Word: actorisms
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...JOHN FIEDLER, 80, and PAUL WINCHELL, 82, voice-over specialists known for delighting young fans of the animated Winnie the Pooh films with their performances as the ever-anxious Piglet (Fiedler) and the peripatetically perky Tigger (Winchell); in Englewood, New Jersey and Moorpark, California, respectively. Fiedler, a veteran character actor, played other memorable roles, including Mr. Peterson, the brow-beaten therapy patient on The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s. Winchell, an early star of TV who regularly performed his ventriloquist act on variety shows in the 1950s and '60s, coined Tigger's trademark sign...
...dangerous," says Sturridge. "I had Peter in mind, and it has been great to see him use his anarchic energy again." O'Toole appreciates the opportunity but understands that "the film isn't about me, it's about the dog. Admittedly, the dog isn't all that good an actor, but with the right cuts and perhaps a lamb chop, we'll get the job done...
...FIEDLER, 80, and PAUL WINCHELL, 82, voice-over specialists who delighted young fans of the animated Winnie the Pooh films as two of Pooh's best pals, the ever anxious Piglet (Fiedler) and the peripatetically perky Tigger (Winchell); in Englewood, N.J., and Moorpark, Calif., respectively. Fiedler, a veteran character actor, played Mr. Peterson, the browbeaten therapy patient on The Bob Newhart Show, and Winchell, a popular ventriloquist, coined Tigger's trademark sign...
...Lindsay is a fantastic actor. No one else could have pulled off the part as well as she did. And considering she was only 18 at the time, it’s impressive how hard she worked. She would spend twelve or more hours on set, and then record her album at night. The tabloids love to create stories about her, most of which I’ve found to be incredibly gross distortions of the truth...
...writer-director Craig Brewer, 33, the film's July 13 release is the culmination of a five-year odyssey of slammed doors, we'll-call-yous and try-it-our-ways. Cast a rap star in the lead role, not a journeyman actor with zero marquee wattage. Make it in Los Angeles, not in your hometown. And, the Hollywood whisper went, could you please not be a white guy? Taylor Hackford had run up against similar prejudices in the 15 years it took him to make Ray. As Brewer recalls, "I'm sitting there sweating bullets, thinking...