[Hybrid-Angel]

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Thanks for the warm welcome Here are two more pictures from www.zdf.de - I'll post them here and on the picture thread if that's ok with you guys

From EW





Wild Things
Inside the making of ''Alexander'' -- Here's how the epic adventure overcame casting doubts (Angelina as Colin's mom?!?), on-set catastrophes, and those pesky tabloid rumors by Daniel Fierman



SNAKE CHARMERS Unsurprisingly, tabloid favorites Farrell and Jolie made headlines while making ''Alexander''


It's a January afternoon in Thailand, two hours north of Bangkok in a sweltering nature reserve that serves as the Indian jungle set for Alexander. The scene today calls for a massive battle during which Colin Farrell charges a group of carefully trained war elephants on horseback. The problem is that elephants and horses turn out to be like cats and dogs — except, you know, a couple of tons heavier. So when director Oliver Stone calls ''Action,'' the Irish actor spurs on his steed, only to be thrown, trampled, and squashed by 1,400 pounds of whinnying, terrified horse. A gasp echoes across the forest as animal trainers rush in. The horse is removed. The elephant subdued. And Stone's Alexander the Great lies on the black ground in a puddle of his own blood.

On most movies, this would be a disaster. Production would stop. Medics would be dispatched. Agents called and producers disemboweled. But on Alexander — Stone's independently financed, $150 million dream project — it's just a blip. After all, the peripatetic production has already weathered wild rumors of on-set sexual merry-go-rounds, brushes with total financial catastrophe, travel from Marrakech to London to Thailand, and some very, very bad blond hair. Is the project visionary? Quite possibly. The work of great passion? Unquestionably. An exercise in near madness? Without a mother-loving doubt.

Stone sighs and looks his friend and leading man over. ''Will he be okay?'' he asks no one in particular. ''Okay, then. Let's keep going.''
Do not underestimate Oliver Stone's drive to make this movie. Alexander is the man of Stone's dreams — a conquerer, a uniter, a great leader with a passion for Asia (and Asian women), and the son of an iron-willed mother. All of Stone's great themes about leadership and manhood reverberate through the Macedonian king's spectacular story — there's even a quick flash of Alexander's face in The Doors — and he had a lust to tell it.

Still, it took 15 years for Alexander to develop. As Stone set about assembling a vast filmography that ranges from the smart (JFK) to the startling (Natural Born Killers) to the simply bizarre (his Castro-sympathetic Looking for Fidel), scripts were written and discarded, sets designed and abandoned.

Finally in 2000, with Intermedia's Moritz Borman on board to secure financing, Stone went off to write a script. What he ended up with was a 142-page behemoth showcasing two sprawling battle scenes, a re-creation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a cast of thousands, and an honest, fairly explicit treatment of Alexander's famous bisexuality. The movie started with Alexander's childhood and quickly flashed forward to his conquest of Persia — covering his rule over Asia, his marriage to a Bactrian princess, the near revolt of his men, and ultimately his death in Babylon. To the surprise of everyone — including, in his honest moments, Stone — Borman signed off. And then the director took a meeting with Colin Farrell.

''He came in looking like a Dublin street thug,'' remembers the director, laughing. ''He broke two or three wineglasses during dinner just making his points and yelling. I walked away with a headache. I was like, 'I quite enjoyed his company, but my God! I could never make a movie with him!'''

Despite the fact that he looked nothing like the fair-haired Alexander, Farrell slowly changed Stone's mind. At the urging of their common agency, CAA, he screen-tested in a warehouse in Los Angeles. ''I was wearing a wig you wouldn't buy in a joke shop,'' says Farrell. ''And they put mascara in my eyebrows, which did make them look a little more blond, but it volumized them about four times. I looked ridiculous. I couldn't believe I got offered it.''

The rest of the cast filled out around him. Val Kilmer signed on as Alexander's one-eyed father, King Philip. And in one of the oddest casting decisions since 53-year-old Jessie Royce Landis was chosen to play 54-year-old Cary Grant's mother in North by Northwest, Angelina Jolie was tapped to play Olympias, Alexander's power-crazed, cult-worshipping mother. (For those scoring at home, Jolie has one year on her costar.)

