Rachel McAdams - Rachel's Role in "Southpaw" Discussion/Spoilers #2: We Can't wait to see her opposite Jake Gyllenhaal! - Page 2

winterbird · 04-24-2015, 02:55 PM

New still of Jake released by LA Times:

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Southpaw
When a lefty boxing champ known for his brutal but effective style suffers a personal tragedy, he teams with a hard-bitten former pugilist to fight his way back to redemption. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams. Written by Kurt Sutter and Richard Wenk. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. The Weinstein Co.
Summer Sneaks 2015: The List - LA Times

amanda s. · 04-26-2015, 02:42 AM

Amazing! He's fierce.

winterbird · 04-26-2015, 11:19 AM

Weinstein tweeted:

amanda s. · 04-26-2015, 10:43 PM

It never gets old to me how ripped Jake is in that photo. Like dang.

winterbird · 04-28-2015, 03:14 AM

Jake made an appearance on Ellen yesterday and he already promoted Southpaw:

I also feel like I have to re-post the top comment on the video because it made me giggle:

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I could watch Gyllenhaal jump rope for hours. There's something very hypnotic about it. I think it may have awakened something in me...

amanda s. · 04-28-2015, 03:28 AM

It really is KIND OF OVERWHELMING.

april2 · 04-29-2015, 12:15 PM

new Southpaw TV spot: Yahoo Movies

amanda s. · 04-29-2015, 03:44 PM

Amazing!! Thanks for the link!

Rikayla · 04-29-2015, 06:02 PM

i didn't know that rachel's character is also an orphan like billy hope... jake spoiled that for me in the ellen interview

winterbird · 04-30-2015, 01:29 AM

Thanks for sharing april! Really excited they will air it this weekend on television as well

EDIT: Southpaw is part of Rope Of Silicon's "20 Most Anticipated Movies" of this summer lists:

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#11 Southpaw
Full disclosure, had I written this post up before learning Jake Gyllenhaal's character's name was Billy "The Great" Hope this film would have been much higher on my list of most anticipated movies. In fact, at the beginning of the year it was at #12 on my list of most anticipated movies for the whole year. Something about that name is so cheesy it makes me think the movie will fall into similar cheesy territory. Yet... hope remains that I'm being too critical and this ends up being a "knock out". "Hope", "Knock out"... See? See how bad things can be when you go for the obvious?
2015 Summer Movie Preview: 20 Most Anticipated Movies | Rope of Silicon

A few recent interviews with 50 cent on Southpaw:

HitFix, starts around 00:45: 50 Cent Reveals 'Southpaw' Details and His Passion for Men's Underwear - Video Dailymotion
The Mix, starts around 01:47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdOW6dvqPaY

april2 · 04-30-2015, 01:26 PM

HQ still:

amanda s. · 04-30-2015, 09:13 PM

Thanks for sharing, guys! That sill always makes me

winterbird · 05-01-2015, 09:34 AM

Thanks for sharing April!

winterbird · 05-03-2015, 03:12 AM

Did anyone watch the big fight and see the Southpaw TV spot?

EDIT: From Variety:

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Two movie studios are expected to promote three big films during the telecast. The Weinstein Company will tout “Southpaw,” a boxing film directed by Antoine Fuqua slated for release in July. And Viacom’s Paramout is gearing up to goose the next installment in its “Mission: Impossible” franchise as well as “Terminator: Genisys,” the person familiar with the matter said. The Mexican Tourism Board, Smart Communications of the Philippines and Tecate beer will also serve as sponsors of the event, said this person. All the marketers will pay what is estimated to be a total of between $11 million and $13 million.
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/floy...rs-1201486128/

Jake and 50 cent and director Fuqua attended the fight

winterbird · 05-05-2015, 02:16 AM

Interview with Jake and director Antoine Fuqua's interview on Southaw during the big fight:

Interview with Jake for People:

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"The amount of time you have to put into it, the sacrifice that you put into your body, it's not something that you're eager to do again," he told PEOPLE. "It's a huge commitment."

All the blood, sweat and tears [literally] can be seen in the film.

"One thing I know, and we always talk about, is whatever you put into your character, how much commitment you have to put into the movie, all of that energy is in the film," he said. "I can feel that energy when people see the film."

On Saturday, Gyllenhaal saw the pros do it, as he sat ringside at the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas, a fight that Mayweather won.

Even after two workouts a day and too many sparring sessions to count, Gyllenhaal still feels like what he did pales in comparison to what people do in their real lives.

"I hate to be so thoughtful," he said, "but I would say when you see what people really do when you're playing a character – I've had the opportunity to play a police officer, I've had the opportunity to play a sociopath, I've had the opportunity to play military, a boxer – and particularly the jobs in the military and the jobs that are physical like this, you're an actor.

"There is nothing hard compared to what the people do for real."
Jake Gyllenhaal Talks Boxing Role in Southpaw : People.com


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