In The Works
(The trial continues...) Couple of things in the works. One, I recently interviewed an up and coming actor by the name of Jim Sturgess. He's the star of the college-kids-take-Vegas film, 21, and also the love-it-or-hate-it Beatles musical, Across The Universe. He'll next be seen in the controversial Fifty Dead Men Walking, a true story about an IRA operative turned British informer during the final phase of The Troubles. I'm sure the makers assumed their film amounted to a safe-ish reflection on recent Ulster history, but the pic has been given added poignancy by the latest and tragic paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland. Sturgess is brilliant in it. More on this film soon.
Two, I was just in LA to do press for the new JJ Abrams Star Trek film. In addition to the various cast and crew interviews notched up (including an exclusive with JJ himself), I saw about 30 minutes of footage, screened on the lot of the famous Paramount Pictures (actually the same footage screened in a sneak-peak in London last November, but hey...). I'm not an action movie fan, nor sci-fi buff, but... and without going into details... it is FANTASTIC. Just the right amount of irreverence added to a killer story and some imaginative action sequences. Great to break from the current vogue for re-visiting an old franchise and (tediously) exploring its dark side. A few days ago I topped it off by interviewing Simon Pegg in London. He plays the immortal, up-beaming Scotty. Will keep you posted.
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