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Wish You Were Here: Julia Stiles on Embracing Directing Feature Debut
It's something that Wish You Were Here stars Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan: First Kill), Mena Massoud (Aladdin), and Gabby Kono-Abdy (Baker's Dozen) searched deep from within their souls playing Charlotte, Adam, and Helen, respectively in the Julia Stiles film Wish You Were Here follows Charlotte, a woman searching for a spark in her life, who experiences a[...]
Wish You Were Here Director Julia Stiles on Grammer, Grey & More
Julia Stiles is always looking for new challenges, and her latest revisited something she dabbled in years ago over 10 years ago, directing episodes for the WIGS web series Paloma. Waiting for her ideal project for her feature directorial debut, the 10 Things I Hate About You star chose to adapt the Renée Carlino novel Wish You Were[...]
Wish You Were Here: Julia Stiles on Embracing Directing Feature Debut
Julia Stiles has built an impressive body of work with her 30+ years on screen since her debut on the PBS series Ghostwriter and the Cyndi Lauper music video Sally's Pigeons Appearing in over 60 titles, some of her most memorable roles were in Touchstone's 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Paramount's Save the[...]
Orphan: First Kill: Isabelle Fuhrman on Revisiting Esther in Prequel
When I finished it, I was excited and no longer skeptical. Rossif Sutherland and Julia Stiles in Orphan: First Kill (2022) Image courtesy of Paramount When conceiving 'First Kill,' did you rely on the original 2009 film as kind of the basis, or was this something you rebuilt from the ground up? People continue to like that original[...]
Orphan: First Kill: Isabelle Fuhrman on Revisiting Esther in Prequel
I wouldn't have been able to do this movie without [Kennedy and Sadie] because I'm obviously much taller than when I was a kid. Credit Paramount Can you break down the chemistry with Julia Stiles and Rossif and how well you work with them? I absolutely adore Rossif He is such a sweet, sensitive, kind, generous actor who[...]
The Orphan: First Kill Employs Old-School Tricks for New Scares
Bell would film Fuhrman in "forced perspective," meaning she's actually standing farther away from the camera than the others, with the two-dimensional image making the actors appear to be side-by-side. In other places, actors (like parents Julia Stiles and Rossif Sutherland) stand or walk on platforms that make them tower over the titular Orphan Who needs[...]
Orphan: First Kill Trailer Promises Chills On Paramount+ In August
Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Rossif Sutherland, and Julia Stiles, the film is directed by William Brent Bell from a script by David Coggeshall The film is a prequel to the original, with us following Esther to America, where she impersonates a wealthy American family's daughter You can see the Orpah: First Kill trailer, and the official poster[...]
The God Committee Star Kelsey Grammer on Film’s Ethical Subject Matter
Germain and adapted for the screen by Stark, the doctors deciding are Boxer (Kelsey Grammer), a cynical but brilliant heart surgeon; Jordan (Julia Stiles), an idealistic up-and-comer; and Gilroy (Janeane Garofalo), a weary bureaucrat As the debate over the heart heats up, ethics and bribes clash, leaving the committee members to question what's more valuable:[...]