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bumblebee wrote:Nice pic, why always Hugh,....grrr
My thoughts exactly.Where's Daniel?

Edit:There's Daniel

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Oh my Good god, back to stash hate corner I go.

Can you post in Paps thread?
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bumblebee wrote:Oh my Good god, back to stash hate corner I go.

Can you post in Paps thread?
:lol: Sure!I posted it in the STEADY RAIN pics topic first.Should I delete it from there?
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trueblue wrote:
bumblebee wrote:Oh my Good god, back to stash hate corner I go.

Can you post in Paps thread?
:lol: Sure!I posted it in the STEADY RAIN pics topic first.Should I delete it from there?


No no, thanks!
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Thanks! :D Can´t help it, but it doesn´t bother me anymore at all. He looks good.
Plus he sure doesn´t try to go into competition with Hugh on muscle showing - although he could - but displaying them in a situation like this, is just not his kind of game. So - ALL limelight on Hugh ( who just seems to crave it) and I am almost sure, Daniel is happy about that :lol: Stupid man... :wink:
Lets hope Mr. "Always smiling" doesn´t take all his powder away...
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..

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that's a great picture of him...but i am still not likin the stache lol.....fans are lucky to be able to get autographs and stuff

i read reviews for the openin night last night...and they were positive :D
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Hugh Jackman used to ‘attach’ swearword to Daniel Craig’s name

Hugh Jackman admitted he used to ‘attach’ a swearword to co-star Daniel Craig’s name – because he beat him to a role. The pair are about to share the stage on Broadway with the drama A Steady Rain and have become close over weeks of rehearsals. But in a new interview, Jackman said the first time he heard of him was when Craig beat him to the role of Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow on 2003’s Sylvia. "I don't even know if I've told you this," Jackman said. "But remember that movie where you played Ted Hughes? I really wanted to do it. I met with the director. “That's the first time I heard your name, and I attached it to — well, some swearword that I won't say now. But then I watched your performance, and I was like, touché. You were great." And Craig paid back the compliment by saying: “I don’t know how much smoke I should blow up his a** - but Hugh’s tremendously talented.” In between rehearsal sessions, the pair have been having fun throwing a baseball around – but ended up getting into trouble once. Playwright Keith Huff said the two movie stars "got yelled at by a security guard" during one of their parking-lot breaks, "because they were playing while facing the windows".

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Craig and Jackman chat about their on-stage roles in `A Steady Rain`

Actor News - 10-09-09

On a late-August afternoon, Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman are sitting in a sparsely furnished, sun-filled room at Steiner Studios, a 15-acre site just outside Manhattan where high-profile films such as American Gangster, Revolutionary Road and Sex and the City have been produced - USA Today reports.

Craig, 41, and Jackman, 40, indisputably two of Hollywood's most admired and bankable leading men, are here working on their first project together — but it's not a movie. For the past four weeks, they've been ensconced in rehearsals for the Broadway premiere of A Steady Rain, a two-man, 90-minute drama by Chicago-based playwright Keith Huff.

"It's very raw — there are not many plays like it on Broadway," Jackman says. "I suppose the roles are different from others we've done, but that's what you want. To be remembered for different things is something that motivates both of us."

When Rain had its pro debut at Chicago Dramatists in 2007, few would have guessed that a new staging on Broadway — beginning previews tonight at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, in preparation for a Sept. 29 opening — would offer the highest celebrity quotient in a fall season boasting such marquee names as Jude Law, Carrie Fisher and Sienna Miller. The gritty account of two Chicago policemen whose lives are upended by shattering events, some inspired by a real-life case, marks Huff's Broadway debut, as well as Craig's.

Neither Jackman nor Craig has seen Rain staged; nor has John Crowley, its new director, whose last Broadway outing was Martin McDonagh's dark masterpiece The Pillowman in 2005. But all were drawn to Huff's script, initially presented to Craig by producers Barbara Broccoli (with whom the actor had worked playing James Bond in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) and Frederick Zollo.

"I just was fascinated by this great piece of writing, very emotional and disturbing but quite funny at points," says Craig. It was Crowley's idea to bring on Jackman, who like Craig had an extensive background in theater. Prior to winning a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in the 2003 musical The Boy From Oz, Jackman acted and sang on stages in his native Australia and London. Craig, a Brit, has earned acclaim for his work on the West End, appearing in modern classics such as Angels in America and Hurlyburly.

"We both come from places where the movie industry isn't something you can walk straight into," Craig says.

"Or make a living in," Jackman adds.

"In drama school," Craig recalls, "we'd have one day a term where someone brought a camera in, and we'd film each other mucking about. That was it, basically."

Chatting during a rehearsal break, the two actors have an easy, jovial rapport, sharing casual anecdotes and occasionally volunteering to clarify or complete the other's thoughts. Asked if they had known each other previously, Jackman pauses, then says, "I remember — I think we met ... "

"While a little drunk, at parties," Craig interjects.

