How ‘Cross’ Pumped Fresh Blood Into A Familiar Character By Leaning In To Challenges Facing Race & Modern Policing – Contenders TV

How ‘Cross’ Pumped Fresh Blood Into A Familiar Character By Leaning In To Challenges Facing Race & Modern Policing – Contenders TV

[ad_1] When it came to adapting and reinventing novelist James Patterson’s beloved Alex Cross for television, Cross showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins and star/producer Aldis Hodge agreed that the literary character’s already rich world little explored onscreen would be best enhanced by layering in a more complex, of-the-moment and occasionally fraught relationship with race and the…

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Martin Scorsese’s Yes Opened Doors To All ‘The Studio’ Cameos, Ike Barinholtz & Producers Say – Contenders TV

Martin Scorsese’s Yes Opened Doors To All ‘The Studio’ Cameos, Ike Barinholtz & Producers Say – Contenders TV

[ad_1] The Studio producers Ike Barinholtz and James Weaver said Martin Scorsese agreeing to play himself in the premiere episode made it easier to get other celebrity cameos in the Apple TV+ series. The legendary filmmaker pitches studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) a movie about the Jonestown cult and weeps openly when Matt later…

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Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks Say They Felt An Instant Sibling Bond As ‘The Better Sister’ Co-Stars — Contenders TV

Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks Say They Felt An Instant Sibling Bond As ‘The Better Sister’ Co-Stars — Contenders TV

[ad_1] They’re not related, but from the first time they sat down to discuss their roles in Prime Video’s domestic thriller, The Better Sister, Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks clicked in a way that carried through to their performances, both actresses said on Sunday at Deadline Contenders TV. “I felt, like, an immediate connection the first…

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‘Overcompensating’ Creator/Star Benito Skinner Recalls Pitching Charli XCX At A Party: “She Doesn’t Play Games” – Contenders TV

‘Overcompensating’ Creator/Star Benito Skinner Recalls Pitching Charli XCX At A Party: “She Doesn’t Play Games” – Contenders TV

[ad_1] Overcompensating stars Benito Skinner and Wally Baram joined writer/executive producer Scott King on Deadline’s Contenders TV stage Sunday. Skinner and Baram play college freshmen Benny and Carmen, Benny still in the closet. Charli XCX performs songs for the show and appears in it, and Skinner recalled his bold approach to her at an industry…

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‘The Boys’ Star Jack Quaid On Exploring “Core Traumas” In A Show That Is “Unapologetically Itself” – Contenders TV

‘The Boys’ Star Jack Quaid On Exploring “Core Traumas” In A Show That Is “Unapologetically Itself” – Contenders TV

[ad_1] “There’s so many shows that pull punches now… that want to take the correct boxes and do things right, and this has never been a show that’s done that,” says actor Antony Starr at Deadline’s Contenders TV panel for The Boys, alongside fellow stars Jack Quaid and Erin Moriarty. “It’s always been unapologetically itself in…

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