&#8220;Unsung Hero,&#8221; a new movie from the studio responsible for &#8220;Jesus Revolution,&#8221; tells the true story about the family behind the hugely successful Christian band, for King + Country, and it hits theaters nationwide on Friday, April 26.
A description of the film from <a href="https://unsunghero.movie/">Lionsgate</a> tells the story of the Smallbone family, David and Helen, who packed up everything they owned and moved their entire family from Australia to Nashville in the ’90s in hopes of a better future after &#8220;David’s successful music company collapsed.”
“With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David (for KING + COUNTRY&#8217;s Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up,” the description added. “Based on a remarkable true story, a mom&#8217;s faith stands against all odds; and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs.”
Produced by brothers Luke and Joel Smallbone with Joshua Walsh and Justin Tolley, the cast includes Joel Smallbone &#8212; who plays his father in the film, Candace Cameron Bure, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Lucas Black, and Terry O’Quinn.
Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1476-you-need-an-ivy-league-education-to-be-this-ignorant-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> spoke to for King + Country&#8217;s brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone about the movie and the message about family they hope moviegoers come away with after watching their film.
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“Our dad … was a concert promoter in Australia. Lost what would be the equivalent of half $1 million,” Joel told the host. “Lost the house, life savings, the car, everything. Got offered a job in Nashville, and to sort of salvage a dream. Went to Mom and said, what if we, you know, took our six kids, 16 suitcases, Mom was six months pregnant and moved continents and only to arrive and lose that job.”
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“And so with no way to get back to Australia, no car, no insurance, no way for us just to be born in a hospital with a high-risk pregnancy, we found ourselves banding together, raking leaves, mowing lawns, breaking child labor laws, probably, and overcoming together,” he added. “It&#8217;s a ’90s film. It&#8217;s a film that celebrates moms and music and miracles and the local community coming together.”
Luke elaborated on the theme of the film and said, “One of the famous quotes, we&#8217;re actually using in the film, is a Catholic phrase from Mother Teresa &#8230; [who] says, if you want to change the world, go home and love your family. And that&#8217;s part of the reason why we made this movie, because we feel so strongly that family is that powerful, is just that powerful.”
Joel said that despite all obstacles their parents faced, they worked together and made it through, calling the film a “testament to their love.”
“Mom had found her dream,” Joel said. &#8220;She always wanted to be a mom, and so she was living out her dream. And she really lifted up dad, and went literally and figuratively to the ends of the earth for him in search of his dream, which was to find himself in music, specifically Christian music.”
“And out of that unexpectedly, there&#8217;s another phrase in the film that says, your family is not in the way they are,” he added. “But I have to note that this is so much more than just our family. The real unsung heroes of this film are moms. The real unsung hero is family, and we&#8217;re just excited to make family and moms potentially the number one conversation in the United States coming into this weekend in the theaters.”

