Post by mermon on Sept 23, 2012 5:22:24 GMT -5
We cant pretend, that is no September yet! ;D
The most intense in Jake Gyllenhaal's career.
Two premieres. One of his movie End Of Watch and one of the play, Jake's American stage début - If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet.
Movie gets great response and some Oscar buzz.
Jake's portraying character in a play is praised as well.
I'll add some info to the End Of Watch subject.
Anna Kendrick and Connan O'Brien talking about End of Watch.
Anna Kendrick: Jake Gyllenhaal Got Tazed For Research - CONAN on TBS
Anna was interviewed a lot lately, obviously. Some quotes from it:
Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez Talk First Dates With Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña
The most intense in Jake Gyllenhaal's career.
Two premieres. One of his movie End Of Watch and one of the play, Jake's American stage début - If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet.
Movie gets great response and some Oscar buzz.
Jake's portraying character in a play is praised as well.
I'll add some info to the End Of Watch subject.
Anna Kendrick and Connan O'Brien talking about End of Watch.
Anna Kendrick: Jake Gyllenhaal Got Tazed For Research - CONAN on TBS
Anna was interviewed a lot lately, obviously. Some quotes from it:
Could you ever see yourself being the wife of somebody who puts their life on the line on a daily basis? That seems like a tough position to be in.
No! I don’t know how women find the strength to do it, or men find the strength to be in relationships with women who are in law enforcement. You know, they are putting almost as much on the line as their partner is, and they are risking a piece of their family. I guess, you don’t necessarily have control over who you want to be with, but it seems like a mighty task.
When we made End of Watch it was impossible to maintain relationships outside of this little family.
Why is that?
If I could explain that, I wouldn’t be in a lot of trouble with a lot of my friends and family. And certainly, End of Watch was an extremely intense experience in and of itself, it had different qualities than other films; you got closer faster. But filmmaking is immersive; you’re on set fourteen hours a day with these people, and no matter how many times I say that, people don’t understand that’s what I literally mean, it’s not hyperbole. And you only see these people, so things outside of it just seem like they’re not real, and that happens every time.
It must be difficult to become somewhat of a family with these people and then all of a sudden they’re out of your life.
Yeah, and I mean there is always a post-production depression period that’s really gross and manifests itself in really strange ways. And then you’re okay. It’s like there is three days of feeling like you’ve had a breakup, and then you’re fine and you go back to your normal life.
source: bullettmedia.com/article/anna-kendrick-admits-shes-naive-about-drug-trafficking-cocaine/
No! I don’t know how women find the strength to do it, or men find the strength to be in relationships with women who are in law enforcement. You know, they are putting almost as much on the line as their partner is, and they are risking a piece of their family. I guess, you don’t necessarily have control over who you want to be with, but it seems like a mighty task.
When we made End of Watch it was impossible to maintain relationships outside of this little family.
Why is that?
If I could explain that, I wouldn’t be in a lot of trouble with a lot of my friends and family. And certainly, End of Watch was an extremely intense experience in and of itself, it had different qualities than other films; you got closer faster. But filmmaking is immersive; you’re on set fourteen hours a day with these people, and no matter how many times I say that, people don’t understand that’s what I literally mean, it’s not hyperbole. And you only see these people, so things outside of it just seem like they’re not real, and that happens every time.
It must be difficult to become somewhat of a family with these people and then all of a sudden they’re out of your life.
Yeah, and I mean there is always a post-production depression period that’s really gross and manifests itself in really strange ways. And then you’re okay. It’s like there is three days of feeling like you’ve had a breakup, and then you’re fine and you go back to your normal life.
source: bullettmedia.com/article/anna-kendrick-admits-shes-naive-about-drug-trafficking-cocaine/
Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez Talk First Dates With Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña
What’s David Ayer’s biggest strength as a director?
