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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox review "Water For Elephants," an adaptation of the best-selling novel about a Depression-era traveling circus. "Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson plays a veterinary-school dropout who cares for an elephant named Rosie while falling for the show's star (Reese Witherspoon), who also happens to be married to the sadistic circus owner (Christoph Waltz of "Inglourious Basterds").
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If any two actors were suited for a Depression era love story under the big top it would be Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. As leading players in today’s real life media circus, they know a bit more as to why celebrity is the greatest show on earth. With ‘Water for Elephants,’ Pattinson and Witherspoon enter the center ring as star-crossed lovers. But is it possible that they actually played mother and son not so long ago? Find out more.
http://www.examiner.com/personalities-in-los-angeles/robert-pattinson-reese-witherspoon-on-water-for-elephants-life-as-a-circusIf any two actors were suited for a Depression era love story under the big top it... more
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Despite some extremely stiff competition from Tyler Perry's latest, Carlos Saldanha's Rio held onto the top spot for a second week in row. The animated film is now the most successful film of 2011 with more than $282 million worldwide.Despite some extremely stiff competition from Tyler Perry's latest, Carlos... more
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Water for Elephants: Francis Lawrence, director of I Am Legend, helms this adaptation of Sara Gruen's best seller, a novel about a young veterinary student (Robert Pattinson) who runs away and joins the circus after the accidental deaths of his parents.Water for Elephants: Francis Lawrence, director of I Am Legend, helms this adaptation... more
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Watching Water For Elephants felt about as long as reading the very dense book, but way less enjoyable.Watching Water For Elephants felt about as long as reading the very dense book, but... more
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Joining Robert at the Sunday event are his co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz with his rumored girlfriend Kristen Stewart reportedly supporting the premiere.
Read more : http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00039839.htmlJoining Robert at the Sunday event are his co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph... more
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Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon hit the red carpet for tonight’s world premiere of Water For Elephants at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York looking very dapper.
I still can’t believe that she describes their sex scenes as gross. I don’t care if he had bodily fluid coming from every orifice of his body, it would still be heaven. Is she afraid of offending her new husband? Come now. He’s in the business. He would totally understand if you waxed poetic about locking lips with Edward Cullen.
Reese Witherspoon Hated Making Out With Robert Pattinson!
I love Robert Pattinson. I think he is charming, decent, funny, humble, cute and sexy. But the brows need some coiffing. Maybe it’s for a new role? If not he needs to do some manscaping. I’ve included every picture of Robert Pattinson there was available to me. His facial expressions are priceless.
They are joined by Sara Gruen, Christoph Waltz, Julie Stiles, Hal Holbrook and others.
Lots of pictures after the break.
http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2011/04/17/robert-pattinson-reese-witherspoon-premiere-water-for-elephants-in-nyc-photos/Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon hit the red carpet for tonight’s world... more
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Reese Witherspoon is the star attraction in "Water for Elephants" -- as Marlena, the former orphan transformed into circus act. She's married to the owner/operator of a traveling circus (played by Christoph Waltz), who treats her as well as he does the animals, which is to say, not that well. So when Robert Pattinson comes along to play vet, it's no wonder the two start to fall for each other. Witherspoon talks about joining the circus, getting atop an elephant and loving her curves.
Q: Do you think this film, even though it's old-fashioned, has something to say about contemporary times?
A: It's sad to call it old-fashioned, because that's like it's the last of a dying art. I wish it were something we can preserve, because they don't make movies like this anymore, with all the costumes, and animals -- those were real lions running in the bleachers. The costumes are authentic. My hair style is modeled after Jean Harlow. Every frame had to look like it was really the 1930s. It was the Depression and people were looking for entertainment for a reprieve from drudgery.
Q: So it's a reprieve itself, as well as a reminder.
The stock market had crashed. There were no jobs. And people were hungry. Those characters were struggling to survive. And the movie is about second chances, how you can be trapped in a circumstance and someday, someone comes along and throws you a rope. My character has no way out. She has no education, no opportunities and she's in a volatile relationship. And here Jacob is trying to get her to leave, and she has to make a decision, to jump out of her life and into his.
Q: To play Marlena, you had to do her act...