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Renowned comedian Jerry Seinfeld went on record saying the movie industry is “over.” This is all very curious timing considering that he’s currently promoting a movie.
The 69-year-old celebrity is still doing the standup circuit as he has been for close to five decades. He’s fresh off an appearance in the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alongside his longtime friend and frequent collaborator, Larry David. In addition to comedy, Seinfeld has worked as an actor, writer, and producer.
Now for the first time ever, the Brooklyn native is taking a spot in the director’s chair with the debut of “Unfrosted,” a comedy about two rival cereal companies – Kellogg’s and Post – trying to outdo one another to create the perfect breakfast pastry.
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The stand-up legend spoke with <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/jerry-seinfeld-gq-hype">GQ</a> about making the leap into the movie business.
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work,” Seinfeld said of getting into the movie industry after so many years of being involved in other facets of the entertainment industry. “They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,” he added. “When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.”
When asked what has replaced films in pop culture, Seinfeld replied, “Depression? Malaise? I would say confusion. Disorientation replaced the movie business,” he answered. “Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, ‘What’s going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?’”
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“Unfrosted” is scheduled for a May 3 release on Netflix. The logline reads, “Michigan, 1963. Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, ‘Unfrosted’ stars writer-director Jerry Seinfeld.”
The cast includes plenty of other celebrities, including Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Bill Burr, Daniel Levy, James Marsden, Jack McBrayer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Adrian Martinez, Sarah Cooper, and Fred Armisen.
Seinfeld has been contemplating doing a Pop-Tart origin story film for years. In 2018, he <a href="https://twitter.com/JerrySeinfeld/status/1031969212359757826">shared</a> on X, “At one point I was thinking about an invention of the Pop-Tart movie. Imagine the drunk on sugar-power Kellogg’s cereal culture of the mid-60s in Battle Creek, MI. That’s a vibe I could work with.”
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At one point I was thinking about an invention of the Pop Tart movie. Imagine the drunk on sugar-power Kellogg’s cereal culture of the mid-60’s in Battle Creek, MI. That’s a vibe I could work with.
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Plus, breakfast cereal is a topic he’s visited during his stand-up routines. GQ noted that one of Seinfeld’s earliest bits included the line, “Where in the world do you get your balls to call a breakfast cereal &#8216;LIFE?&#8217;”
The outlet also noted that Seinfeld and David were in a supermarket discussing breakfast cereal when they came up with the idea for the TV sitcom “Seinfeld,” arguably one of the most successful shows of all time. “[Cereal is] what we were discussing in that grocery store, when I said, ‘This is the show,’” Seinfeld said.
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“Unfrosted” is an amalgamation of fact and fiction, with facts being presented alongside exaggerations for maximum comedic effect. When asked by Eater why he thought the invention of Pop-Tarts was funny enough to make a movie about, Seinfeld replied by saying it was just a gut feeling.
“I sometimes can’t explain why something is funny. But I just know that that is a funny thing,” he <a href="https://www.eater.com/24139655/jerry-seinfeld-pop-tart-movie-unfrosted-interview">told</a> the outlet. “It had to do with the name. It had to do with giving kids the power to make something with heat. Most kids when I was little never did anything like that — only adults handle things that had to do with heat — so it was an exciting new world to use a toaster. As a kid, you felt like you were cooking when you made Pop-Tarts.”
“I don’t think there’s anything as funny in the entire [1960s] — certainly in the food world — as the Pop-Tart,” the comedian continued. “It was such a surprise when it came out. It had nothing to do with anything else. There’s different cookies. There’s different candies. There’s nothing really that surprising in the candy world. But in the breakfast world, this was a total shock when they made this.”
He said even concocting the movie felt like a joke at first, until it became something real. Seinfeld compared the race to make a marketable breakfast pastry to the space race.
“[Writer] Andy Robin said, ‘It’s like The Right Stuff,’ with these two companies competing to get to the moon first — the Pop-Tart moon,” Seinfeld added.
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The longtime sitcom star said he took a similar approach to “Unfrosted” as he did to writing “Seinfeld” scripts, opting to always select whatever was “funniest” rather than going for historical accuracy. The Pop-Tart movie isn’t meant to be a documentary, but is rather a comedy filled with nuggets of truth.
While speaking with GQ, Seinfeld also said stand-up is still popular while other expressions of entertainment suffer because it’s real. He said in an era when people crave authenticity, comedy can still thrive because it’s too hard to fake.
“I’ve done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it’s ever been,” the comedian told the outlet. “Stand-up is like you’re a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who’s good with wood. … There’s trees everywhere, but to make a nice table, it’s not so easy. So, the metaphor is that if you have good craft and craftsmanship, you’re kind of impervious to the whims of the industry.”
“Audiences are now flocking to stand-up because it’s something you can’t fake,” he added. “It’s like platform diving. You could say you’re a platform diver, but in two seconds we can see if you are or you aren’t. That’s what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake.”
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“What a drag it is getting old,” Mick Jagger sang on 1966’s “Mother’s Little Helper.”
Age is very much on the mind of directorial legend Quentin Tarantino, nearly 20 years younger than Sir Mick.
The 61-year-old director is prepping what he dubs his 10th and “final” film in his illustrious career. Why final?
The “Pulp Fiction” director insists artists fade with age, and he doesn’t want to leave behind an imperfect film legacy. He explained <a href="https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/why-is-quentin-tarantino-retiring-161213367.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABwi04R2wvedcZRU4bNo5zu5lZEnsPZQ1bi2v4H8S0BL6t4_pS5sSl24E44_w-ydDUwaiNPkQ8EaZq438T2ImpeVCzwkUGex3OISZUAacY4O6J4usS_0E97nPqeNGqn2ngC6DvJGH4Ujji46Kh_6hI032hF_xThTxIAHt9NoXyCA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his thinking in a 2012 interview:</a>
<blockquote>&#8220;Directors don&#8217;t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film f**** up three good ones.”</blockquote>
And he hasn’t had a change of heart since then.
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Sorry, but 2007’s “Death Proof” remains flawed, and 2015‘s “The Hateful Eight” succumbed to his worst instincts.
Still, Tarantino’s body of work has been mostly exceptional, and it’s commendable to exit at the top of one’s game. It explains why Tarantino just scrapped what would have been his final feature, “The Movie Critic,” and hustled back to the proverbial drawing board.
It’s got to be just right, he argues. Except age isn’t always indicative of creative decline.
Clint Eastwood is still going strong at 93, and while 2021’s “Cry Macho” proved anemic, he spent the last decade delivering bravura work like “American Sniper,” “Sully,” “Richard Jewell” and, to a lesser extent, “The Mule.”
Not shabby for an 80-something auteur who came of age as an action hero more than 50 years ago.
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Martin Scorsese, 81, just scooped up countless nominations for last year’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” including an Oscar nod for Best Picture. His work remains vital and captivating, hardly the results you’d expect given Tarantino’s age framing.
Critics and audiences alike marveled over 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” directed by the ageless George Miller. The director, now 79, uncorked that sizzling action film on the cusp of his 70th birthday. Some regard the “Mad Max” reboot as <a href="https://www.landmarkcinemas.com/movie-news/mad-max-fury-road-tops-empires-100-greatest-movies-of-the-century-poll#:~:text=News%20%7C%20Landmark%20Cinemas-,Mad%20Max%3A%20Fury%20Road%20tops%20Empire's%20100%20Greatest%20Movies%20of,Movies%20of%20the%20Century'%20poll.">one of the best films of the 21st century</a>.
Ridley Scott, 86, isn’t slowing down either, witness his upcoming summer sequel “Gladiator 2.” Results vary with recent Scott fare, but his 2015 film “The Martian” remains a career highlight. He was in his mid-70s during the film’s production.
Other aging auteurs are taking risks that would scary any film school student silly.
Francis Ford Coppola returns from semi-retirement with “Megalopolis,” one of the most intriguing projects from any filmmaker in recent memory. The epic, a dream project for the 85-year-old director, has been described as &#8220;bats***&#8221; among other dubious phrases from early screenings.
Its commercial prospects are dim and the “Godfather” legend has yet to secure a distributor for the film. It could be the biggest swing of his or any legend’s career.
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Meanwhile, Kevin Costner is pushing all his chips in for “Horizon,” a planned four-part western not based on any existing material or IP. The first two installments hit theaters later this year. The 69-year-old has enjoyed an up-and-down career, most notably the latter with “Waterworld.” He still thinks he’s got something vital left to say.
Tarantino’s fears of age, though, aren’t without merit. Coppola hasn’t made a movie of consequence for three decades – 1992’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” is the last film that dented the zeitgeist.
George Lucas, 79, never recaptured the magic of his 1977 space epic “Star Wars,” a dramatic departure from his celebrated 1973 film “American Graffiti.” He directed the saga’s three prequels – all considered inferior to the original trilogy – and never followed through on plans to make smaller, more personal films.
He had enough money to fund them himself. Perhaps he had nothing left to say, cinematically speaking.
The great Brian De Palma’s decline also coincided with Father Time. For De Palma, 83, you have to go all the way back to 1996’s “Mission: Impossible” to recall a project with significant appeal.
His last directorial effort, 2019’s “Domino,” earned less than $1 million while generating brutal reviews.
It still might be better for Tarantino to break his pledge. Few will hold it against him, and chances are following the wonderful “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” his creative tank isn’t empty yet.
He could follow the unofficial Hughes Rule.
Director John Hughes gave us some of the best movies of the ‘80s, including “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” His knack for nailing the teen zeitgeist was unrivaled, but his workload diminished dramatically as he got older.
By the time he died in 2009 at the age of 59, he hadn’t directed a film since 1991’s “Curly Sue,” one of his lesser efforts.
Hughes never announced his retirement, and he certainly could have leveraged his name to keep directing with inferior results. Instead, he either lost his passion or realized he no longer had the spark of his younger self.
He never opined on his quasi-retirement. He just … stopped. Here’s betting Tarantino will know when his muse has left the building.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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The studio behind Oscar-winning movies like “Green Book,” “Spotlight” and “An Inconvenient Truth” has gone the way of the fax machine and pager.
Netflix is also getting out of the auteur business. 
 