"Oh, yes," Jackman says. "Oscar parties."

"About as show-bizzy as you can get," Craig notes, ruefully.

"I don't even know if I've told you this," Jackman says, turning to face his co-star. "But remember that movie where you played Ted Hughes (2003's Sylvia, in which Craig appeared as the English poet opposite Gwyneth Paltrow's Sylvia Plath)? I really wanted to do it. I met with the director. That's the first time I heard your name, and I attached it to — well, some swear word that I won't say now. But then I watched your performance, and I was like, touché. You were great."

The tough-talking characters in Rain share their own irreverent camaraderie, one that's subject to excruciating tests. Craig's Joey and Jackman's Denny have known each other "since kinnygarten," the latter tells us, and are now police partners, each thrice denied promotion to detective. Joey at first appears as a booze-addled loner whom Denny solicitously invites to family dinners. But Denny has his own demons, which figure in the incidents informing the play, recounted from both men's perspectives.

"You have two people who are as close as brothers," Craig says. "And their lives take this tragic tumble. They're at this stage where the wheels are about to fall off."

Huff, who earned Chicago's prestigious Jeff Award for best play with Rain, was keen that Denny and Joey "not be whitewashed or stereotyped cops." The author had personal incentive to protect their integrity: "My wife's father was a policeman his whole life, eventually a commander, and my brother-in-law's a retired detective. I wanted these characters to be human beings who happen to be policemen, and just get pulled into extraordinary circumstances."

To get acquainted with the play's turf, and with each other, Craig and Jackman took what Huff describes as "a field trip" to Chicago. "We met a lot of cops there, and a lot of them had seen the show," says Jackman. "I wasn't sure if they'd be offended, because it doesn't necessarily paint cops as the most angelic of creatures.

"But they loved it, because they thought it sounded and felt real. And these guys were tough. I mean, if you asked them about most cop shows on TV, they would just laugh. Except for The Wire. That's the one show that they thought was realistic — to the point where it's been a problem, because it gives criminals a bit more understanding of how they work."

The actors also studied the Chicagoans' accents, of course, and are further honing their own with dialect coach Jess Platt. "And we're just running and running the play," says Craig. "That's what the process is. You've got to shore it up so that when we're six weeks in, we can refocus and remember how it all works."

The work is not unremitting. "Rehearsals have been fun," Huff says. Director Crowley installed a ping-pong table, "and then one day Daniel showed up with a baseball and two gloves." The ball sits on a table behind Craig, who explains that he and Jackman "go out and throw it around for about 10 minutes, to liven ourselves up for the afternoon."

Jackman nods. "Normally, right about now, we'd be throwing it at each other's heads." Huff reveals, with some pride, that the two movie stars "got yelled at by a security guard" during one of their parking-lot breaks, "because they were playing while facing the windows."

New York Drama Critics' Circle president Adam Feldman suspects that the actors' regular-guy credibility will serve Rain well. "I imagine these roles were originally played by less glamorous-looking people, but these aren't your average Hollywood glamour boys. They both have a certain roughness, which is why they've been successful in action movies."

Craig, for his part, downplays perceived differences between the medium where he and Jackman learned their craft and the one that made them household names. "People say that acting in theater and film are different disciplines, but I can't agree completely. The only thing that matters in acting is truth. It's all about making the audience believe you."

In fact, three of the show's producers (Broccoli, Zollo and Broccoli's Bond collaborator Michael G. Wilson) have purchased film rights to Rain. Neither Craig nor Jackman has yet signed on for that project. Craig just wrapped Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, and will work next on Jim Sheridan's Dream House. Jackman has a number of films in development, including the comedy Avon Man and several movie musicals, among them a new version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.

But through Dec. 6, when their run at the Schoenfeld is set to end, they'll be just another pair of Times Square troupers, albeit conspicuous ones.

"I love New York," Jackman says. "I have a home here; my kids go to school here. And Broadway audiences are different from any others that I've experienced. They're on your side to begin with. You can lose them quickly, but they've come to have a good time, and they give you the benefit of the doubt. That's part of the fun."

So, both actors agree, is having a good partner. "I don't know how much smoke I should blow up his a—, but Hugh's tremendously talented," says Craig, as Jackman laughs, again.

"When you're on stage, you want to be looking at someone who's intelligent and who's got your back. It makes my job that much easier, lazy actor that I am."