''Oliver hadn't seen me in a few years and [when we met] he said that I had gotten old,'' says Jolie. ''It may sound stupid, I know. But he saw another divorce, a baby, a separation from my father, things I've seen in the world. I have age in my face now. I jumped on it.''

Jolie, Kilmer, and Farrell? It was a dream team of tabloid mainstays — Hollywood practically burst into laughter. (Stone took to calling his trio the Addams Family.) And to make it worse, Stone and Co. had to face down rival projects: Most troubling, Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) and producer Dino De Laurentiis (Red Dragon) had their own movie in the works — with Leonardo DiCaprio attached as Alexander and Nicole Kidman as Olympias. (Luhrmann still has no start date for his version.)

Through sheer force of will, Stone brought Alexander in on time and on budget — but the closing days of production did not go well. For starters, after the cast and crew left Morocco for London, the tabloids started swirling, homing in on an alleged love affair between Farrell and Jolie. Shots of them on camelback were taken over Christmas in Egypt — and that was only the start. By the time the production got to Bangkok, Jolie had been also linked with Kilmer and Jared Leto (who plays Alexander's best friend and lover, Hephaistion). Rosario Dawson (who plays Alexander's wife, Roxane) was said to be Farrell's new bedmate, and Farrell himself was supposed to have slept with the majority of the Asian subcontinent.

As much as the cast and crew denied it or tried to ignore it, the rumors were distracting as hell. ''They had all of us sleeping with each other and half of Thailand,'' says Kilmer, who thinks that Jolie got the worst of it. For her part, the actress just laughs. ''I'm so used to being attached to every single person I work with, it's almost insulting if I haven't slept with somebody,'' she says. ''But the tabloids didn't come close. They couldn't make up the stuff that went on.''

Then there was the whole Colin-breaking-his-leg-and-arm thing. Just weeks after he was trampled by that horse in Thailand, Farrell went out celebrating in a small town on the Laotian border where the final scenes were being shot. He drank more than his share of scotch, stayed out until 5 a.m., fell down a flight of stairs, and broke his heel and wrist. ''I couldn't believe it, I'm such an idiot,'' says Farrell now, contrite. He was airlifted to Bangkok and returned two days later to finish the film with a cast and a pronounced limp. ''What can I say?'' says Stone. ''I never got down on him for his bad-boy behavior. How could I? Who was I to throw stones at a glass house?''

But that was all small stuff compared with the larger problem: finishing a version of the movie that everyone could agree on. People close to Stone, including his producer and his studio, became concerned when they saw the first cut of the movie. They became concerned because the first major battle scene — where Alexander defeats the Persian Empire — was disjointed, ultraviolent, and confusing. And they became concerned because of the implicit, and at times explicit, gay content.

The battle scene was fixed through careful reediting. The gay content was trickier. It wasn't like Stone had taken historical liberties. His rendering of Alexander's life is, given the paucity of reliable material about a man who died in 323 B.C., more or less in the mainstream of scholarly research. By most accounts Alexander did like men, women, and eunuchs — his best friend Hephaistion was his longtime lover; he married at least twice; and he had an intimate relationship with a Persian castrato named Bagoas.

''It wasn't Deep Throat or anything,'' says Stone. ''I don't think you need to do that. When Colin says a line like 'Stay with me tonight, Hephaistion,' that's five words, that's all you need.'' But lines like ''It was said...that Alexander was never defeated, except by Hephaistion's thighs'' and some light man-on-eunuch action were more than a little ballsy — and, from a marketing point of view, dangerous. Given the proliferation of antigay ballot initiatives around the country, one can easily imagine the near heart attack the PR team had when they saw what they had to work with. ''I don't know how people are going to respond, I really don't,'' says Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov. ''But I do know Oliver didn't run from who this guy was.'' (Not surprisingly, no one had issues with the prolonged, raw sex scene between Farrell and Dawson midway through the film.)