Harper’s Magazine declared it’s not a matter of if, <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">but when Hollywood ceases to exist</a>, at least in its current form.
Yes, Tinsel Town is in panic mode, and understandably so. And that doesn’t include the fallout from last year’s dueling strikes, the rise of AI and audiences rejecting some of the industry’s once-bulletproof franchises (“Indiana Jones,” “The Matrix,” “The Marvels”)
Let’s start with Participant, formed in 2004 by progressive eBay co-founder Jeff Skoll to create socially aware films. That mandate seemed like a recipe for failure, but the studio walked the line between message and merriment.
It earned plenty of critical love, too, but when a scare documentary on climate change grosses a gaudy $24 million stateside you’re doing something right.
Until now, apparently.
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Previous Participant projects like “Truth,” “RGB,” and “When They See Us” certainly had a liberal-leaning approach, and some genuinely impacted the culture. That Skoll opted to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/business/media/participant-jeff-skoll.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shutter the company</a> now says something.
Progressive stories will still be made, of course, but they lost a powerful ally in Participant.
Prestige filmmakers have struggled to get their visions made in the 21st century. Even a highly regarded filmmaker like John Sayles (“Matewan,” “Eight Men Out”) <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/global/lone-star-john-sayles-trump-wall-urination-matthew-mcconaughey-1235923660/">can no longer be guaranteed studio space</a> for future projects.
That allowed Netflix to gain a toehold in the cinematic space. The streaming giant gifted gargantuan budgets to filmmakers like Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”) to make their movies, their way while Hollywood studios flinched.
The studio previously produced movies with the Coen brothers, Scorsese, Jane Campion, and more.
Not anymore.
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Netflix announced it will focus more on populist original films and skip the auteur-driven projects of yore. Moving forward, the platform will focus on films that <a href="https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/4/15/aurora">gain more eyeballs</a>, like the “Knives Out” franchise.
That means celebrated filmmakers like David Lynch and Katherine Bigelow can’t crack the Netflix code.
Apple paid handsomely to fund Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” epic. Will they follow suit? &#8220;Napoleon&#8221; earned just $217 million worldwide compared to its reported $200 million budget. (Studios split revenue with movie theaters and must fork over additional costs for marketing, etc.)
The aforementioned Harper’s Magazine piece is littered with doom and gloom, along with the receipts to back it up:
<blockquote>The industry as a whole is now facing a broad contraction. Between August 2022 and the end of last year, employment fell by 26 percent—more than one job gone in every four. Layoffs hit Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, Paramount Global, Roku, and others in 2022. In 2023, firings swept through the representation giants United Talent Agency and Creative Artists Agency; Netflix, Paramount Global, and Roku again; plus Hulu, NBCUniversal, and Lionsgate. In early 2024, it was announced that Amazon was cutting hundreds of jobs from its Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios divisions. In February, Paramount Global laid off roughly eight hundred people. It’s unclear which streamers will survive. </blockquote>
Hollywood is still deathly afraid of how AI technology will impact its workforce. We’ve already seen stars lose out on voiceover work thanks to AI.
That could be the tip of a digital iceberg the likes of which Hollywood has never seen before.
Panic. And it’s understandable.
That explains reviving stone-cold dead franchises like “<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blair-witch-project-original-team-reacts-reboot-movie-1235874500/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Blair Witch Project</a>” and the <a href="https://people.com/new-scary-movie-sequel-in-the-works-cinemacon-2024-8630189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Scary Movie” series</a>. We’ll also see another live-action “<a href="https://screenrant.com/popeye-the-sailor-man-movie-live-action-development/#:~:text=A%20new%20live%2Daction%20Popeye,Robin%20Williams%20version%20in%201980." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Popeye</a>” film as well as a movie based on the board game “Monopoly.”
Can Hollywood be saved? Perhaps, but it won’t be by any of the above film projects.
It begins with innovation, acknowledging audience expectations, and producing less ideological content.
The assembled stars should be less dismissive of their dwindling fan bases, too. Liberal actor Nick Offerman of “Parks and Recreation” fame set that tone by telling the press his new movie “Civil War” would <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/civil-war-president-not-donald-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lose audiences members if it chose a political side</a>.
That’s smart. What’s less than smart?
Actor Alan Ritchson teeing off on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/04/15/reacher-star-alan-ritchson-faces-backlash-after-trump-comments/?sh=49e04e1c50c3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Donald Trump</a>, the <a href="https://bleedingcool.com/tv/reacher-alan-ritchson-calls-out-police-union-pushes-back-on-insults/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police</a>, and Christians while “promoting” his latest project, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.”
It might take real risk-taking, which is anathema to an industry known for playing it safe. Consider what Kevin Costner has in store for us later this year as the ultimate risk.
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His “Horizon” film saga is an old-fashioned western, at least on paper, that could span as many as four feature films. The first two installments will be released on June 28 and August 16, respectively.
The film legend broke the old Hollywood saw about <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/yellowstone-star-kevin-costner-gambles-next-monster-hit-with-his-own-money" target="_blank" rel="noopener">using your own money</a> to invest in the series.
Will it pay off?
Costner <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/kevin-costners-12-hour-horizon-binge-plan-pt-barnum-like-showmanship-big-winner-expert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summed up</a> the all-American saga during his appearance at this month’s CinemaCon gathering:
<blockquote>When I think about the promise of America, there was a promise out here, if you could go. If you were tough enough, if you were mean enough, if you were resourceful enough, if you were lucky enough, you could take what you wanted in America.</blockquote>
 The same could be true of Hollywood moving forward. Or else.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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“Succession” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Cox</a> had some words of criticism for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joaquin-phoenix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joaquin Phoenix</a>, saying he would have done a better job as the lead in Ridley Scott&#8217;s historical drama “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Napoleon</a>.”
The 77-year-old actor called Phoenix&#8217;s performance &#8220;terrible&#8221; at London’s HistFest, per <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/brian-cox-joaquin-phoenix-terrible-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-better-b1151473.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Standard</a>.
“A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,” Cox said. “It really is appalling. I don’t know what he was thinking. I think it’s totally his fault and I don’t think Ridley Scott helps him. I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that. You can say it’s good drama. No — it’s lies.”
He added, “I think he’s well-named. Joaquin … wackeen … wacky. It’s a sort of wacky performance.”
The “Succession” star also lamented historical inaccuracies present in films more generally. “&#8217;Braveheart&#8217; is a load of nonsense,” the actor said of the 1995 film starring Mel Gibson, which Cox also appeared in. “Mel Gibson was wonderful but it’s a load of lies. He never impregnated the French princess. It is a bollocks [sic] that film.”
Scott previously responded harshly to French critics trashing his film. 
“Like all history, it’s been reported. Napoleon dies, then, 10 years later, someone writes a book. Then someone takes that book and writes another book and so, 400 years later there’s a lot of imagination [in history books],” Scott told The Times in November 2023, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridley-scott-responds-to-french-critics-slamming-napoleon-shut-the-f-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the f*** up then,’” he added.
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“Napoleon” has grossed $221 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. The film was  praised for having realistic battle sequences and performances, but was criticized for the narrative&#8217;s historical inaccuracies.
It was nominated for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards.
Scott <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/ridley-scott-napoleon-joaquin-phoenix-casting-joker-gladiator-1235566587/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was torn between Phoenix and another unnamed actor to play the main role, but was &#8220;blown away&#8221; by Phoenix&#8217;s performance in “Joker” (2019) and ultimately decided that Phoenix would be an &#8220;amazing asset&#8221; for the film.

