BOTH FILMS INCLUDE AN ALL-NEW SNEAK PEEK OF CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2019) AND HOURS OF FUN ARCHIVAL SPECIAL FEATURES
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000) Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu star as the captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts. When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley (Bill Murray), set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE The “Angels”, three investigative agents (Barrymore, Diaz and Liu) who work for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency, return for another high-octane series of adventures as they investigate the theft of a database of witness protection profiles, after five of the people on the list are murdered. They’re aided by a new Bosley (Bernie Mac), in an adventure which pits them against a “fallen angel” (Moore), their old nemesis, the Thin Man (Glover), and others. BONUS MATERIALS CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000)
Special Features on 4K Ultra HD
ALL-NEW: Sneak peek at the new 2019 Charlie’s Angels film with an extended clip from the film
Theatrical Trailer
Special Features on Blu-ray:
Commentary with Director McG and Cinematographer Russell Carpenter
Six Featurettes
Bloopers
Deleted Scenes
Music Videos
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
Special Features on Blu-ray:
ALL-NEW: Sneak peek at the new 2019 Charlie’s Angels film with an extended clip from the film
Telestrator Commentary with Director McG
Writer’s Commentary
Angel-Vision Trivia Track
Full Throttle: The Cars of Charlie’s Angels
Dream Duds: Costuming an Angel
Angels Makeover: Hansen Dam
Designing Angels: The Look of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Learn Why: There’s No Such Thing As a “Short Shot”, Only an Overworked Producer
Music Video: Pink Featuring William Orbit “Feel Good Time”
Cameo-Graphy
Turning Angels into Pussycats Dolls
Rolling with the Punches
XXX-Treme Angels
Full Throttle Jukebox
Angel Scouts: A Look Into the Gorgeous Locations
Theatrical Trailer
CAST AND CREW CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000) Director: McG Executive Producers: Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping, Joseph M. Caracciolo Producers: Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen Written By: Ryan Rowe & Ed Solomon and John August Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Billy Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch, John Forsythe
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE Director: McG Executive Producers: Jenno Topping, Patrick Crowley Producers: Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen Story by: John August Screenplay By: John August and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick and Demi Moore SPECS CHARLIE’S ANGELS is presented on 4K UHD in full 4K resolution—via an all-new scan from its original camera negative—and includes both an exclusive Dolby Atmos audio track and the original theatrical 5.1 audio Run Time: 98 minutes Rating: Rated PG-13 for action violence, innuendo and some sensuality/nudity.
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE Blu-ray includes both the Theatrical and Unrated versions of the film Run Time: 106 minutes Rating: PG-13 for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo.
Director Will Glueck takes a classic 1982 film and brings it into the 21st century with all the star-power and modern day finesse imaginable, as we travel the road of orphan/turned foster kid in 2014’s version of ANNIE!
When we meet Annie (played by the youngest Academy Award nominee EVER for best actress in 2014, Quvenzhané Wallis) she is trying to make her way on the streets of New York City in hopes of catching a glimpse of her parents at the restaurant Domani. When once again her parents don’t arrive at the restaurant, Annie is forced to return to her foster home and to her mean and evil Foster Mom, Ms. Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). Even though she loves being with her foster sisters Tessie, Mia, Issabella, and Pepper, Annie continues to search for her parents, as she knows it is only a matter of time before they come to get her. During one of her excursions around town, she is saved from being hit by Mayoral Candidate and business tycoon Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), whose campaign manager Guy (Bobby Cannavale) sees lots of opportunities with using Annie in their campaign, after the video of Stacks pulling Annie from the street – just in the nick of time – goes viral. When Stacks VP Grace (Rose Byrne) invites Annie to come stay with Stacks for a few weeks, as his campaign against the incumbent mayor is heating up, Annie finds that a world filled with privilege – and an awesome new dog named Sandy – plus the father figure she has been longing for her whole life, might just be the right fit for her after all….
