Rachel Weisz is always worried she will be unemployed. The Oscar-winning actress admits she is constantly concerned she will not have any work even though she has been working constantly for the last few years. She said: “I know I’m doing more than when I started. I don’t really know if it ever gets easier. “We all love to get jobs, but every actress is worried that they’re gonna be unemployed even at times when you’re doing very well.
The British actress will soon be seen in the role of Evanora, the sister of the Wicked Witch of the West in Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz, The Great and Powerful, and she reveals she is trying not to judge her while playing her. She told Total Film magazine: “I don’t really think of her as evil. The Wicked Witch of the East knows how to get what she wants, I guess. “I mean she’s bad, she’s very, very bad, but you know I try not to judge her while I’m playing her.”

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Daniel Craig and his wife Rachel Weisz have made their red carpet debut as a married couple, more than six months after they exchanged vows. The James Bond star and his fellow Brit wed in a secret ceremony in New York last June 2011 and they made their first public outing as husband and wife a month later (July 2011) at an afterparty for a screening of Weisz’s movie The Whistleblower in Manhattan. They have now stepped out on the red carpet together for the first time at the premiere of Craig’s latest film, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday (January 04). The pair happily posed for photographs as Craig placed his hands around his wife’s waist.

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Nicole Kidman’s new film The Danish Girl has been shelved following the departure of actress Rachel Weisz, according to a U.K. report. The movie was due to star Kidman as Lili Elbe, the first person in the world to undergo a sex change, and Gwyneth Paltrow was initially signed up as the lead character’s wife. Paltrow pulled out, as did her replacement Charlize Theron, and the project, backed by Kidman’s Blossom Films company, was due to move forward with Weisz in the role. Filming was due to begin in Germany in September 2011, but the movie has now reportedly been put on hold following the departure of Weisz and director Lasse Hallstrom. A source tells the Mail on Sunday, “Nicole initially approached Gwyneth Paltrow to play the artist’s wife and fellow artist Gerda Gottlieb, but she was too busy. Charlize Theron then took the role but had to pull out because of scheduling conflicts. “Rachel Weisz signed up last year but now she’s pulled out and the whole production has been thrown into disarray. Nicole is still determined to make this film, so she’s gone back to the drawing board.”

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Daniel Craig has asked for a double bed in his trailer on the set of the new James Bond movie Skyfall. The 007 actor wants enough room for his new wife Rachel Weisz to be able to stay with him on set, so he can concentrate his full attention getting into character as the iconic spy, rather than having to jet off to see her. A source told The Sun newspaper: “He asked for the trailer so it could be effectively a second home and his wife can visit him during filming. “It means he can spend more time on set and put everything into the next Bond, as he always does.”

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The Whistleblower
Drama
Director: Larysa Kondracki
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Roxana Condurache
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Rachel Weisz possesses this rare quality — she is beautiful without being distractingly gorgeous, the latter being a liability that sometimes prevents actresses from comfortably slipping into the skin of plain-Jane characters. In The Whistleblower, Weisz plays Kathryn Bolkovac, a police officer so dedicated to her job that she loses a husband as well as custody of her teenaged daughter over it. Apart from delivering a powerhouse performance, she also does a credible job of never letting us think of her as a gorgeous movie star.
Not only is she the best thing about Kondracki’s debut feature, but Weisz is also pretty much the only reason The Whistleblower doesn’t turn into a morbid docu-feature. The story, based on actual events involving human trafficking in war-torn Bosnia circa 1999, is extremely compelling. However, the film is emotionally distant, possessing a stubborn reluctance to delve into the emotions and motivations of all its characters. Weisz’s Kathryn, who takes it upon herself to be the eponymous whistleblower, adds a much-needed touch of humanism to this film.
In terms of subject matter, this film reminded me of the underrated Fair Game, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, which released earlier this year. Watts played a role very similar to what Weisz has done here, and the two performances are comparable in their intensities and overall effectiveness. An Oscar nomination would be well deserved.
There is also a powerful ensemble cast of veteran actresses lending wonderful support here, from Vanessa Redgrave’s dignified portrayal of Madeleine Rees, a hapless UN official, to Roxana Condurache’s heartbreakingly good performance as Raya, a Ukranian teenage girl who becomes Kathryn’s reason to stay in Bosnia. Uprooted from her family, Kathryn’s motivations are clear — she sees in Raya her own daughter, and will do anything in her power to protect her.
Unfortunately, the script, written by Eilis Kirwan and Kondracki herself, doesn’t try and explain the motivations of the perpetrators of the crime (which apparently involves everyone from UN peacekeeping forces to high-ranking diplomats) apart from a throwaway line (“They’re whores of war”). This is just my opinion, but it’s always better when there is at least an attempt to deconstruct evil rather than just painting it all with the same shade of black.
This is not a film that entertains and allows you to slip back into your comfortable reclining multiplex chair while you dig into a large tub of popcorn. The Whistleblower is well paced, but frequently difficult to watch because of the graphic violence that is depicted. It packs a visceral wallop, but ultimately, one is left wishing Kondracki could’ve gone the distance and bundled an emotional wallop along with that as well.

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