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Great American Media stars Carlos and Alexa PenaVega announced the heartbreaking loss of their fourth child, a daughter who died during birth, on Tuesday.
The two stars, who just recently announced their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-more-stars-leave-hallmark-for-great-american-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first film</a> with Great American Media&#8217;s Pure Flix after doing a number of films with Hallmark Channel, shared the news in a joint Instagram post.
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&#8220;There are never the right words to say when it comes to loss. After a beautiful and peaceful delivery our daughter &#8216;Indy&#8217; was born at rest. It has been a painful journey,&#8221; the couple wrote. &#8220;But in the pain we have found peace. God continues to comfort and hold us in his arms. The prayers from the community around us have been so sustaining in this difficult season.&#8221;
&#8220;This little girl has already changed our lives in so many ways. She was absolutely beautiful. And looked just like daddy. Dark hair and all,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;Grief has come to us in waves. Moments of feeling absolutely gutted … then moments of feeling blessed by just getting a few moments with her. We can’t understand why things like this happen and we may never get those answers. Indy Rex PenaVega, you completely changed our world. You moved us to a new place. You gave us the community we have been longing for. We love you can’t wait to see how many other lives you change.&#8221;
The Hallmark Channel ex-pats have been together since 2012 — and married since 2014 — and share three children together: son Ocean, 7; son Kingston, 4; and daughter Rio, 2.
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They just recently announced a new film project — &#8220;<a href="https://deadline.com/2024/04/carlos-penavega-alexa-penavega-star-first-movie-great-american-pure-flix-1235881682/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Manhattan</a>,&#8221; available on the streaming platform Pure Flix on May 24 — that confirmed their move from Hallmark to Great American Media. They follow a number of former Hallmark regulars like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-absolutely-breaks-my-heart-candace-cameron-bure-responds-to-backlash-over-marriage-comments">Candace Cameron Bure</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wonder-years-actress-weighs-in-on-candace-cameron-bure-marriage-controversy-disagrees-with-neal-bledsoe-quitting-gaf">Danica McKellar</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-actor-trevor-donovan-plays-against-type-onscreen-on-social-media-and-especially-in-politics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Donovan</a>, and more.

