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Posted: May 27 2007 Post subject:

There's a nice interview with Kirsten in a Portuguese newspaper called Correio da Manhã. Here's the translation of an excerpt (sorry about my bad english, I'm doing my best):

Do you think the love story in this movie is a closed circle, or is there room for some surprises?
I like the way the movie ends, because there stays a true relationship between Peter and Jane. I don't think their relationship came to an end. It was more a kind of break for both. The same way this movie is also a conclusion for this chapter of the 'Spider-Man' franchise. However, I'm willing to go to a fourth movie if Tobey and Sam go too.

Would you fall in love with someone like Peter Parker?
I don't think so. In his life, the most important doesnt seem to be his girl. And that would always be a problem.

How do you evaluate, personal and professionally, the two actors whom you've worked with, James Franco and Tobey Maguire?
James grew up a lot as an actor and he has a very complicated role in this movie. He used to be much more close, but now he reveals the various sides of his amazing personalitly. Tobey changed a lot too. Now he's a father and that made him more adult. All those changes get reflected in his look, he's much more mature and better as an actor.
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Posted: May 29 2007 Post subject:

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.. Tobey you are very beautiful. .

Posted: March 06 2008 Post subject:

Brother's co-star Natalie Portman will be featured on the April 2008 cover of Marie Claire magazine. Here's an excerpt of the interview where she discusses Tobey's influence on her eating habits.

Natalie Portman Interview
By Mark Abrahams
Natalie Portman sits at a café bar in a New York photography studio and playfully recites the roll-call of graduation-day laurels she's been handed over the years.

'The Good Girl,' she begins, 'Smart Girl, Studious Girl... it's very boxed the way people want to define you... the Conservative Girl. Sure, I would say overall it's probably true, but...' There's a but.

In case you didn't know, Portman is Harvard University educated, graduating with a degree in psychology in 2003. She's fluent in Hebrew, the mother tongue of her Israeli father. This, coupled with a willingness to speak out, and knowledgeably, on political and ethical issues she holds dear, has gained the 26-year-old a reputation as something of an intellectual actress.

There are, she concedes, definite preconceptions that follow her around. Coldness, she says, is maybe one of them. 'Yeah,' she confesses, 'I can be pretentious and talk about books for hours, but I'm not hyper-intellectual or anything. I mean, I like to read, but lots of people do. I'm not the hard, brainy girl at all. I'm really mushy. [Laughs.] I'm much more mush, I think, than anything else!'

She grabs an energy bar from the display basket and studies the contents of the label. She wonders if the energy bar contains milk. That's Tobey's fault. For the past ten days she's gone from being vegetarian to vegan. 'I was around Tobey Maguire in rehearsals [for upcoming film Brothers] and he's vegan and I was, like, this is nice. I'm honest about caring about animals. You know, eggs and milk products, there's a lot of animal discomfort in that, too. I don't know if it's a permanent thing.' Rather than preaching, it's like she's making our excuses for us. 'I haven't been very healthy - eating a lot of fried foods, pizzas, so it's good to detox - no caffeine or alcohol.' She laughs: 'It might spark speculation why I'm not drinking.' You're not pregnant? 'No, there's no grand occasion.'

Natalie admits that she herself 'was a spoiled, only child in a Jewish family. Very outgoing... A Jewish princess, I wonder? 'Yeah, but we didn't have any money because my dad was still training to be a doctor while I was growing up. He was training until he was 40, so throughout my childhood it wasn't like we were poor, but there wasn't any luxurious spending. We drove everywhere in a used Chevy for our vacations, going to Disneyworld in Florida, or to Ohio to visit my grandma.

I remember that my dad used to make up the back seat with a bed and bookshelves and toys and call it my apartment, to make it feel more grown-up. I always wanted to be grown-up. I was definitely spoiled, but we didn't have any money.'

This is an edited version of the full feature, which appears in the April 2008 issue of Marie Claire.

Words by Harvey Marcus. Photographs by Mark Abrahams, Wednesday 5 March 2008

SOURCE:
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/interviews/195678/natalie-portman-interview.html

I look more forward to hearing what she has to say about working with him than eating with him. LOL!
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Posted: April 19 2008 Post subject:

Here's a nice article on Robert Downey Jr. and his role as Iron Man. The article says whenever he was down, he would lean upon Tobey for advice and support. See redface text.

