Month: January 2014

‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Theatrical Trailer

January 29, 2014

It’s here! The trailer for The Fault in Our Stars surfaced earlier today and it pretty much confirms what we already knew–the movie is going to be amazing on many levels. It’s just a shame that we still have quite a wait until its June release.


Shailene Woodley on ‘White Bird’, Leaving ‘Spider-Man’ and Miles Teller

January 22, 2014

Another great interview with Shailene from Sundance–a ton of great quotes in this one. Be sure to read on.

THE HUFFINGTON POST – Shailene Woodley has changed a lot in the last three years. When I spoke to Woodley while she was promoting “The Descendants” in 2011, she was certainly polite, but there was a sense that she would have liked to have been anywhere else but in that hotel room, answering yet another question about George Clooney’s pranks.

Now, though, a little over two years later, Shailene Woodley is very different. Her answers are sharp and off-the-cuff. In our interview at Sundance this week, she even admitted to being on autopilot during “The Descendants” press tour. She’s also a hugger. Woodley is so much of a hugger, in fact, that I was advised by colleagues that she was going to hug me before the interview even started. That was not false information.

I met Woodley in a lounge off of Park City, Utah’s Main Street to discuss her role in Gregg Akari’s “White Bird in A Blizzard.” Woodley plays Kat in the film, a young woman whose mother disappears in 1988. Slowly, Kat starts putting the pieces together of what happened. Ahead, Woodley talks about her attitude toward acting — and her attitude toward being cut out of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” — and why her “Divergent” co-star Miles Teller is the Leonardo DiCaprio to her Kate Winslet.

I feel you’ve been on a roll as of late.
Am I? [Laughs]

I’m sure there was more to it than this, but even when it was announced that you were cut from “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” it just seemed like your attitude was, “Eh, I have other things going on.”
You know what it was? I’m a very firm believer that everything happens for a reason. And it made complete sense — the fact that they didn’t have time for the movie and Mary Jane is such an important character — she was only in three scenes. And so they were like, “Let’s hold off and wait and introduce her in the next one,” which makes complete sense, in retrospect. Complete sense.

And career-wise, you’ve got “Divergent” coming out.
Yeah, but not even that. Even if I wasn’t doing anything else, from a business point of view, it made sense — and how can you argue with that? You know?

You are in the trailer.
I know, it’s hilarious. How do you know that?

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Shailene Woodley Opens Up About Coming of Age

January 22, 2014

If you haven’t already, be sure to take a read through of this new interview with Shailene courtesy of The Daily Beast. It’s a great read–enjoy!

THE DAILY BEAST – You’ll be hearing a lot about Shailene Woodley this year, with starring roles in the blockbuster Divergent and the drama The Fault in Our Stars. We sat down with her at Sundance for a long conversation on her latest, the mystery White Bird in a Blizzard, and everything else.

It’s a horrible cliché to say it, but Shailene Woodley really is a breath of fresh air—especially after an 8:30 a.m. screening midway through the Sundance Film Festival.

I’m fresh out of her latest film, the coming-of-age drama-mystery White Bird in a Blizzard, which was directed by Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin). The film is set from 1988-1991, and Woodley stars as Kat, a young woman who struggles to find herself after her overbearing mother (Eva Green) mysteriously disappears. The trauma strains her relationships with her boyfriend (Shiloh Fernandez) and terribly shy father (Christopher Meloni). It’s another strong bildungsroman for Woodley, who has become something of an expert at the genre, what with her stellar turn in last year’s The Spectacular Now, and The Fault in Our Stars, out later this year.

But I’m exhausted. And then I meet Woodley. As anyone who’s ever met her knows, you’re always greeted with a hug when you met Shai (her preferred handle). Following the hug, she offers me coffee. This is highly unusual behavior for anyone, let alone the star of what many are calling the next Hunger Games in March’s Divergent (which has already been green-lit for a trilogy).

We sit down on a couple of couches and have a nice, long talk about her latest film, her high school days, that upcoming franchise, and everything in between.

I remember running into you a few years ago outside the Sundance premiere of Smashed, and you didn’t even have a film here, you’d just come for fun.

I love coming here. This is my fourth year in a row. One of my best friends has a condo 15 minutes outside of Main Street, which is so nice because we can leave the crazy Sundance thing at the end of the day and go back to a cute, cozy fireplace. I love the environment. We always road trip out here from L.A. Sundance is so special because you never know what kind of movie you’re going to get. There are times where you see the lineup and it’s this great director and actors and you’re all, “This is gonna be great!” and you’re bored out of your mind, or there are movies where you haven’t heard anything and you walk out and think, “This is the best.”

Araki’s films are a little before your time. How did you stumble upon his work?

My manager, Nils, is a friend of Gregg’s, and a few years ago he told me, “Oh, you should watch this movie Mysterious Skin.” So I watched it and was like, “Who the hell is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and why is this guy not in every movie ever?” And Nils was like, “He’s actually really famous … he was just in Inception.” I don’t watch a lot of movies so I’d never heard of Joe before. But I was blown away by Mysterious Skin, and watched all of Gregg’s other movies, and have been wanting to watch with him ever since.

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Entertainment Weekly Sundance Portraits

January 21, 2014

Entertainment Weekly have just released their latest batch of portraits from Sundance, two of them featuring Shailene and the cast of White Bird in a Blizzard.

‘White Bird in a Blizzard’ Sundance Premiere

January 21, 2014

I’ve uploaded photos of Shailene from the Sundance Film Festival premiere of White Bird in a Blizzard, which took place last night at Park City. Apologies for the delay adding these–enjoy!


Sundance Film Festival Portrait Sessions

January 20, 2014

Leading up to its premiere tonight at Park City, Shailene and the cast of White Bird in a Blizzard have been posing for various photo sessions. For now I’ve added two sets to the gallery–I’m sure more will emerge over the coming hours and I’ll hopefully be able to replace the smaller photos with larger resolution versions soon. Enjoy!