71 actor Jack O’Connell says Angelina Jolie film Unbroken his biggest challenge
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- Published on Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:21
- Written by The National
Jack O’Connell, 24, is a hot property right now. Following his much-acclaimed performance earlier this year in the angry prison drama Starred Up, now he is receiving rave reviews for his part in director Yann Demange’s high-octane debut 71, which screened this week at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. And then there’s his highly anticipated role in director Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken later this year.The rising young star says he’s not letting all the attention go to his head – he just thinks about what’s next and how he can do the best possible job. “Otherwise I’d just be a one-trick pony. I just got to look forward,” he says.In 71, O’Connell plays Gary Hook, a British soldier lost in the streets of Belfast. For the half-English, half-Irish actor, Northern Ireland’s decades of unrest are a very real part of his family history.“I had to know that the film wasn’t going to try and point fingers and take a biased view on anything, nor portray anyone either side of the divide unfairly,” he said.He even considered joining the military as a teen. “I thought there was an honor in it and I still believe that,” he said.
Luckily for film lovers, O’Connell turned to acting instead and his role in Jolie’s Unbroken, due for release around Christmas, could firmly establish him in Hollywood. O’Connell plays former U S Olympic distance runner Louis Zamperini, who enlisted in the U S Air Force during WWII, where he was shot down over the Pacific and spent two years as a Japanese prisoner of war. He had to lose a lot of weight for the very physical role.O’Connell says he found the experience “maturing”.“It made a man out of me and it broke me, contrary to the title,” he said.The actor described Zamperini, who he met before his death in July at age 97, as a “most extraordinary human being”.“He was so humble,” he added. “He never once considered himself anything extraordinary at all.”O’Connell said Unbroken was his big biggest challenge to date because he was “under the command of one of the most famous people on the planet” – director Jolie.“I think the more I focused on the enormity of the whole project, the more it felt beyond me,” he said.Unbroken is set for U S release December 25, reaching UK cinemas on December 26.
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Watch Angelina Jolie Fly in a Bonus Feature from Maleficent
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- Published on Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:47
- Written by Coming soon
Following an impressive $757 million at the worldwide box office, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is bringing home Maleficent on November 4 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. ComingSoon.net today has your first look at a bonus feature in which they show how Angelina Jolie flew in the film!The anticipated release also includes deleted scenes and special features such as Aurora: Becoming A Beauty," "From Fairy Tale To Feature Film, "Building An Epic Battle," "Classic Couture," and "Maleficent Revealed." From Disney comes Maleficent - the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal - an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
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Angelina Jolie goes blonde with a retro wig as Brad Pitt comforts her on set of By The Sea in Malta
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- Published on Thursday, 30 October 2014 05:24
- Written by Daily Mail
They've been filming their new movie By The Sea in Malta, only taking a break to get married in late August in a gorgeous French wedding.And now the first pictures have emerged of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie shooting their highly anticipated love story.The Hollywood power couple were spotted filming on Wednesday a tense scene on the idyllic island with Brad offering a comforting embrace to his real-life bride as she stayed in character.The handsome 50-year-old pulled Angelina into his chest for an embrace as a camera operator captured each and every tender moment.The Fury star wore a crisp fedora, a white button down, and chinos for the scene along with a dapper moustache.His 39-year-old wife sported a retro look in a flowy white dress and mustard coloured scarf as her hair featured bangs and a lighter tint.Angelina is directing the film, which she wrote, and is starring alongside Brad who she married on August 23 in France.The Girl, Interrupted star could be seen directing action for her crew, setting up shots, and managing her team.Their shooting schedule in march is a self-described working honeymoon for the busy pair. Speaking to USA Today, the Brad recently said, 'Yeah, it was our choice. It's been fun. It's been challenging but really fun.'The film is written and directed by Angelina, and is her and Brad's first project together since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005 - the film which saw them falling in love both and off screen.It documents the challenge a longtime married couple face as they go on vacation throughout Europe in the 1970s.Speaking about the project to US TV show Extra, newlywed Angelina said of the project, 'It's the kind of movie we love but aren't often cast in. It's a very experimental, independent-type film where we get to be actors together and be really raw, open, try things.'
Brad Pitt recently described his wedding as 'amazing'.The Fury star admits their relationship feels even more secure since they tied the knot.Asked about their intimate nuptials, the 50-year-old star told Good Morning America, on Friday: 'It was an amazing day and I think there's an added security that comes with it.'Despite being very happy in his personal life, the heartthrob admits he was left feeling exhausted and traumatised for some time after filming his new World War II drama.He told E! News: 'I've always heard these stories of actors having a hard time shaking a role. It was true this time.'We were really embedded with this one. I think the biggest challenge was when the film starts...they're three-and-a-half years into the war.'He added: 'They've been through Africa, they've been through France, they've been through Belgium, now they're deep into Germany, and to feel that exhaustion, the years of just psychic trauma...I think we got that [feeling, too].'Meanwhile, Pitt and Jolie tied the knot in August on the urging of their children, Maddox, 13, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, eight, and six-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.And their father said the brood is thrilled that the union is now official.He recently told People, 'They like it. They like it.'All six children were very much a part of the nuptials that took place at Chateau Miraval in the South of France on August 23.Jolie wore a floor length white dress with a veil that had the drawings of her little ones on it.'The children wrote vows and asked us to make promises to each other,' said the Malificent actress. 'It was very sweet what they came up with.
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Coldplay Recorded New Song 'Miracles' for Angelina Jolie's Movie 'Unbroken'!
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- Published on Sunday, 02 November 2014 09:45
- Written by Just Jared
It was just revealed that the band Coldplay has recorded a song for Angelina Jolie‘s upcoming movie Unbroken! “Band just finished beautiful new song Miracles for the epic #Unbrokenmovie, directed by Angelina Jolie. PH” manager turned creative director Phil Harvey tweeted from the Coldplay account.The song will reportedly play when the credits are rolling.Unbroken is set to hit theaters in the USA on Christmas Day – be sure to check it out. It stars Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson, and more.
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Two posters for Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken
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- Published on Sunday, 19 October 2014 10:30
- Written by Flickering Myth
Following on from the arrival of the latest trailer , two new posters have been released for Angelina Jolie’s upcoming survival drama Unbroken, which we have for you here…Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s (“Seabiscuit: An American Legend“) enormously popular book, Unbroken brings to the big screen Zamperini’s unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.Starring alongside O’Connell are Domhnall Gleeson and Finn Wittrock as Phil and Mac—the airmen with whom Zamperini endured perilous weeks adrift in the open Pacific—Garrett Hedlund and John Magaro as fellow POWs who find an unexpected camaraderie during their internment, Alex Russell as Zamperini’s brother, Pete, and in his English-language feature debut, Japanese actor Miyavi as the brutal camp guard known only to the men as “The Bird.” Unbroken is set for a Christmas Day release in the States, and is currently slated to open here in the UK on January 16th 2015.
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