Javier Bardem Dressed Up As A Bond Girl And Came Out Of A Cake For Daniel Craig’s Birthday

Netflix trailer showing its forthcoming big movies of 2022 has revealed a first look at the cast of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out 2.The clip, which you view below, sees the star studded line-up which includes Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick and Ethan Hawke boarding a yacht.The streaming service has acquired the rights to the next two Knives Out films in a deal reportedly worth $450 million (£327 million).Johnson’s original 2019 film was a massive box office success, earning $311.4 million (£226 million) on a $40 million (£29 million) budget.The trailer also features the Russo brothers’ The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling and the Jamie Foxx vampire movie Day Shift.The clip includes actors directly addressing the camera while in character.

Daniel Craig may be done with James Bond, but his next franchise is well and truly already established. Having portrayed Detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson's Knives Out, the No Time To Die star returns for another murder mystery as the Southern gentlemen. Untitled Knives Out 2 was shot on the Greek island of Spetses last summer and sees the former 007 opposite an amazing cast just like last time.

Daniel Craig and James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are campaigning for No Time To Die to pick up some prized gongs. But what about the next 007? The EON Productions chiefs have admitted the search will begin this year and now a trusted insider has shared what he's been hearing about the kind of star they're looking for to portray Ian Fleming's spy next. In his column, Baz Bamigboye says that "deep-cover informants have confided" in him that the stars with the biggest Bond speculation are unlikely to be considered.

Sci-fi epic blockbuster “Dune” and Jane Campion’s dark Western “The Power Of The Dog” lead the nominations for this year’s British Academy Film Awards, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga among those up for leading actor awards.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts has unveiled its awards nominations, and they’re precisely the agents of chaos that many have been anticipating.Only the second edition of the BAFTA Film Awards since the institute’s groundbreaking diversity review in 2020, this year’s nominations are full of surprises that reflect a shifting membership. While James Bond movie “No Time to Die,” which grossed $131 million at the U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHere, Variety talks with Fernando León de Aranoa, director of the Javier Bardem-starring “The Good Boss” (“El Buen Patron”), Spain’s Oscar entry, which is a big box office hit on home turf and has scored more Spanish Academy Goya nominations than any other film in history.What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar?I feel a mix of joy and responsibility. It means following the steps of some of the greatest Spanish filmmakers who have done it before, being among a group of brilliant directors from all over the world and having the opportunity of showing “The Good Boss” to a wider audience.What’s been the most challenging aspect of your campaign thus far?To make our film visible amidst the strong contenders.

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last year’s “No Time to Die.” But only in the latter film is there a reference to him being gay when he appears in a scene in which Bond and Naomie Harris’ character Moneypenny interrupt him planning a date with a man. But then there is no further mention of it in the movie.“I think I thought, ‘Are we doing this, and then doing nothing with it?'” he told the Guardian of first seeing the fleeting reference in a script. “I remember, perhaps, feeling that was unsatisfying.”He even went so far as to say, “I’m very happy to admit maybe some things were not great about that [creative] decision.”However, he did not think it was an addition that the filmmakers felt pressured to include.“I suppose I don’t feel it was forced upon the studio.

“The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act” (out Feb. 1), theater historian Isaac Butler reveals how the Actors Studio, under the direction of the acclaimed late acting teacher Lee Strasberg, went on to shape the modern world’s most influential performers.Butler told The Post that despite what “method acting” has come to signify in pop culture — transforming yourself for a role, à la Daniel Day Lewis or Jared Leto, and living as that character for months or even years — it’s actually something entirely different.

Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, or Apple TV.The film, which was released after over a year of delays due to the coronavirus, features a star-studded cast of Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes', Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Rami Malek, and is the first James Bond film to to be shot with Imax film cameras. Not only does it feature over an hour of scenes in the large format expanded aspect ratio, but there will also be an exclusive Q&A featuring Daniel Craig and director Cary Joji Fukunaga broadcasted before select Imax screenings.  picks up after James Bond has recused himself from his work and is attempting to live a quiet life in Jamaica.

Truefitt & Hill, is expanding.‘Traditionally alpha-male credentials required spending less than a fiver on your haircut,’ says Tom Chamberlin, editor-in-chief of style magazine The Rake. ‘Grooming as a whole is riding the wave of a less inhibited masculinity that allows for downing a pint with well-moisturised hands.’The numbers reflect this: the British Beauty Council reports that the number of barber shops grew by 28 per cent between 2017 and 2021.A group of beautifully coiffed men in the public eye has added to this trend: think Daniel Craig, Ben Whishaw and Andrew Garfield.

James Bond for so long, your friends start to bring that persona into your personal life to mess with you.During a recent episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors, Skyfall costars Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem got together to discuss their respective careers, along with their time onscreen as a pair. Craig starts the conversation by asking: “Are we supposed to talk intelligently for 30 minutes? I’m not sure I’m capable of doing that. And I know I’m not capable of talking intelligently about acting for 30 minutes.”A post shared by Variety (@variety)Luckily, they don’t end up taking things too seriously, which leads to some interesting annecdotes--including Bardem talking about the time he surprised his friend by dressing up as a Bond girl.It all started when the Spainish actor brings up how much they have in common, which includes the fact that they were born one day and one year apart.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn some ways, Javier Bardem and Christoph Waltz have trod similar career paths. In the space of two years, both stole the show and won Oscars playing cold-blooded killers, Bardem in the Coen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men,” Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds.” Both went on to become memorable Bond villains.

