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In Black Bird, Apple TV’s dramatic take on the true crime memoir about a suspected serial killer Larry Hall, star Taron Egerton admits that his portrayal of FBI informant Jimmy Keene differs from the real-life person who helped authorities to find Hall’s victims.

, which tells the real-life story of the high-stakes legal battle that took place to secure the rights to the iconic game.In the film, Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a Dutch video game designer who travels to the Soviet Union in 1989 to meet the game's creator, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Yefremov), and attempt to secure handheld rights to the game, so Tetris can be distributed alongside Nintendo's revolutionary new Game Boy system.«I always just feel if you seek to humanize somebody and make them relatable and three-dimensional, then you are doing them the right service,» Egerton says of taking on the role in ET's exclusive behind-the-scenes look at , which also includes interviews with the real-life Rogers and Pajitnov, who recall their first meetings in Russia in a secretive, dimly lit room that «definitely had some KGB guys in there.»«It was strange to watch somebody else be me,» Rogers admitted of watching Egerton, though he praised the actor for doing a «good job.»«Tetris crosses boundaries,» adds Rogers' daughter, Maya, who is now the CEO of Blue Planet Software and managing director of The Tetris Company. «It brings people of all cultures together… Not only is Tetris an amazing game, it was only possible because of this amazing friendship between Henk and Alexey.» premieres March 31 on Apple TV+.

Taron Egerton has responded to rumours he could take on the role of James Bond, saying that he doesn’t think he’s “the right choice for it”.The actor initially rose to fame in the Bond-like franchise Kingsman, though with the departure of Daniel Craig as 007 Egerton’s name has been in the mix of potential actors who could take over.“I don’t think I’m the right choice for it,” the star told The Daily Telegraph. “You have to be consistently statuesque to be that guy.

Ray Liotta's family and famous friends gathered on Friday to pay tribute to the late actor as he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The actor died in his sleep on May 26, 2022, while in production on an upcoming film,, in the Dominican Republic, but he was aware of the Walk of Fame honor prior to his death.Liotta's daughter, Karsen, spoke at the ceremony, and she shared exclusively with ET's Will Marfuggi how much the honor meant to her father. «It was a huge honor for him and he was proud of himself, as me and my whole family were,» she noted. «I know it was definitely very special to him and it was a monumental moment in his career.»The proud daughter also said her dad would have been «surprised» by the outpouring of support following his death.«I mean, of course everybody loved him, but he didn't look at his life and his work as if everybody's watching all the time,» she explained.

2023 BAFTA Awards will pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 on Sept. 8, 2022.

Evan Peters scooped the Golden Globe Best Actor award for his chilling turn as cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer at Tuesday's ceremony - and declared he hoped 'some good could come out of the role.'The actor, 35, who stunned fans with his eerie portrayal of Dahmer, scooped the award in the Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture category for controversial Ryan Murphy drama, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.The win comes amid fierce backlash from the families of Dahmer's victims, who claim they were not consulted before the show went into production. Wow: Evan Peters scooped the Golden Globe Best Actor award for his chilling turn as cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer at Tuesday's ceremony - and declared he hoped 'some good could come out of the role.The star beat actors Taron Egerton in Blackbird, Colin Firth in The Staircase Sebastian Stan in Pam & Tommy and Andrew Garfield in Under the Banner of Heaven.

Evan Peters scooped the Golden Globe Best Actor award for his chilling turn as cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer at Tuesday's ceremony - and declared he hoped 'some good could come out of the role.'The actor, 35, who stunned fans with his eerie portrayal of Dahmer, scooped the award in the Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture category for controversial Ryan Murphy drama, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.The win comes amid fierce backlash from the families of Dahmer's victims, who claim they were not consulted before the show went into production. Wow: Evan Peters scooped the Golden Globe Best Actor award for his chilling turn as cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer at Tuesday's ceremony - and declared he hoped 'some good could come out of the role.The star beat actors Taron Egerton in Blackbird, Colin Firth in The Staircase Sebastian Stan in Pam & Tommy and Andrew Garfield in Under the Banner of Heaven.

EXCLUSIVE: Taron Egerton and the creators behind Apple TV+’s lauded drama Black Bird are re-teaming on crime series Firebug, inspired by events surrounding notorious California arsonist John Leonard Orr.

