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Media Updates: Mr. Beaks Chats With The Talented Jamie Bell
September 9th, 2008
G’day homies,
And again, we have the awesome Philip for linking us up with this wonderful and quite extensive interview by Mr. Beaks with the talented Jamie.
Source:Ain’t It Cool News
Mr. Beaks Chats With The Talented Jamie Bell About The Demented Mister Foe!
Jamie Bell is busily making a career out of playing pariahs, goofballs and fuck-ups, and he couldn’t be more delighted about it. This is evidently supposed to surprise me. Ever since walking into the Four Seasons, where Magnolia Pictures is junketing David Mackenzie’s seriously bent Mister Foe, I’ve been hearing from publicists and journalists alike that Bell is “delightful”, “really funny”, and “not at all what you expect”.
This gives me pause. What should I expect from the gifted young actor who followed up his brilliant big-screen debut in Billy Elliot with a series of off-kilter performances in mostly off-kilter movies? A feral vagrant? A disaffected twentysomething? A sexually confused peeping tom?
Many actors who are capable of such stunning virtuosity tend to be blank slates in person, so I guess it is something of a revelation that Bell comes off as a charismatic, well-adjusted young man when staring down the business end of a digital recorder. He’s not the kind of guy who’s going to clobber you over the noggin with the “burden” of researching his role as Hallam Foe, the pervy voyeur in Mackenzie’s bizarre coming-of-age tale. “Was it difficult playing a damaged teenager who mourns the death of his mother by hiding out in a hunting blind and spying on the entire village?” “Did you struggle with the raw emotional angst of screwing your predatory mother-in-law (played by the not-unattractive Claire Forlani)?” “Will Hallam always haunt you?”
I found an interesting interview and thought you guys may want to read it too.
Source:Maxim.com The featurettes on the Jumper DVD suggest it was a pretty frustrating experience for you.
I would love to see that, actually. Can you elaborate on some of those, please?
They reveal that you were the only original cast member remaining after the two leads were replaced by Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson. There are lots of shots of eye-rolling, some moments of anger… It’s basically a montage of your aggravation.
It was tough. I mean, I was on it for a year. At this point, I’ve made a bunch of films, so I know how it should go. And I felt after a while, Why didn’t anyone tell me [Doug Liman] was a nutcase? It was also a particularly bad year personally; there was no light at the end of this fucking long tunnel for me. Jumper was becoming like a joke, so me and my friends were like, “Oh, Jumper again,” because we reshot about five times. However—incredibly liberating, great experience. Traveled the world, so privileged, can’t moan about anything. Doug is great, I’ve always wanted to work with him. Hayden is great. Rachel is gorgeous and full of confidence, and Sam is Sam Jackson.It was all good, but it was tedious in the process. (more…)
Big thanks to Philip for letting me know of this interesting Times Online article about Jamie!
Source:TimesOnline.co.uk
Born in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, in 1986, Jamie Bell was just 13 when he starred in Billy Elliot, the British film about an aspiring ballet dancer, for which he received a Bafta award in 2001. He has since appeared in films such as King Kong, Flags of Our Fathers, Hallam Foe and most recently in Jumper alongside Samuel L Jackson. He is single and lives in New York.
Billy Elliot finds his feet in Manhattan
The first time I met Jamie Bell he’d been brought to London by his mum. He was sitting in the lobby of the Dorchester, looking as if he’d sooner be on the first train back to his home in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees.
The poor lad had danced his way across the screen in what he was assured would be a small-time film called Billy Elliot. Suddenly he was the hottest act in town, at the age of just 13. I didn’t know whether to interview him or buy him a can of fizzy pop.
But never talk down to a talented child. Bell is now 22, has become a regular in Hollywood and is a confident young Englishman in New York. From not knowing a head porter from a maître d’, Bell has become a smooth operator who is welcome in the smartest bars and clubs in Manhattan and has laid his head on the fluffiest pillows of five-star hotels around the world. (more…)
Just a fairly small update today. For today’s update I have some awesome links to some cool “Jumper” and Jamie Bell coverage. Thanks to Jo and Philip for linking me up!
•TimesOnline.co.uk
A very interesting and fun article Jamie Bell. •E! Online
Reviews and articles about “Jumper” •The Movie Fanatic
A great article on “Jumper” and Jamie’s performance.
Last but certainly not least, thanks to Philip for linking to Tracey’s livejournal, because she was lucky enough to meet Jamie! Also, big thanks to Tracey for allowing me to upload this.
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