43 h. ago ‘Tom Cruise was not happy’: Colin Farrell was so drunk on Minority Report he needed 46 takes for a single line

The Irish actor has revealed that energetic birthday celebrations caused problems on the set of Spielberg’s 2002 filmColin Farrell has said that he once showed up so drunk to a film set he needed almost 50 takes to convincingly get through a line of dialogue, angering co-star Tom Cruise.Speaking to Stephen Colbert on his late-night talk show, Farrell recalled “one of the worst days” he’d ever experienced on set, both hungover and freshly intoxicated on Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi drama Minority Report. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Colin Farrell reveals he needed 46 takes for Minority Report scene: ‘Tom Cruise wasn’t happy’

Irish actor says it was ‘one of the worst days’ ever he’s had on a film set

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59 h. ago Colin Farrell upset Tom Cruise with boozy antics on set and admits 'it was terrible'

Hollywood star Colin Farrell has admitted he got on the wrong side of his co-star Tom Cruise while shooting the 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report due to his boozy behaviour

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3 d. ago Colin Farrell on Ballad of a Small Player – and one film that didn’t get the credit it deserved

Ballad of a Small Player sees Colin Farrell take on one of his most physical roles yet – a high-stakes gambler haunted by his past as his debts close in. We sit down with Farrell and director Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) to explore how they captured the film’s sensory chaos, and how a story takes on a life of its own once it’s out in the world.

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4 d. ago Outlander producer admits scrapping ‘really terrible’ Jamie and Claire wedding detail

The wedding episode marked a departure from Diana Gabaldon’s novels

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7 d. ago Premier League Darts 2026 ticket packages: Ultimate guide to all 17 nights starting from £125pp as Luke Littler features

PREMIER League Darts is set to make a highly anticipated return in February! Next season's edition of darts' biggest roadshow will be played at 17 venues across 17 cities in seven countries. Eight of the sport's finest throwers, including big-name players such as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen, will all have their...

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9 d. ago Stranger Things season 5 will finally answer major question as Duffer Brothers open up on ending

Stranger Things is set to return to Netflix later this year with the highly anticipated fifth and final season.

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1 week ago Strictly's La Voix 'speechless' over results as she admits she was 'terrible'

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left divided as La Voix made it through the latest cut on the BBC ballroom show

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2 w. ago Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell seeks redemption in Edward Berger’s high

Debts, secrets and a cartoonish Tilda Swinton catch up with Farrell’s self-styled ‘Lord Doyle’ as he confronts his own destiny in a chance to win salvationThe vast emptiness of luxury hotels is part of the mystery and spectacle of Edward Berger’s intriguing if static and overwrought psychological drama-thriller; it is about a desperate chancer and gambling addict, faced with the metaphysical crisis of renewing or annulling his existence by staking everything on a single bet. Screenwriter Rowan Joffe adapts the 2014 novel by Lawrence Osborne, whose title is ironic. He would not have these problems if he really was a small player. He is a big player and a big loser, although his smallness comes through in other ways.Colin Farrell plays a professional gambler who styles himself “Lord Doyle”, adrift in the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau, the Asian Vegas; he is a despised “gweilo” or foreign ghost. Farrell shows us a seedy guy with an outrageously spivvy moustache and a flop sweat, runn...

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2 w. ago The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerousTwo scenes from the past two weeks capture something unsettling – and familiar –about American public life. In San Francisco, a tech billionaire delivered a sold‑out, off‑the‑record lecture series on the antichrist. In Michigan, a man rammed his pickup truck into a Latter‑day Saints meetinghouse during Sunday worship, opened fire and set the building ablaze, apparently believing that Mormons are the antichrist.The antichrist is clearly back. But perhaps he has never really left.Matthew Avery Sutton is a Guggenheim Fellow and author of the forthcoming Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity (Basic Books), in addition to five prior books on Christianity. He is the Claudius O and Mary Johnson distinguished professor and chair of the department of history at Washington State University. The views expressed here are h...

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2 w. ago Robbie Williams makes Julia Roberts blush as he gives a shout out to her baking skills during a live performance on The Graham Norton Show

The singer, 51, appeared on The Graham Norton Show on Friday alongside Hollywood star Julia, Colin Farrell, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gloria Estefan.

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2 w. ago Woman, 41, born with a painful condition that leaves her skin as delicate as tissue paper and was 'not expected to survive infancy' reveals how she copes with living in daily agony

Courageous Emma Fogarty, 41, is the longest living Irish person with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare and painful condition that leaves the skin as delicate as tissue paper.

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2 w. ago Robbie Williams leaves Julia Roberts speechless after wild prostitute confession inspired by Pretty Woman

The singer, 51, and actress, 57, were joined on the sofa by Colin Farrell, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gloria Estefan.

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2 w. ago Contenders Film: London Studio Photos – Colin Farrell, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Condon & More

Contenders Film: London Studio Photos – Colin Farrell, Josh O’Connor, Kerry Condon & More  Deadline

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2 w. ago Contenders Film: London Studio Photos – Colin Farrell, Adam Sandler, Josh O’Connor, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon & More

Contenders Film: London Studio Photos – Colin Farrell, Adam Sandler, Josh O’Connor, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon & More  Deadline

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2 w. ago Ballad of a Small Player’s Colin Farrell and Edward Berger admit they have ‘terrible’ poker faces

Colin Farrell and Edward Berger admitted they would be “terrible” in a game of poker at the premiere for Ballad of a Small Player.

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3 w. ago Colin Farrell says he has ‘no burning desire’ to return to Batman franchise

The 49-year-old plays comic book villain The Penguin in film The Batman (2022) and the TV series.

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3 w. ago Colin Farrell ‘lived in casino’ to play gambler in Ballad of a Small Player

Colin Farrell has revealed that he “lived in a casino” to get in character for his role as a gambler in Ballad of a Small Player.

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3 w. ago ‘It’s like fencing with a close friend. Terrifying in a lovely way’: Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton on taking a gamble with their new drama

The actors star in Edward Berger’s woozy casino film Ballad of a Small Player. Amid the opulence of a Macau hotel, they talk risk, addiction and Fabergé eggsOn a humid morning in Macau, a blue-and-orange phoenix embellished with more than 60,000 flowers is hatching from an enormous pink Fabergé egg in the lobby of the Wynn Palace hotel. The haughty bird basks in the attention of onlookers as it rotates on a diamond-encrusted perch to the triumphant sound of clarions, before returning to its shell. Chancing upon this spectacle, you think to yourself, “How lucky that I was passing at that precise moment!” Stick around and you will be disabused of your sense of good fortune: the hatching occurs every 15 minutes without fail.It is summer 2024, and Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton are guests here while shooting Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger (Conclave) and based on Lawrence Osborne’s clammy 2014 novel about ghosts, guilt and gambling. Farrell plays Brendan Reilly, an ...

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3 w. ago Colin Farrell’s gamble doesn’t pay off – plus the best and worst films at London Film Festival

Colin Farrell’s gamble doesn’t pay off – plus the best and worst films at London Film Festival  The Telegraph

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