Moscow’s magnetic pull for Michael: Fassbender does the tourist thing and pops a snap or two around the Russian capital

EVOKE
May 17, 2014



He’s one of the biggest movie stars in the world, but when it comes to sight seeing Michael Fassbender is just like the rest of us: a goofy tourist.

The 37-year-old actor was spotted taking in the beauties of Russia’s capital city on Friday, just days after walking the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of his latest film X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

Dressed smartly in a pair of black dress shoes, jeans, a white shirt and crisp black suit jacket, the Irish star was indistinguishable from any other tourist.

As he walked around the picturesque Red Square accompanied by several security guards, Fassbender didn’t hesitate to crouch down and take the odd snap.

It was a decidedly upbeat side of the Oscar-nominated performer, who is best known for taking on dark and dramatic roles – such as that of mutant leader Magneto in the X-Men franchise.

The actor plays a younger version of the character in the two most recent installments in the franchise, with the role previously being filled by Sir Ian McKellan.


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Liam Neeson hits the red carpet in Seoul for premiere of 'Taken 2' TAKEN 2SEPTEMBER 17, 2012BY: KAY SHACKLETON (THE EXAMINER)

Monday September 17, “Taken 2” had its premiere at the Yongsan CGV in Seoul, South Korea. The film was directed by Olivier Megaton and stars Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpP38JZSLOg
Liam Neeson at Moscow Premiere "Taken 2"


“Taken 2” is set in Istanbul. Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter in the previous film "Taken."

"Taken 2" debuted at the Deauville American Film Festival in the South of France on September 7. It is scheduled to reach theaters in the U.S. in a wide release on Friday, October 5. The film will battle for box office dollars that weekend with the animated film “Frankenweenie,” the horror flick “Sinister,” and comedy starring Anna Kendrick “Pitch Perfect.”


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Hugh Laurie: Dr. House to play blues in Kyiv in June (Ukraine's Main News)

British actor and musician and star of the popular TV series House, Hugh Laurie, will play a gig in Kyiv to promote his debut blues album.

 As a part of this year's tour, Laurie will perform in Kyiv (on June 20), Minsk (June 22), St. Petersburg (June 24) and Moscow (June 25), according to the Web site of the Euro Entertainment company. His debut album "Let Them Talk" was released in 2011.

The album, which consists of classic blues songs, was recorded in Los Angeles and New Orleans. "In my imagination, New Orleans just straight hummed with music, romance, joy, despair; its rhythms got into my gawky English frame and, at times, made me so happy and sad, I just didn't know what to do with myself," the concert organizers quoted Laurie as saying.

 "Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them," the actor was quoted as saying. Hugh Laurie was first became well known as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, along with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry. The duo than starred in the Jeeves and Wooster TV series adapted from P.G. Wodehouse's stories.


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Keira Knightley: Stunning as always: Keira Knightley turns in a great performance as Anna Karenina (Mail On-Line)

By Baz Bamigboye
Last updated at 1:59 AM on 27th January

Knightley, as Anna Karenina, emerges from the mist, her gaze focussed on her husband — and her lover — played by Jude Law and Aaron Johnson, respectively.

The actress is wearing an embroidered coat that sweeps the floor, a hat trimmed in fox fur — and £1 million worth of Chanel gems, dangling from her ears.

The costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, has at the request of director Joe Wright, created a hybrid look for Keira, in which 1870s style meets fitted Fifties couture, and the result is stunning.

Anna Karenina is Tolstoy’s giant meditation on the aspects of love, and Keira, now 26, is clearly up to the task of playing one of the greatest heroines in literature.

I’ve been following Keira’s career for years, but as I stood looking at her on the set of Anna Karenina, something had changed. The film’s hair and make-up designer Ivana Primorac articulated my thoughts. ‘Keira looks like a proper woman,’ she says Director Joe Wright, who is filming the train station scene at Shepperton studios, tells me: ‘There’s fire in Keira’s belly.’

While most of the filming was done on lavish sets, there were real life locations, too; and some shooting is being done in Russia, for the more naturalistic scenes involving Levin and Kitty.

The scenes I watched looked amazing. Ornate tableaux peopled with extras of Russian heritage, all choreographed to move in a certain way.

And the cast is as rich as Greenwood’s sets. Ruth Wilson plays Princess Betsy; Olivia Williams is Countess Vronsky; Emily Watson plays Countess Lydia; Kelly Macdonald is Dolly; and Matthew Macfadyen, Oblonsky.

Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery has been cast as Princess Myagkaya, while her former co-star Thomas Howes (William, the ill-fated footman) plays Yashvin


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Ralph Fiennes: British actor Ralph Fiennes to play Russian films (The Voice of Russia)

A renowned British actor Ralph Fiennes is to play in two new Russian films. Speaking with reporters in Moscow, Fiennes said that he is to play in “Queen of Spade” by Pavel Lungin and “A Month In the Country” by Vera Glagoleva. He met both directors last year when he came to Russia to chair the jury of the Tarkovsky International film festival.

Fiennes is now in Moscow presenting his new film “Coriolanus”. It is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy and Fiennes’ debut as a film director.

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Anna Karenina (MOSCOW NEWS)

September: Tolstoy in Didcot

Filming started at the end of September on a new, big-budget version of “Anna Karenina,” starring Jude Law and Keira Knightly. The blockbuster movie had been recruiting Russian extras for months, with posters in Orthodox churches and cultural centers. One of numerous locations across Russia and Britain was Didcot Railway Centre, west of London, which has authentic steam engines. Creating a fake snow scene, they filmed – among other things – Anna Karenina’s famous final encounter with a train there. The film is due for release later this year.


http://themoscownews.com/people/20120112/189362250.html