HOLLYWOOD – Dropping in on the Studio Exec’s EXCLUSIVE breakfast nook, master manipulator and filmmaker Christopher Nolan dished the dirt on his new movie project Dunkirk as he made intricate Escher constructions of his Belgian waffles. Christopher Nolan is famous for his carefully constructed puzzle like movies from Memento to Interstellar, his Dark Knight trilogy to … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 29. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN”
HOLLYWOOD – Oscar winner, Rust Cole and former Fool’s Gold fool, Matthew McConaughey sat down with the Studio Exec this morning where the True Detective star, tucked into seven glasses of water and gorged himself on looking at an apple for forty seconds. ‘If I look at it for longer, it goes straight on my … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 28. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY”
DUBLIN – No living actor can lay claim to so many duff movies as Colin Farrell, with the occasional glimmer of gold amongst the dross (In Bruges), but now redemption holds out a hand in the form of a role in the second season of True Detective. I met Colin over a breakfast of poached … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 27. COLIN FARRELL”
MARIANA TRENCH – Deep beneath the Ocean, I caught up with the visionary genius and Captain Nemo wannabe James Cameron to discuss his latest projects and eat a hearty breakfast of plankton and krill. So James, I suppose we should first talk about the Avatar sequels. Is it true that you’ve written three scripts simultaneously? … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 26. JAMES CAMERON”
WELLINGTON – One crisp morning, I met a drained looking dragon at a small Wellington bistro for breakfast. Smaug is forty seven but following the fifteen month Hobbit shoot seems older. He slumps in his chair and orders a white chocolate mocha. Now that you’ve seen the completed film, how does it match up with your … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 24. SMAUG”
MALIBU – Apt Pupil and X-Men director, Bryan Singer limps into the sun-drenched brunch bar with a weary expression and slumps down to a bowl of handcrafted Cheerios. He eyes me and then the wall behind me and then he says ‘Coffee!’ So Bryan, you recently came out with the news that you would be … Continue reading “BREAKFAST WITH ASSHOLES: 23. BRYAN SINGER”
