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Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'True Detective,' 'North of North' Inuk star Anna Lambe on taking risks and telling Indigenous stories with humour
In recent years, Anna Lambe's acting career has skyrocketed. The Inuk actor from Iqaluit got her start at 15 years old on the film The Grizzlies, then went on to star alongside Alfred Molina in the Prime Video series Three Pines, and worked with Jodie Foster in True Detective: Night Country. Most recently, Lambe starred as Siaja in the APTN, CBC and Netflix series North of North, which first released to rave reviews. Next up for Lambe? She will star alongside Brad Pitt in David Ayer's movie Heart of the Beast. "It's pretty surreal. It's really, really cool," Lambe told Yahoo Canada about being cast in Heart of the Beast. "Every new project just feels so exciting. But I mean, the caliber and the size of Heart of the Beast is just, I feel very honoured to have the trust of the team to hop in and do my thing."Lambe's acting career started at her Nunavut high school, where there were posters put up to attract students to join a workshop for The Grizzlies, and Lambe's drama teacher recommended that she participate. In an interesting turn of events, Lambe almost backed out of participating, feeling too shy and anxious, but her dad was already on his way to pick her up, so she went. And the rest is history. "Every time I get a new job, it's something that my dad always makes sure to remind me of is, 'Can you imagine if you never went and did that audition?'" Lambe said. "It's really humbling and it just makes me think about it in the big picture." "I am grateful that I just took the chance. I mean, it was a low risk chance, but it has led to so many bigger things. I've had to take risks over and over again along the way, that's just how this industry rolls. And everything's a bit of a roll of the dice, but I've embraced that a little bit more, and I'm really curious to see what comes next." Lambe would go on to work with the team behind The Grizzlies again on North of North. "They took a chance on me when I was 15 and then they took a chance on me again when I was 23, and I am so grateful for the way that they always lead with the community at the forefront of their minds," Lambe said. "And that it's always about how they can give back and how they can tell stories with nuance and complexity, and appropriately and authentically." The Grizzlies is a film about a group of teens in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, the town with the highest suicide rate in all of North America, who connect by playing lacrosse. Lambe plays the only female player on the team, Spring, and was tasked with taking on particularly difficult topics, like domestic violence. "In playing Spring and taking up space, she really goes through this arc where she finds her strength after such significant loss and trauma, and how she, as a young woman, was like, 'I'm not going to be scared out of things that I want to do,'" Lambe said. "We're so often encouraged to make ourselves smaller for other people, and recognizing that your story and your strength and your resilience is valid, and is important, and is, I think, something that we all deserve to hear, to see." When Lambe was filming The Grizzlies, she didn't fully grasp what being in a movie meant. She was just excited to make friends and tell an important story, and that desire to have fun and attraction to storytelling is still what drives her. "I just get to move through this industry with a smile on my face, because I'm just having the time of my life," Lambe said. Once Lambe got to Three Pines, the story of the show was particularly emotional, and difficult for the actor to both work on and watch. Adapted from Louise Penny's best-selling book, the show is centred around investigations into murders in a Quebec town, including the disappearance of an Indigenous girl, Blue Two-Rivers, played by Lambe. While Blue's family is adamant she wouldn't mysteriously leave, and certainly wouldn't leave her daughter behind, the Quebec police are quick to dismiss her case. "Three Pines was a heavy project and I think there was a lot happening at the time that made it that much harder. And it's a deeply personal thing to me, and something that I was struggling with at the time and trying to kind of deal with all of these different feelings that I was having," Lambe said. "But the very real issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women is something that, I think, we can never stop talking about, and something that I think deserves that space and that platform." "It was very much a difficult one, and one that I really also struggled to watch. Violence against Indigenous women is a very real threat and also something that many of us have experienced, or have loved ones who have experienced. Three Pines was so different from anything else that I had done up until that point, and continues to be different from anything else I've done since. ... Because of how difficult it was for me, I don't know if I would choose to do that kind of thing again. But those kinds of stories are so important in continuing to highlight that crisis that very much is still happening within our communities." While Lambe shared the screen with great talents like Alfred Molina, Rossif Sutherland, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Tantoo Cardinal in Three Pines, the celebrity of her collaborators certainly grew in True Detective: Night Country. "Stepping into True Detective was such a dream," Lambe said. "The cast on that show was so incredible. I mean Jodie