Interviews
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Hollywood.com crashed Miss Poitier – the daughter of acting legend Sidney Poitier – taking in all the sights and sounds of the Comic-Con Exhibitors Floor – including a real one-legged girl with a machine-gun prosthetic in full regalia as Planet Terror’s Cherry Darling dancing at her Grindhouse booth promoting the forthcoming DVD release – for a post-mortem on the daring double bill and some inside info on how Tarantino made her dad feel cool all over again.
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Just as cutting edge directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are passionately obsessive over the most minute details of the cinematic forms they love—in this case the quick-and-dirty, schlock-and-splatter exploitation films of ‘60s and ‘70s “Grindhouse” cinema--Hollywood.com knows that you’re equally obsessed with every little detail you can soak up from these two legendary maverick filmmakers.
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Few people on the planet understand the language of the Cinema of Cool as thoroughly and masterfully as directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – or, in Tarantino’s case in particular, with as much high-octane verbiage packed into such a short time. So when the two longtime pals sat down with Hollywood.com to discuss their new collaboration 'Grindhouse,' a cutting-edge tribute to exploitation flicks with their double feature 'Planet Terror' and 'Death Proof,' we turned on the recorder, sat back and let them do the talking.
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As an icy cool doctor drafted into battling a legion of zombies, Marley Shelton brings the pain in director Robert Rodriguez’s 'Planet Terror,' part of the exploitation extravaganza 'Grindhouse,' and she pops up for good measure in Quentin Tarantino’s contribution 'Death Proof,' too. The actress compares and contrasts the kings of cinematic cool—and formulates a return for her dead character in 'Sin City'—for Hollywood.com.
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After five seasons as the ambitious mortician Federico Diaz on HBO’s mortality-minded series 'Six Feet Under,' Freddy Rodriguez is back among the dead – or undead, in the case of the zombie-filled 'Planet Terror' installment of the double feature 'Grindhouse,' helmed by another Rodriguez, Robert (no relation).
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Quentin Tarantino’s been responsible for reviving more than one career of a 1970s-era actor who provided some of the best bits of the era’s B-movies before slipping off the Hollywood radar for a while. But for his new film 'Death Proof,' part of the double feature 'Grindhouse' the director taps the talents of someone who’s only gotten more and more popular in the years since the Me Decade: Kurt Russell.
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It’s hard to imagine that with a recent resume full of knockout performances to her credit (including 'Rent,' 'Clerks II' and 'Sin City') that Rosario Dawson would have to audition for a role once, let alone twice – yet, as she tells Hollywood.com. that’s how far she had to go to land the part in 'Death Proof,' director Quentin Tarantino’s installment in the double feature 'Grindhouse.'
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Josh Brolin’s leading man looks get turned inside out when he becomes a victim of the 'Planet Terror' plague in director Robert Rodriguez’s half of the double feature 'Grindhouse,'and he tells Hollywood.com just how much fun it was to get downright ugly – inside and out.
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With roles in such high-profile films as Emilio Estevez’s Bobby or the upcoming action sequel 'Live Free or Die Hard' or a plum turn in 'Grindhouse' director Quentin Tarantino’s 'Death Proof' 24-year-old Mary Elizabeth Winstead must have every other envious actress of her generation trying to figure out exactly what she’s doing so right. She gave Hollywood.com a solid glimpse in a revealing chat from someone clearly in the running to be The Next Big Thing.
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With 10 film and TV jobs to her credit, it’s not like Zoe Bell hasn’t had her share of screen time, and she’s certainly proven adapt at making audiences believe that she’s someone else. But when her 'Kill Bill' director Quentin Tarantino decided to cast her in a major role (as a devil-may-care stuntwoman, naturally) in his 'Death Proof' installment of the 'Grindhouse' double feature, Bell found a challenge that shook even her steely nerves. Fortunately she could rely on a little help from her new friend Tracie Thoms, the 'Rent' actress Tarantino had also drafted into service to play Bell’s stunt-skilled gal pal. And as Bell learned to light up the screen with her own face for a change and Thoms learned to throw a mean roundhouse, the two bonded, as they tell Hollywood.com.
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They’re the sexy roadhouse sirens whose girls’ night out catches the eye of the enigmatic Stuntman Mike, and 'Grindhouse' gal pals Sydney Poitier, Jordan Ladd and Vanessa Ferlito tell Hollywood.com how they grabbed the attention of 'Death Proof' director Quentin Tarantino, and how their legendary helmer channeled his feminine side.
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Laffy Taffy. Pink lipstick. Boston Terriers. Backbends. Dr. Phil. The number five. Cuteoverload.com. Jane Austen. 'Angel: Honor Student By Day, Hollywood Hooker By Night.' 'The Parent Trap.' Characters with machine guns for legs. Welcome to the fascinating, if not entirely consistent, world of Rose McGowan.
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Fans of Naveen Andrews’ tortured torturer Sayid Jarrah may have wondered if the title 'Lost' applied directly to him in the third season, when Andrews and several other original castmembers received precious little screen time early on in favor of a plotline focusing on The Others. But Andrews has been found again on the big screen in 'Grindhouse,' jumping into director Robert Rodriguez’s 'Planet Terror' as a wild-eyed scientist who has a lot of balls – literally.