A: I trained for five months to learn those routines! Because she rides several horses and has mastery over them. I had to do a lot of work with horses and elephants. I had made this conscious effort to not end up in a bathing suit in so many of my films, and here I am in a leotard! [Laughs] Which was horrifying, but the costumes are beautiful. It was a different time, when women loved their curves, and I think the ones we used in the film were flattering for women.
Q: Robert Pattinson said he fell in love with Tai, the elephant who plays Rosie...
A: Tai's my favorite co-star! She's quiet. She's always on time. She was so intelligent and so intuitive. It was a bit scary doing an act with her at first, and I fell off a few times. I was crawling all over her ears and trunk and she was never startled by that. She was like, "Come on, lady, get back up here!" It's amazing, too, because she had to perform and convey emotion, like stay calm if people were screaming.
Q: And there was a lot of screaming...
A: You've got one of the greatest circus disasters of all time -- albeit a fictional one -- but it's still full of peril and danger. But I like the quiet moments too, with the nonverbal communication. I thought the parts where we see each other from a distance but don't speak, that was told beautifully in that capacity.Reese Witherspoon is the star attraction in "Water for Elephants" -- as... more
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Robert Pattinson has run away to join the circus -- at least, his character in "Water for Elephants," has. A student of veterinary science at Cornell, Jacob Jankowski discovers his parents have died and left him penniless, so he runs off before final exams and jumps a train -- which turns out to be carrying a traveling circus, the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show. His talents meet their needs (even if he lies and says he's completed his degree, which he hasn't). And as he gets to know their crew, he starts falling for their star act, Marlena (played by Reese Witherspoon), who is married to their owner/operator, August (played by Christoph Waltz). Pattinson talks about his own love affair, his underwear, and what he sticks all over his body.
Q: Jacob lies to get the job -- have you ever lied to get a part?
A: Sure! In England, we have this spotlight form, what talents do you have, what accents can you do, and I just ticked off the boxes saying I was capable of everything. Every skill, every accent, I can do it. I can do a Lithuanian accent fluently! [Laughs]
Q: Was that to get cast as Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"?
A: I guess I did that when I was leaving school, when I was just starting to realize I wanted to be an actor, even though I had finished three movies.
Q: One of which, "Vanity Fair," had you playing Reese's son, and here you're her lover. Which was your bigger love affair, Marlena, or Rosie the elephant?
A: [Laughs] I felt like I had some of connection with Tai [who plays Rosie], but maybe that was because I was feeding her jelly beans all the time. People thought she was flirting with me. I think our relationship was based purely on candy. I'd stick mints on my body, like on my arms, or my chest, so she was constantly sniffing me, and I'd go, "I don't know, she just likes me! It's crazy!" [Laughs] I pretty much decided to do the movie when I met Tai. I hadn't even read the script. I don't think I'd ever seen an elephant up close in the flesh before. I walked around the corner where she lives with five other elephants and the trainer, and he told them to sit, the same way you'd tell a dog, and I saw the whole pack just sit down, like they're puppies -- but they're like mountains! I think that was the only time I was scared around her! Most of the time, she just generates an aura of calm. It was one of the most incredible experiences. So if nothing else, I got to work with Tai for three months...
Q: And so it was easy to understand Jacob's feelings...
A: For him, if he's around an elephant, nothing else matters. And when he sees Marlena, it's like she's the same way. She's this one girl who looks impossibly glamourous in this impossibly filthy environment, with piles of manure everywhere. Me, I don't mind the manure. I wasn't grossed out at all. I just accept it as part of the world. But Jacob, he's a romantic, and his imagination runs away with him, and the more he gets to know Marlena, the more it reinforces his opinion. So not only is she beautiful, but he feels connected to her, because she shares his bond with the animals. And that never ends, throughout his entire life, which is the sweet thing about it.
Q: How did you get yourself to feel like you were in a different time period?
