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Is this a dream come true for cinephiles? Deadline reports that French actress Léa Seydoux has officially joined the cast of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming queer romance “Separate Rooms.” It’ll be the first time the actress and the Italian director work together, although Seydoux’s role in the film remains unknown currently. READ MORE: ‘Separate Rooms’: Josh O’Connor To Reunite With Luca Guadagnino For His New Gay Romance Films News broke about “Separate Rooms” last week, which sees “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor reunite with Guadagnino.

his new film, “Challengers,” co-starring Zendaya and “West Side Story” star Mike Faist, he’s showing a whole new side of himself.O’Connor plays tennis pro Patrick, one-third of a love triangle with Tashi (Zendaya), a tennis pro poised for greatness before an injury relegates her to coaching, and Art (Faist), another well-to-do tennis pro. Tashi eventually marries Art, and Patrick comes back into their lives years later, kicking off tensions and connections, including a racy threesome.Reviews have described “Challengers” as sexy and steamy, something O’Connor is still surprised he was chosen for.“If you were making the movie, you wouldn’t cast me,” O’Connor recalled telling screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes in an interview for The Wall Street Journal.

Saltburn.”Like Emerald Fennell’s shapeshifting mystery, “Challengers” is, at once, artful, addictive and deceptive. The salivating viewer believes it’s one thing, becomes sure it’s another and then leaves with a different theory altogether.There are more similarities.

Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement in a new interview.The Princess of Wales, 42, delivered the shocking news on Friday that she was diagnosed with the disease and was undergoing preventive chemotherapy. The British actor — who played a young Prince (now King) Charles in Seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix drama — got candid about his feelings regarding Middleton’s health.At the Sydney premiere of his upcoming tennis flick, “Challengers,” the 33-year-old told the outlet 9honey Celebrity: “I really missed all the Kate stuff that everyone was talking online about.”Since Middleton’s abdominal surgery in January, she has mostly stayed under the radar, with many conspiracies swirling over her whereabouts.

While on the rise beforehand, director Luca Guadagnino skyrocketed into the stratosphere and onto the international stage with his gay romantic drama, “Call Me By Your Name,” nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. The filmmaker will return to similar territory with his next feature film, “Separate Rooms,” which has reunited him with British actor Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”).

“Challengers,” the new comedy from Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, seems like a big left turn for a director who can seemingly do it all. Guadagnino has done things like acclaimed romantic dramas like “Call Me Be Your Name,” chilling horror like “Suspiria,” and “Bones And All” and very formal arthouse films like, “I Am Love,” and he can seemingly do it all.

South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho once described the works of Italian film director, editor, and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher as “a mix of magic realism and neorealism, innocent characters butting up against corrupt behemoths.” And that’s a beautiful and apt description of her work and arguably her latest film, “La Chimera.” A period romantic drama, the film centers on A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts that ties them all together.

Golden Globe and an Emmy for his performance, in a new interview with British GQ. “I found it so impactful, people stopping me,” he recalled of the spike in notoriety.

Fans of Luca Guadagninio pricked up their ears when the director announced last year that his next film would be a movie about tennis. Guada and tennis? That doesn’t sound like it’d work on paper.

Bad news out of the Venice Film Festival: Variety reports that Luca Guadagnino‘s “Challengers” will no longer be the opening film on the Lido this year. What’s more, MGM/Amazon Studios have pushed back the tennis love triangle drama’s US theatrical release to next spring, too.

Well, it’s official: Variety reports that Luca Guadagnino‘s latest, his tennis love triangle film “Challengers,” will open the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. No surprise there, as Guada has premiered five of his seven feature films on the Lido.

debuted its first trailer on Tuesday, giving fans their first look at the sports drama starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and  star Mike Faist.The actress stars as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Tashi meets Art (Faist) and Patrick (O'Connor) as teenagers, and the trio spend a tantalizing time together before a crushing injury on the court cuts Tashi's rising career short.Now, as Tashi strategizes her husband's redemption after a losing streak, her plan takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick — his former best friend — in the Grand Slam.

's sweep continues at the 2021 Emmys! Following Gillian Anderson and Olivia Colman's wins, Josh O'Connor accepted an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Prince Charles. In his speech, O'Connor gave a sweet shout-out to Emma Corrin, who played Princess Diana. She was also up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at Sunday's show, though Colman was awarded that honor. «I'm an absolute wreck,» O'Connor began his speech.

Josh O'Connor dug deep into research to play Prince Charles on, but stepping out of character came «easily.» While speaking with ET's Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the red carpet at Sunday's Emmy Awards, O'Connor opened up about saying goodbye to the character. «It happened quite easily, there was a whole global pandemic,» he said, matter-of-factly. O'Connor played the role of Charles for two seasons, which was a «long time» in his book. «I loved it,» he said.

Toronto International Film Festival Thursday night, a woman at the Princess of Wales Theatre asked actor Josh O’Connor a bizarre question.“What is it like playing a fictional character?,” the starstruck audience member said.Excuse me? That’s a silly comment to make to an actor, as the whole point of acting is to embody someone other than yourself, but what she meant is that O’Connor is best known for his portrayal of the very real Prince Charles on Netflix’s “The Crown.”  He’s nominated for 2021

the Emmys nominations right.Well, mostly — and, let’s face it, that doesn’t happen very often.The Tuesday morning nominations were announced, virtually, by father-daughter Emmy winners Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (#Freerayshawn), with Ron in New York and Jasmine in LA. They started with the usual scripted banter, punctuated by awkward seconds-long delays, and Jasmine stumbled over the name of “Ted Lasso” nominee Jason Sudeikis.

The Crown is a fictional representation of the royal family but the lead cast of the show is often put through the trial of revealing their opinions when it comes to the happenings in the royal household.

Where you know her from: Playing Ahsha Hayes on VH1’s series “Hit the Floor” and Dussie Mae, girlfriend to the titular blues singer played by Viola Davis, in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”Where you’ll see her this year: In the title role of “Zola,” the 2020 Sundance-acclaimed (and then long-delayed) dramedy based on a 2015 tweetstorm about two strippers on a turbulent, violent road trip.

The Crown star Josh O’Connor has said his portrayal of the Prince of Wales is not an impression, as he would be “rubbish” at mimicking him.

Josh O’Connor, who was on the receiving end of critical praise for his portrayal of a Prince Charles coming into his own as a young man within the confines of royal life and the pressures of being part of the British monarchy. His debut coincided with the BBC release of and was followed by the celebrated 2020 remake of, with the actor playing Mr. Elton, and is expected to be named among the nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards.

Fresh off the success of season three of, Josh O’Connor talks with ET about putting aside his portrayal of Prince Charles to take on another iconic role — Mr. Elton in the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s .