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  • In his latest film, The King’s Speech, COLIN FIRTH plays George VI, the reluctant British monarch who overcame a debilitating stammer with the help of unconventional Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush. Firth talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about the challenges of depicting a stammer on screen and the mystery of playing a royal. MMM: Your journey was almost the reverse of the film because you had to learn how to...

    Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

    In his latest film, The King’s Speech, COLIN FIRTH plays George VI, the reluctant British monarch who overcame a debilitating stammer with the help of unconventional Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush. Firth talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about the challenges of depicting a stammer on screen and the mystery of playing a royal. MMM: Your journey was almost the reverse of the film because you had to learn how to...

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  • British director TOM HOOPER’S latest film, The King’s Speech, tells the story of King George VI’s relationship with unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue, and the pair’s struggle to overcome the King’s stammer. Starring Colin Firth as George VI and Geoffrey Rush as Logue, the film has already attracted an enormous amount of awards buzz, with talk of Oscars and BAFTAs on the cards. Film journalist Jan Gilbert caught up with Hooper to talk about the...

    Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech

    British director TOM HOOPER’S latest film, The King’s Speech, tells the story of King George VI’s relationship with unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue, and the pair’s struggle to overcome the King’s stammer. Starring Colin Firth as George VI and Geoffrey Rush as Logue, the film has already attracted an enormous amount of awards buzz, with talk of Oscars and BAFTAs on the cards. Film journalist Jan Gilbert caught up with Hooper to talk about the...

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  • MATT DAMON, star of the Bourne franchise, joins British director Paul Greengrass for their third movie together, Green Zone, a conspiracy thriller set during the Iraq war. Damon chats about working with real soldiers, working with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker), and why he won’t be taking time out anytime soon. MMM: What was the appeal of Green Zone? Damon: It seemed to me such fertile ground to make a film. Once we had Rajiv...

    Matt Damon (actor) – Green Zone

    MATT DAMON, star of the Bourne franchise, joins British director Paul Greengrass for their third movie together, Green Zone, a conspiracy thriller set during the Iraq war. Damon chats about working with real soldiers, working with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker), and why he won’t be taking time out anytime soon. MMM: What was the appeal of Green Zone? Damon: It seemed to me such fertile ground to make a film. Once we had Rajiv...

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  • British director PAUL GREENGRASS hooks up with Bourne star Matt Damon on their third movie together, Green Zone. Greengrass talks to Movie Mundo about breathless camera work, Iraq movies at the box office, and what Bush and Blair would make of Green Zone. MMM: Why did you feel this particular project was right for your third on-screen collaboration with Matt Damon? Greengrass: After the Bourne Supremacy I wanted to do a film about 9/11 and...

    Paul Greengrass (director) – Green Zone

    British director PAUL GREENGRASS hooks up with Bourne star Matt Damon on their third movie together, Green Zone. Greengrass talks to Movie Mundo about breathless camera work, Iraq movies at the box office, and what Bush and Blair would make of Green Zone. MMM: Why did you feel this particular project was right for your third on-screen collaboration with Matt Damon? Greengrass: After the Bourne Supremacy I wanted to do a film about 9/11 and...

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  • AMY CARSON was a Music student at Cambridge University when she landed the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Branagh’s update of the 1791 opera sets the action during the First World War and stars Carson as Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. When Pamina is kidnapped, the task of rescuing her falls to a young soldier named Tamino and his sidekick Papageno. Carson chats to film...

    Amy Carson (singer-actor) – The Magic Flute

    AMY CARSON was a Music student at Cambridge University when she landed the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Branagh’s update of the 1791 opera sets the action during the First World War and stars Carson as Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. When Pamina is kidnapped, the task of rescuing her falls to a young soldier named Tamino and his sidekick Papageno. Carson chats to film...

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  • Oscar-nominated actor-director KENNETH BRANAGH is well known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and As You Like It. But now he’s bringing Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute to the big screen. He talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about French airfields, the challenges of opera, and working with Stephen Fry. MMM: What drew you to adapt The Magic Flute for the cinema? Branagh: I woke up one morning...

    Kenneth Branagh (director) – The Magic Flute

    Oscar-nominated actor-director KENNETH BRANAGH is well known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and As You Like It. But now he’s bringing Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute to the big screen. He talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about French airfields, the challenges of opera, and working with Stephen Fry. MMM: What drew you to adapt The Magic Flute for the cinema? Branagh: I woke up one morning...

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  • SAM WORTHINGTON (Terminator Salvation) and ZOE SALDANA (Star Trek) talk about seeing their avatars for the first time, keeping up with writer-director James Cameron, and rehearsing in rainforests. MMM: What was it like seeing the Avatar versions of yourselves for the first time? Saldana: It blew my mind. Jim would always incorporate us in the process of the results that we would get from Weta [effects specialists] and all the other companies we were working...

    Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana (actors) – Avatar

    SAM WORTHINGTON (Terminator Salvation) and ZOE SALDANA (Star Trek) talk about seeing their avatars for the first time, keeping up with writer-director James Cameron, and rehearsing in rainforests. MMM: What was it like seeing the Avatar versions of yourselves for the first time? Saldana: It blew my mind. Jim would always incorporate us in the process of the results that we would get from Weta [effects specialists] and all the other companies we were working...

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  • JAMES CAMERON chats about the politics of Avatar,his deep sea inspirations, and reuniting with Aliens star Sigourney Weaver. Now Avatar’s finally out there, how do you feel? Cameron: So relieved! We can hold our heads high that we got the picture done on time by the skin of our teeth. It’s been a very lengthy process. It’s really just a huge relief to let people see it and stop talking about it. You worked with...

    James Cameron (writer-director) – Avatar

    JAMES CAMERON chats about the politics of Avatar,his deep sea inspirations, and reuniting with Aliens star Sigourney Weaver. Now Avatar’s finally out there, how do you feel? Cameron: So relieved! We can hold our heads high that we got the picture done on time by the skin of our teeth. It’s been a very lengthy process. It’s really just a huge relief to let people see it and stop talking about it. You worked with...

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  • SIGOURNEY WEAVER chats about teaming up with James Cameron for the first time since Aliens, youthful avatars, and the changing face of acting. MMM: What was it like seeing the Avatar version of yourself for the first time? Weaver: We all had renderings of our Avatars when we were doing our performance capture and for me Grace had such a haunting face. I think because her human life is so guarded and armoured that the...

    Sigourney Weaver (actress) – Avatar

    SIGOURNEY WEAVER chats about teaming up with James Cameron for the first time since Aliens, youthful avatars, and the changing face of acting. MMM: What was it like seeing the Avatar version of yourself for the first time? Weaver: We all had renderings of our Avatars when we were doing our performance capture and for me Grace had such a haunting face. I think because her human life is so guarded and armoured that the...

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