Hollywood is filled with the what-could-have-beens...Tom Selleck as Indy, Dougray Scott as Wolverine, Nicolas Cage as Superman. And with an eye towards a galaxy far, far away, don't forget Ryan Phillippe as Anakin Skywalker, at the time one of the most aggressively pursued roles in Hollywood.
Of course, the winning candidate was Hayden Christensen, but Phillippe -- soon to be seen in this weekend's "Stop-Loss" -- confirmed to MTV News that he nearly had the part, making it so far as to meet with George Lucas and Queen Amidala herself. "I read with Natalie Portman," the actor revealed. "I think it was sort of an age thing in their mind. It wasn't quite right, but yeah, they were interested." Watch the video below for more, and then click here for the rest of our chat.
Actually, "The Other Boleyn Girl" stars admit, booty-shaking in period costume isn't as sexy as you'd imagine. Watch them discuss that very topic in the video below, and then click here to see them chat up who does the best Woody Allen impression, Scarlett's new singing career, and how they totally dig each other.
Whether re-makes, re-imaginings and sequels are worth their time and effort is a battle that has raged among movie fans ever since D.W. Griffith decided to cash in on the success of "Birth of a Nation" with 1916's "Fall of a Nation." Yep, they've been around that long.
Every actor has to make up their own mind on how they feel about such matters, and one of our favorites is Natalie Portman, who has some interesting thoughts on the matter.
"When something works you don't touch it," Portman explained to us recently. "You try to create something new that's positive." (If you want more Natalie, our full "Rough Cut" interview with Portman is viewable here.
As such, she insisted that she'll never star in a long-rumored sequel to her first film, the ass-kicking classic "The Professional." "I really love that film," she added. "And I would work with [director] Luc Besson again, in a second, but [not on a sequel]." Read more...
You clubbers out there probably already know the Soulja Boy Dance, the latest hip-hop-flavored move sweeping the nation, but a few of us are still in the dark. Case in point, Natalie Portman, who got an impromtu lesson from Soulja Boy himself during a visit to TRL to promote her new film, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium." In the following clip, witness the magic of Natalie cranking it up and getting her groove on. And if you want more Natalie, our full "Rough Cut" interview with the actress is viewable here.
Any day that brings news on Wallace and Gromit is already a good day, but add in Guillermo Del Toro and Natalie Portman and, well, if this isn't nice, what is? Also news on Vin Diesel and Kevin Dillon below.
- A new Wallace and Gromit short film coming next year! (Wallace and Gromit)
- 4-tune smiles on Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, who are both set to star in 4th "Fast and the Furious" flick. 4-get it. This is ridiculous. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Natalie Portman joins Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in "Brothers." (Hollywood Elsewhere)
- Guillermo Del Toro tackling H.P. Lovecraft’s "At the Mountains of Madness" (Latino Review)
- Kevin Dillon brings his entourage to ancient Greece to star in Nation Lampoon's spoof film "301." (Variety)
What do you get when you mix a gleeful Natalie Portman, a disbelieving Jason Bateman and a multicolored, magical toy shop-owning Dustin Hoffman? Thankfully, we have "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" to answer that nagging question. The flick rolls out November 17; watch the trailer below.
