for it." Meanwhile, Tim recently admitted to having had a "healthily messy" career. The actor has starred in a host of well-known movies, including 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Hateful Eight' - but Tim admits that there's also been a chaotic element to his career. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "My feeling is that the career that I was after was anarchy. I always like that - and chaos. "So, I always do a film to finance another film. Because a lot of these films that I love to do, these crazy films I love to do, have no money. They're the little independent things that are trying and are struggling to be made even more now than ever. So you got to do the ones that finance them. But sometimes they are terrible, and sometimes they are great, and sometimes the little independents don't work. "I think my career is healthily messy."
Pink Villa
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Are Tom Holland and Benson Boone New BFFs in Town? All About Their Brewing Friendship Amid Actor's Wedding Plans With Zendaya
It seems that we may get to see a possible bromance soon between none other than actor Tom Holland and singer Benson Boone. TMZ learned about the friendship brewing between the two celebrities. According to the report, Holland and Boone were seen having dinner with each other. The Cherry star was photographed arriving at Soho House Holloway in West Hollywood on Friday at around 5 PM. The Beautiful Things vocalist was reported spotted entering the members-only club, where he joined Holland for dinner on the roof. Insiders revealed to the publication that both celebrities are fans of each other's work and this is a budding friendship to becoming good friends. Additionally, the sources reportedly shared that the White Lotus actor, Walton Goggins, was also seated nearby to where the Chaos Walking star and Boone were seated. At a point, the singer said hi to The Hateful Eight star. This comes amid the reports of Holland and his partner, Zendaya 's, wedding that are being circulated. Back in January, sources revealed to the publication that the couple was engaged. The actress sparked major speculation when she flaunted a rock on that finger as she arrived on the Golden Globes' red carpet. It seems that Zendaya's wedding dress will be designed by none other than her stylist, Law Roach, per E!News' report. But it appears that we may not get to see her wedding dress because while having a conversation with Complex, Roach said, 'She and Tom are super private about their relationship. They're trying to be as private as possible.' The stylist also said that there would be no coverage by any magazine of her wedding dress, as the actress will only invite those who will respect her privacy. He added that it will be a 'really beautiful dress' that no individual will get to witness.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
37 Times People Messed Up On Movie Sets And Accidentally Created Pure Magic
Knives Out, the ending shot — where Marta drinks from a cup that says "my house, my rules, my coffee" — was unplanned. Director Rian Johnson called it "kind of ... a happy accident." He said, "I knew I wanted her to like sip tea in the final shot, and I had had separately the idea of 'My house, my rules, my coffee,' as that first shot in the movie — after that first big dramatic shot of the house, breaking the tension with kind of a goofy modern joke mug." He then came up with bringing the mug back at the end, and as they were filming, he asked Ana to take a sip of tea – realizing that the words "my house" perfectly came into frame. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Peg was supposed to smash the glass wheel — but she accidentally did it before she was supposed to. There was only one glass wheel, and director Rian Johnson was explaining how she'd only have one chance when Jessica Henwick actually dropped it and looked into the camera in terror at what she'd done. Luckily, they were already filming, and her real panic ended up being perfect: "That's the take that's in the movie," Johnson revealed. Home Alone, Kevin was supposed to move his hands from his face before his iconic scream. However, on the first take, he kept his hands on his face, and director Chris Columbus and editor Raja Gosnell thought it was hilarious and kept it in. The Hateful Eight, Kurt Russel smashed an antique 150-year-old guitar (it was supposed to be swapped out before they actually filmed the smashing), causing Jennifer Jason Leigh to shout in shock and turn towards the camera, as she knew they hadn't swapped it yet. Her panicked reaction was real, and it was kept in the film. "It ended up being great for the scene, but very sad for the guitar, and for my guitar teacher, and for me," Leigh later said. Suggested by daynam4b6e28fa3 Ford's character in The Fugitive had a limp because Ford actually tore a ligament in his knee early into filming and refused to get it treated. The limp ended up adding to the realism and tension. Caine wasn't supposed to be speechless when his character, Alfred, first sees a video of the Joker. Caine said, "I had to do this bit where