''Oliver never wanted to make a picture that would have more explicit gay moments than what you would see in Will & Grace,'' says Borman. ''I don't think that there is more [in the movie].''

''In an ideal world we could have and would have shot the movie with [more graphic] stuff in it,'' says Farrell. ''You would have seen me have a relationship that was not just based on the spirituality of deep kinetic friendship and absolute reliance that is Hephaistion and Alexander, but you'd also see a side that did exist. Which was sexual. But I don't think it would have been aggressive. I think whatever the sexual relationship was would have been very gentle and very loving. I think the relationship with Bagoas, on the other hand, would have leaned toward the Kama Sutra of gay sex.''

Two reedits later, the content is tamer. But everyone involved with this $150 million movie wonders if it's too much for the mainstream audience they want to attract. ''So guys with goose-hunter caps won't come. I mean, what do you want me to say?'' says Stone. ''There are a--holes who don't come because of whatever. I don't want to make a movie for demographics. Once I start doing that, I'll die in a gutter!''

(This is an online-only excerpt of Entertainment Weekly's Nov. 19, 2004, cover story.)

[S.A.S.H.A.]

Ew, snakes! ::runs away screaming::

Sasha

[Hybrid-Angel]

[LostinKP]

Al Pacino Got Colin Farrell Alexander Role
November 14, 2004, 2:11:04

PACINO SIDEKICK ROLE HELPED FARRELL WIN ALEXANDER

Movie-maker OLIVER STONE cast COLIN FARRELL as epic historical leader ALEXANDER THE GREAT after watching him interact with AL PACINO in THE RECRUIT.

The director admits he was amazed by the way the relative newcomer held his own with living movie legend Pacino and saw a greatness in him that Farrell was unaware of.
Stone says, "I think that he was born to play Alexander, I really do. I think that happens in life. I felt that with TOM CRUISE in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, CHARLIE SHEEN in WALL STREET and VAL KILMER as JIM MORRISON in THE DOORS

"I loved him (Farrell) and he was feisty and Irish but he was a skinny little runt from Dublin, and an Irish drinker and a talker, grabbing me all the time. I couldn't stand that.

"I liked him but I didn't see him as Alexander; he didn't have that dignity or that nobility. But then his agent was on my case and I saw MINORITY REPORT and he was amazing and he was amazing in The Recruit with Al Pacino.

"He worked with big actors, gave them their space and, at the same time, was himself. He was confident enough to be himself with Pacino. That gets a big vote in my book because most guys shrivel next to him."

[Hybrid-Angel]

It's so true what Stone sayz, Colin can totally hold his own without trampling over other actos.

[S.A.S.H.A.]

Good ol' Al!

Sasha

[S.A.S.H.A.]

Found Intermission trailer caps.

Sasha

[Hybrid-Angel]

Thanks Sasha !

[LostinKP]

Thanks Sasha for the caps!

