Norm Macdonald lends his voice talent to play a character named Mogen. The upcoming feature is currently in development, and it is scheduled to be released on the WarnerMedia streaming service in 2022. I mean, aside from the modelling, yeah. Confessing he 'was not in good shape at all', J.K. said he was motivated to get in better shape after reaching 250 pounds in 2009. Why do you think that approach is so effective? Night Sky Season 1 premieres all eight episodes Friday, May 20 on Amazon Prime Video. And comparing himself with Ryan Gosling is laughable. JK Simmons says his "Juno" costar Elliot Page is "iconic in a new way" after Page came out as trans. He stands there, Jonathan Kimble Simmons. Not interested in being the second coming of Ryan Gosling. (Hulu, March 7), JESSICA JONES The best of the many Marvel series returns after a nearly two-and-a-half-year break. Oz was a favorite of mine and for a few years, every time JK Simmons was on screen, I was Oh, Schillingers in that. He can play baddies, good guys and hes got a beautiful singing voice (pick up the 1992 Guys and Dolls revival cast recording and hear for yourselves). We interview The Front Runner star J.K. Simmons about what drew him to the project, playing his character, and working with director Jason Reitman. But what works about the pilot contrasting Irenes need to move forward, whether to explore the strange new world or onto the next life altogether, with Franklins desire to preserve what they have, and safely spend as much time together as they have left falls apart over the seven padded, lightly plotted follow-up hours. A London detective (Jim Sturgess) and his new partner (Agyness Deyn) run into trouble when they uncover a secret of apocalyptic proportions. But outcast Jesper, played by Jason Schwartzman, has a plan to remind the town of the importance of community and togetherness. The good neighbor is State Farm, not Farmers. Freaky, nazi, homosexual rapistI mean. Immediately, its unclear why Stella would be so upset; trying to hook up with a boy at 13 is one thing, but merely making friends is another. The premise is explored in reasonably plausible ways, but the real incentive to watch is J. K. Simmons, who plays two roles: a gentle paper pusher in one world and a By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Its just too simple and too severe. The best compliment I ever got from the public or producers or directors is that I just totally blend in and become the character and they don't notice me and that the play happens or the movie happens or the television show happens. Check it out. So, I read the script and fell in love with it, but I didnt know if he wanted me to play one of the little cameo parts, or what. Yes. He's a long-time loyal employee and still has no idea what the operation is about. Nathan Fillion and Chris Pratt Find Common Ground in New 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Whiplash has become the indie partner to The Imitation Game this year. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Toni doesnt have many friends, and when she secretly invites a boy over, her mother flips out. He also played the role of Jigger in a revival of Carousel with the Houston Grand Opera and starred in the 1987 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise. Who thinks that is a good look??? Joan Cusack appears in Klaus as Mrs. Krum. Happy where he is. Hes trying to run a campaign of ideas and talk about policy, and everybody else just wants him to pose for a picture and be handsome. Too soon for Irenes liking, they venture back home, and the rest of the episode starts filling in backstory: a nosy neighbor, a mysterious stranger, a son who died decades too soon. Elliot Page, Michael Cera and More. With His Wife Michelle Schumacher. Irene and Franklin settle in, gaze out through the floor-to-ceiling window, and enjoy their 856th trip to, well, wherever they are. Their loving rapport extends to what at first appears a simple late-night request from Irene: Tonight, she wants to see the stars. Franklin, while less eager, agrees, and helps Irene get situated in her wheelchair, guides her outside, and leads her inside a small shed? Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Remarkably few answers are given over eight hours, in part because certain plots lead nowhere (the neighbors political aspirations just stop) but also because every character is far too complacent. (Watching the two argue furiously, obscenely and silently in front of the uncomprehending nondeaf never gets old.) Agreed! Collider: You did Jason Reitmans first film, Thank You For Smoking, and you guys have been working together ever since. I like to act. (Netflix, Feb. 2), THIS CLOSE The deaf actors Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern wrote and star in this sharp, charming lo-fi dramedy about a pair of best friends, a blocked gay writer and a professionally stymied publicist. The innovative yet mysterious Mr. Klaus is played by J.K. Simmons. However, he has said that he is better at understanding than speaking it. The more you work, the more difficult that gets. JK Simmons is a total class act. Based on the novel of the same name by Dan Simmons, the 10-episode series features ice, Inuits, hubris, hunger and a mysterious polar predator. I noticed the smirk also. The retired US Marine has previously trained Zac Efron, The Rock, James Marsden, Sylvester Stallone, and Jamie Foxx. J.K If it's well done, I'm a fan. I hear even The International Order of Assholes and Douchebags is trying to distance themselves from him. When we spoke for the first season of your Starz series Counterpart, you said that you werent really sure about what would happen with Commissioner Gordon in the DCEU, but that you were hoping to return to the role and get to explore him deeper. J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek in Night Sky. Love him to pieces. The film also stars Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Kevin Pollak, Ari Graynor, Molly Ephraim, Tommy Dewey and Steve Zissis, among others. 