Foster, of course, but Kali Reis, Finn Bennett, John Hawkes, Chris Eccleston, Isabella LaBlanc, what an incredible cast and lovely people. Really such a great group of people to work with." "[Showrunner] Issa López, I adore her with my whole heart. And she put so much attention to detail into everything that she did, everything she wrote, everything she directed. She was such a powerhouse. And I admire her work so dearly. And as well as the Alaskan producers, Cathy Tagnak Rexford and Princess Johnson." In True Detective: Night Country, set in Alaska, Lambe plays Kayla Prior, whose husband Peter (Finn Bennett) is a rookie detective working under Foster's character Liz Danvers. Lambe has said the relationship reminded her of her own parents. "[True Detective: Night Country] gave me a taste of what could be and something to chase for the rest of my career," Lambe said. "It allowed me the time and the space, with the acting coaches and the dialect coaches and everything, to try and do my best, to level myself up." "That shoot was just such a privilege and getting to meet everyone on it was such a privilege. And the story that we told was one that was deeply important, again about missing and murdered Indigenous women, but also about empowerment and reclamation, and taking back and justice, whatever that may look like, or whatever that might mean. And whether you agree with that or not is always something that can be debated. It was just really exciting and empowering, and it's a point of my career that I often look on and I'm like, 'I can't believe that happened. That's so cool.'" Lambe moved into comedy in a big way for North of North, a show that's outrageously funny and balances its emotional moments with perfection. Lambe plays Siaja, a young Inuk woman who goes through a very public separation from her husband in their Nunavut town, having to reevaluate her life under the close eye of her community, while also providing for her daughter. "The amount of people that have loved it has been just really humbling, overwhelming, heartwarming," Lambe said. "I'm so grateful that so many people have been open and receptive to seeing the story in a place they might not have seen before, and allowed themselves to kind of fall in love with these characters and the show that we created." But it was the light-hearted nature of the story that really appealed to Lambe, versus having to work through a lot of trauma-based storylines in her previous work. "It was going to be hard and it was going to be really long days, and we were going to be battling the cold, and that definitely posed challenges throughout filming, but in terms of content it was like, this is going to be fun," Lambe said. "And there were so many times where, in approaching episodes and scenes that we were filming, amongst the cast and amongst the crew, we'd be chatting with each other like, 'I can't wait to do this part. Oh my gosh, I can't wait to do Inuk Bridgerton. That's going to be so beautiful. I can't wait to do the underwater sequences. That's going to be really cool.' So just getting to kind of exist and play in so many different forms and moods and tempos was really nice. Because we can go from really high comedy, clown-esque comedy, and we kind of break your heart a little bit. ... I think to have that full swing is really fun and a huge privilege as an actor." Another highlight from North of North is how the show really uses costumes as a tool to tell this story, particularly if you look at how Siaja dresses, versus her mother Neevee (Maika Harper), and Siaja's daughter Bun (Keira Cooper). "The costumes played such a huge part into how I understood Siaja. Her love of colour and fun cuts and fun patterns, and fun prints," Lambe said. "And even more so, I think what I loved was how Bun was dressed. She had such bold parkas, and she wore whatever she wanted, and these kind of cool, little funky outfits. I think there was something really interesting about going from Neevee's colour palette to Siaja to Bun's, because there is a kind of gradual shift into bright and bold colours and expression, and fun. And that, to me, really exemplified the intergenerational healing that happened amongst those three generations, and that with each generation people get to express themselves a little bit more. That we create safer spaces for our children to grow and be who they are. And I think the costume department did such an incredible job of representing that." But when the show does have to lean into its more emotional moments, including a scene where Neevee tells Siaja that before she was born, she had another daughter who was taken by her white father, it's handled with so much care and adds such a richness of the storytelling in North of North. "I think at the core of the show, what was most important for us was the authenticity of it, and the experience of living in the North, and the complexities of our communities and our family dynamics," Lambe said. "And something that's very real is how our community really struggles with the trauma from colonialism and how we navigate that." "But for the most part, we do it through humour. ... From really dry humour to really silly like fart joke humour, the coping exists within all of that. And those moments where you do just break open, those are real too. And I think defining the show as one thing or the other, as just a comedy or just a drama, doesn't do it the service of, it's just a human experience, and just a human story. So it was nice to feel like we weren't needing to exist in one or the other, and that we can have both at different moments, and they both serve the story equally importantly."