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One of the stars from the 1999 horror film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies">The Blair Witch Project</a>” is speaking out against Lionsgate after the studio announced a forthcoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">reboot</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Actor</a> Joshua Leonard said he felt “frustration” upon hearing the news because of how he felt the studio treated him after the original film’s release. Leonard detailed some of his complaints in a lengthy Instagram post.
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&#8220;The WEIRD PART is that I didn&#8217;t know anything about it until a friend sent me a &#8216;congrats&#8217; screenshot yesterday,&#8221; he wrote of the reboot announcement, which was shared at CinemaCon on April 10. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about this time, after seeing my BWP collaborators recently and sharing memories… sweet AND f***ed-up ones.&#8221;
Leonard also alleged in the post that he and his co-stars were paid much less than $4 million, which is what an anonymous &#8220;Hollywood insider&#8221; said they received. &#8220;We made [$300,000]… and NEVER saw another dime,&#8221; the actor insisted.
“The Blair Witch Project” is a fictional story about three student filmmakers who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, to make a documentary about a local figure known as “The Blair Witch.” The students all disappear, but their footage is found a year later.
The movie was shot in Maryland over eight days and cost around $60,000 to make, per <a href="https://ew.com/original-blair-witch-star-blasts-25-years-of-disrespect-reboot-8633963">Entertainment Weekly</a>.
It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and was purchased for $1.1 million by Artisan Entertainment, which was acquired by Lionsgate in 2003. “BWP” earned close to $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. 
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Leonard also claimed that because the actors used their real names in the movie, &#8220;the studio claimed copyright. We had to take them to federal court to win OUR NAMES back.&#8221;
He said, &#8220;There were many factors that made BWP a success: timing, marketing, etc. But there was also the FACT that us weirdos got together, with virtually no resources, AND MADE A FILM THAT WORKED! Can we just go on record and say that the film itself is a huge part of why we&#8217;re still talking about it 25 years later?”
Leonard concluded, “I&#8217;m so proud of our little punk-rock movie, and I LOVE the fans who keep the flames burning. But at this point, it&#8217;s 25 years of disrespect from the folks who&#8217;ve pocketed the lion&#8217;s share (pun intended) of the profits from OUR work, and that feels both icky and classless.&#8221;

Blair Witch Project

Original ‘Blair Witch Project’ Actor Blasts Lionsgate Amid Remake Announcement: ’25 Years Of Disrespect’

Original 'Blair Witch Project' Actor Blasts Lionsgate Amid Remake Announcement: '25 Years Of Disrespect'