Downey not out

April 19, 2008 10:00pm
ROBERT Downey Jr as a superhero? Doesn't sound likely, does it?

A clean-cut, all-American, spandex-clad do-gooder isn’t exactly what the former bad boy – indeed the Britney Spears of his time – is famous for being.

On the contrary, he’s known for his gargantuan drug abuse in the late 1980s and ’90s, his revolving door to rehab, his 180 days in prison for possessing heroin and a 357 Magnum gun, and becoming the first “uninsurable” actor in Hollywood.

Yet it’s his against-type casting as comic book hero Iron Man that Downey credits as one of the keys that has seen him turn his troubled life around. Add to that a stable life with a stable wife and it’s no wonder the 43-year-old is looking fitter, healthier and happier than ever.

“I don’t wanna say sick or healthy or good or bad or any of that stuff,” Downey says in his rapid-fire style. “It’s just me now. It’s this century. People f***ing change, man.”

The lean and mean Downey has been clean and sober for five years. Even cigarettes have been given the flick. He drinks only water and juice and the only pills he pops are vitamins.

He’s devoted to his 15-year-old son, Indio, with whom he shares custody with his ex-wife Deborah Falconer, and sounds more down to earth and mature than the motor-mouthed wild child of old.

Along with being blissfully married and on the wagon “for good”, Downey says winning the Iron Man role was another change for good.

“I was at a kung fu lesson when I got the call,” he says. “I’m going for an instructor grading, so I guess I’m approaching what you’d consider black belt. So I bowed off the mat and took the call from Jon (Favreau, the director). I really felt like my life changed in that moment.

“I don’t really think people’s lives are about their careers and what cool movies they get to do, but at the end of the day it was a pretty big win for me, and I think those things need to be heralded and celebrated.”

Then came the reality of having to pull it off.

“It’s like getting into college,” Downey says. “You get the letter and you go, ‘Wow, this is big! This is a life changing thing and it seems to have gone my way.’ Then comes that crash afterwards when you realise you’ve got to do another f***ing four more years of school.”

Downey credits his wife, producer Susan Levin, who he married in 2005 shortly before winning the role, with encouraging him to go for it. Levin pushed him to flip people’s perceptions and prove to himself he could do it.

“She is a great cheerleader for me. I got the right girl,” he says. “Of course, I am afraid of falling back into the clutches of substance abuse, everybody is, but my wife is there for me. She’s working (in LA) right now, but we’re gonna meet up in Europe.

Downey says he can sum up his marriage in four simple words: “Happy wife, happy life".
Downey brings his off-screen persona to the Iron Man role “probably more than any other part I’ve done”. Based on the Marvel comic, it looms as a monster box office hit.

His character Tony Stark is a rich, eccentric playboy weapons designer who’s often in the news for all the wrong reasons. He is captured and tortured by terrorists and forges an armoured suit to escape. The experience changes him and he secretly builds a hi-tech suit to stop anyone using his weapons.

When we first see Downey in the role, swilling scotch and cracking jokes in the back of a Humvee, we recall the real-life cheeky wild child and his off-screen antics. Downey plays up to it with a glint in his eye.

“I love Marvel comics and grew up reading Iron Man and Spider-Man," he says. "I have always been drawn to Iron Man because he has amazing ingenuity and intelligence.

“Superheroes are great, but superheroes who manufacture weapons and then build a suit of armour and fly around makes for the ultimate nerdgasm.”

Pulling off the look of a muscly superhero was a tall order for the diminutive actor, who had spent most of his life abusing his body. But muscle up he did, getting in the best shape of his life.

“About a year ago I decided that I really wanted to put on some size, which isn’t easy at my age,” he says. “Time is speeding up in a way and the industry is very unforgiving, so I felt that if I was ever going to do a movie like Iron Man I had to do it quickly before it became embarrassing being the guy in tights with the flabby body.

Downey did “tons” of strength training, aerobics and kung fu to beef up. “The cool thing was that training and getting in the best shape of my life also put my head-space in check so I could actually enjoy it once in a while.”

Whenever he got stuck on set, he called Tobey Maguire for advice. Maguire was also an unlikely superhero when he was cast as Spider-Man.

