One of the highlights of Dune: Part Two is seeing Christopher Walken‘s take on the role of Shaddam IV, the film’s ferocious Emperor. It’s his first acting role in four years, and came about because of his admiration for the first film in the series.
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lion about the perils of moviemaking.The 61-year-old star of “True Detective: Night Country” recalled what could have been the first and last role of her life after a scary run-in with a lion during filming for the 1972 Disney film “Napoleon and Samantha.”“We finished a take and I was going up the hill and all I remember is I remember seeing his mane come around and then he picked me up sideways, shook me in his mouth and turned me around,” Foster, 61, said while appearing on “The Graham Norton Show.” “Every single person on the crew was running in the opposite direction and I’m like sideways watching everybody,” added the “Silence of the Lambs” star. “And they took their equipment, too.”Foster’s pronouncement, which was made in tones of amusement, left Olivia Colman, Wanda Sykes and Scottish host Lorraine Kelly shocked.
“And I’m watching everybody leave going ‘what’s going on,’ quipped Foster who claimed she initially thought the entire crew was reacting to an earthquake due to the shaking. According to Foster, she was later rescued by the lion’s handler.
“The trainer said, ‘Drop it’ and because the lion was so well-trained, he opened his mouth and dropped me down and I went running,” she said.According to Foster, the lion was not so willing to give up on her as prey. In one last-ditch effort, the animal “came after” her and “put one paw on me and then just waited like ‘I got her’,” the actor recounted.Sykes, 59, later joked that she would have fought the lion for Foster prompting everyone to laugh.
One of the highlights of Dune: Part Two is seeing Christopher Walken‘s take on the role of Shaddam IV, the film’s ferocious Emperor. It’s his first acting role in four years, and came about because of his admiration for the first film in the series.
Former Big Brother winner Craig Phillips, 52, recently faced a harrowing ordeal when the brakes of his car malfunctioned, leaving him fearing for the safety of his wife and two young children. The TV personality, who famously won the inaugural series of Big Brother, recounted the terrifying incident that occurred while he was driving his £76,000 Jaguar I-Pace. Just days after the vehicle was returned from the manufacturer for a separate issue, Craig found himself unable to use the brakes as he approached a red light with his family onboard.Travelling with his wife Laura Sherriff, 37, and their two young children aged three and five, Craig described the panic he felt when he realised he couldn't stop the car.
Star Wars movie.Walken, who stars in the recent critically acclaimed movie Dune: Part Two, recalled the opportunity he had to star in George Lucas’ sci-fi action franchise, and shared the fellow Oscar-winner with whom he shared the process.Speaking with Vanity Fair, the star opened up about the experience: “I think it was for Han Solo,” he shared. “Yes, I auditioned for it.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” notably features the acting return of Christoper Walken, who hasn’t been seen on the big screen in four years. The Oscar winner had a trio of films released in 2020 (“The War with Grandpa,” “Percy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme”) and then went on a hiatus from moviemaking (he did show up in the 2022 television series “Severance.”) Now, he joins “Dune: Part Two” as Shaddam IV, aka the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe. Why did Walken decide to make “Dune: Part Two” his comeback? It’s a question Vanity Fair asked the Oscar winner in a new interview, to which Walken responded: “I had, of course, seen the first ‘Dune’ a number of times.
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only returned to the United Kingdom a handful of times since their dramatic departure from the royal family back in 2020. But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may soon travel back to the country to spend more time with King Charles in light of his recent cancer diagnosis.
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ITV star Lorraine Kelly has opened up about her struggles after successfully challenging a £1.2 million tax bill in 2019 for income tax and national insurance contributions by HMRC.The 64 year old Scottish presenter, who has been the face of her own ITV show since 2010, argued in court that she is a self-employed freelancer who "presents a persona", and therefore should not be taxed as an ITV employee. Although the judge ruled in her favour, Lorraine has now confessed her regret over the situation, explaining that she 'just wanted to forget' about the whole situation after winning the case.
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Rebecca Adlington still says humbly, “I’m just a girl from Mansfield.” But she’s a lot more than that – she’s one of Britain’s most celebrated Olympians after winning double Olympic gold in Beijing.The 34-year-old tells OK ! she is happy to have left the intense pressure and scrutiny behind, having retired from competitive swimming aged 23. These days she enjoys an active but more simple life, but that’s not to say she doesn’t still have pinch-me moments thinking about everything she achieved. Rebecca is as down-to-earth as they come when we chat to her, and a doting mum to her two children.
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