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Things got out of hand over the weekend at the annual film festival in Brussels — specifically at the premiere of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kristen-stewart-claims-twilight-is-such-a-gay-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristen Stewart</a>’s new lesbian movie “Love Lies Bleeding” — resulting in both verbal and physical altercations.
During the screening of the thriller at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) attendees said that &#8220;lesbophobic&#8221; and &#8220;toxic&#8221; comments were thrown at the screen in the divided theater, ending in a walkout protest by dozens of &#8220;queer&#8221; audience members, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/global/love-lies-bleeding-brussels-bifff-homophobia-kristen-stewart-1235970906/">Variety</a> magazine reported.
&#8220;Things spun wildly out of hand,&#8221; attendee Elina Fischer said, calling her experience &#8220;traumatic and horrible.&#8221;
&#8220;We were afraid for our lives, because the kinds of people who say such things during a film screening are the kinds of people who assault us,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So we got scared and had to get out.&#8221;
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la <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/honte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#honte</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bifff_festival?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bifff_festival</a> qui laisse des commentaires et insultes transphobes, lesbophobes et misogynes, forçant une 80aine de personnes a sortir de la scéance car trop mal a l&#8217;aise et qui pour seule réponse appellent la police. La honte. <a href="https://t.co/s1B44UtsDa">pic.twitter.com/s1B44UtsDa</a>
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&#8220;Once we stood up, we started hearing insults directed at us,&#8221; another attendee told the outlet. &#8220;It became something much nastier. Violent. We were overwhelmed, crying and we said to each other that this wasn&#8217;t normal.&#8221;
&#8220;We shouted so that they could hear us inside too, to spoil their experience of the film a bit, just as they had spoiled ours,&#8221; the person added, about the shouting from the movie lobby by those who walked out.
In a longer statement shared with the outlet, the attendees said, &#8220;We know the difference between standard jokes and lesbophobic insults and commentary.&#8221;
&#8220;When audience members applaud during [what we feel to be] a rape scene, when they pantomime masturbation and catcall the actresses on screen by shouting &#8216;get naked,&#8217; &#8216;she wants c**k,&#8217; &#8216;disgusting,&#8217; and &#8216;dirty dykes&#8217; at the slightest scene of lesbian intimacy, once spectators stand up to leave the theater or ask for respect, only to be booed, insulted and physically assaulted, and once dozens of lesbians leave the theater in tears, dirtied, degraded and shocked, we can&#8217;t speak of a &#8216;good-natured&#8217; atmosphere,&#8221; the statement added.
BIFFF press chief Jonathan Lenaerts confirmed police were called out to deal with the altercations and walkouts during the premiere, adding, &#8220;10 people out of 1,400 is already 10 too many.&#8221;
&#8220;We had programmed this film specifically because it touched on the LGBT community. We thought it was great that [this kind of] fantasy filmmaking was also opening to this community, giving us the perfect opportunity to welcome a new audience to our festival,&#8221; Lenaerts said of the festival that typically attracted a male, geeky type audience, per the outlet. 
&#8220;We have a duty to contextualize,&#8221; he added. &#8220;To make sure that all communities feel welcome and on the same footing. The humor in the room should never be targeted and mean spirited, and all exceptions are intolerable.&#8221;
Later, BIFFF released a statement calling the previous evening&#8217;s events &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and issued an apology to the audience for &#8220;discriminatory remarks against any community.&#8221;

“Crimes Of The Future”  Red Carpet  – The 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival

‘Things Spun Wildly Out Of Hand’: Chaos At Brussels Premiere Of Kristen Stewart’s New Lesbian Movie

'Things Spun Wildly Out Of Hand': Chaos At Brussels Premiere Of Kristen Stewart’s New Lesbian Movie

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Margot Robbie</a> will produce a live-action <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film</a> based on the iconic board game Monopoly.
The 33-year-old celeb along with her husband, Tom Ackerley, and Josey McNamara will release the project under their LuckyChap banner, per <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/margot-robbie-luckychap-produce-monopoly-movie-1234972844/">IndieWire</a>. The film will be distributed by Lionsgate and produced by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Hasbro Entertainment</a>. The announcement was made Wednesday morning during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon 2024 presentation.
&#8220;Monopoly is a top property — pun fully intended,&#8221; LuckyChap said in a statement. “Like all of the best IP, this game has resonated worldwide for generations, and we are so excited to bring this game to life alongside the wonderful teams involved at Lionsgate and Hasbro.”
“I could not imagine a better production team for this beloved and iconic brand than LuckyChap,&#8221; Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Adam Fogelson said in a statement Wednesday, per the outlet. &#8220;They are exceptional producers who choose their projects with great thought and care, and join Monopoly with a clear point of view.&#8221;
&#8220;We are tremendously excited to be working with the entire LuckyChap team on what we all believe can be their next blockbuster,&#8221; he continued.
Zev Foreman, Hasbro Entertainment Head of Film, also had glowing things to say about the new partnership. &#8220;As one of the most iconic games in the world, Monopoly provides an incredible platform for storytelling opportunities,” he said. &#8220;We are thrilled to have the unique vision of LuckyChap and Lionsgate alongside us to bring this historic piece of popular culture to the big screen.”
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Hasbro&#8217;s Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game that debuted in 1935. The popular game has hundreds of different editions and spinoffs and is sold in more than 100 countries and 75 different languages. It’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/living/feat-monopoly-80th-anniversary">estimated </a>that more than 275 million copies of Monopoly have been sold worldwide.
Hasbro Entertainment has more than 30 active projects in development, the outlet noted, including an animated “Transformers One” and a live-action “Dungeons &amp; Dragons” series for Paramount+. 
LuckyChap is also working on a film adaptation of the popular life simulation video game, The Sims. 
Robbie played the titular star in the 2023 summer blockbuster “Barbie,” directed by Greta Gerwig, which brought in $1.4 billion at the box office and was nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Margot Robbie