I absolutely loved the 1982 version of this film, so I have to admit going in I was a little bit skeptical of this remake. But as remakes go, Glueck did a superb job of tweaking the story just right by adding a few new songs and plot twists, making this film fresh and new. Annie this time around is sassier, more worldly, and as always, very entertaining – as Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis is absolutely perfect in this role. And how can you not love seeing Jamie Foxx dance and sing – as I had forgotten how well he really does sing since DREAMGIRLS – and who doesn’t love Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale this time around too, as they are perfectly cast in their respective roles. The only role I wasn’t totally sold on was Cameron Diaz playing Ms. Hannigan. I love Cameron, but her playing the mean spirited Foster Mom didn’t work for me at all – Don’t worry Carol Burnett, Cameron didn’t outplay your most memorable part ever, so you will always be Ms. Hannigan in my eyes, but as movies go, and even remakes for that matter, ANNIE is a definite must see for your family this Holiday Season! You will once again be touched by the little girl with big dreams and a big heart as a new generation is brought to tears – including my 14 year old at the advanced screening she joined me for – and even though it has been getting really bad reviews, personally, I really did enjoy it – whether it’s the mother in me, or the musical lover in me, whatever it was doesn’t really matter –I found it very entertaining. This ANNIE will touch viewers both young and old – just like the Original did – and you can take my word on that!!
Pictured (left to right): Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Gwyneth Paltrow, Annette Bening, Elizabeth Wiatt, Crystal Lourd, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and Deborah Nadoolman Landis.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted a private luncheon and viewing of the current exhibition, Hollywood Costume, on Wednesday, October 8, at the Wilshire May Company building – future home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The luncheon was hosted by Academy Governor Annette Bening, Crystal Lourd, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Elizabeth Wiatt.
WAMG attended the press preview in September. Taking five years to create, this must-see exhibition is the kickoff for the whole Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Emphasizing how costumes are so important in creating characters, this one-of-a-kind exhibition comes with its own film score, enhanced with dazzling animations and screenplay excerpts.
See our photos and and a look at the Academy’s museum HERE.
The event was generously supported by W magazine and Bang & Olufsen. Guests in attendance included:
Cheryl Boone Isaacs – Academy President Dawn Hudson – Academy CEO Deborah Nadoolman Landis – Costume Designer, Curator, Hollywood Costume Annette Bening – Actress, Academy Governor Crystal Lourd – VIP Relations Director, Tom Ford Gwyneth Paltrow – Oscar-winning Actress Elizabeth Wiatt – Philanthropist Rosanna Arquette – Actress Milena Canonero – Costume Designer, “Marie Antoinette” Cameron Diaz – Actress Monique Lhullier – Designer Lori Loughlin – Actress Judianna Makovsky– Costume Designer, “The Hunger Games” Jessica Seinfeld – Author Hilary Swank – Oscar-winning Actress Rachel Zoe – Stylist
If you’re in LA, check out the exhibition and events. View the schedule HERE.
Hollywood Costume is on view October 2, 2014 – March 2, 2015. Visit www.oscars.org/hc for more information.
Time to “stick out your chin and grin and say…” The new poster for Sony Pictures’ upcoming movie ANNIE was revealed today.
Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.
Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.
A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy ANNIE.
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards. Celia Costas and Alicia Emmrich serve as Executive Producers. The screenplay is by Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the musical stage play “Annie.”