“It’s been an interesting marriage,” Downey says “There’d be times where I’d be struggling with how to play a certain scene and I’d call him and he’d really help me out. Or he’d send me a text message and say, ‘Hey dude, I heard Iron Man is going to be huge, enjoy it and have fun’.”

It’s that kind of support that sees Downey more grounded than ever. That and staying busy keeps him on the straight and narrow.

“These days I consider night to be the time you rest after the day,” he says. “Since November before last I’ve been in either pre-production or shooting, so this is actually the fourth day since then that I’m actually not working.”

He’s especially excited about another film he’s worked on, the Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder (out in August), in which a rag-tag group of B-grade actors get dropped in a real war zone. Downey plays an Aussie playing an Afro-American in the film.

“It’s a wild ride,” he laughs, saying he picked up the Aussie accent mostly by talking to his long-time friend Mel Gibson.

Downey hopes to return Down Under to promote the film, but for now he's celebrating his first blockbuster.

“I went online last night and read all the cool responses to the movie on those fan websites,” he says. “I revelled in the fact that this hard work has paid off, and I laid my head down knowing it’s another good day in the can.”

Iron Man is out on May 1.
SOURCE:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23561563-5005380,00.html
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Posted: April 20 2008 Post subject:

What a lovely little mention. I often wondered if Robert and Tobey had kept in contact after Wonderboys. My two favorite actors! Bless.

Posted: May 02 2008 Post subject:

Saw this today - there has SO got to be an Iron Man II!!!!!!
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Posted: May 08 2008 Post subject:

Story with some quotes by Robert Downey Jr regarding Tobey.

Robert Downey Jr. Talks ‘Iron Man’ And How It Almost Never Happened
May 07, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- After starting out the summer with a box office bang, Robert Downey Jr. stopped by Access Hollywood to talk about the success of “Iron Man,” the upcoming sequel and how he almost didn’t get a chance to suit up in Tony Stark’s armor.

Robert, who had to work hard to land the lead in “Iron Man,” attributed his success to his tenacity and determination.

“I thought I would be perfect for the part. But, they weren’t necessarily thinking of me right away,” he told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush. “Jon [Favreau, the director] said, ‘Look it’s probably not going to happen.’ And I said, ‘Well listen, I’m not going to give up.’ Which is kind of unlike me. Usually I’d be like, ‘I don’t want to embarrass myself.’”

Throwing caution to the wind paid off for Robert. “Iron Man” opened at the top of the weekend box office, raking in a Tony Stark-worthy haul of over $100 million, which leads to the obvious question of a sequel for “Iron Man.”

“I’m really proud of what Jon and I did, and the fact that Gwyneth (who he affectionately refers to as “Iron Woman”) and Terrence, and Jeff Bridges all showed up for this movie,” he told Access. “And [I’m] certain that all of us will be back to reprise our roles. It’s cool. It’s kind of like a really big a** series.”

In fact, Robert is already thinking about the physical preparations needed for “Iron Man 2.”

“I’m 43, I used to work out for six weeks and I look good for six years,” he said. “Now, I work out for six months, and I look good for six minutes. By the time the other one comes out I’ll be 45, this is going to start getting really ridiculous!”

Regardless of upcoming sequels, Robert is taking time to enjoy the perks of playing a successful super hero in Hollywood.

“I ran into Tobey [Maguire] at the Lakers game. I had floor seats that Brad Grey gave me from Paramount,” he said. “Tobey’s showing me the lay of the land.”

Robert is also reveling in his chance to play an unassuming super hero, like Laker buddy Tobey does in “Spiderman”, saying, “We’re like maybe nerds even. Mild nerd factor here.”

As for the possibility of an “Iron Man” trilogy, Robert was mum, but said whatever happens, he plans to bring his best.

“I’m just stoked standing here talking about the first one having done so well,” Robert said. “Jon and I will roll up our sleeves and do what we do best together, which is kind of recreate the platform for the character to evolve.”

SOURCE:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/article/9405/robert-downey-jr-talks-iron-man-and-how-it-almost-never-happened/
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Posted: February 11 2010 Post subject:

Hello all. Been a while. Good thing I can rely on spammers to keep this site company while I cannot . Smile

anyhoo here's an excerpt of an article on Jake G where his relationship with Tobey is discussed. I will have to post the link in later. Can't seem to copy urls on my iPhone.

