More from Brian Davids
‘Ahsoka’ Star Eman Esfandi Fulfilled His Own ‘Star Wars’ Prophecy: “I’m Going to Play Ezra”
[This story contains spoilers for Ahsoka.] Ahsoka star Eman Esfandi called his own shot. When Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano first appeared in live-action on The Mandalorian season two and voiced her intention to find the villainous Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen), Ezra Bridger’s own jump to live-action immediately became a near-inevitability for die-hard Star Wars […]
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‘Rebel Moon’ Star Staz Nair on His Showcase Flight Scene and the Twist He Dreaded Most
[This story contains spoilers for Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire.] Every Zack Snyder film has a handful of sequences that even his fiercest critics can’t help but admire, and in the case of Rebel Moon, Staz Nair may have received the most rousing one of all. Nair, whose previous big break came […]
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‘Rebel Moon’ Co-Writer Kurt Johnstad Talks Part One’s R-Rated Cut and Nonstop Action of Part Two
[This story contains spoilers for Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire.] Rebel Moon co-writers Kurt Johnstad and Zack Snyder go way back. Years and years before they struck gold with 300 (2006), Johnstad met Snyder at a time when they were both cutting their teeth in the world of music videos, and in […]
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‘Rebel Moon’ Star Ed Skrein Talks “Hard-Core” Director’s Cuts and Olivia Colman Inspiration
[This story contains spoilers for Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire] Rebel Moon star Ed Skrein has created his most memorable villain yet in Admirable Atticus Noble, and he found inspiration from the unlikeliest source: Olivia Colman. Alongside Sofia Boutella’s Kora, the English actor is the de facto co-lead of Zack Snyder’s Rebel […]
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‘The Iron Claw’ Star Harris Dickinson Says His Mother Is Puzzled By the Tragic Pattern In His Roles
[This story contains spoilers for The Iron Claw and A Murder at the End of the World.] Harris Dickinson is having a December to remember. The rising English actor has concluded 2023 with two standout roles in Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw and Brit Marling/Zal Batmanglij’s A Murder at the End of the World. In […]
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‘Anyone But You’ Director Will Gluck on His Romcom Return, Paparazzi Set Photos and Nathan Fielder “Feud”
Anyone But You filmmaker Will Gluck has returned to the genre in which he first made his name. The New York native has spent much of the past decade making family films such as Annie (2014) and two Peter Rabbit movies, mainly because he wanted to entertain his own young family. Now that his children […]
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Joel Kinnaman Talks ‘Silent Night’ Fears and That Time Nicolas Cage’s Wildcat Ran Away
On paper, the wordless challenge of John Woo’s Silent Night would seem intimidating to most actors, but Joel Kinnaman has always tried to do more with less. The Swedish actor operates with the mindset that the camera can pick up one’s thoughts, and so he tries to trim his lines anytime an opportunity and agreement […]
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‘The Iron Claw’ Filmmaker Sean Durkin Talks Saving the Finest Scene of Zac Efron’s Career for Last
Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw picks up right where the acclaimed filmmaker’s first two films left off. 2011’s Martha Marcy May Marlene and 2020’s The Nest both received critical praise, as did the staggering performances of Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon, respectively. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Zac Efron is now receiving […]
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Star Wyatt Russell on Why He Waited to Work With Kurt Russell and ‘Thunderbolts’ Anticipation
[This story contains spoilers from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters episode six, “Terrifying Miracles.”] Monarch: Legacy of Monsters star Wyatt Russell has had several opportunities to work alongside his father Kurt over the years, but the younger Russell insisted on establishing himself on his own first. On the Chris Black- and Matt Fraction-created Monarch, the father-and-son […]
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‘The Family Plan’ Director Simon Cellan Jones Talks Making Back-to-Back Mark Wahlberg Movies
After a decorated career in television, The Family Plan director Simon Cellan Jones has returned to feature films for the first time in two-plus decades. Cellan Jones’ feature career began with 2000’s Some Voices, a British drama starring a still-emerging Daniel Craig, and he soon followed that up with 2002’s The One and Only, before […]
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‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Star Emma Corrin Talks Reinventing the P.I. for a New Generation
[This story contains spoilers for A Murder at the End of the World through “Chapter 6: Crime Seen.”] From Lady Diana Spencer on The Crown to a hacker-sleuth named Darby Hart on A Murder at the End of the World, Emma Corrin’s latest role is a fitting left turn for the thriving actor. Co-created by […]
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‘Lord of Misrule’ Director William Brent Bell Is Actively Developing ‘Orphan 3’
After Orphan: First Kill landed William Brent Bell the best reviews of his career, the genre filmmaker has kept the momentum going with another well received film in Lord of Misrule. Bell has explored a variety of different horror subgenres throughout his career, and he can now cross folk horror off the list. Lord of […]
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