Joely Richardson is The Last Mimzy, by Tim Nasson Beverly Hills – Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965 in London) is an English actress, who was born into a theatrical family. She is the daughter of screen legend Vanessa Redgrave and late director Tony Richardson, the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, […]
Joseph Gordon Levitt Interview The Lookout, By Tim Nasson Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He began as a child actor, becoming known for his role on the series 3rd Rock from the Sun, and subsequently developing into adult roles, having strongly concentrated on independent films (including “Brick” and “The […]
Tim Nasson Interviews Gerard Butler for 300 Los Angeles – Born in Glasgow, Scotland to Margaret and Edward Butler, who are of Irish ancestry. Gerard is the youngest of three children. He spent the first few years of his life in Montreal, Canada before returning to Paisley, Scotland after his parents’ separation. He grew up […]
John Travolta talks Wild Hogs to Wild About Movies Wild About Movies had a chance to catch up with the cast of “Wild Hogs” both in Boston and in Los Angeles, before its theatrical premiere. We had no idea that it would become the second movie of 2007 to cross the $100 million mark – […]
Eugene Levy talks to Tim Nasson Boston – Call him a character actor. That’s right. Eugene Levy, perhaps best known as Jim Levenstein’s (Jason Biggs) father from the “American Pie” movies, is “happy to be known as that character actor.” Levy, who has been married to the same woman for nearly thirty years, and who […]
Christopher Guest talks to Tim Nasson Boston – Christopher Guest, happily married to the actress Jamie Lee Curtis for the past twenty-two years, is a unique fellow. His movies – up until now – the ones he has written, directed and starred in, beginning with “This Is Spinal Tap,” (the only one he didn’t direct), […]
Ryan Phillippe Flags of Our Fathers Interview, By Tim Nasson Los Angeles – He is jokingly referred to, (or is it a joke?), as Mr. Reese Witherspoon! For the past seven years, Reese Witherspoon, the Oscar winning wife (“Walk the Line”) of Ryan Phillippe, has been the main bread winner of the Phillippe-Witherspoon household. Phillippe, […]
Boston – The openly gay (writer, director, producer, actor) John Cameron Mitchell did the almost impossible in 2001 – turned the smash off-Broadway musical “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” into a movie, which is now a cult classic – and created such a sensation that every character’s name from the production is able to roll […]
Johnny Knoxville Is A Real Jackass, by Tim Nasson Boston – Johnny Knoxville, who just turned thirty-five, and stands a solid, yet bony six feet, (maybe an inch taller), sure lives up to his image. His show, “Jackass,” which ran on MTV for three seasons, beginning in 2000 – in which he and his cohorts […]
Mark Wahlberg talks to Tim Nasson about Invincible Los Angeles – It was thirty-five years ago, June 5th, 1971, to be exact, that Mark Wahlberg was born in the poor, working class section of Boston known as Dorchester. Wahlberg was the last of nine kids, (six boys, and three girls), his mother would give birth […]
Oliver Stone talks to Tim Nasson Editor’s note: The feature below was put together from a number of independent, one-on-one interviews Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson conducted with each of the talent (Nicolas Cage, Oliver Stone, Michael Pena, Will Jimeno, Alison Jimeno and Maggie Gyllenhaal) representing “World Trade Center,” during the past year, in […]
Tim Allen talks Zoom to Tim Nasson HOLLYWOOD – Tim Allen describes himself as a geek. Not only is he seriously into tools, gadgets and the latest electronics, he is also fairly knowledgeable about comic books and superheroes. As an actor best known for comedy roles, the former “Home Improvement” star often parlays his passions […]
Orlando Bloom talks to Tim Nasson about Will Turner Beverly Hills – Orlando Bloom, just shy of his thirtieth birthday, has already appeared in four of the highest grossing movies of all time – as Legolas in the “Lord of the Rings Trilogy” and as Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean – and is […]
Meryl Streep talks to Tim Nasson about The Devil Wears Prada New York City – Meryl Streep, married to the same man for twenty-seven years, and the mother of four beautiful kids, (the youngest, now in high school), three girls and a boy, who is the world’s most Oscar nominated actor – thirteen nominations with two […]
Brandon Routh talks to Tim Nasson about Superman Los Angeles – Brandon Routh, (rhymes with mouth), is a strapping six foot, three inch, dark haired, hulk of a man. Well, actually, he is not really a man. Nor a boy. At twenty-six, Routh wasn’t even born when the first “Superman” movie, starring the late Christopher […]
HOLLYWOOD – Adam Sandler reached a personal milestone a month ago when his wife of three years, Jackie, delivered their first child, Sadie Madison. On the eve of his 40th birthday, the funnyman couldn’t be happier. “The baby situation is fine, it’s great,” he says, smiling and nodding his head. “I love that kid. Every […]
Kate Beckinsale and Tim Nasson Click HOLLYWOOD – Dressed in designer jeans, a black halter-top and tasteful gold jewelry, Kate Beckinsale is the picture of an elegant English rose. The brunette beauty is keenly aware of how delicate she appears, but looks can be deceiving. The 32-year-old actress is just hours away from attending the […]
Ben Foster talks to Tim Nasson New York City – He may have one of the smallest roles in “X-Men: The Last Stand,” but twenty-five year-old, Boston native Ben Foster, at the same time, has one of the most memorable. In the third installment of “X-Men,” five foot, nine inch, Ben Foster climbs into the […]
Jean Reno is a Professional in The Da Vinci Code, by Tim Nasson Some actors might be insulted at being compared to a bull. Not Jean Reno. The 57-year-old Moroccan-born French actor was flattered that “The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown created the character of Bezu Fache, referred to as “the bull” by his […]
By Tim Nasson Los Angeles – Richard Dreyfuss has the distinction of being first out of the gate this summer as a suicidal gay man on the big screen. You see, it is not just he who gets to play gay and depressed this boffo box office season. Dreyfuss’s competition is “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” Steve […]
By Tim Nasson Hollywood – For all who have followed Philip Seymour Hoffman’s film career, it has been an exciting journey. “Multiply that by one thousand, for me,” says Hoffman, recently, at the Chateau Marmont, when I speak with him after his Oscar win for the mesmerizing and stunning portrayal of the late, effete and […]
By Tim Nasson Los Angeles – Academy Award winning director Ang Lee, the prestigious title only hours old, is a soft-spoken, humble man. An extremely talented and intelligent person, who happens to be a happy husband, (still on his first wife, after nearly twenty-five years of marriage), a terrific father, (two sons, one twenty-two, one sixteen, […]
Tim Nasson Interviews Channing Tatum for She’s The Man Boston – It’s been more than a year since I first interviewed, the now twenty-six year old yet very mature Channing Tatum. That first time was in New York City, about a month before the release of his first major motion picture, Coach Carter. In Coach […]
By Tim Nasson New York City – The title alone of Matthew McConaughey’s latest film – Failure to Launch – may give some, including Matthew himself, reason to pause – and laugh! “It has been a while since I have had a hit movie,” he chuckles. The thirty-six year old “Sexiest Man Alive” – yes, […]
Kathy Bates talks to Tim Nasson New York City – She scared the bejesus out of you in her Best Actress, Academy Award winning role as Annie Wilkes in the adaptation of Stephen King’s “Misery.” The next year, Bates was the shoulder that Jessica Tandy’s Ninny Threadgoode could cry on in “Fried Green Tomatoes,” a […]