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Affleck replaces Bale, joins Weisz for Malick film

A romantic drama directed by Terrence Malick is reshaping its cast with Ben Affleck replacing Christian Bale, to join the previously announced actors Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes). Rachel Weisz (The Lovely Bones) is also joining. The title of the film is unknown and Affleck’s affiliation was confirmed, according to [...]

21 August, 2010
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Rachel Weisz: I’m Not A Noble Person

Rachel Weisz isn’t “noble” in any way, so would never die for her job. The actress plays Hypatia in her movie Agora, which was recently released in America. The film is a historical drama set in Egypt, and Rachel’s character was interested in learning about astronomy and mathematics. The actress was attracted to the part [...]

4 August, 2010
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Rachel Weisz: ‘I needed lighter material’

Rachel Weisz has revealed that she accepted her role in The Brothers Bloom because she was attracted to her character’s quirkiness. The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2005 for her performance in The Constant Gardener, said that she also found the rom-com appealing due to its “light” subject matter. Speaking to Empire, Weisz [...]

5 June, 2010
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Rachel Weisz Loves Asking Questions

Rachel Weisz is a people person, and interacting with different actors and characters on movie sets brings her endless fascination. The Agora star seems like quite the sociologist! She said: “I liked acting because I love to ask people questions.? I like knowing about people and trying to imagine myself in other people’s shoes and [...]

24 April, 2010
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Rachel Weisz eyes annual theatre

Academy-award-winner Rachel Weisz finds performing for the live audience “wild and risky” and has vowed to do stage every year from now on. The 40-year-old actress, who kickstarted her career in a student theatre group during her time at Cambridge University, recently returned to the stage with a starring role in a production of ‘A [...]

2 April, 2010
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Rachel Weisz and Jude Law win Critics’ Circle awards

Britain’s Rachel Weisz has been named best actress at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for appearing in A Streetcar Named Desire. Mark Rylance was named best actor for Jerusalem, while Jude Law accepted the best Shakespearean performance prize for playing the title role in Hamlet. Musical Spring Awakening, which ran for a short time [...]

5 February, 2010
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Rachel Weisz Praises “Sexy” Susan Sarandon

RACHEL Weisz was embarrassed to have Susan Sarandon play her mother in new movie Lovely Bones — because the 63-year-old looks too young and too sexy! The British actress, 39, says the Thelma and Louise star has aged pretty well. “She’s the most glamorous mum I’ve ever seen,” says Rachel. “She felt more like a [...]

25 January, 2010
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Rachel Weisz: ‘Cuddles Relieve Stress’

RACHEL Weisz says cuddling her son helps her deal with stress. The British actress — who raises Henry, 3, with fiance Darren Aranofsky — had some traumatic storylines to cover in her new movie The Lovely Bones and she says her family were the best antidote to a bad day filming. “When I was making [...]

25 January, 2010
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Rachel Weisz Felt Like an Idiot When She First Met Fiance

RACHEL Weisz felt like an “idiot” when she first met fiance Darren Aranofsky. The actress — who now as a three-year-old son with the Requiem for a Dream director — admits she was so nervous ahead of their first meeting, she tried to impress him by playing down her star status. “I didn’t want this [...]

25 January, 2010
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Rachel Weisz reveals what could have made ‘Bones’ more ‘Lovely’

article from nypost.com: As soon as I laid eyes on the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s “Lovely Bones” big screen adaptation, I was in love. The visuals were almost as stunning as the three generations of actresses — Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan — the comprised The Salmon family. Then I saw the movie [...]

25 January, 2010
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