Exclusive: Colin Farrell As Alexander The Great Gay by Tim Nasson, Special to 365Gay.com Five foot, ten inch, international superstar, Colin Farrell, walks into a suite at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles on a recent late Sunday morning for our scheduled interview, not with cup of coffee in one hand, cell phone in the other, as ‘conventional’ Hollywood types normally do. No. One of his hand’s long, thick fingers are gripping a goblet of Merlot, the other is holding a half burnt cigarette. The polite Colin doesn’t ask if it is OK to smoke, he will smoke and drink where and when he damn well pleases, but kindly delivers the cigarette to his mouth and puts out an empty hand to shake mine, clenching the cigarette between his teeth, in order to utter some pleasantries. “Nice to meet you, brother,” he chimes in the Dublin accent that he has no intention of ever losing. “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, man.” Farrell, who earlier this year starred as the sexually ambiguous Bobby Morrow in the gay film “A Home At the End of the World,”(based on “The Hours’” gay author Michael Cunningham’s novel), is back, bigger and better than ever in the title role of Oliver Stone’s three hour epic, “Alexander,” set for release by Warner Bros. this Thanksgiving. What makes this “Alexander” different from previous incarnations, such as the Richard Burton, 1956 version, is Stone’s and Farrell’s willingness to portray Alexander as the sexual free spirit that he reportedly was. And not covering up Alexander’s love of not one, but two lifelong boy friends, Hephaestion, (played by Jared Leto), and Bagoas (Francisco Bosch, in his motion picture debut). Twenty-eight year old Farrell has earned not only his paychecks but rave reviews for practically every movie he has starred in since his debut only four years ago in Joel Schumacher’s “Tigerland.” For that, his first role, he earned the Best Actor Award from The Boston Society of Film Critics. And more importantly to those who are signing the paychecks, Farrell has won a plethora of accolades from the MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards. Is Oscar next? Well, “Alexander” has yet to hit theaters and the Oscar race doesn’t begin until November 24 but don’t be surprised to see Farrell sitting in the chair Tom Cruise was in last year, (for Warner Bros.’ “The Last Samurai”), at the Awards, waiting to hear his name called along with four other nominees, for Best Actor. Farrell, a confirmed heterosexual, had fun explaining to me why he chose two ‘gay’ roles in a row this year. “It had to do with the characters, the movies and the scripts,” he answers. “But to be honest, I didn’t enjoy kissing the men any more than I am sure a gay guy would enjoy licking a woman’s pussy,” he adds, matter-of-factly. “I find it repulsive when a guy’s stubble is pressed against my lip. But if it’s part of the job, then who am I to complain? I just know that for me, being with a guy in any way sexual is not for me. However, Oliver Stone was one-hundred percent correct in wanting to and actually portraying Alexander as he was - a bi-sexual ruler of the world. He was married, to more than one woman, and got them pregnant. But he also had such strong relationships, including sexual, with his closest male friends. But back then, four hundred years before Christ, that was life as they knew it. No man was married to just one woman. And if a man loved another man, he had no problem showing his love for that person in a sexual way. When Christ came to earth and Christianity evolved the dynamics of sex and marriage changed. You married one woman and being gay was a sin. If you loved another man, you were destined for hell.” Farrell, who spent nearly a year and a half on “Alexander”, at the moment, is working on the reclusive director Terrance (“The Thin Red Line”) Malick’s new film, “A New World,” as John Smith. Yes, the original explorer John Smith and Pocahontas. And he is sans “Alexander’s” golden locks the day I sit with him. Instead, he has long, dark, red-wine/brown colored hair. Or is it his hair? “Here,” he says to me, taking my hand and putting it on his scalp. “It’s not my real hair. Extensions, man.” The fake hair, the long hair, is glued to his head and I can feel the plastic bubbles that knot on to his real strands. “I can’t ****ing wait till this is over. I am constantly picking at it and they have to touch it up constantly.” As we know, “Alexander,” by age twenty-five, conquered 90% of the known world and by his death at age 33 he had marched his soldiers, (always at the front lines, himself), more than 22,000 miles and owned more than 2,000,0000 square miles of land, including all of Greece, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India. Made king at age twenty, immediately following the murder of his father, Philip, (Val Kilmer), he beseeches his mother, Olympias (Angelina Jolie), for advice. The momma’s boy that he was, took her advice to heart, ‘ “Alexander was a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his