Ringer Spy Taniwha writes: I just got home from Eva Dixon’s in Miramar, and outside on the patio having coffee was Sarah Peirse, star of Rain and the ill-fated mother in Peter Jackson’s own Heavenly Creatures…now, what would she be doing in Miramar, do you think?
Day: August 15, 2004
In the opening scenes of new spy thriller The Bourne Supremacy, a Russian hitman packing an arsenal of weapons pursues Matt Damon’s character, Jason Bourne, through a bustling seaside village in Goa, India. The hitman in India, an assassin named Kirill, is played by Wellington-born Karl Urban, and Marton Csokas, who hails from Invercargill, plays the German killer, Jarda. It begs the question, why does Hollywood think New Zealanders make great assassins? [More]
gilgalad70 writes: At the recent Memorabilia show (attended by Sala Baker and Lawrence Makoare, amongst others) it was announced that Eomer himself, Karl Urban was to be attending the upcoming Milton Keynes Collectormania this coming October 1st to 3rd.
Fletch writes: In the British football magazine, FourFourTwo, there is an article/interview with Elijah Wood, his support of West Ham, and work on ‘The Yank.’ [More]
A British opera singer-turned-actor is the latest to join Peter Jackson’s NZ$200 million King Kong, which starts shooting in Wellington next month. Lobo Chan, who has sung in British productions of Turandot, La Boheme, The Marriage of Figaro and other operas, and in BBC dramas including Sweet and Sour, will play a character called Choy. [More]
For film editor and Oscar-winner Jamie Selkirk, the peach carpet of Government House was “a bit more nerve-wracking” than the red carpet of Hollywood. Mr Selkirk was honoured at an investiture ceremony at Wellington’s Government House yesterday as a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. [More]