Gates McFadden has revealed why she was absent from the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation almost thirty years after the show ended. The actress, known for portraying Doctor Beverly Crusher, the mother of everyone’s favorite punching bag, Wesley Crusher, recently spoke out on the Inside of You podcast with Michael Rosenbaum about what led her to leave the show.
Tobey Maguire’s legacy as Spider-man is a complicated web. His rise, fall, and resurgence have all been publicly documented and the story is marred by some ugly middle chapters before a beautiful career resurgence.
Movie sets can be a dangerous place.
These days most big stunts and action sequences are done with the support of CGI. For modern studios and directors, it’s just not worth the risk of losing an actor or stunt person to a stunt gone wrong. While James Cameron has softened alongside Hollywood, his younger and wilder self embraced practical effects to create intense action sequences. Don’t let the word “practical” fool you, because the stunts discussed in this article are as psychotic as they are impressive.
In the golden era of martial arts cinema, a few names stood out, casting long shadows over the silver screen. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li are often the first to come to mind.
But for those who delved deeper into the genre, another name was equally unforgettable: Bolo Yeung. With his chiseled physique, menacing glare and his roles in classics like “Enter the Dragon” and “Bloodsport,” Yeung became a household name in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Hollywood Reporter hosted a round table of some of the most noteworthy directors of our time back in 2016. The table included the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle, Alejandro G. Inarritu, and Tom Hooper. It’s worth noting that this was filmed before Hooper’s cat-astrophe.
George Clooney is one of the most well-known and accomplished actors of the last three decades. He’s won four golden globes and two academy awards for his performances. While his career has been wildly successful, it almost ended back in 2005 when he experienced a severe spinal injury on the set of Syriana. Like his 2009 film, the incident left Clooney’s entire career up in the air.
TV hosts love to ask actors about their favorite co-stars. A standout example is when Robert De Niro appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert back in 2019. The host started with a simple question:
Younger audiences know Kevin Costner as the head honcho on Taylor Sheridan’s hit television show Yellowstone. But Cosnter’s lead role as the patriarch of the Dutton family was preceded by a rich acting career that has spanned four full decades. During this time, Costner worked alongside some of the greatest actors to have ever lived. A short list of these names includes Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Diane Lane.
Ke Huy Quan is far from one of those child actors who retired from the industry after a few one-hit wonders. Instead, he had his career stunted in a much more literal way.
You probably know Quentin Tarantino as the critically acclaimed, rebellious filmmaker behind such iconic films as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Inglourious Basterds.
His name doesn’t exactly scream “network television”, so it might surprise you to know that, once upon a time in 2005, Tarantino directed the two-part fifth season finale of the forensics crime drama CSI.
When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox on March 20th, 2019, Alien and Predator fans waited with bated breath to see what would happen to the properties of the shared universe. After all, the content isn’t exactly the family-family material that you’d expect to see on Disney Plus.
Peter Jackson’s The Lord of The Rings is considered by many to be the perfect trilogy. That doesn’t mean that the films don’t have a few production mistakes here or there.
Here are five “whoopsies” from the iconic fantasy films.