Following in his famous family’s footsteps, Jake Gyllenhaal’s rise to big-screen acclaim has come by way of Hollywood rivalries, romances and an Oscar nomination, all before his 30th birthday. The actor talks to John Hiscock about his latest role in Brothers.

It was a casting choice that set Hollywood buzzing with speculation. Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in a film together? Jake and Tobey? Surely not.

After all, the two young actors have a rivalry going back to their early acting days. Both dated Kirsten Dunst, with Gyllenhaal living with her for a while; and when negotiations stalled for Maguire to appear in Spider-Man 2 Gyllenhaal was touted as his replacement, a ploy that rapidly brought Maguire back into costume.

Yet here they were, working together in Brothers, Jim Sheridan’s dark, emotional tale of two vastly different siblings. It was an astute, if sly, piece of casting by Sheridan, who knew the two actors had a strained relationship. “They’ve been up for the same parts and they know the same girls so there’s naturally tension between people in that world,” Sheridan has said. “There was tension between them before we started which I never tried to alleviate. There was natural competition between them.”

Their co-star, Natalie Portman, who once briefly dated Gyllenhaal, tactfully declined to go into details of the troubles on set but admitted: “I don’t like fighting and I don’t like problems so I suppose I was sort of a mediator. And boys can be such girls sometimes.”

Gyllenhaal, looking completely at ease as he relaxes in a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, not far from his home, allows himself a slow grin as he considers the situation.

Tobey Maguire, left, plays Gyllenhaal’s strait-laced sibling in the recent film, Brothers. Courtesy Lions Gate

“There are all these interesting rumours that fly around and it was so long ago. As a result, our relationship was awkward but respectful. This business pits people against each other who would actually love each other if they spent some time together. That’s just how it goes. We came into the process with things unsaid that all went into the making of this movie. Without a doubt I look up to Tobey and admire his career. I always have. There was also undoubtedly competition between us, but I am always game for complications.”

In Brothers, Gyllenhaal plays Tommy, a charismatic drifter just out of jail, while Maguire is his strait-laced brother Sam, a Marine captain embarking on his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan. When Sam is presumed dead after his helicopter is shot down, Tommy tries to fill in for his brother at home, forming a close bond with Sam’s wife (Portman).

A serious, convincing and occasionally emotionally harrowing portrait of fractured family life, war, the nature of duty and the human heart, it is based on the 2004 Danish film, Brodre, which in turn took its story from Homer’s Odyssey.

Sheridan found Gyllenhaal’s methods of improvisation and invention were a total contrast to the precise methods of Maguire, who comes to work tense and prepared and knowing his lines. This provided an additional irritant to both Maguire and Sheridan.

“Jake drove me mad for a few weeks because I couldn’t figure him out,” said Sheridan. “He was improvising and changing nearly every word in a scene. He wasn’t doing it on any negative level, but he’s so confident it’s unnerving.”

Portman, Gyllenhaal’s co-star and ex-girfriend agreed: “Jake is so… spontaneous. Every take is completely different.”

Gyllenhaal didn’t need any persuading when he was offered the role. “I had seen the original movie, so I loved the story,” he says. “I thought it was beautifully crafted and the twists and turns it took were fascinating. I just loved the character of Tommy. I thought he was a wonderful character.”

Talking to the 29-year-old actor, it is possible to see in him some of the wit and charm he imbues in Tommy. He has a twinkle in his eye and an impish grin that says he refuses to take much of life too seriously, although he has clearly demonstrated his intensity and talent in films such as Donnie Darko, The Good Girl and the Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain.

He has a fashionable stubble of several days and is smartly dressed, in a dark suit and tie. He was raised in a liberal, politically active household, and his intelligence and sensitivity shine from his deep-set eyes.

Gyllenhaal stars with Natalie Portman, whom he once dated, in Brothers. Courtesy Lions Gate
And Gyllenhaal is not about to let Sheridan’s comments about him go unanswered. “I may have been a complicated person to work with at times, but working with Jim is kind of a beautiful mess,” he says with a smile.

“One day there was an assistant who brought the coffee and then she was sitting behind the monitor and he was asking her what she thinks of the scene and we’re changing dialogue according to what she thinks. The next day he invites some guy he met on a plane to the set to rewrite the dialogue for him. It’s like a really interesting mess.” Then he adds, philosophically: “But it turned out to be a good result in the end.”
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