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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Winslet says losing several Oscars never added pressure to her career to deliver an award-worthy performance. Winslet was always a bridesmaid and never a bride at the Academy Awards for a large chunk of her career, earning five Oscar nominations over a decade and never winning the prize.

James McAvoy has claimed that his involvement in Split only came to fruition because Joaquin Phoenix abandoned it two weeks before filming.In an episode of podcast Happy Sad Confused, released yesterday (September 13), host Josh Horowitz brought up the fact that Phoenix was attached to the 2016 M. Night Shyamalan film before he was replaced by McAvoy, who played the lead role of Kevin, a troubled man suffering from dissociative identity disorder.“I’m confident enough to think I’ll do it better [than him]” joked McAvoy, laughing.

Actress Jenna Ortega recently called out Hollywood’s haphazard attempts at reviving old movies with gender-swapped roles for women instead of innovating new stories centered around a female lead. While discussing how "certain movies that should get a sequel, and shouldn’t get a sequel" while promoting her new film "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", "MTV’s" Josh Horowitz asked Ortega what she thought about a possible reprisal of another Tim Burton classic, "Edward Scissorhands" as "Edith Sicssorhands." "I love that there's a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that's so special.

Kaitlyn Dever has had to beef up security detail while working on the upcoming second season of The Last of Us.

Kaitlyn Dever allegedly required extra security when filming “The Last of Us” because of how much fans hate her character.It was announced in January that Dever, 27, would be joining the second season of the popular HBO show based on a video game of the same name. Also coming aboard the series would be Isabela Merced, 23.Merced was cast to play a love interest to Bella Ramsey’s character Ellie, whereas Dever signed on to play Abby, an antagonist to both Ellie and Joel, as played by Pablo Pascal.

the plans for “Top Gun 3.”Pullman, 31, revealed in an exclusive interview with The Post that he hasn’t been contacted yet to reprise his role as LT Bob Floyd in the next Tom Cruise-led “Top Gun” movie.“I haven’t heard hide nor hair about that,” the actor said while promoting his new crime thriller movie, “Skincare.” “But,” he added, “I would be game to get back up in those planes and especially get back with those actors and those filmmakers. They’re all like family to me now.”“So that would be fun to slip back into that again, but I haven’t gotten a call yet.”Pullman starred in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” which was acclaimed by critics and grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide.

new Marvel movie as a variant of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine named “Cavillrine.”Director Shawn Levy told the New York Times that Cavill committed to his role — so much so that the actor “was sick to his stomach” the day after filming.“I think we all were, including poor Henry Cavill, who not only had that pumped-up muscular body but kept that cigar lit and in his mouth for the entirety of the shoot day,” said Levy, 56, in the interview published Monday.“I remember hearing the next day that Henry was sick to his stomach because he had been inhaling cigar smoke for eight hours straight, but never once did he waver,” he added.Levy also revealed that part of the reason Cavill was cast in “Deadpool & Wolverine” was to play into him losing his role as Superman in the DC movies.“In the case of Henry, it was not long after everything went down with DC, and word came that Henry was being replaced as Superman,” Levy explained.He continued: “Given that Deadpool is in constant conversation with culture, it felt like a great opportunity to first of all cast Henry Cavill in a part that he would kick ass at, but also to poke fun at that other comic-book-founded movie studio and play with some self-awareness there.”Cavill broke his silence on his surprise “Deadpool 3” appearance on Instagram Tuesday.“To be safe, I shaved the moustache off for this one. Just the moustache,” he wrote, alongside a photo of his character smoking a cigar.

that line in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”In the Marvel film, Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra and makes a joke about Affleck, who she was married to for 10 years.Shawn Levy, the director of the film, revealed on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast on Monday that he didn’t seek out Affleck’s approval for the jab.“No, we vetted it with Jen,” said Levy, 56. However, Levy did reveal that he had a conversation with Affleck, 51, about a different part of the film.“I later spoke with Ben because the end credits have this tribute reel to the legacy of Fox Marvel movies and so that gave us the occasion to speak to everyone because we needed and wanted everyone’s permission,” he said.Levy added, “That joke was not, as far as I know, vetted by Ben.”“But we made clear to Jen — as we made clear to everyone — everything’s on the table in ‘Deadpool,’ ” he explained.In the third “Deadpool” movie, Garner’s Elektra shows up to rescue a group of heroes, including Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.After learning that Daredevil — originally played by Affleck — has died, Deadpool offers Elektra his condolences.