We’re just past the Summer mid-point and the tide of rated R for “raunchy” feature films rolls on. So far, we’ve gotten a visit from Melissa McCarthy with TAMMY and Seth McFarlane starring in (not just his voice like TED) A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST. We started early in May with the team captain of the Apatow squad, Seth Rogan in the hit NEIGHBORS. And we’ve even had a sequel with the return of Joanh and Channing in 22 JUMP STREET. This new flick is unique, because it’s more of a reunion than sequel. Three years ago director Jake Kasdan (ORANGE COUNTY) teamed with Jason Segal (another member of the Apatow frat) and Cameron Diaz (co-star of that milestone of “R” comedy hits, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) for the box office hit BAD TEACHER. Now there’s a sequel in the works for that and it inspired a short-lived TV series earlier this year (much toned down, of course). Now the trio’s back together for the very different, but still very adult, SEX TAPE. Can the flick live up to that oh-so naughty title? Let’s pop it in and press play…
As the film begins, Annie (Diaz) is typing away at the hit “mommy-centered” blog that she created, wistfully remembering those college days of constant love-making with Jay (Segal). But it seems that once they settled down, married, and started a family things have cooled off considerably in the boudoir. They still love each other, but they can’t quite co-ordinate things. During a typical hectic morning, they try to get their two kids ready for school. Jay will drop them off on the way to his dream job at a big radio station (and the perks: free concerts and brand new ipads so he can give away the old ones as gifts to friends and family). Annie’s off to a meeting with the head of a big toy company, Hank (Rob Lowe), who wants to buy her blog. The meeting goes so well, that Annie decides to celebrate. When Jay gets home, a barely clothed Annie reveals that the kids are staying overnight at her parents (much to Jay’s delight). But things aren’t going as well as they hoped. Then Annie hatches a plan! After numerous shots of tequilla, they’ll recreate all the positions from their battered old copy of “The Joy of Sex”, and tape it with Jay’s new ipad. The happy and hung over duo wake up the next morning and plan their son’s fourth grade graduation party. After the party, disaster strikes. Jay gets a text from an unknown number thanking him for the sex video. The shock continues as Jay realizes that his ipad shared the file with all the old ipads he gave out as gifts. He and Annie spend most of the night frantically tracking down the ipads in order to save their reputations and prevent the blog deal from being squelched. And who sent that text?!
Diaz once again displays her exceptional comedic skills. She can handle a pratfall with ease and switch gears almost immediately to go into full blonde bombshell mode. Adding to her repertoire in this outing is her slow angry burn that smolders into full exasperation. Diaz has a most comfortable chemistry with Segal who excels at slapstick especially in a manic chase with an angry dog. He’s ecstatic when he believes that he’s alluded the snarling beast, but quickly changes to panic as the pup reveals another skill (he may be part feline since he seems to have nine lives). Poor Jay is literally put through the ringer, with wounds that don’t heal completely in the following scene. Over all, Segal still projects a child-like quality that inspires us to root for him as he faces every challenge. Just like Lucy and Ricky had Ethel and Fred, Annie and Jay have their own best couple pals in the wonderful Ellie Kemper and Rob Corddry as long-time, bored marrieds Tess and Robby whose own marriage gets a shot of excitement from their friends’ predicament. But as terrific as the whole cast is, the movie’s MVP may be Lowe as the wealthy goofball that is very happy to expose his wild side to the shocked couple. His joyful silliness is most infectious. I’d love to see a spin-off/sequel all about this billionaire doofus.
Director Kasdan keeps the energy level high right from the start with the expert physical hijinks of the college years. We wonder if Annie and Jay fit in all their classes in between their nearly non-stop bedroom gymnastics. Later the sequence at Hank’s estate piles on the gags particularly with Hank’s odd art collection. This may be thanks to the surprisingly clever script by Kasdan, star Segal, Nicholas Stoller, and Kate Angelo. Unfortunately they seem to have the same difficulty as many other comedy writers in coming up with a strong final act. A surprise guest comedy superstar enlivens things a bit, but the film doesn’t quite know when to stop. Just as we believe the final fade-out is on the way, here comes another bit of business. But even though they have trouble making a graceful exit, there’s still plenty of great laughs and inspired performances (thanks again, Mr. Lowe!) that make SEX TAPE one of this Summer’s most consistently hilarious flicks.
WAMG has your passes for the upcoming film, SEX TAPE.
Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) are a married couple still very much in love, but ten years and two kids have cooled the passion. To get it back, they decide – why not? – to make a video of themselves trying out every position in THE JOY OF SEX in one marathon three-hour session.
It seems like a great idea, until they discover that their most private video has gone public. In a panic, they begin a wild night of adventure – tracking down leads, roping in friends, duping Annie’s boss – all to reclaim their video, their reputation, their sanity, and, most importantly, their marriage.
Directed by Jake Kasdan, SEX TAPE opens in theaters on July 18.
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SEX TAPE has been rated R by the MPAA for the following reasons: STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT, NUDITY, LANGUAGE AND SOME DRUG USE.
In theaters December 19th, here’s the brand new trailer for ANNIE.
Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz).
But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.
A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy, ANNIE.
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards.