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Brad Pitt, 61, 'back in the arms of love' Ines de Ramon, 32, after New Zealand shoot... but he will soon fly off again
Brad Pitt is 'back in the arms' of his lady love Ines de Ramon for a little work break. The 61-year-old Hollywood actor has returned to his Los Angeles home where he resides with the 32-year-old jewelry executive, has learned. Pitt had been shooting his latest movie, the survival thriller Heart Of The Beast, in New Zealand for almost three months. Both were seen in Los Angeles on Thursday separately. 'Brad is happy to be back in Los Angeles with his lady, he is very in love with her,' the source shared. 'They are doing better than ever. The breakup rumors are not true at all. They are solid.' Pitt's Heart Of The Beast shoot marks the longest time the couple has spent apart since moving in together at his LA mansion last year. But now he has to head out again. The Oscar-winner will go on an international press tour for his race car movie F1. The New York City premiere for the drama is June 16 and the London premiere at Leicester Square is on June 23. The brunette wore a white tank top with mustard slacks and brown platform heels when seen in Los Angeles on Thursday; Brad was also seen in LA on the same day Ines looked stylish when seen in Los Angeles on Thursday. The brunette had on a white tank top with mustard slacks and brown platform heels as she carried her laptop, a coffee mug and a brown paper bag. Meanwhile, Pitt was seen with a shaved head while driving a car. The couple, who went public with their relationship in November 2022, will mark their third anniversary this spring. Earlier reported that Pitt is in a good place with his love life. 'They are very much in love and happy to be in a healthy relationship,' the source said. 'Brad loves being with a woman who is not an actress because there is no competition at all, they have their own careers and there is zero jealousy.' Indeed, a relationship with a non-celebrity has marked a stark shift for Pitt whose previous partners have included A-list actresses Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Pitt is not Ramon's first famous boyfriend, either. She was previously married to The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley, but they divorced after five years in November. In March, Pitt went to New Zealand's south island to shoot survival thriller, Heart Of The Beast. The film, which is being co-produced by his Plan B company, also stars the 24-year-old Canadian actress Anna Lambe. Pitt plays a former US Navy SEAL who becomes stranded in the wilderness with his retired 'combat dog' after a plane crash. It is not yet known what role Lambe, who starred in the TV show True Detective, will play. The actor was pictured on set wearing cargo pants and a camouflage-print top as he stood near a fire pit and bright yellow tent. He was also seen kayaking across a lake in a green canoe before filming scenes at the campsite. At one point, Pitt was seen chatting to the film and camera crew before getting back into character. Filming locations included the Kiwi resort Queenstown and the world-famous fjord, Milford Sound, which were 'stand-ins' for Alaska where the film is meant to be set. Pitt is now back in Los Angeles for a break. But soon he has to pack his bags to promote his new Formula One movie F1, which also stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem and The Crown actor Tobias Menzies. Set in the high-stakes world of Formula 1 motor racing, Pitt plays a champion driver who comes out of retirement to challenge a young up-and-comer. The New York City premiere for the drama is June 16 and the London premiere at Leicester Square is on June 23.
Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Brad Pitt gives young fan the shock of her life as he pulls up to her McDonald's drive through window in New Zealand
A young fast food worker could not believe her luck when a superstar pulled up to her drive through window. The New Zealand girl was working her usual shift at McDonald's when none other than Brad Pitt drove up to collect his meal. In the video filmed on Easter Sunday and shared to social media, the girl begged the actor to say hello to her father on a video call. 'Just say hello to my dad?' the girl pleaded - and Pitt said 'No' at first before giving in to the request. 'I'm sorry. Hi Dad,' Brad said, giving the camera a wave before adding, 'Alright, moving on. Happy Easter'. It was not revealed what Brad ordered but the girl's mother shared the 'lucky' experience on social media last month. Brad slipped quietly into New Zealand to film his latest blockbuster in February. The 61-year-old was spotted at Auckland airport before he began work on the action film, Heart of the Beast. The story centres on a former US Navy SEAL who becomes stranded in the rugged North American wilderness with his retired 'combat dog'. Locations on NZ's south island, including Queenstown, will be used to 'stand-in' for Alaska, where the story is set. According to Stuff, Pitt will remain in Auckland to attend to pre-production meetings before filming, which will begin next month. The world-famous tourist destination of Milford Sound (Piopiotahi), a fjord known for its stunning scenery and beautiful mountain peaks, will also feature as a location. The new film will see Pitt once again working with filmmaker David Ayer who directed the legendary heartthrob in the 2014 World War II action film, Tank. Pitt's successful production company Plan B are producing the film for Paramount Pictures. The Otago Daily Times reported that the movie is expected to be filmed over seven weeks. Meanwhile, Pitt's new blockbuster F1 will be heading into cinemas Down Under in June. Set in the high-stakes world of Formula 1 motor racing, Pitt plays a champion driver who comes out of retirement to challenge a young up-and-comer. Directed by Top Gun: Maverick filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, F1 co-stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies who rose to fame after playing Prince Phillip in the Netflix hit The Crown.
News.com.au
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Brad Pitt has friendly encounter with young fan at McDonald's drive-thru in New Zealand
A young Kiwi girl had a surprise encounter with a major Hollywood star while at a McDonald's drive-thru in New Zealand recently. The fan's mother shared a video of her daughter's run-in with none other than Brad Pitt, who was in town at the time filming his latest film action movie, Heart of the Beast. In the clip posted on Facebook and filmed last month on Easter Sunday, the young girl approached the actor as he sat with his window down inside a vehicle in the drive-thru queue at a McDonald's in Kumeū, Auckland. 'Just say hello to my dad?' the girl asked Pitt while filming on her mobile phone. The actor, who was wearing a plaid jacket, aviator sunglasses and a bucket hat, was caught off guard as he laughed and told the girl, 'No' at first. 'Oh, you can't? Sorry,' she replied. But the 61-year-old quickly changed his mind and gave the dad a shout-out. 'I'm sorry. Hi Dad,' Pitt said as he waved for the camera. 'Alright, moving on. Happy Easter,' he added. The girl's mother later captioned the video, 'What a lucky day!!' Pitt not only stars in the Heart of the Beast but he also serves as producer in the action-adventure film. The actor will play a former US Army Special Forces soldier who attempts to survive treacherous terrain after a terrible accident leaves him and his retired combat dog stranded deep in the Alsakan wilderness. Queenstown serves as the faux-Alaskan backdrop for the survival movie. Filming has taken place in the wilderness near Kinloch on the North Island of New Zealand, as well as in other locations around the South Island. Pitt has also reportedly whipped himself into shape for the movie, which is his most physically challenging roles in years. 'This movie came together quickly, but Brad has been quietly amping up his workouts with the specifics of this wilderness adventure in mind,' a source recently told InTouch magazine. 'This is going to be an intense shoot and even though Brad isn't doing all of his own stunts, he's going to be in some physically hairy situations.'
