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The Many Faces of… Jon Bernthal

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Jon Bernthal was born on the 20th of September 1976 in Washington D.C. Although he did go to college, he decided to drop out. His acting teacher advised him to continue study acting and Bernthal moved to Russia to study at the Moscow Art Theatre. When he moved back to the U.S. he was discovered and started his career in theatre. He also started doing guest roles in various TV shows, including Boston Legal, CSI: Miami and How I Met Your Mother.

His first regular role was in the show The Class, which only ran for one season. He has played in movies like World Trade Center, Night at the Museum, The Ghost Writer, Date Night, The Wolf of Wall Street, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Sicario. Thanks to his roles in both The Walking Dead as Shane Walsh and Daredevil season two as The Punisher (and the recent standalone Punisher show). Interesting fact is that he has broken his nose 14 times. Continue reading →

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KINO Rotterdam: A first look

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When I entered the building located at Gouvernestraat, between Kruiskade and Nieuwe Binnenweg, a couple of weeks ago it becomes clear that a lot of work is taking place. You are welcomed by the smell of new paint, dust, scaffolding, bright lamps and workmen. And although not everything is finished yet, you can clearly see the first glimpses of what will soon open at this location, the fifth cinema in Rotterdam: KINO. A cinema which doesn’t only want to be different by showing films which normally aren’t shown in Rotterdam, but it also wants to be more than just a cinema. A place to eat, meet each other and to work as well. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Elizabeth Banks

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Elizabeth Banks was born on the 10th of February 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. When growing up she played baseball and also rode horses. She started acting when she joined a school play. In In 1992 she finished high school and went to the university of Pennsylvania, studying communications and drama. Her real name Elizabeth Mitchell, but she changed it because there already was an actress with that name. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Brie Larson

Brie Larson

Brie Larson was born on the first of October 1989 in Sacramento, California. When growing up she moved to Los Angeles together with her mother and sister when her parents divorced. She was homeschooled, but later went to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco to learn about acting. She started her career on TV doing small roles in To Have & to Hold, Touched by an Angel, Popular and Then Came You. In the series Raising Dad, together with Bob Saget she had a bigger role. She made music and released the album Finally Out of P.E.
She also started appearing in movies and was in 13 Going on 30, Farce of the Penguins and The Babysitter.

Her roles were getting bigger and she stood out in Greenberg and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Other movies she has been in are Rampart, 21 Jump Street, Don Jon, Short Term 12, The Gambler and Trainwreck. Her recent role in Room got her an Oscar. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Zoë Kravitz

Zoe Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz has already been acting for a while, but especially the last couple of years she has started stadig out to me because of her roles in a couple of big movies like the Divergent series, Mad Max, Good Kill, Dope and X-Men. A great moment to take a look at the roles the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonnet has played.

She was born on December 1st 1988 in Los Angeles and starting acting in 2007 in the movie No Reservations. Other movies she appeared in are The Brave One (with Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard), Birds of America, The Greatest, Yelling to the Sky and It’s Kind of a Funny Story. But it were her roles in Californication and X-Men: First Class helped her break through. Besides acting she also works as a model and just like her father makes music with her band Lolawolf. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt was born on the 21st of june 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota. He was raised in Lake Stevens, Washington and wrestled as a high school student. He later would drop out of college and even worked as a stripper. For a while he was homeless and lived in Maui where he worked a little to survive. While working at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company at age 19 he was discovered by Rae Dawn Chong. She decided to cast him in the first movie she was going to direct named Cursed Part 3.

Pratt played roles in Everwood and The O.C. He read for roles in the 2009 Star Trek movie and also for Avatar, but was not cast. He then landed a role in Parks and Recreation. The character he played was so popular it became a returning character. He also was in movie like Moneyball, Zero Dark Thirty and Delivery Man. In 2014 he really made a name for himself in the role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy and voicing the main character in The Lego Movie. Both movies were huge box office successes and this year he has repeated that with his leading role in Jurassic World. He is married to actress Anna Faris. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen was born on February 16 1989 in Sherman Oaks, California. When growing up she went to ballet and had singing lessons. She appeared in some of his sisters movies when she was young. After finishing high school she went to New York to learn at the Tisch School of Arts, she also studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2009.

Her first starring role was a good one, in the film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Other movies she acted in include Kill Your Darlings, Oldboy, Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Rachel McAdams

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Rachel McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario. Growing up she was into figure skating, which she did until she was eighteen. She went to Myrtle Street Public School and Central Elgin Collegiate Institute. She played sport in school and was very active taking part in various activities, like the student council and a help team. She got interested in acting at the age of seven and started appearing in theatre productions from the age of twelve. Later she decided to chase a career as an actress.

Her first appearance on the screen was an MTV pilot called Shotgun Love Dolls. She appeared in The Hot Chick and Guilt by Association, but she really got noticed when she played the bitchy Regina George in Mean Girls. It meant her breakthrough, which was cemented by her starring role in The Notebook in 2004. She since has appeared in many movies including Wedding Crashers, Red Eye, State of Play, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Sherlock Holmes, Morning Glory, Midnight in Paris, The Vow, To the Wonder, About Time and A Most Wanted Man. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska was born 14 October 1989 in Canberra, Australia. Her parents are photographers. When she was nine she started training as a ballerina, with the goal of becoming a professional dancer. Because an issue with her heel and dissatisfaction with the industry she quit when she was fourteen. She was shy, but after seeing The Piano and A Woman Under the Influence she became inspired. She looked for talent agencies and managed to get invited by one.

Her first role was on the Australian soap All Saints in 2004 and at age 15 she played in her first movie, Suburban Mayhem. Her first US role was in HBO’s drama In Treatment. She followed this by roles in Defiance, Amelia, That Evening Sun. Her first big role was in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Other movies she played in include The Kids Are All Right, Jane Eyre, Restless, Albert Nobbs, Lawless, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Double and Maps to the Stars. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Rosamund Pike

It’s funny how an actor sometimes stands out in a specific movie and when you look back at her of his career it’s surprising how many movies you saw her/him in without remembering them. For me this was the case with Rosamund Pike. I have never noticed her until recently seeing her in Gone Girl. Looking back at her career it was shocking to see that I never noticed her in other films.

Rosamund Pike was born 27 January 1979 in Hammersmith, London. Her parents were opera singers, which means they travelled a lot through Europe. When she acted in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre (playing Juliet) she was noticed by an agent and it meant the start of her career. She gained experience doing plays and while still studying she started to do various TV shows including A Rather English Marriage, Wives and Daughters and Love in a Cold Climate. She almost considered a different career until she was offered the role of Bond girl in Die Another Day. This kickstarted her movie career and she has acted in various films including The Libertine, Doom, Pride & Prejudice, Fracture, Made in Dagenham, Barney’s Version, Wrath of the Titans, Jack Reacher, The World’s End and Gone Girl. Continue reading →