3' Teaser. (Acorn TV, Jan. 15), HIGH MAINTENANCE The comedy that gets the pretensions and anxieties of certain precincts of 21st-century Brooklyn just right opens its second season on HBO with a typically clever episode. Love that guy! Absolutely. The duo forms an unlikely friendship, as Mr. Klaus asks to accompany Jesper on his journey, creating a new origin story for Santa Claus. Klaus takes place in the gloomy town of Smeerenburg, where children don't have friends and being mean to one another is the expected social etiquette. Certainly, if you look at the changes in politics and in the world, in general, in the last 30 years, and you look at the way the media is sometimes reporting, this was a real seismic shift, in a lot of ways. Sasso was a longtime castmember of MadTV and also has had guest roles in a variety of television shows, including Family Guy, Justified and Hot in Cleveland. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in front of and behind the camera. Past depictions of Commissioner Gordon haven't been nearly as buffas Simmons currently is. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. OZ is an all time favourite show of mine, Do you remember when he and Beecher did the musical number, I laughed so much. Attended and graduated from the University of Montana. JK really does so well in the supporting roles. New and Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Season 6 jumps ahead to 1987, two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four before the end of the Soviet Union. Well see how well this young man is doing when hes JKs age, right? float: left; Hannah Betts' Better Not Younger. Without Teller I would have never known anything about JK so something good came of this. And then, when he called and said he did want me to play that part, that was exciting. J.K No screeners, but Melissa Rosenberg is still the showrunner and Krysten Ritter is back as the surly, hard-boiled heroine. Youve always been such a terrific actor, and youre so good in everything that you do, but your work on Counterpart has been some of your best. They wanted whoever the pop star of the month was or somebody high profile to play Juno, and nobody had heard of Ellen Page, at that point. I had first misunderstood that JK was the one for Oscar contention. The premise is explored in reasonably plausible ways, but the real incentive to watch is J. K. Simmons, who plays two roles: a gentle paper pusher in one world and a cynical tough guy in the other. And then, in the second season, we not only add some new characters and some wonderful new actors, like James Cromwell and Betty Gabriel, but also previously unseen versions of some of the other characters. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Simmons is an American actor. JK is an all around TALENT. I guess hes used to bratty and douchey young starlets and doesnt pay more attention than necessary to them. The 63-year-old actor quit as the understudy for the role of the Colonel in His co-star, not. DETECTORISTS In its final season, this most wistful of comedies homes in on the essentials. Any time the phone rings and its Jason, Im happy to sign up. (BBC America, Jan. 20), COUNTERPART Two types of thrillers the paranoid Cold War and the dystopian science-fiction varieties are overlaid in this nifty series, which posits alternate earths that intersect in a Berlin basement. } J. K. Simmons is coming back to the Bat-beat. Miles is not good looking at all and there is nothing special about his acting. UnReal on Lifetime and Strike Back on Cinemax return after long hiatuses. During his time on Broadway, Simmons also played Captain Hook in Peter Pan (19911992). Humble. Thats the kind of person thats worth sticking with. -Mac MacGuff. The Oscar-winning actor is in negotiations to reprise the role of classic Batman character Commissioner James Gordon in JK Simmons as James Forester Simmons needs no introduction. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting. Like a good neighbor, Kiddo is there! J.K #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { IMDb Like too many streaming TV shows that come across as stretched-out movies, Night Sky trickles out its premise over a full, frustrating season. The 'charter for idlers': Anger as Lib Dem-run local authority lets staff work four days a week for the same Why I've ditched a lifetime of possessions and downsized at 70 for my children, How to give yourself a natural facelift for just 25p! J.K. Simmons, Miles Teller. While some become more optimistic and hopeful for a future especially one where Mr. Klaus will bring children presents certain townspeople become fearful of change. Anyone who makes the same face as Beiber is a bad egg. He didnt want to come down on the side of Gary Hart being a guilty adulterer, and that its a good thing hes not president, and he didnt want to come down on the opposite side and say that the press should have left him alone and he should have been president. JK Simmons daughter, Olivia Simmons, is the eldest child and is an Actress who has acted in movies like The Floor. ', Impressive:The actor, 67, found himself going viral after photos of his shredded physique were shared to Instagram by his personal trainer, Eye-popping:'I have to get my a**s to the gym and be a believable hard-a**s. I've gone back and forth with fine-tuning the kind of conditioning I'm doing'.
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