Shannon Purser is speaking out about casting in Hollywood.
08.06.2022 - 19:41 / variety.com
Alex Borstein was ready to take a break from Hollywood — literally, to relocate with her two children to Barcelona — when longtime friend Amy Sherman-Palladino sent her a script for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”“I almost throttled her because it was so good,” Borstein says.
“I was like, ‘How do I not audition for this?’”Like a well-timed joke or cosmic bit of fate, both things stuck the landing: “The pilot got picked up and my time in Barcelona got picked up. I loved it so much, I stayed for almost five years.”Four seasons and two Emmys later, Borstein hasn’t stopped relishing her role on the hit Amazon Prime Video series as Susie Myerson, the tough-shelled and sarcastic manager to 1950s stand-up comedian Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan).
“Maisel” is the name on the show’s marquee, but Susie has proven to be a vital asset to its alchemy — a spiky counterbalance to the series’ colorful veneer, with a drive matched only by Midge herself. And there’s still more that Borstein wants to discover about Susie, who stretched her own wings (more clients, a new office) even further in this most recent batch of episodes, before the show concludes with Season 5.“I want to get to the heart of that artichoke, really.
That’s where all the meat and delicious, good stuff is,” says the comedy veteran — whose credits include “MadTV” and voicing Lois Griffin on “Family Guy” — during a morning Zoom conversation in May. “There’s a part of me that wants to see her successful financially and happy and able to relax for once in her life, but there’s another part of me that knows she operates best with a little bit of fear there.
I want her to have success, I want her to be perceived as successful. But I want her to always feel a hunger.”Do
.Shannon Purser is speaking out about casting in Hollywood.
Director John McNaughton made his name in Hollywood with subversive thrillers like 1998’s “Wild Things” and the 1986 seminal serial killer pic “Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer.” The latter film gave “The Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker one of his big breakout lead roles. Now, the two are set to work together once again.
Farrah Abraham, a former Teen Mom OG star, has been charged with battery after she was arrested in January.
Farrah Abraham, a former star, has been charged with battery after she was arrested in January.According to the Los Angeles Superior Court, Abraham will be arraigned on Thursday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.Abraham, 31, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault in January, following an incident at a Hollywood nightclub. The reality star was detained after allegedly slapping a security guard at the club and restaurant Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood.Despite the arraignment on the court calendar, Abraham's attorney released a statement on Wednesday claiming that no charges have been brought against her.«The Law Office of Dario C. Gomez, Esq., on behalf of our client, Ms.
MTV's "Teen Mom" star, Farrah Abraham, was charged with battery stemming from a nightclub fight in Hollywood earlier this year when she reportedly assaulted a security guard during an altercation outside Grandmaster Records in Los Angeles, California. The 31-year-old reality television personality was officially charged on June 2 and will be in court for an arraignment hearing on Thursday, June 23. Abraham faces up to one year in jail in addition to a $2,000 fine.
With Lost rewatches happening all the time on streaming services, it’s easy to forget the show ended 12 whole years ago! And it wasn’t long after the acclaimed series took its final bow that star Matthew Fox followed suit.
. Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Jeanie Buss, Rob Lowe, and LeBron James are among those who make appearances in the first look, discussing the «true trajectory that catapulted the Lakers into every household and history book,» according to a press release Tuesday.The clip also shows things get emotional when the series reflects on Johnson's HIV diagnosis which led him to retire from the NBA.While so much of the show will be about the Lakers team and players over the years, the official synopsis of the docuseries confirms the show is ultimately «about family, business, and power –and how all three must be harnessed to achieve greatness.»«When charismatic real estate tycoon Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers in a wildly risky and complex business deal, nobody could’ve predicted just how much success was to come,» the synopsis reads.
EXCLUSIVE: Hannah Khalique-Brown, the lead actor in director and writer Peter Kosminsky’s (Wolf Hall) highly anticipated, six-part,cyber-thriller The Undeclared War, —starts June 30th on Channel 4 and All 4 in U.K, Peacock in U.S. on August 18th—has revealed that she wrote 1000 emails over a period of two years “begging“ U.K. agents and casting directors to see her perform in fringe plays, “none of them replied,” she revealed to Deadline.
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly 20 years since their hit action thriller Man On Fire blew away audiences and further helped solidify Dakota Fanning as a future star but it now looks like she is ready to reteam with the Oscar Winning Denzel Washington. Sources tell Deadline, Fanning is set to star opposite Washington in Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 for Sony Pictures.
Stephen Amell is a father of two after he and his wife, Cassandra Jean, quietly welcomed a baby girl. According to multiple reports, Jean gave birth in Los Angeles, to their second child, last month.
She may only be 24, but Sydney Sweeney‘s fast becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest stars. And her swift ascendence is thanks to just how well-regarded some of the projects she’s starred in are.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale are together again!
Zendaya is sharing her thoughts on her career in Hollywood and why she is not pursuing a career in music, as many of her fans online have encouraged her to become a pop star, following her Disney debut in ‘Shake It Up’ alongside Bella Thorne.During her latest cover of Variety’s Actors on Actors issue, Zendaya talked to Andrew Garfield about the main reason why she prefers acting over music, revealing that while she likes to record occasional songs, she is not ready for the level of fame that comes with being a pop star.“I was talking to Sam about this earlier. I was like I don’t know if I could ever be a pop star,” she said, referring to ‘Euphoria’ creator Sam Levinson, “It’s because as an actor, there’s a level of anonymity that I get to have, which I really like.”“And I get to sort my stuff, whatever that is, through a character and nobody needs to know about it.