‘Barbie’ Star Margot Robbie Will Produce New Movie Based On Monopoly Board Game

'Barbie' Star Margot Robbie Will Produce New Movie Based On Monopoly Board Game

Culture

The existence of a script for “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Happy Gilmore 2</a>” has been confirmed by Drew Barrymore.
The daytime talk show host revealed the news in a preview clip from Friday’s episode of her eponymous show.
“I want it. I need it. And I stayed up last night with my daughter watching ‘Billy Madison,’” Barrymore says in the video. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back, and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about the ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">script</a>.”
Later, she seemed to confirm the movie’s existence after checking her phone. “This just in, I have breaking news,” Barrymore says. “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.”
She continued, “There is a process, and that process is in process.”
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Rumors began circulating when Christopher McDonald, the actor who played villain Shooter McGavin in the original film, first shared that a script for the sequel existed.
“I saw <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-sandler">Adam [Sandler]</a> about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,&#8217;” he told Cleveland radio’s &#8220;Ken Carman Show&#8221; in late March. “I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘How about that,’ and he shows me the first draft of Happy Gilmore 2. Maybe you should cut that out because I don’t wanna be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, ‘Well, that would be awesome.’ So it’s in the works. Fans demand it, damn it!”
Sandler discussed the leak, too, per <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10115498-adam-sandler-shooter-mcgavin-actor-wasnt-supposed-to-leak-happy-gilmore-2-news">Bleacher Report</a>. 
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&#8220;[McDonald] texted me after the fact, &#8216;By the way, that thing you told me not to talk about, I talked about.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s good news.&#8217; All I did was tell him, see I did standup, I did a comedy special and a lot of my buddies came by and Shooter was one of them and I said, &#8216;Dude, we&#8217;ve been talking about a Happy 2 and we&#8217;re working on some stuff.&#8217; That&#8217;s all I told Shooter,” the comedian said during a Wednesday appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show.”  
“I said, &#8216;But don&#8217;t tell anybody. Don&#8217;t tell anybody.&#8217; And then he, you know he kept it mostly private. He told a couple of DJs about it. They usually are great at secrets, don&#8217;t you think?&#8221;
Patrick replied, &#8220;You should&#8217;ve known not to trust him,&#8221; which prompted Sandler to say he was &#8220;excited that Shooter was in the room with me. I love him.&#8221;
“Happy Gilmore” is a popular 1996 American sports comedy starring Sandler playing an unsuccessful ice hockey player who competes in a golf tournament in an attempt to save his grandmother&#8217;s home from foreclosure. The original movie earned $39 million on a $12 million budget. The film has a cult following in the golf community especially.

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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Script Confirmed, Adam Sandler Says Shooter McGavin Wasn’t Supposed To Spill

'Happy Gilmore 2' Script Confirmed, Adam Sandler Says Shooter McGavin Wasn't Supposed To Spill