A: All the trailers were on one side of the railroad tracks, and the set on another, so once you walked over the tracks, the only thing from modern times was the camera. There was nothing else around, except an orchard. And on set, the production designer was using authentic ropes, everything. And the underpants from that time period helped, too! [Laughs] I wore them every day.Robert Pattinson has run away to join the circus -- at least, his... more
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Christoph Waltz makes a charming villain -- his Oscar-winning Colonel Hans Landa of the SS in "Inglorious Basterds," his Russian mobster Bloodnofsky in "The Green Hornet," his upcoming Cardinal Richelieu in "The Three Musketeers," and his latest, circus owner August Rosenbluth in "Water for Elephants". You wouldn't expect an actor like him to be willingly typecast himself, so what's the method behind his madness? Waltz gives some insight on the steps he takes.
Christoph Waltz makes a charming villain -- his Oscar-winning Colonel Hans Landa of... more
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In times of economic crisis, people want to be diverted by over-the-top entertainment, or so the theory goes. This would explain why traveling circuses and other spectacles were popular during the Great Depression, and why movies are still big business in the current recession. "Water for Elephants," as you might have guessed, takes place during the Depression, and involves a circus -- in which Reese Witherspoon is the star act, Robert Pattinson is the vet, and Christoph Waltz is the owner/operator. Director Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend," "Constantine," the Britney Spears video "Circus," among others) explains what attracts him to the big-top, and how he got his actors to fall in love.
In times of economic crisis, people want to be diverted by over-the-top entertainment,... more
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Robert Pattinson, who’s known for his role in the Twilight series, ditched his bad boy image for a hot second to cover Entertainment Weekly‘s latest issue. In the magazine, he discusses his upcoming role in Water for Elephants as a “traveling-circus veterinarian who falls for the show’s star attraction,” played by Reese Witherspoon, as well as his future with acting.
Read more: http://bumpshack.com/2011/03/25/robert-pattinson-reese-witherspoon-cover-entertainment-weekly/#ixzz1Hct6VK2TRobert Pattinson, who’s known for his role in the Twilight series, ditched his... more
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This is a pretty sweet cover of Entertainment Weekly. Reese Witherspoon hangs on to Twilight hottie, Robert Pattinson as they promote their film together Water For Elephants. He looks very handsome, yes?
In Water For Elephants Robert: Plays a traveling-circus veterinarian who falls for the show’s star attraction, played by Reese Witherspoon
The movie is set to hit theatres on April 22 and something tells me it’s going to do quite well. Inside the cover of EW, Robert talked about life after Twilight (unimaginable for some, I’m sure):
http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2011/03/24/robert-pattinsons-new-ew-cover-for-water-for-elephants/This is a pretty sweet cover of Entertainment Weekly. Reese Witherspoon hangs on to... more
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Reese Witherspoon's Marlena tries her best to get Pattinson's Jacob off to his safety, but the orphaned veterinary student won't leave her.
Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00039127.htmlReese Witherspoon's Marlena tries her best to get Pattinson's Jacob off to... more
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Narrated by Hal Holbrooke, this international trailer for 'Water for Elephants' gives away snippets of Jacob making love to Marlena before they are separated with brute force.
Read more : http://www.celebrity-mania.com/news/view/00019199.htmlNarrated by Hal Holbrooke, this international trailer for 'Water for... more
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The trailer features a narration by Pattinson's Jacob on its opening and offers a glimpse of his steamy scene with Reese Witherspoon's character on bed.
Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00038851.htmlThe trailer features a narration by Pattinson's Jacob on its opening and offers a... more
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Uncovering the back story of Jacob Jankowski, this brand new trailer for Francis Lawrence's drama film presents a much darker tone as it unleashes the tension and conflict.
Read more : http://www.celebrity-mania.com/news/view/00019164.htmlUncovering the back story of Jacob Jankowski, this brand new trailer for Francis... more
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Water for Elephants released on 3rd of March 2011. Water for Elephant is a movie related to circus and a love. A love story is between Jacob and Marlena. Jacob is a student of veterinary school and Marlena is a performer in circus. In the movie Jacob fallen in love with her, Marlena is an olden age performer. Marlena is already married to a person who is compelling but treacherous. But forgetting this all she come closer to Jacob for their kindness for a special elephant of circus. The story of the movie is a story of their life time love.Water for Elephants released on 3rd of March 2011. Water for Elephant is a movie... more
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