EJ Panaligan editor A24 has released the official trailer for its upcoming Claire Denis-helmed romantic thriller “Stars at Noon,” starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn. The film first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The two-hour film follows a young American journalist (Qualley), who falls for a mysterious Englishman (Alwyn) while stranded in Nicaragua. Though at first he seems like her best bet at getting out of the country, it is slowly revealed that her affiliation with the Englishman has put both of them in immense danger. Also appearing in the film in supporting roles are Danny Ramirez, John C. Reilly and Benny Safdie. Ramirez plays a Costa Rican policeman, Reilly plays an American boss and Safdie plays a CIA agent. They all take interest in the Englishman’s ominous dealings in Nicaragua.

He is currently making waves playing the elf Arondir on Amazon's $715 million Lord of the Rings prequel, believed to be the most expensive TV show of all time.But on Wednesday night, actor Ismael Cruz Cordova had a night off from Middle Earth as he mingled with stars at a party held at Hollywood hotspot Bar Lis.The 35-year-old Puerto Rican actor cut a stylish figure in a mesh top as he posed at the bash - to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the rooftop bar - rubbing shoulders with the likes of Charlie's Angeles actress Ella Balinska. VIP: The Rings of Power star Ismael Cruz Cordova cuts a stylish figure in mesh outfit as he attends star-studded party at hotspot Bar Lis in Hollywood on Wednesday night British actress Ella, 25, who was cast as a lead alongside Kristen Stewart in the 2019 reboot of Charlie's Angels, was seen dressed in a black miniskirt grey top for the buzzy evening out. Also in attendance at the soiree was YouTuber David Dobrik, Taron Egerton, actor JC Stewart and DJ Guy Gerber. Designed by Bernadette Blanc, rooftop lounge Bar Lis launch in August 2021, and hosted a number of famous faces over the past year, including Tove Lo, Leomie Anderson, and Selling Sunset stars Brett and Jason Oppenheim.

Britney Spears is back! The pop star is teaming with Elton John for a fresh take on his 1972 single, «Tiny Dancer,» according tomultiple reports. The duo is said to have hit the studio last week for a secret session with super producer Andrew Watt to turn the iconic track into a proper duet. According to , the song will be released by Universal Music next month. ET has reached out to reps for both artists for comment. The news comes as Spears shared a fangirl moment with Taron Egerton, who famously played John in the 2019 biopic , over the weekend.

Britney Spears has recorded a new version of Elton John’s classic song “Tiny Dancer” with the legendary singer himself according to multiple reports.

Taron Egerton can't seem to escape the rumors. The 32-year-old actor denied more theories that he's set to play the iconic character, speaking up on SiriusXM's Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw this week. The tidbit marks over two years of speculation surrounding Egerton's potential casting — ET first spoke to him about the rumor at 2019 Comic-Con. «It's really flattering that people think that I'm the guy to do it,» Egerton said this week, «but there's no truth.» In 2019, Egerton voiced an almost identical sentiment.

Paul Walter Hauser (“Richard Jewell”) is also a movie buff — so it’s no surprise that he describes his Emmy-worthy turn as “Black Bird” serial killer Larry Hall in cinematic terms — including Hall’s “Vincent D’Onofrio in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ stare.”“I’d say for my process … is that if I treated [the role] some other way it takes the humanity out of it and I’m kind of leaning into this tendency to overact,” Hauser, 35, told The Post. “So rather than be like, ‘Wow, I’m playing a serial killer so I better get ready’ … [Hall] was a human before he was a murderer, before he was a rapist, so you don’t want to play a killer like a killer.

Apple TV+.The six-episode drama, adapted from James Keene’s 2010 book, “In With The Devil,” revolves around Keene (Taron Egerton, “Rocket Man”), a charismatic, armed-to-the-teeth Chicago drug dealer and son of an ex-cop (Ray Liotta in his final role) who, in 1996, is busted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.Shortly thereafter, he’s offered a deal: transfer to a maximum-security prison in Missouri and befriend high-talking, mutton-chopped serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”). If he can elicit a confession from the next-level-creepy Hall, who’s suspected in the murders of at least 14 young girls, Keene’s sentence will be commuted.