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-actor-says-weve-had-enough-of-studios-churning-out-stuff-that-dilutes-wanting-to-go-to-the-cinema" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marvel</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-investor-slams-shift-to-woke-marvel-films" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> are once again courting controversy by casting a female actress to take on the typically male &#8220;Fantastic Four&#8221; role of the Silver Surfer in the upcoming reboot.
Actress Julia Garner has been picked to play a female version of the iconic comic book character and Herald of Galactus, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/04/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-1235873034/">Deadline magazine</a> reported. Sources told the outlet that the Emmy-winning &#8220;Ozark&#8221; star will play the Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer from the comics.
<a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/04/03/marvels-fantastic-four-casts-inventing-anna-star-julia-garner-as-female-version-of-silver-surfer/">Bounding Into Comics</a> reported that Marvel Studios dived deep into the comic book lore to find justification to not use the Norrin-Radd version of the comic book hero played by a male.
In 1968, in an issue titled &#8220;Silver Surfer Vol. 1,&#8221; Shalla-Bal is depicted as the Silver Surfer&#8217;s love interest. For the next fifty years, her role is just that, a supporting one. Then in 1997, her character is part of the final two issues of &#8220;Earth X&#8221; when she&#8217;s briefly granted her lover&#8217;s super powers so she could stop an invading force, the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/fantastic-four-reboot-female-silversurfer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blaze</a> noted.
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&#8216;Fantastic Four&#8217; reboot will have a female Silver Surfer — Marvel casts Julia Garner for role with obscure justification <a href="https://t.co/1kbcADjBzv">https://t.co/1kbcADjBzv</a> <a href="https://t.co/tnXGIOYSVD">pic.twitter.com/tnXGIOYSVD</a>
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Shalla-Bal&#8217;s total time as the Silver Surfer was four pages across two issues. In 2016, in Silver Surfer Vol. 8 #2 &#8220;Things Change,&#8221; writer Dan Slott changed Shalla-Bal from &#8220;Radd&#8217;s love interest&#8221; to Zenn-La&#8217;s Keeper of the Great Truth, Bounding Into Comics reported.
In the 2007 film &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486576/">Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer</a>,&#8221; the title character was played by male actor Doug Jones. His character was also voiced by male actor Laurence Fishburne, the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/fantastic-four-reboot-female-silversurfer">Blaze</a> reported.
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Even in the official <a href="https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/who-is-silver-surfer-the-official-marvel-guide">Marvel Guide</a>, the company uses he and him to describe the &#8220;Silver Surfer.&#8221;
&#8220;Since his debut in 1966, readers have seen the Sentinel of the Spaceways serve as Galactus&#8217; loyal Herald, revolt against his leader, live on Earth and cruise the cosmos on his trusty board,&#8221; a description on the site reads. &#8220;In that time, we have learned the answers to some of the burning questions about the Silver Surfer!&#8221;
And now, the decision by Marvel to cast an actress as the Silver Surfer has sparked a debate online.
&#8220;Love all the female Silver Surfer fans that are popping up out of nowhere using the one image on her wiki,&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/1775891589690438036">wrote</a>. &#8220;Nobody tell them the character only appeared in 4 comics. They might strain something.&#8221;
Another <a href="https://x.com/Dougyfresh13/status/1776038455912382911">added</a>, &#8220;They should&#8217;ve casted Julia garner has Nova, a actual female character who is a equally powerful herald of galactus, instead of making her silver surfer for &#8216;Fantastic Four.'&#8221; 

While a third <a href="https://x.com/aduder999/status/1775754393830207770">wrote</a>, &#8220;Not to sound like one of those &#8216;everything&#8217;s woke&#8217; guys, but why change Silver Surfer to a woman? I know there was a female silver surfer in the comics. But the main Surfer was always the guy.&#8221;

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Marvel Courts Controversy Again By Casting Woman In Typically Male ‘Fantastic Four’ Role

Marvel Courts Controversy Again By Casting Woman In Typically Male 'Fantastic Four' Role

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-democrats-want-to-f-up-every-city-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> stopped by the Kelce brothers’ podcast and revealed that the one movie he regrets passing on during his long career in Hollywood is &#8220;The Rock.&#8221;
During the 76-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on the &#8220;New Heights&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_L3uUKyoWE">podcast,</a> that hit YouTube on Wednesday, retired NFL star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greatest-gift-jason-kelce-celebrates-being-a-father-in-retirement-announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Kelce</a> asked the former Gov. of California if there was any movie he passed on that he wished he had taken. (30:45)
&#8220;There was a movie called &#8216;The Rock&#8217; with Sean Connery,&#8221; Schwarzenegger replied, with the former Philadelphia Eagles star making it clear he knew it well. &#8220;So, they came to me with a script that was only 80 pages, instead of 120 which normally scripts are.&#8221;
&#8220;With a lot of handwritten scribbles in it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And they tried to explain it to me, &#8216;Oh, this is what we are going to write.&#8217; So, I said, &#8216;Look guys why don&#8217;t you just come back when it&#8217;s finished?&#8217; I said, &#8216;This is half-baked. I&#8217;m not going to make a commitment.&#8221;&#8217;
The &#8220;True Lies&#8221; star said he also had 3 other movies lined up at the same time that he had to do in the &#8220;next year and a half&#8221; so he told them he was going to be keeping busy doing that.
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The Hollywood star said they then left and it was Nicolas Cage who famously got the role in the movie alongside screen legend Connery.
&#8220;He [Cage] took it … and did a great job with it,&#8221; Schwarzenegger said. &#8220;And the movie was fantastic even though I was not in it. Nicolas Cage did a fantastic job. Sean Connery was great. The directing was great. The writing, everything was really a straight 10.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I really enjoyed the movie,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But that was one movie &#8230; I wish I would&#8217;ve taken.&#8221;
Schwarzenegger — who is known for famous roles in films like &#8220;Terminator,&#8221; &#8220;Predator,&#8221; &#8220;Commando,&#8221; &#8220;True Lies,&#8221; and &#8220;Twins&#8221;— gave his advice to the Chiefs star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-speculates-on-why-people-are-so-fascinated-by-his-relationship-with-taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> and his brother Jason, who he speculated were both in Hollywood shooting the podcast because they had aspirations of having a career in the entertainment business. He said only take movie roles with &#8220;well-written scripts.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not stupid, right? There&#8217;s a reason these guys are out here together in Hollywood,” he added, as the two brothers laughed. &#8220;There&#8217;s all kinds of interviews being scheduled for movie parts. You guys have it lined up, you just don&#8217;t want to give it away right now &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re really talented, and you speak well,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;And you&#8217;re full of energy and you ask interesting questions and you say funny things.&#8221;

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