Meryl Streep Shades Benedict Cumberbatch?! See What The Oscar Queen Said About Her August: Osage County Co-Star HERE!

PEREZ HILTON
January 18, 2014



Um…if Meryl Streep tells you to do something, you DO IT! That’s why we’re shocked to hear that when the 18-time Oscar nominee suggested that she and the entire cast of August: Osage County live together in an Oklahoma condo complex during filming, there was one famous hold-out!

Benedict Cumberbatch!

According to the awards season queen, the Sherlock actor decided he’d rather stay in a hotel than slum it with her, Julia Roberts, Abigail Breslin, and Ewan McGregor!

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep: First trailer for AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY

Sean Bean, James Purefoy: Abigail Breslin answers Wicked Blood‘s call (MOVIEHOLE)

 

After her showy turn in “The Call”, young Abigail Breslin is set for a bigger gig, playing the female lead in writer/director Mark Young’s crime thriller “Wicked Blood”.

Sean Bean, James Purefoy, and Alexa Vega are already set for the pic. Story tells of a teenage girl, Hannah (Breslin) who makes an enemy out of her fearful crook Uncle Frank (Sean Bean), who runs the illegal family business with an iron fist, when she falls for his rival (Purefoy).

Vega, of “Spy Kids” and “Machete Kills”, plays Breslin’s sister.

Read more at  http://moviehole.net/201364079exclusive-abigail-breslin-answers-wicked-bloods-call

Benedict Cumberbatch Was In Awe Of Streep (FEMALE FIRST)

Benedict Cumberbatch admitted that he struggled to act alongside Meryl Streep when they did a scene together for their latest movie.

Speaking to the Press Association the actor said: "We had one scene around the table with Meryl and I just couldn't act. I was in awe of her.

"She is spellbinding to watch. She really is extraordinary. If you ever have the luck to watch her, she is fantastic."

Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis all star in the movie which is directed by John Wells.

READ MORE: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/benedict-cumberbatch-284355.html

Ewan McGregor boarding 'August: Osage County.' (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) by Adam B. Vary

 Ewan McGregor is the latest A-lister to board the feature adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, as the estranged husband of Julia Roberts‘ character, the eldest daughter of family matriarch Violet Weston (Meryl Streep). Costars include Chris Cooper, Juliette Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, and Margo Martindale. The only major character left to cast, in fact, is Violet’s middle daughter Ivy. Playwright Tracy Letts penned the adaptation himself. John Wells, best known as the showrunner of ER and The West Wing, is directing. [Variety]


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