In the all new 20th Century Fox comedy THE OTHER WOMAN directer Nick Cassavetes takes a new approach to the classic cheater story that we’ve all seen before… but does it work?
Carly (Cameron Diaz) is a strong, independent New Yorker lawyer who has finally traded in her little black book for Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a handsome, well dressed man who has swept her off her feet. She seems to have everything going for her… until she accidentally meets Mark’s wife Kate (Leslie Mann). With nowhere else to go Kate tracks down Carly, and the two slowly turn their pain into an unlikely friendship, that turns into a trio after discovering a third woman in the mix. Together Carly, Kate, and now Amber (Kate Upton) team up to teach Mark a lesson once and for all, and exact revenge on their three-timing man.
First, this film needs to be taken for what it is – a comedic chick flick that sets out to empower women. This isn’t one of those movies with a hidden message, everything is laid out for the audience. The film takes a light-hearted approach at holding the cheating party, rather than the unknowing mistress accountable. All too often anger is aimed at the wrong person, and this film sets out to point that out. It’s also about friendship, and the rare bond that the girls form under a devastating circumstance. Mostly, it’s just one of those films that you go to with your girlfriends for a good laugh.
Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann have an incredible chemistry together. Both are no strangers to comedy, and it shows. Their scenes together are what carry this film. I was also quite impressed with Kate Upton. Not only is her character likable, but she holds her own with Diaz and Mann… in her first film! That is quite an achievement. I think Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (‘Game Of Thrones’) also deserves some credit. Not only was his character put through the ringer, but he plays a convincing womanizer in this film. He paired nicely with the ladies, and complimented them well.
Despite the girls bringing the laughs, the story could have been a little stronger. I feel like it was only secondary to the comedy. Diaz, Mann, and Upton’s interactions, jokes, and physical comedy took center stage, while the story of adultery and betrayal faded into the background until the last fourth of the movie where they start to take their revenge. I don’t expect a deep, meaningful script, but I would like a little more than laughs to carry this film. If this story is really about friendship, then a few more heartfelt moments between the girls would have been nice to see. Also, I think they should have concentrated a bit more on Mark’s financial deviancy, and making him even more unlikeable. This would have, at least for me, made the last part of their revenge a little more enjoyable. It also went a little too slapstick towards the end, which doesn’t mesh with the tone of the first half of the movie. These women are funny enough on their own. For example, they don’t have to show Mark’s reaction to laxatives as it’s happening. Instead, they could have simply implied his bathroom ordeal, rather than showing his freak out on the toilet. At least then it would have fit with the comedic tone of first half of the film.
Even though there are problems with the story, THE OTHER WOMAN is still a fun, lighthearted film to go see with your friends. Oh, and ladies… if you want to bring a date with you just, tell them “that guy from ‘Game Of Thrones’ is in it. You’re welcome.
In THE OTHER WOMAN, the all new 20th Century Fox comedy, three women form a bond after they find out that they are all sleeping with the same man. Rather than getting mad at each other, they form an unlikely friendship, and together they set out to settle the score with their three timing lover to make sure that he learns his lesson…
Last week WAMG sat down with stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Taylor Kinney in a small press conference moderated by Giuliana Rancic to talk about cheating, soul mates, and horse whips. Check it out below!
After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.
We’ll start with the ladies… I was saying that I loved this movie so much because it’s called THE OTHER WOMAN, so you’re thinking that it’s about the relationship about a man and the different women, but really, ultimately, it’s about a friendship. Friendships that develop amongst three women that you would never, in a million years, see happen. Is that one of the things that drew you all to the script, and to this project? Cameron, would you like to start?
CAMERON DIAZ : Sure. Yeah, absolutely. I felt that this was such a unique film. When Julie Yorn, the producer, came to me with the idea for Melissa Stack, the screenwriter, to write the script I though it sounded like a great idea. There’s nothing else out there like that. Usually when it’s a story about three women who are all involved with the same man it usually ends in somebody’s eyeballs being scratched out, and some weaves being snatched off. [Laughs] We decided that that wasn’t the story that we wanted to tell, and we didn’t really want to focus either… we didn’t want it to be a story about revenge. We wanted it to be a story about utilizing the commonality of the three of them having a relationship with the same man to be a catalyst to bring them together, because otherwise, like you said, these three women would not know one another otherwise. It’s not only a story of friendship, and women, and how we support one another, and how we are there for one another, but it also shows us how different these women are. They each have their own strengths, and their own weaknesses, and those strengths and weaknesses help each one of them in their own way. They actually empower one another because of those strengths and weaknesses.
