EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producers Frida Torresblanco (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Frank Murray (First Reformed) have teamed up to launch Hangtime International Pictures, a new transatlantic production company headquartered in London and New York.
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“Andy Cohen Live,” John Leguizamo described his late co-star Patrick Swayze as “neurotic” and “difficult” to work with. The two actors starred in the 1995 drag queen cult classic “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” alongside Wesley Snipes and Stockard Channing.Leguizamo’s comments were spurred by host Andy Cohen’s suggestion that Swayze had a sterling reputation among his co-stars.Leguizamo, 63, disagreed, “That’s different than what I experienced. Rest in peace, I love him.
He was just neurotic. And I’m neurotic too, but I don’t know, he was just — it was difficult working with him.”Eternally youthful, Leguizamo is also famously outspoken; in 2020 he boycotted the Emmys, citing “cultural apartheid.”Leguizamo similarly slammed the entertainment industry for casting James Franco as Fidel Castro in an upcoming film project. “I don’t got a prob with Franco but he ain’t Latino!” the comedian concluded in an impassioned Instagram post.
Cohen suggested that Swayze, who died at 57 in 2009 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, may have been a perfectionist. Leguizamo countered, calling the actor neurotic and insecure. “I don’t know, just neurotic, maybe a tiny bit insecure.
Wesley and I, we vibed, ‘cause, you know, we’re people of color, and we’ve got each other.”Leguizamo’s recent conversation with Cohen is not the first time he has publicly commented on his on-set differences with Swayze. In 2018, he relayed to a crowd at New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival that the two nearly came to blows on the set of “To Wong Foo.”“One day he told me to shut up and I was like, ‘Make me,’” he continued. “We’re about to punch each other except I’m in hot pants and pumps and he’s dressed like Audrey Hepburn …
.EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producers Frida Torresblanco (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Frank Murray (First Reformed) have teamed up to launch Hangtime International Pictures, a new transatlantic production company headquartered in London and New York.
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John Leguizamo has had a prolific career spanning decades, marked by various roles across film, television, and theater. However, in a recent interview with Business Insider, Leguizamo revealed some intriguing insights into roles he almost took but ultimately passed on, shedding light on the intricate decisions actors face in navigating their careers.One notable role that Leguizamo disclosed turning down was that of Nigel Kipling in the 2006 hit film The Devil Wears Prada.
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Jeff Goldblum has revealed that he doesn’t plan on financially supporting his children when they get older.Appearing on a recent episode of the Table For Two With Bruce Bozzi podcast, the Independence star shared details about his family. He and his wife, Emilie Livingston share two sons, aged eight and six.Goldblum, who starred in Steven Spielberg‘s global hit film franchise Jurassic Park, revealed that he would like for his children to be financially independent when they grow up.“Hey, you know, you’ve got to row your own boat,” the actor said.“It’s an important thing to teach kids.
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Selena Kuznikov John Leguizamo has portrayed a wide range of characters in his career, from comic book villains to Shakespearean legends to drag queens. Despite his versatility, fans have never seen him as dark and unsettling as he is in the new TV series “The Green Veil.” His portrayal of the 1950s FBI agent Gordon Rogers was already rattling audiences after the premiere of the first four episodes of the new drama at Variety‘s TV FYC Screening Series on April 26 in West Hollywood. Following the screening, one fan revealed that it was difficult to witness Leguizamo’s character inflict trauma after trauma and asked how he managed to act out the scripted atrocities.
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