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The Onion
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Onion
The Onion's Summer Box Office Preview
The Surfer : Nicolas Cage stars in a psychological thriller about the horrors of not knowing whether young people are making fun of you or not. Another Simple Favor : In this sequel to the 2018 hit A Simple Favor , you'll come for the outfits, stay for the outfits, and leave wondering if the outfits were worth it all. Juliet & Romeo : Whoa, they changed the order of the names? Anything could happen in this crazy flick! Thunderbolts* : Stick around for the post-credits scene where Florence Pugh stares blankly down at the eight-figure paycheck in her hands, remembering there was a point in her career when she was in Little Women . Rust : Box offices are betting that fans will show up for this big-budget prequel to The Baldwins . Hurry Up Tomorrow : If we band together, we might be able to white-knuckle it through the Weeknd's acting phase. Transformers: The Interminables : If you thought the last seven Transformers movies were confusing, just wait until you hear all the completely incomprehensible gibberish about Forasic Stones, Shields of Time, and Wind Decoders they're spewing in this one. F1 : Brad Pitt anchors this sports action film that tries its damnedest to convince us race car drivers are athletes. NCIS : If putting a couple episodes of the CBS drama onto the big screen is what it takes to get people to come back to theaters, then so be it. The Fantastic Four: First Steps : This is never going to end, huh? No matter how many of these movies bomb, it's just going to be like this for-fucking-ever, isn't it? Together : Dave Franco and Alison Brie play a codependent couple desperate to avoid public association with their real-life brother and brother-in-law. From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina : A movie so good they have to mention a different movie in the title.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Juliet & Romeo': Shakespeare meets pop music for Timothy Scott Bogart's film with Rebel Wilson, Jason Isaacs
In 1968 there was Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. In 1996 we had Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes starring in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. And in 2025 Timothy Scott Bogart has given us the musical Juliet & Romeo (now in theatres), starring Clara Rugaard and Jamie Ward in the title roles, alongside Jason Isaacs as Lord Montague, Rupert Everett as Lord Capulet and Rebel Wilson as Lady Capulet. Set in 1301, filmmaker Timothy Scott Bogart takes on William Shakespeare's story about star-crossed lovers with the intention of being authentic to the Medieval time period, overlayed with pop music. Bogart also wanted to flesh out more underserved characters from the original story. Before Bogart stepped behind the camera he was an actor, initially making the transition by directing theatre, including Romeo and Juliet multiple times. "I have to be honest, ... there were moments in the piece, there were characters in the piece, there were arcs of the piece that never quite felt fully developed, because there's only so much you can put in the play," Bogart explained to Yahoo. "It was something that had been kind of haunting me from my own inability to feel like I could crack it on stage, and it just kept coming back." In terms of creating the pop music in Juliet & Romeo, Bogart enlisted the help of his brother, Evan Bogart, and Evan's writing partner Justin Gray. Evan famously wrote the Beyoncé song "Halo," alongside Ryan Tedder. But how pop music even came into the equation for Bogart's film started more than a decade ago. "I remember saying to my brother, why do you think iambic pentameter? What do you think that was about? And in the most simple, kind of off the cuff way he said, 'I think that was the poetry of their time,'" Bogart said. "I said, interesting. What's the poetry of our time? And he said, pop music." "Now my brother, of course, who wrote 'Halo' for Beyoncé, he's going to come from pop music, but he started going, think about your world. When you see kids, what are they doing? They've got headphones on. ... They're listening to music. That is how they are expressing themselves. So about 10 years earlier, this idea of music as a central way to really get inner voice, which ultimately is what Shakespeare did so beautifully and brilliantly, ... it kept coming back." The concept of the songs representing inner voice was core to Bogart's vision, particularly in how to integrate the music with the story. "I don't think there's any more important subject that we wrestled with on how best to do it," Bogart said. "There's the musicals where the milkman clearly knows he's in a musical and is singing, and even the cow knows it's in a musical and it is singing. And I didn't want anything to do with that, it's just not my cup of tea. I really was trying, from the very beginning, to use this as inner voice." "There's a scene in the movie [where] Romeo and Juliet meet in the church, and suddenly they have this wonderful song. Well I don't really think they're singing in the church. I think they're they're two young people getting to know each other in the church, but it feels like they're singing about their love. ... I believe this kind of age demographic lives in a musical world. So throughout the movie we kept finding locations and places where songs would organically be occurring. ... Their Saturday night with your pals and that's what you would be doing." But of course, Bogart had to face the task of finding his Rome and Juliet, coming after a long line of actors who have played the roles in a variety of different on-screen adaptations. "Finding Romeo and Juliet, perhaps one of the hardest things you could ever do," he said. "You start going, well OK Leonardo DiCaprio. We know what that is. You know what Claire Danes is. ... You got Tom Holland doing his version, Rachel Zegler during hers." "I wanted our Romeo and Juliet to feel like fresh faces that would bring us into this new world. And so it was finding authenticity of people that just felt so real and so human, great voices, which thankfully, Clara and Jamie absolutely have." Adding to that was Bogart commitment to research and really crafting a story that was true to what was happening at the end of Medieval times into the Renaissance, and with that came Bogart's desire to actually make this Juliet & Romeo story into a trilogy. The opportunity to look at things like royal families fighting against Pope Boniface VIII, largely recognized among the worst Popes in history. "If Star Wars was the first, then Empire Strikes Back, and that's not terribly dissimilar to what we're trying," Bogart said. "The origin of the franchise really was birthed from my exploration of the real life story." "It really is a much bigger story about really the exciting characters of that time at perhaps the most transformative moment of that time."