LESLIE MANN : We help each other learn, and grow.
KATE UPTON : Yeah, and I know that in my life, my girlfriends are one of the most important relationships that I have… from going through the good times and the bad times. It was a really amazing script because i think it really shows that it’s true in real life.
LESLIE MANN : And, it’s written by a woman… [Laughs]
KATE UPTON : … so, automatically it’s better.
LESLIE MANN : … so, it’s better… [Laughs] It seems like a lot of the other movies with the same kind of idea have been written by men, and maybe directed by men… not that that’s a bad thing. They like to perpetuate this idea of women fighting over them [laughs] and get us into believing that that is what we are supposed to do. So, it’s nice. It’s refreshing to have this new twist on it.
It is empowering. I felt very empowered in the movie. I think we’re so quick when something like this happens in our lives – whatever degree it is… maybe not to the degree that it happens in the movie… but, we feel the need to immediately blame the woman even though she’s probably in the dark half the time, and it’s really the man [nods toward Nikolaj] that we should be looking at…
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : What does it tell us about these women? They all fall for this kind of man. [Laughs]
CAMERON DIAZ : That he’s really good! That he’s really good at what he does! [Laughs]
I wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions. I’ll start with you Nikolaj. In ‘Game Of Thrones’ you definitely come up against some fierce enemies. How does that compare to what you go through in this movie? Especially in the end… you go through quite a bit.
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : Yeah. They take their revenge, you know. All he did was – he wanted to give them pleasure. [Laughs]
CAMERON DIAZ : Oh, this is how this is going? [Laughs]
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : No. I mean, it doesn’t really compare. I think he’s a real prick, and he gets what he deserves. No question about it.
How was it working with these women?
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : It was amazing! I mean, all three girls were amazing. Leslie, Cameron, they are very brilliant actresses. They’ve done this for a long time, and they have impeccable timing. They both like to, how do you say, keep the scene open as long as possible to come up with ideas, and I really had to stay on my toes to keep up with them, and try not to get in their way. I learned a lot from them. I have to say, Kate… [to Kate] Is this your first movie? [Kate nods] I’m just absolutely amazed at how she pulled it off, cause it’s not easy playing the naive, young, what do you call it? To play that character. It’s difficult. I don’t know how to say what I was saying without sounding stupid…
CAMERON DIAZ : You have to be really smart to play that dumb! [Laughs] Amber [Kate’s character] wasn’t dumb, she was…
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : So, yeah. It was a real thrill to meet them.
LESLIE MANN : It was a thrill for me too, because I was super excited to make out with the hot guy from ‘Game Of Thrones’ [Laughs] because I’ve been married for seventeen years, and I was like “Yes!” [Laughs]. You know how people say… actors say “Yeah, it’s really technical, and the sex scenes… they’re just so technical. It’s like work, you know. It’s not…” and I’m like “That’s bullshit! [Laughs] That’s such bullshit!”. So, anyway I was really excited, if you [To Nikolaj] don’t mind me telling this story. I was so exited to make out with him, and then we did the kissing scene, and he’s got this scruff, and I got, you know, red… but not just red. I had broken out into full hives! They thought that maybe it was his aftershave, or something…
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : It was just me.
LESLIE MANN : … so they made him wash his face, and we did it again, and I broke out into hives again!
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : It didn’t happen with Cameron, though.[Laughs]
LESLIE MANN : But, I was so bummed!
CAMERON DIAZ : I have a sturdy constitution. [Laughs]
LESLIE MANN : I finished the job. I go the job done, because I’m a professional.
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : You did. You did. You were very professional.