Ryan Reynolds is taking a stand for Jamie Lee Curtis after her recent comments about Marvel sparked controversy.“Wait, is everyone expected to apologize for slamming Marvel post-Endgame?” Reynolds, 47, questioned on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, following Curtis’ apology for her recent remarks about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).The “Freaky Friday” actress, 65, initially criticized the MCU’s current phase as “bad” during an interview with MTV’s Josh Horowitz at San Diego Comic-Con.She later retracted her statement, writing on X: “My comments about Marvel were stupid and I will do better,” and said she’d reached out to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige with a personal apology. “I’ve reached out to Kevin Feige and will no longer play in that mud slinging sandbox of competition we call the internet nor will I engage in the toilet paper promotion or game play that is designed for clicks not content or conversation,” the actress wrote.On Instagram, Curtis shared a video of her “Borderlands” co-star Kevin Hart praising her for her leadership on the set of their new film with the caption, “If I’m a leader, then a leader shouldn’t talk s–t about other collaborative art form creators.”Curtis’ comments about the MCU came amid mixed reviews of Marvel’s more recent projects, like “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (2018) and “The Marvels,” (2023), which underperformed at the box office.

San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend.In a clip from her interview with MTV’s Josh Horowitz, Curtis was asked which phase the MCU is in right now.“Bad,” she bluntly responded.Horowitz was shocked by Curtis’ comment, as the actress and her “Borderlands” costars all burst out laughing. After the remark made headlines, Curtis issued an apology on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.“My comments about Marvel were stupid and I will do better,” the “Freaky Friday” star wrote.“I’ve reached out to Kevin Feige and will no longer play in that mud slinging sandbox of competition we call the internet nor will I engage in the toilet paper promotion or game play that is designed for clicks not content or conversation,” she added.Curtis, who has never appeared in a Marvel movie, previously shaded 2022’s “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” while praising her own multiverse film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”“Is it JUST me? Does it seem STRANGE that our tiny movie that could and did and continues to do ##1movieinamerica and is TRULY MARVELOUS, out marvels any Marvel movie they put out there,” Curtis wrote on Instagram, calling out the similarities between the posters for the films which came out two months apart.She continued: “@everythingeverywheremovie has a Marvel movie coming out with a copycat poster? Is this one of those Internet feuds? All I’ll say is we would SLAY in a family feud contest @familyfeud with the Doctor Strange strangers.

“Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Glen Powell suggested he knows when filming begins for the follow-up to “Top Gun: Maverick.”“I mean, I have a date,” Powell, 35, said, when asked about “Top Gun 3” by host Josh Horowitz.When pressed for more details, the actor humorously responded, “Absolutely not,” and suggested they move on to the next question.Since “Top Gun: Maverick” released in 2022, Powell and other stars, such as Tom Cruise and Miles Teller, have been fielding questions regarding when the follow-up will begin production.News broke in January that Paramount Pictures was officially developing a third “Top Gun” movie. Powell appeared at the Sundance Film Festival to screen “Hit Man” that month, where he was asked questions about the newest film in the franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: It wouldn’t be Comic-Con without The Penguin and the HBO Original series will be taking over San Diego Comic-Con from Thursday July 25 to Saturday July 27 with several experiences. The Penguin premieres on HBO and Max in September.

Bad reviews? Bah, says Chris Pine, who is ignoring the brickbats thrown at his directorial debut, Poolman. 

Before asking Jesse Eisenberg to rock a bald head, Zack Snyder considered Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of Lex Luthor.

Daniel Radcliffe has recalled how he was “terrified” of the late Alan Rickman at one of their first meetings and was worried that “he hated” him.Speaking on an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast which you can see below, Radcliffe was played a clip by host Josh Horowitz that was taken from an interview he did with Rickman interview in 2016 – something Radcliffe had never seen. Rickman and Radcliffe were co-stars for a decade in the Harry Potter film series.In the footage, Rickman praises Radcliffe. “As much as I was doing it for seven weeks, they were doing it for 52 weeks,” Rickman said about the child actors on the Harry Potter movies (as per Variety).“This was their life from 12 to 22.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Daniel Radcliffe was treated to an unexpected moment during an appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast alongside his “Merrily We Roll Along” co-stars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. Podcast host Josh Horowitz played a clip from his Alan Rickman interview in 2016, which Radcliffe had never seen before. Rickman and Radcliffe were co-stars for a decade in the “Harry Potter” film series.

Mark Wahlberg has a few things to get off his chest regarding Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film, The Departed.

Cillian Murphy is opening up about casting.

Austin Butler appears to be a go-to guy when it comes to flight films.

Valerie Wu Intern “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski says he wants to “take a swing” at making a “Star Wars” film. In a recent interview with “Happy Sad Confused” host Josh Horowitz, the action-thriller director opened up about a potential franchise he wants to be a part of in the future, bringing up the sci-fi favorite. “I’m a ‘Star Wars’ guy, like, the first ‘Star Wars’ changed my life,” said Stahelski.