New York Post
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Rebel Wilson: Weight loss helped me become versatile actress
She transformed. Rebel Wilson, who played a character named 'Fat Amy' in the 'Pitch Perfect' movies, made headlines for undergoing a weight loss journey in 2020. 'When I lost weight in 2020, that weirdly made me more versatile as an actress, even though I had the same skills,' the star told the Post while promoting her new movie 'Juliet & Romeo' (in theaters May 9). The Australian actress, 45, is 'playing against type' in her new role, she said. Previously, she often played comic relief parts, and now she's playing a Shakespearean mother. 7 Rebel Wilson in Sept 2024. rebelwilson/Instagram 7 Rebel Wilson in 'Juliet & Romeo.' 7 Rebel Wilson in 2012's 'Pitch Perfect 2.' ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection The movie musical is a re-imagining of the famous Shakespeare story, starring Wilson as Lady Capulet, 'The White Lotus' star Jason Isaacs as Lord Montague, Clara Rugaard as Juliet, and Jamie Ward as Romeo. Sir Derek Jacobi plays The Friar. 'Seeing me in these Hollywood glossy comedies, you wouldn't expect me to do a turn as Lady Capulet. But I was a new mother when I got offered this role, and Lady Capulet's like an iconic Shakespearean mother – normally played quite villainously, although I tried to give it a little bit more empathy,' Wilson told The Post. 'I think people see you differently [after weight loss] and can imagine you more easily in different roles,' she added of her physical change. 'So I think that probably had the biggest effect.' 7 Rebel Wilson on May 6, 2025. rebelwilson/Instagram Wilson lost around 80 pounds in 2020, which she called her 'year of health' challenge. 'It's interesting, was there some people in the business that called me back that didn't call me back when I was very overweight? I mean, maybe it's just the intention of losing weight that came with it,' she went on. 'Or, you read some psychological studies that say you're more visible than to some people.' 7 Rebel Wilson in 'Juliet & Romeo.' 7 Rebel Wilson in 'Pitch Perfect.' ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Five years after her transformation, the way people treat her now has 'mellowed out a bit.' 'I think people treat me pretty much the same now,' she noted. 'Sometimes I'm a healthier version, and other times I'm still struggling [with] emotional eating and stuff. I try to stay more on the healthy side.' The 'Isn't It Romantic' star, meanwhile, doesn't think she would have taken the role as Juliet's mom in 'Juliet & Romeo' if she herself hadn't become a mother. 7 Rebel Wilson in 'Juliet & Romeo.' The 'Bridesmaids' actress welcomed daughter Royce via surrogacy in 2022. She went on to tie the knot with girlfriend Ramona Agruma in Sept. 2024. 'I don't put myself first. By being an actor, being a performer, as part of your job, you're a bit self-absorbed. You just have to go the opposite once you have a child,' she explained. 'I can't just leave the house. I've got to be always thinking about my daughter and what's good for her. And I think that's changed me in a really positive way.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rebel Wilson Reveals How Her Weight Loss Journey Redirected Her Career: 'I Kind of Untypecast Myself by Losing Weight'
Rebel Wilson is opening up about how her weight loss journey has impacted her professional life. The Rebel Rising: A Memoir author, 45, recently spoke with SiriusXM radio host Ben Harlum about the pivot in her career since losing 80 pounds over five years ago. 'From that point, I started getting offered more serious roles,' she revealed, citing her upcoming role as Lady Capulet in Juliet & Romeo and her role in British indie, The Almond and the Seahorse. 'So I think I kind of untypecast myself by losing weight,' she confessed. 'I mean, I loved being the bigger, funny girl.' Adding, 'Loved playing Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect movies. It was so cool, and that still is me in so many respects. I guess people ... once I did lose weight, they started to see me a bit differently.' She also revealed that when she set out to become an actress, she envisioned more dramatic roles. 'I wanted to be like Dame Judi Dench and be really serious.' 'It's just, I had something that people would like to laugh at, and then Nicole Kidman gave me this scholarship to come to America and specialize in comedy, and so that's what I did,' she explained. 'Then when I came to Hollywood, I was just the full comedy girl.' 'But now it's kind of like almost going back to my roots as an actress and doing some serious stuff as well,' she said. In March 2024, she spoke with The Sunday Times about her weight loss journey and her a "year of health" in 2020. But she revealed, 'Basically, no one apart from my mom wanted me to lose weight,' she said. 'People thought I'd lose my pigeonhole in my career, playing the fat funny character, and they wanted me to continue in that.' She also spoke about her brief experience with Ozempic. Wilson said she took the FDA-approved type 2 diabetes drug for maintenance after losing weight. 'Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good," the actress said, before noting that she no longer takes Ozempic. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. That same month, the actress spoke with PEOPLE and revealed that she was an 'emotional eater' and detailed the 'emotional war' she experienced over her weight. 'I think to many people I'm a beacon of body positivity because I see people who are considered medically obese if you look at their weight, but I think they are absolutely beautiful,' she said. 'I really think beauty is at any shape and size so I do really promote that." 'So people are like, 'Well, how can you be so body-positive and then be hating yourself?' But I wasn't hating myself, I was only hating those shameful behaviors,' she added. Read the original article on People
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Rebel Wilson reflects on her ‘year of health' and how it impacted her career
She's in her mom era. Rebel Wilson plays Juliet's mother in the new musical drama 'Juliet & Romeo' (hitting theaters Friday, May 9). 'Seeing me in these Hollywood glossy comedies, you wouldn't expect me to do a turn as Lady Capulet. But I was a new mother when I got offered this role, and Lady Capulet's like an iconic Shakespearean mother — normally played quite villainously, although I tried to give it a little bit more empathy,' Wilson, 45, exclusively told The Post.