Batman and I watch a video which The Joker sends to threaten us. So I'd never seen him, and then he came on the television in the first rehearsal and I completely forgot my lines. I flipped, because it was so stunning, it was quite amazing." In the final scene, Caine doesn't speak. Craig's suave water bottle catch in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo happened completely by accident. According to the DVD commentary, on the sixteenth or so take of the below scene, he accidentally knocked over a water bottle and then "deftly" caught it "like Gene Kelly." Director David Fincher immediately knew he wanted it in the film, saying, "I don't know what we could hope for that would be better than that." Watch the moment in GIF form here. (Sorry it's so dark — why don't we light movies anymore???) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen broke two toes while kicking a helmet. His scream of anguish, followed by his fall to his knees, was real. As this cry of pain matched Aragorn's emotional pain in the scene, it ended up being perfect. Suggested by siirif91 Stiles wasn't meant to start crying as she read her character's poem in 10 Things I Hate About You. She got emotional while reading it, and the tears came naturally. "[The tears] were not intentional. On some level I knew that I was supposed to be somewhat emotional, because when we did the table read I remember I just said the poem, and I could have been reciting the phone book. But [when it came to filming], I never expected that I was going to start crying. I don't know why I did, whether it connected to something going on at the time, or if I was just overwhelmed by the whole experience of making my first big movie." It ended up being one of the most memorable moments of the film. Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio flubbed a line where he was supposed to direct Winslet's character to lie on the couch during her nude scene. He instead indicated she should go "over on the bed," then corrected himself to say "the couch." The moment made his character Jack appear flustered, which was perfect for the scene. Phoenix studied wild animals in captivity for his prison cell scene in The Master. Smashing the toilet wasn't in the script; it was just a part of him going berserk. "I didn't intend to break the thing," Phoenix said. "I didn't know that was possible." to a story Jane Russell recounted in Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe, she was not supposed to fall in the pool during 'Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?' in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. One of the dancers, Ed Fury, accidentally pushed her in with his foot. He was then fired because he tried to claim co-choreographer credit for the mistake. famous Midnight Cowboy scene where Ratso slams his hands down on a taxi that almost hits him and yells, "I'm walking here!" was the result of an accident. They didn't have the money to create a full set with extras, so they used a "stolen shot" — using a hidden camera on a real street. At one point the characters cross the street — they had rehearsed and timed the dialogue so they could cross when the signal was green. But in the first shot, a car ran the light and almost hit them. Staying in character, Ratso yelled, "I'm walking here!" They did reshoot the film with an extra driving a car to recreate the moment, which is likely the shot that ended up in the film, but it still resulted from an accident that ended up being genius. Suggested by amberm43081e2b1 Rocky training scene where Rocky is thrown an orange in the Italian market happened similarly — the passerby thought he was a real runner and really did throw him an orange. Sylvester Stallone caught it and went with it. to the documentary I Am Heath Ledger, the real reason Heath Ledger licked his lips so much as the Joker in The Dark Knight was to keep his makeup from coming off. It ended up becoming a signature part of his character. 1917, Schofield wasn't supposed to fall — an extra ran into him, causing him to fall over. He got back up again and kept running. Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns said she screamed when he fell, and that it was like "watching your team mess up a field goal at the Super Bowl." When George MacKay got up, director Sam Mendes yelled to keep filming, "and out of that came a sort of movie magic, I think, personally," Wilson-Cairns said. "I'm obviously a little biased, but it's one of my favorite scenes of the film." famous shot of Daniel Craig as James Bond walking out of the water in Casino Royale was not meant to happen. "It was actually by accident," he said. "Where we filmed, off the Bahamas, it's just one of those places where there is a sand shelf and the sand shelf happens to be three feet deep. Because the idea was, I was supposed to swim in and sort of float off, but I swim in and stand up. And it was just one of those things." slicing open his hand in Django Unchained was accidental — DiCaprio actually sliced it, and kept going with the scene despite bleeding. It made the scene even more terrifying, and Calvin seem even more unhinged. assistant