Naomi Watts praises Clint Eastwood
Australian actress Naomi Watts has revealed that, although the movie was made on quite a low budget, she could not turn down the chance to work with director Clint Eastwood on the movie J. Edgar. Naomi admitted that she is a huge fan of Clint’s work and that she might not ever get a chance to work with such a great director.
Watts explained, “The fact that it was small, yeah sure, it has its downside but I just really wanted to work with Clint. He's getting on [aged 81] and while he seems to have tons of energy and so much more to do, I still wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on that opportunity. He was as good as I hoped he'd be, if not better.”
She added, ''I was sort of in shock the first day, my head was spinning and I was thinking, 'How am I going to work this fast?' The first scene I shot, he didn't even say 'action' and I thought it was a rehearsal but suddenly we're cutting and moving on, so I didn't have a chance to even be nervous. 'It took me a week and a half to work up the courage to ask for another take and when I did, he said, 'Of course!''' J. Edgar also stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer and was released in the UK last week.
07:22pm | 27th January, 2012
43 year old actress Naomi Watts is a working mother who has to try and juggle her family life with her acting career.
07:57am | 16th January, 2012
Social Network actor Armie Hammer has revealed how impressed he was with J. Edgar director Clint Eastwood and the make up team, who opted for old school prosthetic make up rather than going with CGI.
10:05am | 10th January, 2012
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg has spoken of his admiration for his good friend and Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood.
02:18pm | 17th November, 2011
We reported last month, that Clint Eastwood was set to come out of acting retirement for one last role.
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