Anna Kendrick: Standing. (Natalie laughs) Actually, he’s a stoic and very intimidating person when you first meet him, and for a couple of times after that he’s still actually pretty intimidating. He’s very serious and protective of his work. I think until you break that barrier or proving to him that you are just as dedicated to what you want to do as he is, he’ll play things pretty close to the vest.
But what he’s best at is that he asks a lot of questions. He asks you things, but he doesn’t necessarily expect you to answer them. He doesn’t give you these kinds of nitpicky, specific directions. He just wants to get your wheels turning.
What did he tell you about your roles going in?
AK: We talked a lot about how because we have a limited amount of screen time about how we lay the foundation about what the character is and what my relationship is to Brian before we ever even meet Janet. We established that she comes from this big Irish family and that she feels like a fish out of water in her own family. We talked about how the things that are broken inside of Janet are a mirror of the things that are broken inside or Brian. That creates a relationship where they really seem to need each other, and it’s not just this desire or kind of flirtation with them. I think they discover pretty quickly that they need to break down all these walls or we should go our separate ways. All of that was there for me before I even came to set.
Did you guys meet or hang out with any spouses or significant others of active duty officers to get an idea of what that world is like?
Natalie Martinez: Now what I did to prepare for this role in particular was to spend more time with Michael.... We had to play characters that were together since they were 18 years old. When you see us we have to be this really comfortable, secure in our own skin, kind of relationship where we’re about to welcome a baby and nothing’s going to break us.... So we had these things that we called our “mini-dates” and we would go out and hang out. It was really funny because I was dating someone at the time and he would drop me off at these mini-dates. (laughs) But it’s all good because I know this was the kind of movie we wanted to do with all our heart, and we really tried to make this as real as possible. By the time we got on set, he could put his arm around me or kiss me or whatever he wants and it’s not awkward. He felt that freedom to use those mannerisms that make a couple feel comfortable with each other....
Anna Kendrick: My rehearsal period was only with Jake and we only rehearsed something that we never intended to shoot. David wrote this lovely scene that was meant to be our first date. We rehearsed it for hours and we never intended to shoot it. Weirdly, I wish I could do every movie that way, where you just rehearse everything that comes before the movie. But then again, you would have to write a bunch more stuff for that. (laughs) I don’t know how many people are going to want to do that. (laughs)
With this we had the luxury of shooting in chronological order. When I came onto the set for the first day and I’m meeting Gabby and Mike, I felt as though I had gotten to know this person and that I was about to be meeting new friends for the first time. I had met them briefly, but it was my first time getting to know them. I genuinely felt a little out of place and like I was trying to prove myself and make the best first impression. It was one of those life imitating art sort of things, and I think that also made Jake kind of feel a little extra protective of me, as he would be if you were introducing your new girlfriend to your old friends. It was a really interesting dynamic....
... Of course I felt like I wanted to get it right, but in terms of it being a boys club, in terms of how the set was, I found that they were almost deferential to the females on the set. They were all very respectful gentlemen, so it definitely didn’t feel like we were out of place. If anything, when we were there we were kind of allowed to not necessarily run the show, but… I don’t know…NM: Yeah, they (Jake&Mike) were very respectful guys who were appreciative and very welcoming.
AK: It was almost like when we were there it was our territory, so they would kind of look to us for what we wanted to do on those days sometimes.
NM: I think we gave them a bit of a break, too, so they didn’t have to focus on them the entire time.
Anna, what was it like trying to film the scene in the film where you and Jake have to dance together at your wedding?
AK: (laughs, looks disappointed) Jake really pouted his way through those dance rehearsals. He was NOT pleased, but obviously on the day of shooting he was there and he was a team player, so there was never any worry that he would leave me hanging. He was not excited to that. Then again, I only thought that about three seconds of that dance was going to be in the movie, and then it turned out to be looooooooooong. (laughs) David, you bastard! (shakes fist).(laughs)
Whole interview: www.criticizethis.ca/2012/09/interview-anna-kendrick-and-natalie-martinez-talk-end-of-watch.html
Anna Kendrick: Standing. (Natalie laughs) Actually, he’s a stoic and very intimidating person when you first meet him, and for a couple of times after that he’s still actually pretty intimidating. He’s very serious and protective of his work. I think until you break that barrier or proving to him that you are just as dedicated to what you want to do as he is, he’ll play things pretty close to the vest.