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AP report about tonight's performance:

Dan had a very strong Chicagoan accent. Hmmm..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_ ... in_opening

Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman open play on Broadway

NEW YORK – James Bond and Wolverine have hit Broadway.
Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman gave their first performance Thursday night in the play "A Steady Rain." In it, Craig and Jackman play Chicago police officers confronting professional and personal difficulties.
The 90-minute play, which has just two characters, arrives in New York after a well-reviewed run in Chicago with a different cast in 2007.
Craig and Jackman have significantly increased the star wattage of the production. Craig skyrocketed to film stardom as the latest cinematic James Bond, and Jackman plays Wolverine in the "X-Men" movies.
They drew a standing ovation from the sold-out Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre audience on Thursday. It was Craig's Broadway debut.
Star-driven productions have become commonplace on Broadway in recent years, with notable visits from Katie Holmes and Julia Roberts. But Jackman and Craig bring a Hollywood masculinity to the stage. (They aren't alone this season; Jude Law is performing in "Hamlet.")
Both have theater experience, too.
Jackman is a Tony winner for his performance in "The Boy From Oz." He also starred in "Carousel" at Carnegie Hall and "Oklahoma!" at the National Theater in London, among others.
Craig is less seasoned on the stage but has starred in "Hurlyburly" at the Old Vic, "Angels in America" at the National Theatre and "A Number" at the Royal Court Theatre.
"A Steady Rain" is remarkable for its staging — through storytelling and monologues — of material traditionally the domain of the movies. Both actors sit in and roam around chairs facing the audience to directly tell a tale that would normally befit the big screen, complete with car cashes and gun fights. Jackman performs with an Italian-American accent; Craig's character has an Irish-American accent.
From interviews with audience members after the show, the crowd was impressed.
"They were probably better than I expected," said Matt Serota, a young theatergoer from Long Island. "It was amazing how they were able to go from very docile to grab-your-throat (intensity) against each other, against the audience."
Christine Martino and Caye Hursey, friends visiting New York from California, spilled out of the theater eagerly discussing the play.
"The complexity of the story and their acting was amazing," said Martino. "I think that's why they did it — actors do this for themselves and to show other people what they can really do besides just the big-ticket stuff."
After the play, throngs assembled around the stage doors. More than 100 people waited for glimpses of the two stars, including Jillian Smith, an Australian who was glad for the chance to see her "countryman," Jackman, on Broadway.
Producers are hoping such enthusiasm for the two stars of "A Steady Rain" translates to big box office. The play will sport the highest regular ticket price for a play (not a musical) on Broadway.
Top weekend tickets will go for $130 each, climbing to $140 Thanksgiving weekend and for Dec. 4-6, the final weekend of the production's 12-week limited engagement.
"A Steady Rain," written by Keith Huff and directed by John Crowley, officially premieres Sept. 29.
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Hugh (Wolverine) Jackman, Daniel (James Bond) Craig come together for Broadway's 'A Steady Rain'


Making do without their signature retractable claws or outrageous gadgets, Hollywood superheroes Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig battled it out on Broadway Thursday night.

The A-list hunks, best-known for their respective big-screen roles as Wolverine of the X-Men and British secret agent James Bond, squared off in the drama "A Steady Rain."

The gritty two-man play about Chicago police officers torn apart by a botched investigation began previews at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre ahead of its opening on Sept. 29.

Judging by the hysterical cheers at curtain up and curtain down, the 90-minute performance left the audience both shaken and stirred. Especially the ladies who would love to be handcuffed by this particular brand of cop.

"They were great, but we could have done with more nudity," joked New York marketing executive Mary Hines, who bought a $125 ticket without knowing anything about the plot. "I mainly came to see Daniel but, with Hugh as his co-star it's a two-for-one."

Hines and her friend, Tara Price, were among scores of fans who waited outside the stage door to congratulate the duo.

The crowd was split on who was the best-looking star, but Craig's handlebar moustache, which he grew for the role, may have cost him some votes.

Jackman certainly got the biggest cheer while he chatted to admirers as he left the theater.

"I prefer Hugh," said Patty Purtee, 34, who flew in from Fort Myers, Fla., to see the play. "They're both gorgeous, but he has the edge."

If she was hoping for a glimpse of Jackman's ripped stomach - which helped him scoop the honor of People magazine's 2008 Sexiest Man Alive - she was disappointed.

Neither actor flaunted his famed masculine assets.

The play marked 41-year-old Craig's Broadway debut, although he previously trod the boards in London's West End in hit productions such as "Hurlyburly" and "Angels in America."

Meanwhile, Jackman, 40, camped it up six years ago in the musical "The Boy From Oz."

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Thank you for the reports! :D
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Thelma wrote: The crowd was split on who was the best-looking star, but Craig's handlebar moustache, which he grew for the role, may have cost him some votes.
Seems some more people are the same opinion:
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Firstsupergirl wrote:
Thelma wrote: The crowd was split on who was the best-looking star, but Craig's handlebar moustache, which he grew for the role, may have cost him some votes.
Seems some more people are the same opinion:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:. That's too true :D.
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