You were a professional. And Taylor…
TAYLOR KINNEY : I think the most exciting part, or challenging… I remember working with Leslie and trying to keep a straight face. You’re in the middle of a scene, and she’ll just throw a curve ball, and then someone just laughs, and has to turn around, and you start going, and then I just would do [makes a serious face while trying to keep from laughing] so that she could keep going. Your head just goes, so it was a testament to her talent. It was great.
What did you think, Taylor, when you read this script for the first time?
TAYLOR KINNEY : I hope I get this. [Laughs] No, I loved it. It changed a lot. It evolved a lot. I know that with Melissa, and Nik, and the girls… there was a template, and then it just kind of evolved into what it is. I hope it turned out great. I didn’t see it yet.
Cameron, you were involved in petitioning the MPAA for this movie. How come, and how common is it for actors to get involved? What did you say to convince them to drop the rating down to PG-13?
CAMERON DIAZ : Um, I’m not certain how common it is for other actors to do it, but myself, and the studio of course, and the producers all felt very strongly that… Well, one, I have to say that I completely admire, and understand, and respect that there are guidelines in which we have to be under in order to get a certain rating. I appreciate the MPAA for what they do, and how they structure that. We just felt that it wasn’t a Rated R film. It was a PG-13 film, and we just felt very strongly about that. In the end, we got what we… we were able to plead the case that showed that, and they agreed as well.
Was there a specific thing that turned them around?
CAMERON DIAZ : I’m not certain because I don’t know why they voted it the way they did. All I know is that we went, and pled our case, and they gave it to us. We’re very grateful, and happy for that, because we really think that it is a PG-13 film. There’s nothing that, to us, feels like an R rated film in this movie.
LESLIE MANN : We just have the one ‘fuck’, right?
CAMERON DIAZ : Yeah. [Laughs]
LESLIE MANN : Just the one!
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : Is that all you get?
CAMERON DIAZ : You just get one for PG-13.
LESLIE MANN : You just get one.
KATE UPTON : It’s amazing that we only ended up with one after the whole, entire shoot!
LESLIE MANN : I know!
KATE UPTON : After our shoot, knowing what happened behind the scenes, it’s surprising to know that only one made it into the movie. [Laughs]
CAMERON DIAZ : There are plenty of opportunities.
I’m from the generation where we saw 9 TO 5, and this sort of reminded me of that. I was just wondering, for all of you, did you look at that film, or do you remember it? Which one of you is the Dolly Parton? Which is the Lily Tomlin? Which is the Jane Fonda? And [To Nikolaj] how did you like playing Dabney Coleman?
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : I loved it.
CAMERON DIAZ : 9 TO 5 is actually one of my favorite movies. I watched it a thousand times as a child. Literally a thousand times. My girlfriend had a VCR, and she had four movies, and that was one of them. We watched it constantly. That was something that I loved about this movie – was the same thing – where it was three women who would have never had come together for any other reason except they had this one thing in common, which was this common cause. That’s really a feeling that I wanted this movie to have. It was a huge influence for it, so…
You guys all did a fantastic job, but I have to single you out Leslie. You have played some spectacular drunks… [laughs] What is your secret? You’re married to a funny guy. What is that like?
LESLIE MANN : Well, I observe a lot of you drunk people at bars. [Laughs] I don’t know. I think that, what I do is I just let myself go there, and just fully commit to that drunk thing… cause I’ve never done that myself. [Laughs] I’ve had a lot of practice! I’ll just be honest. [Laughs] Thank you though.
For Nikolaj, I understand that during your scene with Ms. Upton she got a little ‘method’ on your ass… literally…
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : Yeah, she did! The scene was cut, and I thought the only way I could…
KATE UPTON : Ok, well let’s start off first with… I said that I didn’t feel comfortable with the scene and somebody [looking at Nikolaj] said that he was totally down for the scene. [Laughs]
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : Absolutely! Absolutely. I was fine with it. And, you know, I thought she did a terrific job. I’ve never seen colors that beautiful on my ass before. But yeah, it never made the cut, so I feel like we have to talk about it! I have to get something out of it. I still have it. I’m still walking with it. But, you know, it didn’t hurt that much. Well, it did when she hit me…
KATE UPTON : You had your hand taken off in ‘Game Of Thrones’… [Laughs] It was a bruise on your butt. What does that even mean? [Laughs]
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : You’re absolutely right! There was just something about the whole setup. It was so funny, and then those pictures… they looked… it was just funny. And Kate did exactly what she was told to do, and she did it full on, and she gave it her best. She’s a strong girl.
