Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts

Teen actress Chloe Moretz steals the the show at Hugo premiere

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

By Mike Larkin

Last updated at 7:24 AM on 22nd November 2011

She shot to fame playing rebellious child superhero Hit Girl in cult comic book film Kick-Ass.

But Chloe Moretz has grown up a lot in the two years since the movie was released, as she showed at tonight's premiere of new Martin Scorsese flick Hugo.

The 14-year-old looked every inch the classy young lady as she posed in a flowing champagne coloured dress in New York.

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Classy: Chloe Moretz looked like an elegant young lady as she bloomed on the red carpet for the premiere of Hugo
Classy: Chloe Moretz looked like an elegant young lady as she bloomed on the red carpet for the premiere of Hugo




Smart: Chloe's understated style was impressive from every angle as she lapped up the premiere atmosphere
Smart: Chloe's understated style was impressive from every angle as she lapped up the premiere atmosphere
Smart: Chloe's understated style was impressive from every angle as she lapped up the premiere atmosphere

And it seems that one person shared a similar inspiration to Chloe.

Emily Mortimer, who has a supporting role in the film, also attended in a similar coloured dress.


Mortimer attended with her husband Alessandro Nivola, and they were certainly the most glamorous couple of the evening.


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Just missed out: Emily Mortimer looked wonderful but her similarly coloured dress was not as appealing
Just missed out: Emily Mortimer looked wonderful but her similarly coloured dress was not as appealing




Glam: Emily and her hunky husband Alessandro Nivola would certainly have won the award for the night's most attractive couple
Glam: Emily and her hunky husband Alessandro Nivola would certainly have won the award for the night's most attractive couple

Chloe is one of the rising stars of Hollywood, and her performance in Scorsese's highly rated new movie is already being praised by critics.

The early 20th century period festive epic sees her play a young girl Isabel, a friend of the titular main character Hugo, played by 14-year-old English actor Asa Butterfield.

The youngster is an an orphan living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station in the early 1930s, and he must repair a damaged automaton toy to discover a message from his dead father, who is played by Jude Law.

Much of the action takes place in the station, and Chloe said she could not believe the scale of the set that was made to bring it to life for the $170m budgeted flick.


Potter gold: Harry lookalike Asa Butterfield will hope to follow in Daniel Radcliffe's footsteps while Ben Kingsley's suit was worth a Ghander
Potter gold: Harry lookalike Asa Butterfield will hope to follow in Daniel Radcliffe's footsteps while Ben Kingsley's suit was worth a Ghander
Potter gold: Harry lookalike Asa Butterfield will hope to follow in Daniel Radcliffe's footsteps while Ben Kingsley's suit was worth a Ghander

Looking for some company: Perhaps dateless Sacha Baron Cohen could sit next to Vera Farmiga inside
Looking for some company: Perhaps dateless Sacha Baron Cohen could sit next to Vera Farmiga inside
Looking for some company: Perhaps dateless Sacha Baron Cohen could sit next to Vera Farmiga inside

She said: 'It was a full-scale train station. It was built in two studios placed side by side, which made it gigantic.

And they built, to scale, an actual train station. It truly was one of the most magnificent things I’d ever seen.

I walked in and saw it for the first time and thought, “It’s really happening.” It was beautiful.'

Her co-star Asa, who hails from London, also attended the premiere, and looked more than a little like fellow childrens' literary and movie favourite Harry Potter.


Know your station: Chloe Moretz and soon-to-be teen idol Asa Butterfield in action in Scorsese's festive feature Hugo
Know your station: Chloe Moretz and soon-to-be teen idol Asa Butterfield in action in Scorsese's festive feature Hugo


A jolly Goodfella: Martin Scorsese looked excited to be attending the premiere of his first family film along with his wife Helen Morris
A jolly Goodfella: Martin Scorsese looked excited to be attending the premiere of his first family film along with his wife Helen Morris


Seasoned actor Ben Kingsley, who plays a toy maker who befriends Hugo, and turns out to be legendary film pioneer father Georges Melies, also attended, wearing a fetching black suit with open-necked shirt.
Also following this more laid-back stylistic mode was Ali G comic Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays a bumbling station inspector in the flick.
But maestro himself obviously prefers a more traditional style, with Scorsese wearing a smart black suit and blue tie, while his wife Helen Morris also wore a snazzy champagne trouser suit.
Martin said his own relationship with his father and the cinema inspired him to make the movie.
He said: 'My father often took me to the movies when I was a child.
‘The movie theatre was a special place for us. It was a time for us to be alone and to share powerful emotional experiences together.’
The Taxi Driver director's old Departed chum Vera Farmiga was obviously keen on seeing the family friendly flick, as she also attended despite the fact she had no part in the movie.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2064598/Chloe-Moretz-looks-grown-steals-the-Hugo-premiere.html#ixzz1eQdVrZeA

Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate classic scene from Taxi Driver for stunning new Scorsese tribute pictorial - Harper's Bazaar

Friday, October 14, 2011

Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate classic scene from Taxi Driver for stunning new Scorsese tribute pictorial



By Sophie Forbes

Last updated at 7:17 AM on 13th October 2011

It is one of the most iconic scenes in modern cinema history.

But Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz have stunningly recreated the hotel room sequence from the Oscar nominated 1976 film Taxi Driver.

The shot is part of a Harper's Bazaar pictorial in honor of the film's director Martin Scorsese to celebrate his latest release and take a look back over some of his most famous movie moments.


Taxi driver: Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate the iconic scene from the Oscar nominated movie for a new spread in Harper's Bazaar
Taxi driver: Keanu Reeves and Chloe Moretz recreate the iconic scene from the Oscar nominated movie for a new spread in Harper's Bazaar


Flashback: The original film from 1976 featured a 12-year-old Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro
Flashback: The original film from 1976 featured a 12-year-old Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro

The 15-year-old Kick Ass actress portrayed the role made famous buy a 12-year-old Jodie Foster - a role which in turn made her a star and catapulted her career.



Keanu, 47, took on the job of imitating Robert De Niro's damaged and dangerous Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran with a murderous streak.

In the shot, Chloe lounges on a couch in a provocative tummy-bearing ensemble while a concerned Keanu sits on an ottoman close by, while the pair converse.

'There's an aura about him,' Moretz said of the famed director.

'He knows how to get that thing that makes it a Scorsese film; it's completely unspoken. But I haven't seen Taxi Driver yet. My mom won't let me watch it.'


Gangs of New York: Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Jack Huston re-lived a moment from the ensemble cast movie which originally starred Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio
Gangs of New York: Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Jack Huston re-lived a moment from the ensemble cast movie which originally starred Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio




The original: Leonardo Di Caprio and Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York
The original: Leonardo Di Caprio and Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York

The picture is part of a collection, shot by fashion photographer Jason Schmidt for the November issue of Harper's Bazaar U.S.

Also shot as part of the collection was Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Jack Huston, who relived a moment from the 2002 ensemble cast movie Gangs Of New York which originally starred Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The pair were shot intensely dancing through the dark set in the film which was set in 1863.


Waiting time: the spread also features Emily Blunt as Alice from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Waiting time: the spread also features Emily Blunt as Alice from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore




Food fight? Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Anymore in 1974
Food fight? Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Anymore in 1974



The Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt portrayed Alice from the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore which featured Big Love star Ellen Burstyn.

Accompanying the pictures were several commentaries from Scorsese's leading men and ladies about their experiences working with the legend.

'When we were shooting Taxi Driver, I think Marty was really uncomfortable with the fact that I was so young,' Jodie Foster said of the mastermind.

'The memory I have is of him and Robert De Niro trying to tell me how to unzip [De Niro’s] pants. And Marty keeps bursting out laughing. He can’t get a word out, and he tries to act serious, you know? He keeps smoothing down his face on both sides, but he just keeps laughing. And then De Niro decides he’s going to take over because he can do it.'


Starring role: Chloe Moretz channels Jodie Foster in the iconic role
Starring role: Chloe Moretz channels Jodie Foster in the iconic role




Career break: Jodie Foster in the 1976 film New York New York
Career break: Jodie Foster in the 1976 film New York New York

Meanwhile, Tom Cruise had a lighter memory of the 68-year-old ten time Oscar winner.

'I met Marty a few years before I worked with him, in '82 in L.A. Then I was shooting Top Gun and he offered me The Color of Money to do with [Paul] Newman.'

'When we started working together, Marty would just giggle. And it was wonderful because sometimes in the more violent scenes, like when I got pissed and was going down the stairs and throwing down the briefcase, you could just hear him giggle.'

'At night, I'd go down to Marty's parents' room and have a family dinner. His mom Catherine's lemon chicken, the pasta—incredible.'

'Even after we stopped filming, I'd go over to his parents' house and have Italian food any time I'd want. I'd call ahead, and they'd make my favorite dishes, and I'd stay with them for a night.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2048497/Keanu-Reeves-Chloe-Moretz-recreate-classic-scene-Taxi-Driver-stunning-new-Scorcese-tribute-pictorial.html#ixzz1aeFzoJt6