Will Smith's most secret role that not even his co-stars knew about

 

There was a movie in which Will Smith 's appearance took everyone by surprise, including the cast themselves, who had no idea that the Independence Day or Bad Boys actor worked alongside them. It happened in 2014, when the director and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman , who had a close relationship with Smith thanks to their collaborations on I, Robot or I Am Legend , directed the romantic drama A Winter's Tale and, due to budgetary and cache reasons, could not reveal to absolutely no one that he decided to unofficially count on the Hollywood actor to whom he turned almost desperately to alleviate a problem in the film.

Goldsman himself told it in several promotional interviews with media such as Yahoo or Variety , where he clarified that putting this film forward, for which he was given a very limited budget, was not an easy task . If we remember, A Winter's Tale adapts the famous novel of the same title by Mark Helprin, a project that was floating around Hollywood for years and that no director dared to do. Its story, a proposal of fantasy and romance between two timelines of the 19th century and the present, was described as unfilmable by filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, however, Akiva Goldsman, who until then had never directed a film, launched into the adventure.

As media outlets like Vulture reported , doubts surrounding A Winter's Tale were in the air until the last moment. The production company, Warner Bros, was also not sure that this story could work on screen, so the director had no choice but to ask favors from some of his friends in the industry and accept a budget reduction of around 20 million. of dollars . In 2012, there was already talk of a rumor that Smith would be one of these actors who would have agreed to help Goldsman, however, when the cast was announced, only the names of Colin Farrell , Jessica Brown Findlay , Russell Crowe , Jennifer Connelly or William Hurt .

"This movie is about 20 years of favors," Goldsman told Variety while promoting A Winter's Tale . “The truth is that we didn't have a very big budget, so I asked everyone I had worked with if they would consider doing it. After he wrote I, Robot and I Am Legend for Will Smith, which became two of the biggest hits of his career, the actor agreed to help his friend , although yes, due to his high cachet, the only condition that The idea was that his participation be kept secret, that it simply be seen as a surprise cameo that no one should find out about until the film's premiere.

The great Oscar favorite that shows Nazi terror like never before

 

Dramas about Nazism have always been a weakness of the Oscars . Schindler's List , Life is Beautiful , The Pianist , A Secret Passion or Inglourious Basterds are some of the many examples that have been around the Hollywood Academy Awards with important victories. This 2024, we have confirmed it again, since The Zone of Interest , a British film directed by Jonathan Glazer ( Under Your Skin ) about the horror of concentration camps, is establishing itself as one of the great contenders to highlight.

In total, it has received five nominations for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound and Best International Film. This presence in the main categories predicts a clear victory in the foreign production category, where phenomena like The Snow Society do not seem to have any chance. However, as routine as it may seem for the Academy to once again fall in love with a theme that has already won awards on many occasions, the truth is that The Zone of Interest has a very good reason for winning.

It talks about concentration camps, but in a way never seen before. At no point does it show first-hand the horror of the Holocaust, since its idea is to focus on the good life that the senior Nazi officials enjoyed in front of the fences , on how they turned a deaf ear to the horror that was in front of them while they were immersed in dream experiences due to the privileged position that Hitler's regime gave them.

The zone of interest , which adapts the novel of the same title written in 2014 by Martin Amis, places us in Auschwitz, in a house right next to the concentration camp wall. The camera insists on pointing out a family enjoying endless luxuries: exotic gardens, succulent celebrations, pool afternoons... But, at the same time, the soundtrack is responsible for clarifying the terror behind that place, which The protagonists of the film remain impassive . This is a shocking job with the off-camera, since, although we see absolutely nothing explicit, the brutal contrast between what we observe and hear leaves us with a terrible bad body.

Ben Affleck's romantic letters are Jennifer Lopez's secret weapon in 'This is me... Now'

 

Jennifer Lopez confesses. She wants the world to know that she is a hopeless romantic, that her divorces and love failures were part of the learning that led her back to the arms of Ben Affleck . The singer sends her message loud and clear in This is me… now , the 65-minute musical film available on Prime Video that accompanies the release of her ninth studio album. A production that, although at first glance we take with a grain of salt due to the egocentric waste that the artist presents, ends up surprising as a ridiculously brilliant creative source .

The actress and singer plays a version of herself. A woman who dreams of finding the love of her life. And so, in This is me… now , she represents her three previous marriages as failed, toxic or wrong relationships that simply helped her recognize that what is paramount in the search for a soul mate is her self-love. Make peace with the past and love yourself above all things. Because this way true love can come. In her case, the second chance with Ben Affleck .

This is me… now  is a collage of video clips that promote some of the songs from the new album and a creative vehicle for JLo's artistic brilliance but, above all, it is a song to love . To romance as a couple, the search for soul mates and the value of self-love with Ben Affleck as the main source of inspiration through the intimate letters that she wrote to the singer . However, this is not an explicit detail. They do not explain it at any point in the footage but rather Jennifer Lopez told it in the promotional campaign. But it is a relevant detail because it defines the whole idea.

Ben and JLo's intimacy revealed

Jennifer Lopez dances, sings, acts and finances the production, having invested $20 million of her own pocket. 

Shakira, the "wolf" who transformed her tears into diamonds and now gives the final blow

Shakira 's fans woke up this Thursday, February 15, with great news . 'La loba', after seven years without releasing an album, returns with 'Las mujeres ya no Llorn', a vinyl edition, the first of her career, which will be released on March 22. But why did it take her so long to release it when last year she scored several hits?

'Women no longer cry' will be the twelfth studio album by the 47-year-old singer-songwriter, for whom this production has been "an alchemical process."

Fey, the Mexican who was almost 30 years ahead of Shakira

 Shakira boasted the simultaneous release of the album Las mujeres ya no Lloran  with four different covers for the physical vinyl material. And the ad evoked what Fey did in 1998 with The Color of Dreams .

For the public identified with music in English, this marketing concept is familiar. In 1999 the band Korn released the album Issues with four different designs for the CD. Previously, in 1994, Mötley Crüe released a studio album with the same name as the group, sold as a special edition with three different colors in its typography: red, orange and yellow.

Fabiola Campomanes and the character who helped her overcome her insecurities and accept her body

 

The weight of aesthetic judgments imposed by society is overwhelming for some actresses whose self-esteem is affected. Fabiola Campomanes had a hard time accepting her own body and loving herself, but she was able to do it thanks to an acting job that required a nude.

With the launch of the third season of The Key Game , the actress is grateful that on a professional level she has received the invitation to join the cast of the series. In addition to meaning employment and projection, the content became an unexpected therapy for her emotional cause thanks to the script.

Amy Schumer responds forcefully to comments about her face being "more swollen than normal"

 

Amy Schumer has become news and not precisely because of the premiere of the new season of her series Life & Beth . The popular American actress, screenwriter and producer, 42, is in full promotion and was invited to The Tonight Show , hosted by Jimmy Fallon, however, she could not imagine the stir she was going to cause . As soon as she appeared on television, the networks became abuzz with comments about her physique and everyone wondered: 

What has happened to her face? Why is she so swollen?

The painful day that Michelle Renaud wants to turn into a celebration of life

 The actress and her husband Matías Novoa are expecting their first child, and she wants him to be born on the same day her mother died.

Michelle Renaud is happy and enjoying this new chapter of her life with her husband Matías Novoa, and apparently they are expecting the arrival of their baby in June, a month that has a very strong emotional burden for the actress due to the loss of her mother. cause of breast cancer