Brian Miller writes: “Frodo, your mother and I are very concerned about your smoking.” Elijah Wood looks so young, cigarette dangling from his mouth during a recent Seattle visit, that I had to restrain myself from tossing the pack out the window. Our favorite hobbit was here to discuss Everything Is Illuminated, which was actually shot in the Czech Republic, not Ukraine, where Jonathan Safran Foer’s source novel is set. So did Wood view the land with the same fresh eyes as Foer, his tourist character? “Very fresh. I’d never been to Eastern Europe. [Prague] is a city that’s in flux. You’ve got these people from the old Communist regime that almost wish that it was still there, and you’ve got the young people that are glad it’s gone. There’s this interesting, strange identity issue at play. For me, that was the most fascinating element of being there.” [More]
Day: September 21, 2005
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) FOX is moving the fifth-season premiere of “24” back one week in January, hoping to take advantage of an NFL lead-in to give the show a ratings bump. Originally scheduled to open Sunday, Jan. 8, the show will now begin its fifth year on Jan. 15. As it did last season, FOX is making a two-night event of the season’s beginning, offering up back-to-back episodes on Jan. 15 and 16. The series will settle into its regular time at 9 p.m. ET Jan. 23. [More]
TORONTO – Of all the stars who emerged from Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen seems to be the least ambitious, the most humble, the least likely to try to capitalize on the phenomenon. David Cronenberg, the Toronto filmmaker who directed Mortensen in A History Of Violence, calls his Danish-American leading man “a really down-to-earth guy” for whom he harbours great affection. The fruits of their friendship opens Friday in Toronto, plus eight other North American cities, before expanding wide next week. [More]
Today is David Wenham’s birthday! David was born on September 21st, 1965 in Marrickville, Sydney, Australia. That makes him 40 years old today! Happy Birthday David!
Yes ladies and gentlemen, the best show of last season (and arguably the past 5 years) ‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is back tonight! 8PM on ABC features the last episode of season 1 and 9PM is the premiere of episode 2.1. [abc.go.com]