dreams, says Farrell. “I do not think his conquests were based on greed. All his life, Alexander was looking for answers and I think he was looking for love all his life. Alexander had an almost insane passion for everything he did. He could have lived a fine life in Macedonia in his palace, taxing his people and enjoying the luxury befitting a king. But there was a hole in his chest that couldn’t be filled, and his search for answers took him to the ends of the known earth,” explains Farrell. Shot on location, Morocco and Thailand standing in for Cyprus and Egypt, etc., Farrell and the cast working hard all day, partied hard all night. “I can work all day, drink all night, sleep for a couple of hours and be up and on the set the next morning, no problem, man,” explains Farrell. “It must be in my Irish blood. Eat, drink, be merry and work. Work comes naturally to me. I don’t need a lot of sleep.” One of the big stories circulating amongst the media and websites is whether or not Colin bore all in either or both “Alexander” and “A Home At the End of the World.” “I have no problem showing my ****,” says Farrell. “In fact, I did go naked in ‘A Home At the End of the World’ but they cut it out. During test audience screenings they were advised it was too distracting. I don’t know. I see my **** every day and am not distracted. But, hey, who knows? Maybe you’ll get to see it in the ‘uncut’ DVD version.” Little did Colin know that later in the day, Angelina Jolie would inform me that he loved to pull his **** out on the set of “Alexander.” ”He was a ****ing nut,” Jolie says, laughing. “He was always wearing those djellaba [togas]. Where there would normally be a pocket in pants was a pocket in the djellaba. And he would go up to people, including me, and say, ‘Will you help me get this out of my pocket?’ And staring up at me was his penis. I got him good, though, once. I pulled and pulled and, haha, I stretched it so much it almost was pulled off.” While we see no full frontal of Colin in “Alexander” we do see his assets. “I worked out a lot before and during ‘Alexander,’” reveals Farrell. “My ass was the most toned part of my body, I think. Didn’t it look good, man?” he asks me. I had to reply in the affirmative, since I am known for being honest. One of the secrets, or little known fact, if you will, that Farrell reveals to me, while his sips on his glass of Merlot is that he was almost one of the members of the British boy group, Boyzone. “I would have ****ing done anything for money back then,” explains Farrell. “I mean, I loved buying drugs and going to the bars. I figured if I had a job as a singer, I would have free drugs. Ecstasy, coke, whatever. I was a ****ing kid. Thank ****ing god, though, they threw me out on my ass, after I auditioned, singing George ****ing Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’ off key a couple of times. It wasn’t in the cards, man. I guess I wasn’t meant to be a teeny-bopper singer.” When Farrell finally wraps on the John Smith movie, he will march straight to the set of the new Michael Mann film, “Miami Vice.” Yes, the big screen version of the 80s TV smash. (Season One is now available on DVD.) “Yeah. It’s true. I am playing Sonny Crockett. And we’re going to do it in an updated format. None of those 1980s ****ing pastels and loafers without socks. Nah, man. Michael Mann, who created the TV show ‘Miami Vice’ is a genius. In the 80s, pastels and **** like that were the style. This is going to be updated, though. A big, slam, bam, thank you ma’am movie. This is going to be the big summer movie of 2006. Wait and see. Trust me. It’s going to be much better than ‘S.W.A.T.,’” (which was also based on a popular television show, yet failed to attract a multiplex audience.) Wait and see we will. Co-starring with Farrell as Ricardo Tubbs, none other than another Oscar hopeful for next year, Jamie (“Ray”) Foxx. And, of course, Michael Mann has not had a stinker since, well, ever. He is the man behind the hits such as the Academy Award nominated films “Ali,” “The Insider,” “Heat” and “Last of the Mohicans.”

[Butterflyz]

Just thoughtfully, I really like Oliver Stone He directed Platoon didn't he? Hmmmm.

[Hybrid-Angel]

"It wasn’t in the cards, man. I guess I wasn’t meant to be a teeny-bopper singer.”

Amen to that!

“Yeah. It’s true. I am playing Sonny Crockett. And we’re going to do it in an updated format."

AHHHHHHH!!! YES! The next Colin movie! WOO HOO!

Jesus 2006, i'm be 21 when i see it...FREA-KY!

[LostinKP]

I was especially like this -> when he was said to love revealing his c*** on the set of Alexander.

[*Krissy*]

I love the cover of EW. Him and Angelina just ooze sex.

[Hybrid-Angel]

Jo - His such a cheeky little bastard. Love it!

Kris- THey do don't they. They amplify each other sexual charmisa.

[Hybrid-Angel]

Colin at Alexander Premiere 17th November ( Courtesy of Mystique and shopgirl)






The girls looks as hot as Colin.











Colin stealing a camera along the way.









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