KATE UPTON : I’m a horseback rider. I know how to use a whip. [Laughs]
In the film you talk about soulmates. Can you each talk about whether you believe that there is one soulmate out there in your life, or if there are different ones out there throughout your life?
LESLIE MANN : Well, my therapist says [laughs] that because I’m like “It’s really hard”… “I’m having a… It’s really tough” and he’s like “But that means that you guys are meant to be together, to work out all of your problems together.” I’m like “Really? I thought your soul mate… You’re just supposed to be happy all of the time, but…” [Laughs] I think that…god… I guess Judd is my soulmate, cause we have a lot of hard times, but it’s great at times too, so maybe that means that he’s my soulmate? Maybe? [Laughs] I don’t know!
CAMERON DIAZ : Yes! I believe that there are many soulmates… cause my soul has a lot of different facets, and it needs a lot of different…
LESLIE MANN : …different men… [Laughs]… for every facet!
CAMERON DIAZ : I’m just sayin’, you know… But in friendships, too. You’re [to Leslie] one of my soulmates, and you’re [to Kate] one of my soulmates. Our souls are mates, and some parts of our souls are mates…
LESLIE MANN : Yeah!
KATE UPTON : And they found each other.
LESLIE MANN : That’s true!
CAMERON DIAZ : Friendships, I think, can also be soulmates.
You guys have a fun tackle scene in this film. How many times did you do it, and what was it like? What did you discover while working together?
CAMERON DIAZ : That I’m strong.
LESLIE MANN : We discovered that we have a fun chemistry, physically. Cameron’s got really long legs, and a shorter torso, and I have a really long torso, and shorter legs…
CAMERON DIAZ : So, her center of gravity is, like, really low… and I’m always kind of, like, up here teetering and tottering…
LESLIE MANN : We kind of discovered that our bodies…
CAMERON DIAZ : Her torso is, like, all torque. It’s kind of like… a combustion engine has torque… and it just, kind of, revs up. She just powers up, and she torques, and twerks, and twerks, and then all of a sudden she just explodes. I’m holding her, doing it, and I’m like ‘Ahhh!”, and then her leg locks around on me, and hocks in, and one hand is here, and then I pull it off, and then there’s another one here… [laughs] and then I pull that off. It just became, basically… like, you know ‘sticky balls’? Where you throw it on, and it just sticks. It kind of turned into that.
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : Who would win, though, if you guys were to…
CAMERON DIAZ : I don’t know. I think that we always got stopped before it got too far…
LESLIE MANN : Right?
CAMERON DIAZ : But it was funny, because in the script there was no physical comedy, sort of scripted… We just, sort of, started finding it in these little places. She would just basically hold on to me, and then I wouldd writhe in any way possible to try to get her off.
LESLIE MANN : … but you couldn’t get me off…
KATE UPTON : Cameron was also always wearing these huge stilettos, and like, a leather pencil skirt while…
CAMERON DIAZ : … or, a tiny bikini [laughs]. I was like “Excuse me guys, I’m gonna be… my ass is going to be facing this way, so do you mind, maybe, just standing over there during this take, cause something’s gonna happen?”
KATE UPTON : Yeah. It’s weird how many men went over that direction [laughs] as soon as that scene started happening.
CAMERON DIAZ : “What are you guys doing here?” “Uh, we’re holding the flag… ” No, we had a great time, and we had a great crew.
Whether reading the script, or while shooting the film was there any point where any of you felt any empathy toward the character of Mark?
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : I did. [Laughs] .
TAYLOR KINNEY : Yeah. I did. I felt bad for him.
CAMERON DIAZ : You felt bad for Nikolaj or for his character?
TAYLOR KINNEY : No. Yeah. Well… I remember reading that scene and just being glad that I wasn’t… getting whipped in the ass. No thanks! [laughs]
CAMERON DIAZ : … dangling from a contraption?
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : It was fun!