Welsh actor Taron Egerton has explained the heartbreaking reason why he pulled out of Mike Bartlett’s West End play Cock, just weeks after his debut. Taron was lined up for the new production alongside Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey, with the pair set to play the two leads.However, Rocketman actor Taron’s stint got off to a rocky start, after he fainted on stage on the opening night.The announcement then came he had dropped out of the play came after he was replaced when he tested positive for Covid-19 by understudy Joel Harper-Jackson, who then stayed in his role. However, it was not expanded at the time on Taron’s reasoning for quitting the show, which he has now shared in a new interview. ‘Toward the end of last year, a close family member was diagnosed with cancer, and I dropped out of a film to come home and be with that person,’ he explained.‘I thought that, with the play, I was ready to go back to work, but I wasn’t. ‘I had to leave, and it was sad, and absolutely one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make,’ he told The New York Times.The play centres around John (played by Jonathan Bailey), a man who falls in love with a woman (Jade Anouka) after taking a break from his long-term boyfriend M, who was played by Taron. In a statement released by the Twitter account for the play, a revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 production Cock at London’s Ambassador Theatre, it said that understudy Joel would take over the role of M previously played by Taron.‘Joel Harper-Jackson will take over the role of M in Mike Bartlett’s razor-sharp, hilarious play Cock until the end of the run,’ it said.The statement added: ‘The part was originally played in this production by Taron Egerton, who has had to withdraw from the production due

British actor Taron Egerton confirmed that he recently met with Marvel Studios about taking on the role of Wolverine, originally played by Hugh Jackman.While promoting his new Apple TV+ series Black Bird, the32-year-old Golden Globe winnerspoke about hisaspirations toportray such an iconic member of the X-Men and Avengers franchises.'I'd be excited but I'd be apprehensive as well, because Hugh is so associated with the role that I'd wonder if it'd be very difficult for someone else to do it,'he told theNew York Times. Aspiring superhero: Taron Egerton confirmed that he recently met with Marvel Studios about taking over the role of Wolverine, originally played by Hugh Jackman; seen in 2020He continued: 'I’d be excited but I’d be apprehensive as well, because Hugh is so associated with the role that I’d wonder if it’d be very difficult for someone else to do it.' Egerton went on to say 'hopefully if it does come around' that they'd give him 'a shot.'The Rocketman star previously worked with Jackman, who last played theWolverine in 2016’s Eddie the Eagle and as an X-Men member in 2017’s Logan.

Ray Liotta's co-stars on his final completed project,, are sharing their memories of the late actor. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with the stars of the new Apple TV+ drama series on the carpet at the show's premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and they opened up about their memories of the celebrated actor.Taron Egerton, who stars in the series as a convicted criminal serving time in prison, recalled sharing scenes with Liotta, who plays his father.The 32-year-old Welsh actor — who also served as an executive producer on the series — recalled Liotta's «passion» for the script and the on-screen relationship they shared in the show.«I just kind of fell in love with him immediately,» Egerton remembered. «We developed a very, very, very close connection, and I had a very special time filming those scenes. I'm very pleased with how they turned out.»The show, inspired by true events, tells the story of Jimmy Keene (played by Egerton), who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for various criminal activities, but then is given a fateful choice: Either he can stay in his minimum-security prison and serve the whole sentence or enter a maximum-security prison to befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Houser), in exchange for a reduced sentence.Houser walked the red carpet wearing a T-shirt featuring Liotta's character from , and reflected on how big a fan he was of Liotta's amazing body of work.«So many great performances he left behind.

Ray Liotta's final TV role before his death last month. The show, inspired by true events, tells the story of Jimmy Keene (played by Taron Egerton), who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for an unspecified crime but then given a fateful choice: Either he can stay in his minimum-security prison and serve the whole sentence or enter a maximum-security prison to befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Houser). It premiers on July 8. Liotta plays Big Jim Keene, Jimmy's father.

Selome Hailu Apple TV+ has debuted a trailer for “Black Bird,” the streamer’s upcoming psychological thriller limited series starring Taron Egerton and Ray Liotta. The project is set to premiere on July 8.The six-episode series follows Jimmy Keene (Egerton), a high school football hero and the son of decorated policeman “Big Jim” (Liotta), who is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison. He is given the choice of a lifetime: enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole.