Ant Anstead took to Instagram to mark a special occasion with his girlfriend, Renée Zellweger. On Sunday, the star dedicated a sweet post to his love in honor of their anniversary. «Two years of magic
04.04.2023 - 00:53 / variety.com
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Renée Zellweger has her first co-starring role in a music video, appearing in “Two Steps,” the visual accompaniment for a new song by C M Talkington, a singer-songwriter who is only on his second album. At first glance, at least for those who don’t know their movie credits too avidly, this might seem like a case of a well-known actor doing a favor to help gain some visibility for an up-and-comer making his baby steps into a musical career. And that part is not untrue, exactly. But the backstory to their jointly making this video actually goes back three decades, and involves both parties possibly owing each other one. Because before he started making records, Talkington was (and still is) known as a filmmaker — and it was him that gave Zellweger her first big break, by going to the wall with a production company to cast her in the 1994 feature “Love and a .45,” where the indie film world first met and fell in love with her.
So there’s about 30 years’ worth of mutual affection filtering into “Two Steps,” a Texas-flavored song which was filmed a few weeks ago at a very Lone Star-looking desert location outside Lancaster, California. At the helm was Mark Pellington, who’s been one of the most famous names in music video directing since since the early ’90s. Together, all three old or new friends offered or pulled in favors for a video that is unmistakably a labor of love. Variety is premiering the video. “It was joyful,” says Zellweger of the experience shooting the clip — and of additionally joining Talkington for his South by Southwest performance debut in mid-March. “It’s joyful to play with your friends. It’s joyful to do creative things with your pals. I was
Ant Anstead took to Instagram to mark a special occasion with his girlfriend, Renée Zellweger. On Sunday, the star dedicated a sweet post to his love in honor of their anniversary. «Two years of magic
Ant Anstead is celebrating a big anniversary with girlfriend Renée Zellweger.
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