KATE UPTON : He could have said no! [Laughs]
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU : No?
CAMERON DIAZ : That was not the safe word! [Laughs]
The film is about friendship, but it does involve cheating. Have any of you been cheated on. and is there a moment in the film that you could relate to or had to draw back?
CAMERON DIAZ : [Sarcastically] That we had this cathartic moment where we’re like “Oh my god! I totally know how this feels!”… [Laughs] Well, I think we’ve all gone through some kind of betrayal, whether it’s with a boyfriend, or a friend, or a family member. I think that’s why this is, sort of, relatable to everybody – because we all know what it feels like to feel that betrayal.
In the movie, your characters had to relate under crazy circumstances. For you guys, how did you relate to each other in real life?
LESLIE MANN : To each other as friends? We just, kind of, hit it off right away, luckily. We all did. We had a couple of dinners together, and Cameron and I had a four-hour dinner, and talked about everything! W had a cast dinner, which was really nice. We just… I think we’re different, but we are very similar in a lot of ways, and we really compliment each other in real life, and onscreen too. Cameron’s kind of like, for me, she’s like ‘the teacher’ and Kate’s like my daughter. She’s only five years older than my daughter, and so I was always wanting to protect her. I just love these girls, and these boys too.
Kate, how was your experience working with these ladies on your first movie?
KATE UPTON : It was so amazing. I am so lucky. I didn’t know what to expect when I first came on set, and they opened their arms to me, and made me feel really comfortable instantly. They supported me every step of the way. When I was shooting the bikini scene – Normally, when you go to a beach, everybody is wearing a bikini, but on a film you’re the only one [laughs] and there were, like, sixty people staring at you. They’re doing their jobs, but they’re still staring at you, and I was so uncomfortable, and these girls saw that I was uncomfortable, and came out, and ran off camera with me… just encouraging me, and not letting me be alone. They were like that the whole way filming, and I’m just so blessed to have them on my first film.
NIKOLAS COSTER-WALDAU : I just remembered that there was another girl in the movie that I thought was amazing… I don’t know if she’d done movies before… Nicki Minaj did an amazing job.
CAMERON DIAZ : She was fantastic.
NIKOLAS COSTER-WALDAU : Of course, the writer Melissa with her beautiful script. I think we should also mention Nick Cassavetes, who did a great job directing this. And, at least for me, it was great to have at least one guy on set to have fun with, cause these girls are a force to be reckoned with. Shoutout to Nick.
CAMERON DIAZ : And these guys, honestly, mean… Nikolaj plays one of the ugliest villains.We had to create such a horrible guy, because he is the bad guy in the movie. We took him as far as possible, as pathological as possible, and I really feel that Nikolaj did such an amazing job of bringing that character so that we could have the fun of the revenge. He made it so we looked good [laughs] and he looked bad, and we appreciate that. Taylor’s character portrayed the essence of a man that we all love, and appreciate. He’s a brother, and he’s a best friend, and he gives heart to the movie that is otherwise stolen by the revenge of it all. These two guys really showed up for us, and they were great partners to the three women, and even though we did a movie about heartbreak, I feel that we also celebrate love in this movie, and we just appreciate that these guys were there for us to help us tell that story.
After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.
Carly Whitten (Diaz) is a tough-as-nails New York lawyer with a strict set of rules when it comes to men and relationships. When she meets Mark King (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), she lets her guard down and begins to fall for him. A spontaneous, surprise visit to King’s Connecticut home goes awry when Carly discovers that Mark has a wife, Kate (Mann). A devoted super-housewife, Kate is shocked that Mark has been cheating on her, and Carly is furious to learn that Mark is a married man. But instead of directing their outrage toward one another, Carly and Kate slowly begin to bond over their joint enemy, and, with help from Amber (Upton), a third woman caught up in Mark’s lies, they conspire to give him what he deserves. As their strategies become more ingenious, their bond grows stronger. The movie also features Nicki Minaj.
Directed by Nick Cassavetes,THE OTHER WOMAN opens in theaters on April 25th.
THE OTHER WOMAN screening will be on Thursday, April 24th at 7PM in the St. Louis area. Each pass is good for 2 tickets.
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