cameraperson accidentally opened the magazine in one of the last scenes of The Last Temptation of Christ, causing there to be edge fog. However, director Martin Scorsese ended up loving it, saying, "The edge fog became the resurrection." trip in "I Have Confidence" in The Sound of Music was also unscripted, but it ended up being the perfect amount of irony for the number, as well as demonstrating how poorly prepared she actually was. Almost Famous, William asking Penny to ask him to come to Morocco with her again was actually Patrick Fugit asking Kate Hudson to give him the line again because he wanted to say his line again, only more excited. However, this take — where he becomes more excited after the second time she asks the question — was so sweet that it made it to the final cut. sound of lightsabers in Star Wars was actually created through a happy accident. When trying to come up with how they'd sound, sound designer Ben Burtt walked by his TV with a tape recorder with a broken mic cable, and it picked up the sound and amplified it, creating a buzzing noise Burtt used in the film. "tears" reflected on Robert Blake's face in In Cold Blood were actually by accident — it was noticed by Conrad L. Hall, the director of photography for the film, as he was setting up the lighting of the scene using a stand-in, and he decided it was perfect for the scene. cigarette ash wasn't supposed to hit McManus in the eye in The Usual Suspects — it was an accident, and Baldwin's reaction is real. the laughing in the lineup scene wasn't supposed to happen either — it was meant to be serious. 'We were supposed to be very stoic, very unimpressed, unintimidated,' Kevin Pollak, who played Hockney, said. But 'we would lose it over and over and over.' Pollak also claimed in the DVD commentary that part of the reason they laughed was that Benicio del Toro "farted like 12 takes in a row," which created one of the most memorable scenes in the film. tender moment when Adrian hesitates to kiss Rocky actually occurred because actor Talia Shire was sick. She was anxious to kiss him because she didn't want to get him sick, but her reluctance ended up being perfect for the scene. Toothless hesitating to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand in How to Train Your Dragon was a mistake — it was caused by a software error — but it fit the moment, so it was kept in. Children of Men scene when blood splatters on the camera was a complete accident — it happened on their last chance to film the six-minute continuous scene. Director Alfonso Cuarón yelled "cut" when the blood splattered onto the camera, but the assistant director didn't hear him because an explosion went off at the same time. They continued with the shot, which the cinematographer called a "miracle." stuntman filming the scene of McClane falling down the elevator shaft in Die Hard actually lost his grip, leading to the fall being much longer and more scary than it was supposed to be. Pearl Harbor scene from Tora! Tora! Tora! featuring people running from an exploding plane that happened by accident. This wasn't supposed to happen, and the stunt people running from the flames were really running for their lives. The footage was that much more terrifying because it was real. "Shrapnel was flying everywhere," stunt person Phil Adams said, describing what it was like to film the sequence. "It was probably some of the best footage that we shot that day." Dalton accidentally looked at the camera in this Hot Fuzz scene — according to the DVD commentary, the moment was kept in and accompanied with a "ka-ching" to make it seem intentional and meta. Patrick Scott Lewis in Zodiac actually had indigestion during one scene – him holding his stomach was kept in as director David Fincher thought it made his fear seem more realistic. "I just thought, that seemed so real that somebody would actually kinda [have] a moment of indigestion when they see a guy in a black hood and a .45 automatic," Fincher said in the commentary. helicopter crash in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was not meant to happen. It really did accidentally crash and burst into was caught on film. So, they decided they might as well use it. cat Don Corleone creepily (yet iconically) pets in The Godfather was not in the script. Director Francis Ford Coppola spotted the stray on set and handed it to Marlon Brando (who loved animals) for the scene. In fact, it almost ruined multiple takes from purring too loudly. one from The Godfather — Lenny Montana was so terrified to act alongside Marlon Brando that he tripped up on his lines in the scene where his character Luca Brasi greets Don Corleone. Coppola saw this and decided to make his anxiety a part of his character, adding in an additional scene in which Brasi practices greeting Don Corleone. This made Brasi far more layered and memorable. to the commentary for American Beauty, the remote control car hitting Carolyn was a complete accident — but it was so perfect it ended up in the film. finally, the swastika falling in Inglourious Basterds was accidental — the fire burned wayyy hotter than expected and caused it to fall.
