Category: Photo Updates

Shailene Woodley Does Her Own Stunts in ‘Divergent’

July 13, 2013

People have just released two brand new photos from Divergent in addition to a short interview with Shailene, where she talks about doing her own stunts for the role of Tris. Just how lovely does she look in the close-up?

Shailene in August Issue of Interview

July 13, 2013

I’ve uploaded some scans of Shailene featured in a striking editorial for the August issue of Interview, courtesy of the wonderful FSR. Hopefully the photoshoot and accompanying interview will be available very soon. In the meantime, enjoy the scans!

Shailene featured in August issue of Marie Claire

July 11, 2013

Shailene is featured in the August issue of Marie Claire, with a lovely new photoshoot accompanying her interview.

EW Releases New ‘Divergent’ Still

May 14, 2013

Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, a brand new still from Divergent has been added to the gallery. Be sure to take a look!

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Afraid of heights? Let’s just say you probably wouldn’t make it in Dauntless.

The highly anticipated adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best-selling Divergent is still filming in Chicago, but EW has gotten this exclusive first look of Tris (Shailene Woodley) out on a ledge and perched to jump as part of initiation into her faction. For those of who haven’t read the books, in the dystopian world of Divergent, all of society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (selfless); Erudite (intelligent); Candor (honest); Amity (peaceful) and Dauntless (brave). Our heroine, sixteen-year-old Tris Prior, has chosen the Dauntless faction which involves a lot of very scary initiation tests—like the time she stood still while knives were thrown at her head.

“In this photo she’s already jumped off the train and onto a seven story building as part of the initiation rite for the Dauntless,” explains director Neil Burger. “The next thing they have to do is jump from the building and down through a courtyard that has a deep, black hole. It’s terrifying.”

And filming this scene sounds almost as frightening. “We’d been nervously planning it because it is dangerous and there’s a lot of people on that roof,” says Burger, who used the former Spiegel building for this location. “We had to pull it off safely and also pull it off cinematically, so you have this knot in your stomach as you watch this young woman decide to do this crazy thing. We had great weather that day and I think this scene really is emblematic of the movie: It shows the energy and the rawness of the way we’re telling the story,” he says.

The cast of actors—which include Theo James, Miles Teller, Ben Lamb and Zoe Kravitz—all have to do all sorts of stomach-lurching things, such as jumping off of elevated trains and scaling great heights. Their director says they’re a group ready for any challenge, especially his leading lady. “Shailene says she’s not afraid of heights but that she’s afraid of falling,” says Burger, with a laugh. “This makes perfect sense to me. But she really did stand on that ledge—this is a real photo. She’s incredibly game and so adventurous,” he says. “In a way, she’s very Dauntless.”

First Stills from ‘White Bird in a Blizzard’

February 22, 2013

I’ve updated the gallery with the first stills of Shailene as Kat Connors in the upcoming thriller White Bird in a Blizzard, directed by Gregg Araki. Hopefully we’ll be seeing and hearing a lot more about the film in coming months.

Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman, disappears – just as Kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. Having lived for so long in a stifled, emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother’s absence and certainly doesn’t blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. In fact, it’s almost a relief. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve’s disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother’s departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it…

Christian Siriano Presentation at NYFW

February 10, 2013

With thanks once again to the lovely Crystal, I’ve uploaded some new photos of Shailene attending the Christian Siriano show at New York Fashion Week.