James Bond, speculation continues to be rife over who Daniel Craig's successor will be after his explosive exit from the franchise in No Time To Die. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 007 films, so surely this is the best time to announce the next star to take up the Licence to Kill? Now, industry insiders have teased the wait for the big news may actually not be that long away after all. Deadline's Justin Kroll tweeted: "While it's been crickets on the #BondWatch scene, making it seem like this will be a long process, one source with a couple clients in the mix told me something interesting recently of when a decision may come down the pipeline, "I think we he[ar] who it is after the Oscars.

Clayton Davis Penélope Cruz is luxuriously refined in “Parallel Mothers,” a performance that has picked up critical acclaim and notable accolades since debuting at Venice. The voting bloc of the international community is a key demographic that pushed last year’s “The Father” from Florian Zeller, another Sony Pictures Classics feature, to perform exceptionally well with the Academy despite significant misses from key guild groups leading to nominations.

GLAMOUR model Nell McAndrew has cut a low profile since her lads' mag heyday in the late 1990s, swapping photo shoots for marathon running. The striking beauty has turned her attention to fitness over the last decade and is an accomplished amateur athlete who has ran the London Marathon a whopping seven times.

James Bond on BBC Radio 2 with Zoe Ball. As the conversation went on, the star came to the conclusion that Monty Don was actually the best man for the job. Speaking to Zoe about his new children’s book Rockstar Detectives, the pair got on to the subject of Adam’s recent MBE. The Australian presenter received the award in the New Year Honours list for his services to Paralympic sport and disability awareness. After Zoe congratulated The Last Leg presenter on his MBE, the comedian shared a surreal moment when he received his letter confirming the award.He said: “So the weird thing is, they send you a letter about a month beforehand saying, ‘Do you accept and would you like to be put forward blah blah blah…’ “But the letter had on it stamped ‘On Her Majesty's Service’ - and for a second I thought I might be the new James Bond.”“So wonderful! I think you could carry it off,” Zoe joked.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of MGM/UAR’s No Time to Die.

Skyfall, the 2012 instalment of the James Bond franchise, reflected on the stunt in a new interview.The pair spoke to Variety as part of its Actors On Actors feature, with Craig saying in the video: “I remember you were in drag – but I know that’s a whole other story.”Bardem went on to admit that he popped “out of a cake” to surprise his co-star on his birthday. “I was supposed to be the Bond girl that night, and oh, my God, I was,” he said.“I sang ‘Happy Birthday  to You,’ my best Marilyn Monroe impersonation.

Daniel Craig's years of playing James Bond have desensitized him to injuries. During 's «Actors on Actors» series, the 53-year-old action star was shocked to learn he'd done the whole 25-minute interview while bleeding from his head.The moment happened at the end of Craig's chat with his  co-star, Javier Bardem.Bardem inquired, «Let me ask you, my friend, as the last question, what happened to you here?» As 52-year-old Bardem pointed to Craig's head to indicate the mark on the other actor's face, Craig questioned, «Did I bash my head? Have I just got sandwich on my head? Have I done this whole interview [with that]?»Craig quickly left the frame to go look in a mirror and was heard exclaiming, «Oh my God, you're right.»Through hysterical laughter, Craig explained that the injury was caused by a mishap with a ring light and an iPad.«They've sent me this wonderful ring flash, which I've set up with an iPad in the middle of it,» he told Bardem, before noting that, when he was setting up the gadget, his iPad «fell on my head just before the interview.»«This is 17 years playing Bond,» Craig quipped of his iconic character." Can you see how accident prone I am? No wonder I get f**king injured every time I do a movie… If I don't get injured when I'm filming I'm not doing it properly.«Daniel Craig did his entire #ActorsOnActors interview with Javier Bardem without realizing he was bleeding from his forehead: „This is 17 years playing Bond! No wonder I get f--ing injured every time I do a movie!“ https://t.co/9KfdQMzY1Qpic.twitter.com/QVc1Td9UX5Craig wrapped his time as 007 with the release of  last year.

discussing their respective roles in “No Time to Die” and “Being the Ricardos” as part of Variety’s annual “Actors on Actors” series in which thespians politely grill each other for their fans’ viewing pleasure.During the laughter-filled bro chat, Craig dropped a gender-bending bombshell about their time working together: “I remember you were in drag — but I know that’s a whole other story.”Bardem went on to admit that he popped “out of a cake” to surprise his co-star on his birthday.“I was supposed to be the Bond girl that night, and oh, my God, I was,” he revealed. “I sang ‘Happy Birthday  to You,’ my best Marilyn Monroe impersonation.