Adam: I want this to be over. I’m so fucking tired of being sick…if this surgery doesn’t work, that’s it – [crying] I’ve never been to fucking Canada or told a girl I love her…it sounds stupid. Katherine: No. It doesn’t. Adam: I’m sorry I was such an asshole. Katherine: I was the asshole. I was so totally unprepared - for you. This job is really hard. If I fuck up, I could ruin someone’s whole life. Adam: I guess we’re both beginners at this. Katherine: [smiles] Yeah. Adam: What were you doing when I called? Were you on Facebook? Katherine: You know… umm… stalking my ex-boyfriend actually isn’t the only thing I do in my free time. Adam: I wish you were my girlfriend. Katherine: Girlfriends can be nice. You just had a bad one. Adam: Yeah, but I bet you’d be a good one. - 50/50, Will Reiser (2011)
Only several months after cinema screens were graced with Bohemian Rhapsody and part of the journey of Queen’s meteoric rise to fame. We now have Rocketman, which examines another flamboyant and influential musician, Elton John, and unlike the former, this film decidedly takes a bit more of a leap both stylistically and also narratively. Because any film about Elton is a film that is going to…
Just gonna go ahead and say that it’s not a coincidence that these first two episodes of the obi wan show, and all the best episodes of the mandalorian and book of boba fett, were directed by women. Not a coincidence. Women get shit done and they get shit done better
If your girlfriend said, ‘I’m so fat!’ you would say, ‘Please shut up you’re amazing.’ You have to be as loyal to yourself as you are to the people you love. — Bryce Dallas Howard on the importance of self-love.
-Bryce Dallas Howard chose to keep Claire in heels throughout the film because she was determined to chart the character’s course and actions
-Katie McGrath refused to have a stunt double perform Zara’s death scene and delighted in the exciting brutality of it
-Daniella Pineda straight-up called out the editors for cutting out Zia’s sexual orientation and put the fact out into the world herself before the movie even premiered stateside
-The actresses behind Jurassic World are doing their darnedest so don’t ever disrespect them
Sometimes people are like, ’Do you want to play strong women?’ I don’t have to play strong women in order to feel like a strong woman myself, but I do feel it’s important to play characters that are complex and interesting and believable.
Three years (!!!) since the Cannes premier of Rocketman. Here I am calming my nerves with a quick cup of tea; I was terrified about how the audience would react. Worried people wouldn’t believe me as the big man or wish that it was Elton’s voice singing the songs. All went well in the end. Such a happy time.