But what he’s best at is that he asks a lot of questions. He asks you things, but he doesn’t necessarily expect you to answer them. He doesn’t give you these kinds of nitpicky, specific directions. He just wants to get your wheels turning.
What did he tell you about your roles going in?
AK: We talked a lot about how because we have a limited amount of screen time about how we lay the foundation about what the character is and what my relationship is to Brian before we ever even meet Janet. We established that she comes from this big Irish family and that she feels like a fish out of water in her own family. We talked about how the things that are broken inside of Janet are a mirror of the things that are broken inside or Brian. That creates a relationship where they really seem to need each other, and it’s not just this desire or kind of flirtation with them. I think they discover pretty quickly that they need to break down all these walls or we should go our separate ways. All of that was there for me before I even came to set.
Did you guys meet or hang out with any spouses or significant others of active duty officers to get an idea of what that world is like?
Natalie Martinez: Now what I did to prepare for this role in particular was to spend more time with Michael.... We had to play characters that were together since they were 18 years old. When you see us we have to be this really comfortable, secure in our own skin, kind of relationship where we’re about to welcome a baby and nothing’s going to break us.... So we had these things that we called our “mini-dates” and we would go out and hang out. It was really funny because I was dating someone at the time and he would drop me off at these mini-dates. (laughs) But it’s all good because I know this was the kind of movie we wanted to do with all our heart, and we really tried to make this as real as possible. By the time we got on set, he could put his arm around me or kiss me or whatever he wants and it’s not awkward. He felt that freedom to use those mannerisms that make a couple feel comfortable with each other....
Anna Kendrick: My rehearsal period was only with Jake and we only rehearsed something that we never intended to shoot. David wrote this lovely scene that was meant to be our first date. We rehearsed it for hours and we never intended to shoot it. Weirdly, I wish I could do every movie that way, where you just rehearse everything that comes before the movie. But then again, you would have to write a bunch more stuff for that. (laughs) I don’t know how many people are going to want to do that. (laughs)
With this we had the luxury of shooting in chronological order. When I came onto the set for the first day and I’m meeting Gabby and Mike, I felt as though I had gotten to know this person and that I was about to be meeting new friends for the first time. I had met them briefly, but it was my first time getting to know them. I genuinely felt a little out of place and like I was trying to prove myself and make the best first impression. It was one of those life imitating art sort of things, and I think that also made Jake kind of feel a little extra protective of me, as he would be if you were introducing your new girlfriend to your old friends. It was a really interesting dynamic....
... Of course I felt like I wanted to get it right, but in terms of it being a boys club, in terms of how the set was, I found that they were almost deferential to the females on the set. They were all very respectful gentlemen, so it definitely didn’t feel like we were out of place. If anything, when we were there we were kind of allowed to not necessarily run the show, but… I don’t know…NM: Yeah, they (Jake&Mike) were very respectful guys who were appreciative and very welcoming.
AK: It was almost like when we were there it was our territory, so they would kind of look to us for what we wanted to do on those days sometimes.
NM: I think we gave them a bit of a break, too, so they didn’t have to focus on them the entire time.
Anna, what was it like trying to film the scene in the film where you and Jake have to dance together at your wedding?
AK: (laughs, looks disappointed) Jake really pouted his way through those dance rehearsals. He was NOT pleased, but obviously on the day of shooting he was there and he was a team player, so there was never any worry that he would leave me hanging. He was not excited to that. Then again, I only thought that about three seconds of that dance was going to be in the movie, and then it turned out to be looooooooooong. (laughs) David, you bastard! (shakes fist).(laughs)
Whole interview: www.criticizethis.ca/2012/09/interview-anna-kendrick-and-natalie-martinez-talk-end-of-watch.html