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Jim Sturgess has revealed how he approached the role of playing double agent Martin McGartland in Fifty Dead Men Walking - by getting drunk.
“I got given the book so it was a good starting point for me to look into what he went through and who he was as a person, and his take on the journey that he had. But most importantly, it was just getting myself to Belfast as quick as possible really and just integrating myself with the people that are there,” he said at the film’s press conference in Toronto.
“The pub was the best place to find all the stories we were looking for. So there was a lot of drinking basically that went on with Kevin (Zegers). We just got drunk really and spoke to a lot of Irishmen. Irish people are great storytellers, and especially when you’re sitting in such relaxed environment, and all these amazing things would come out.”
Finally a ‘real’ small update. I have added a batch of new stills from Fifty Dead Men Walking which as we know will see it’s premiere at TIFF. Jim is reportedly scheduled to be there as well! This update also includes a new photoshoot from this year (love!) and two additional pictures from his 2007 Elle shoot. Lastly, Jim was also interviewed for Flashlight Music in July, you can read the full article here.
“I know this sounds so wanky but I really feel that I became an artist when I was in Manchester. It was when I began to think about stuff, to write more stuff - plays and poetry and it made me get back into acting. It was something for me to put my mind to. This was when I worked harder than I’d ever worked.”
Despite a legal threat from the spy drama’s main subject, the world premiere of Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking at the Toronto International Film Festival will go ahead as planned, the film’s British co-producers said Tuesday.
“In response to reports in The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s partners have confirmed that any queries relating to the legitimacy of the film are unfounded and that due process has been followed throughout the production,” London-based Future Films and HandMade Films International said in a joint statement.
Crossing Over has been given the official release date of October 24th (limited), according to the official site. The movie was going to be released this month but was pushed back. Also the film will not be premiering at the 2008 Venice Film Festival unlike previously rumored. Thanks to Momoko for the heads up!
Crossing Over is a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. Explores the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures.
Like many a careful shopper, Hollywood’s cash-strapped casting agents are discovering that the best way to ease spending in these times of economic difficulty is to follow an old housewife’s trick: buy British.
The film industry, weary of paying $20m (£10m) salaries to Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman and their A-list chums, is waking up to the value of a generation of cut-price alternatives from across the Atlantic. In an attempt to cope with falling domestic box-office sales and the after-effects of the writers’ strike, major Hollywood studios are hiring up-and-coming actors such as James McAvoy and Jim Sturgess to front productions that would traditionally feature major US stars.
A story in the Hollywood newspaper Variety last week identified young Brits who represent value bets for producers. They include Ben Whishaw, Emily Blunt and Ben Barnes, who was catapulted to fame as the star of the recent Prince Caspian, which took nearly $400m worldwide.
Maguire v Sturgess: Strong but sensitive
The only way is down for Tobey Maguire, after the huge success of Spiderman pushed his pay above $17m. Jim Sturgess, by contrast, is on the up: in The Other Boleyn Girl and 21 later this year, he’s established himself as master of the sensitive roles that catapulted Maguire to fame.
21 (2008) 
