One of the most iconic scenes in the British romantic comedy Love Actually shows Hugh Grant, as the British Prime Minister, dancing alone in his Downing Street apartment. The scene is funny and does not seem to represent any particular difficulty from a directing point of view. However, it was the most difficult to shoot in the…

Terminator 3 is a film that doesn’t serve much purpose. It’s a recycling, a poorly written ersatz of the first 2, with a bad choice of actors. Schwarzy makes a fool of himself. The antagonist doesn’t hold up compared to the old ones. It could have been a good idea to make her a woman…

2. American productions obsessed with the theme of crime. Since the beginning of this century, there has been a preponderance of television series around police officers, criminal lawyers, criminals with violence, frantic car chases and the use of firearms; this gives the impression that these categories of people dominate our daily lives. But the reality is…

Despite becoming synonymous with the role and transforming into a pop culture icon, Sigourney Weaver was not the first choice to play Ripley in Alien (1979). In fact, at one point in time, Meryl Streep almost took on this role and was the first choice for the role. Many actresses auditioned for the role of…

1,400 actors audition in London for the first role in Roman Polanski’s film The Pianist in 2001. But none of them catch the director’s attention. Polanski wants Joseph Fiennes for the lead role. The latter, however, declined the proposal, preferring, at the time, to focus on theater. The casting director in charge of the film then offered it to a young,…