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Brad Pitt's girlfriend Ines De Ramon goes bra free out in LA after it was revealed why they won't get married
Brad Pitt 's girlfriend Ines De Ramon enjoyed a bra free outing after it was revealed how her A-lister has broken the mould with their relationship. The 32-year-old jewelry brand VP was seen out and about in the hip Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday. The solo trip was due to her 61-year-old A-lister boyfriend being in New Zealand filming his latest project titled Heart Of The Beast. The stunner went braless under a white cropped top which showed off her toned abs on the errand run. She also sported a pair of skinny black jeans tucked into matching leather knee high boots along with a greyish blue button down light jacket. The stunner also accessorized with a black leather designer bag and matching sunglasses along with a gold chain necklace featuring a large pendant that resembled a bird. Brad Pitt's girlfriend Ines De Ramon enjoyed a bra free outing after it was revealed how her A-lister has broken the mould with their relationship Ines looked all business as she carried along a laptop and a steel reusable to-go coffee container on the outing. Her raven-colored tresses were worn down as she showcased her natural looks by wearing minimal make-up. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Brad has famously emulated the look of his girlfriends in the past, mirroring both their fashion and hair styles. However, he appears to have broken the mould with his current love, whom he's been dating since late 2022. While the Hollywood hunk has in the past perfectly complemented his former flames including Gwyneth Paltrow - sporting matching blonde cropped hair with the actress at the height of their romance - the same couldn't be said for his present girlfriend. Instead, Brad has seemingly contrasted with the stunning Swiss jewellery professional over the past few years, rocking an individual look during their public outings. The observation comes amid recent reports that the Fight Club actor won't walk down the aisle with Ines, with a heartbreaking reason being why he won't marry her. While there are seemingly differing views about their future, it appears that their styles have followed suit, with Brad confidently branching out with his own unique appearance. While the Hollywood hunk has in the past perfectly complemented his former flames including Gwyneth Paltrow [pictured together in 1997] the same couldn't be said for his present girlfriend Most notably, when the couple officially made their red carpet debut at the Wolfs premiere during the Venice International Film Festival in September 2024. While their big moment would have been the perfect opportunity to rock matching ensembles to highlight how in love and united they were, instead they went for distinctly differing looks, with the hunk donning an all black outfit while Ines stunned in a figure-hugging white dress. Their locks were not on the same page either, with Brad's cropped spiked hair flecked with blond highlights and dashes of grey compared to Ines' lusciously long raven tresses. Other public appearances of the couple also show how Brad has broken the norm with his current girlfriend. Weeks earlier in on September 8, the pair stepped out with Ines looking sleek in a black co-ord, while Brad decided to showcase his jazzy sense of style - teaming his white shirt with a pair of red and white checked trousers. Another outing in New York that month saw Brad once again expressing his individual style, turning heads in a bright lemon ensemble while Ines looked effortlessly elegant in a fluffy beige two-piece and coordinating heels. Meanwhile, another trip out in the Big Apple saw rocking a casual outfit consisting of a white bucket hat, white hoodie and houndstooth trousers. Disparately, Ines cut an elegant figure, opting for a more polished look with chic cream knitwear, trendy tortoiseshell sunglasses and a designer bag draped across her body. Weeks earlier in on September 8, the pair stepped out with Ines looking sleek in a black co-ord, while Brad decided to showcase his jazzy sense of style with red and white checked trousers Another outing in New York that month saw Brad once again expressing his individual style, turning heads in a bright lemon ensemble while Ines looked elegant in a fluffy beige two-piece While there is absolutely nothing wrong with not matching with your partner, Brad and Ines' differing styles further highlights Brad's apparent past love for morphing into his partners. From Angelina Jolie to Jennifer Aniston and Juliette Lewis, Brad has romanced some of Hollywood's biggest leading ladies. And fans previously couldn't help but notice that Brad has at some point echoed the look of the woman he's dating. In the past, fans have spotted a remarkable likeness between Brad and ex-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow, with them showing off matching blonde cropped hair. While he and ex wife Jennifer Aniston attended the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1999 both sporting textured sun-kissed hair and golden tans. Meanwhile, back at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild awards, Brad and his other former wife Angelina Jolie looked eerily similar with their swept-back, highlighted hair, chiselled features and sleek black clothes. Going back even further, Brad was pictured with voluminous hair just like that of then-girlfriend Jitka Pohledek in 1994, just a year after showing off a shorter do much like ex girlfriend Juliette Lewis. It comes as the Daily Mail exclusively revealed that the movie megastar won't be hearing wedding bells anytime soon, despite him being loved-up with jewellery designer Ines. 'Brad is totally in love with Ines, but he doesn't want to go down the road of marriage and kids,' a source told the Daily Mail. 'He's been burned badly by the divorce from Angelina and his kids wanting little if nothing to do with him. He's 61 and loving his life just the way it is.' Pitt and de Ramon have been dating for more than two years. They made their initial appearance as a couple in November 2022 at a Bono concert. As the couple's relationship strengthens, lingering in the background has been a bitter custody battle for Pitt's six children and a second legal battle over the ownership of his French winery, Chateau Miraval. Still, de Ramon is one bright spot in the veteran actor's life, and she has impressed his friends who are still holding out hope they will wed. 'He has spoken to those close to him, including George [Clooney], and everyone has signed off on him doing it,' the insider revealed. 'It would be a nice thing for him as it would be the official moving on from his romantic past with [Jennifer Aniston] and Angie.'
