Coronation Street star Sam Aston has expectedly found himself being flooded with the same message as he shared a rare snap of his adorable children. Away from his work life on the ITV soap, the actor is married to yoga teacher, Briony.
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Anthony Mackie spent the better part of his childhood playing Twisted Metal on the Playstation. Now, he’s the face of Peacock’s adaptation, which debuted Thursday — nearly two decades after the first version of the game.
Fans of Twisted Metal will know that the vehicular combat games don’t exactly tell a story. “It was just a bunch of people, a bunch of cars, who do you want to fight?” as the Marvel actor put it.
“So with the series, we were able to make that backstory and create that background to where now you’re invested in these characters. And when you go back and play the game, now you have a completely different relationship with those characters who are in the game,” he told Deadline during a recent interview.
Mackie plays John Doe, a motor-mouthed outsider living in a post-apocalyptic world where he’s tasked with delivering packages to and from the various new settlements that have popped up around the country. When the leader of one of these settlements offers him a chance at life on the inside, he jumps at the opportunity, though it will require him to make one last dangerous trek to deliver a mysterious item.
With the help of an ax-wielding car thief named Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz), John faces savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including the infamous deranged clown Sweet Tooth (Samoa Joe).
“Samoa did not pull his punches. And I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re a professional wrestler. One thing you know how to do is not hit somebody.’ But it was great. I had a lot of fun. I can say I fought a wrestler,” Mackie joked of working with the wrestling champ.
Naturally, the series also involved quite a bit of stunt driving. Wherever possible, Mackie told Deadline that he
Coronation Street star Sam Aston has expectedly found himself being flooded with the same message as he shared a rare snap of his adorable children. Away from his work life on the ITV soap, the actor is married to yoga teacher, Briony.
Perrie Edwards has shared an adorable video of her young son Axel playing with a toy from her own childhood.The former Little Mix star, 30, posted a video of Axel playing with a Chic-a-boo soft toy after discovering it while clearing out her garage. Axel, who turns 2 later this month, can be seen sat with the toy on his lap and lifting what appears to be the toy's thumb up to its mouth.
James Hawes’s drama One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins as Holocaust rescue hero Nicholas Winton, will make its European debut at the London Film Festival in October as part of its gala program, following the film’s TIFF world premiere.
Coronation Street star Rob Mallard appears to have stepped out with his new love - after his former co-star partner went public with his new boyfriend. Back in June, the actor appeared to go public with his new partner as he took to Instagram to share a snap of himself all suited and booted for British Soap Awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Audiences seem to be racing through Peacock’s latest series Twisted Metal.
Love Island's Ouzy See and Leah Taylor have sparked romance rumours after he posted a video to TikTok, where they look very much at ease in each others' company. Judging by their outfits, the pair took the video when they were attending the Love Island reunion, which aired on TV on Sunday, August 6. Ouzy, 28, and Leah, 27, can be seen bathed in golden sunlight as Leah mouths the words: ""Ouzy, not again.
EXCLUSIVE: Carolina Miranda, the Mexican actress currently starring in the hit Netflix series Fake Profile, has signed with Artist International Group for management.
Nick Owen has opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis and says it was the "worst day of his life" when he found out. The BBC Midlands Today presenter, 75, has been a staple on the show for 26 years.
EXCLUSIVE: Meghann Fahy has signed with WME. She is coming off her starring turn as Daphne in the second installment of HBO’s The White Lotus, which earned her a 2023 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Former Love Island star Coco Lodge has confirmed rumours she is dating famous DJ Joel Corry with a post from the couple's recent trip to Ibiza. Coco, 28, who appeared on last year's summer Love Island series, went into the show as a bombshell during the famous Casa Amor segment of the series.
Ariana Grande and her rumored beau Ethan Slater didn't hide their romance on the set of "Wicked," but the timeline of the relationship has come into question. A source told The Daily Mail that Ethan and Lilly Jay, his wife of five years, were still together when his "affair" with the pop star began. "They were sloppy on set," a source said.
Stacey Solomon made not one but two 'fake' admissions with the first come after fans spotted a change in her latest social media post. The Loose Women star took to social media and cheerily declared 'we did it' as she excitedly shared she'd finished work for her summer holiday.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Stacey Solomon and husband Joe Swash have once again proven you can't take life too seriously.The Loose Women star and mother of five yesterday took to Instagram to give her fans an insight into one of the couple's recent hilarious fake tan fails. Posting the rib-tickling clip to her story, Stacey, 33, showed off her extremely bronzed face - so dark that it emphasised the whiteness of her teeth to make them appear glowing.The star - who with her EastEnders husband celebrated their first wedding anniversary this week -clearly couldn't contain her laughter after she then noticed that Joe, 41, was suffering a fake tan fiasco of his own. The former actor's skin had also become orange tinted after using the often-risky cosmetic, and had blended messily into his ginger beard, leaving Stacey in fits of laughter.
Love Island star Scott van der Sluis has taken a swipe at his co-stars after being dumped from the villa. Before his exit, Scott, 22, faced accusations from the boys that he was a game player and came to blows with Mitch Taylor during The Grafties, which resulted in him calling his co-star a "f*****g k**bhead". As he returned to Twitter following his villa exit, Scott thanked his fans, but also took aim at the boys.
At a time of immense, industry-wide interest in video game IP, Range Media Partners looks to make a splash in the arena with the signing of Dan Houser, the creative director and lead writer behind massive franchises Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, as well as his media company, Absurd Ventures.
The massive success of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in theaters and “The Last of Us” on HBO means one thing is certain: every studio on Earth wants a few more video game adaptations on their schedule.
Alison Herman TV Critic Earlier this year, the creative and commercial success of “The Last of Us” all but guaranteed video games would be television’s next great font of IP. Yet there are reasons video game adaptations have historically been troubled, and why “The Last of Us” was uniquely suited to become not just a show, but a prestige drama on HBO. In protagonists Joel and Ellie, “The Last of Us” game had complex, conflicted characters who could guide the viewer through their world in the wake of a zombie apocalypse.
Anthony Mackie has had a blast introducing Harrison Ford to the MCU!Ford is making his Marvel debut as Mackie officially takes up the Captain America mantle in the upcoming -- a new subtitle for the film, which was previously called Thestar is taking over the role of U.S. President Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross, who was previously played by William Hurt prior to his death in 2022.Last month, Mackie shared an on-set picture of the two checking out footage from their scenes, and when the actor spoke with ET's Ash Crossan recently, he admitted that working with the legendary star hasn't quite been what he expected.«It's been a lot of fun,» Mackie shared.
Peacock.“It’s the apocalypse – please don’t put lip gloss on me!” Beatriz, 42, told The Post. “I struggle when I watch television [set in a dystopia] and the world is on fire and everything is awful, and you’ve got an actress coming in and her hair is perfectly waved, and her skin looks gorgeous,” she said. “Especially as a new mom shooting it — I was like, ‘F–k it. Slap on some black eyeliner.
Emily Mariko is married!