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Who will be nominated for Best Movie/Mini Actress at the 2018 Emmys? Gold Derby has hosted exclusive video interviews with nine of this year’s contenders, including Emmy veterans and others who could be nominated for the first time. Click the links below to be taken to their full interviews.
Hayley Atwell (“Howards End”): Atwell plays Margaret Schlegel, who decides to marry the wealthy but emotionally distant Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen) in this new adaptation of E.M. Forster‘s novel. She previously received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Movie/Mini Actress for “The Pillars of the Earth” (2011), but she has yet to be nominated for an Emmy. (Click here to be taken to her full interview)
Jodi Balfour (“Rellik”): Balfour plays Elaine Shepard, a detective hunting down a serial killer with her partner and lover (Richard Dormer). She’s also on the Emmy ballot this year for...
Hayley Atwell (“Howards End”): Atwell plays Margaret Schlegel, who decides to marry the wealthy but emotionally distant Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen) in this new adaptation of E.M. Forster‘s novel. She previously received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Movie/Mini Actress for “The Pillars of the Earth” (2011), but she has yet to be nominated for an Emmy. (Click here to be taken to her full interview)
Jodi Balfour (“Rellik”): Balfour plays Elaine Shepard, a detective hunting down a serial killer with her partner and lover (Richard Dormer). She’s also on the Emmy ballot this year for...
- 7/3/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Riley Keough plays Sara Ganim in the new HBO movie “Paterno,” the journalist who broke the story about Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and his involvement in child sex abuse. She stars alongside Oscar and Emmy winner Al Pacino, who plays the university’s head football coach Joe Paterno. Previously, the actress was part of the ensemble cast of “Mad Max: Fury Road” and earn an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in “American Honey.”
Keough recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow about the responsibilities of playing a real-life character, what it was like to work with Pacino and “Paterno” director Barry Levinson and her evolution into producing. Watch the exclusive web chat above and read the complete transcript below.
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Gold Derby: Riley Keough, how much did you know...
Keough recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow about the responsibilities of playing a real-life character, what it was like to work with Pacino and “Paterno” director Barry Levinson and her evolution into producing. Watch the exclusive web chat above and read the complete transcript below.
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- 6/25/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“She was unfortunately blindsided by this situation and was naive and ignorant about the whole situation. Think how confusing and how complicated and difficult for her,” reveals actress Kathy Baker about her role in the recent HBO TV movie “Paterno.” In our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above), she discusses the real-life character of Sue Paterno, who was the wife of disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, played by Al Pacino.
The film is directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”) and depicts the fallout in 2011 of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, splitting its time with scenes featuring Oscar champ Pacino (“Scent of a Woman”) and others starring Riley Keough as Sara Ganim, the tough young reporter who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for breaking the story.
See Riley Keough (‘Paterno’) on playing a tough young reporter against an ‘incredibly powerful group...
The film is directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”) and depicts the fallout in 2011 of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, splitting its time with scenes featuring Oscar champ Pacino (“Scent of a Woman”) and others starring Riley Keough as Sara Ganim, the tough young reporter who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for breaking the story.
See Riley Keough (‘Paterno’) on playing a tough young reporter against an ‘incredibly powerful group...
- 5/18/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“You’re seeing a reporter that’s a little bit more green and hasn’t been doing this for a long time,” Golden Globe-nominated actress Riley Keough says in an interview with Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video above) about her role in “Paterno.” The HBO film directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson depicts the fallout in 2011 of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, splitting its time being scenes featuring Oscar winner Al Pacino as disgraced university football coach Joe Paterno and scenes featuring Keough as Sara Ganim, the tough young reporter who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for breaking the story. Keough “really wanted” the part and explains, “You’ve got this young woman who’s going up against this incredibly powerful group of men, which, of course, is interesting to play.”
See what critics said about Al Pacino’s “Paterno” performance
In playing a real person,...
See what critics said about Al Pacino’s “Paterno” performance
In playing a real person,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Al Pacino is the king of HBO, winning Emmys for “You Don’t Know Jack” in 2010 and “Angels in America” in 2004. Both of these trophies came for playing real-life characters, so might his latest performance in “Paterno” as disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno seal the deal for Emmy #3?
Television critics, as you’d expect, are raving about Pacino’s latest performance in the HBO telefilm. See some of their reviews below about the 1992 Oscar winner (“Scent of a Woman”), and then be sure to give us your Emmy predictions for Best Movie/Mini Actor.
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“Al Pacino is at his best,” praises Robert Lloyd (La Times). “Pacino’s performance is interesting in its smallest gestures and unusually interior and contained. And contained Pacino is the best Pacino, your love of ‘Scarface’ notwithstanding.
Television critics, as you’d expect, are raving about Pacino’s latest performance in the HBO telefilm. See some of their reviews below about the 1992 Oscar winner (“Scent of a Woman”), and then be sure to give us your Emmy predictions for Best Movie/Mini Actor.
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“Al Pacino is at his best,” praises Robert Lloyd (La Times). “Pacino’s performance is interesting in its smallest gestures and unusually interior and contained. And contained Pacino is the best Pacino, your love of ‘Scarface’ notwithstanding.
- 4/11/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Watching HBO Films’ latest snatched-from-the-headlines project, “Paterno,” one can’t help but wonder how different it might have been had Brian De Palma directed it.
He’s had an advantageous working relationship with star Al Pacino on both “Scarface” and “Carlito’s Way.” In his hands, the film could have been a “King Lear”-level tragedy about a sports legend whose singular focus led to his downfall.
Instead what viewers get is director Barry Levinson’s well-intended but paroxysmal journey into legendary college football coach Joe Paterno’s fall from grace, fired by Penn State for his role in the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal.
Unsure if he wants to focus more on Paterno or newspaper journalist Sara Ganim — the reporter who broke the Sandusky story — Levinson constantly switches his gaze from one to the other. Ganim’s role as a consultant on the film may have mucked up the process even more.
He’s had an advantageous working relationship with star Al Pacino on both “Scarface” and “Carlito’s Way.” In his hands, the film could have been a “King Lear”-level tragedy about a sports legend whose singular focus led to his downfall.
Instead what viewers get is director Barry Levinson’s well-intended but paroxysmal journey into legendary college football coach Joe Paterno’s fall from grace, fired by Penn State for his role in the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal.
Unsure if he wants to focus more on Paterno or newspaper journalist Sara Ganim — the reporter who broke the Sandusky story — Levinson constantly switches his gaze from one to the other. Ganim’s role as a consultant on the film may have mucked up the process even more.
- 4/6/2018
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- Variety Film + TV
In the final act of “Paterno,” HBO’s crackling examination of the Penn State football coach’s legacy-defining final days, there’s a pivotal scene that draws you in only to smack you in the face for your misplaced compassion. Delivered a letter with a phone number inside, Joe Paterno (Al Pacino) shuffles down the hallway toward his bedroom and dials his portable landline. He lifts the receiver to his ear, says his name, listens briefly and then hangs up. “They fired me,” he says to his wife, Sue (Kathy Baker).
Joe, wearing his blue pajama bottoms, keeps walking, but Sue stops him in the bedroom and takes the phone. His hand dangles, unmoved from when it was still holding the receiver, as she redials the number and says, “After 61 years, he deserved better.” Paterno in this moment is a pathetic figure so far removed from the legend he built...
Joe, wearing his blue pajama bottoms, keeps walking, but Sue stops him in the bedroom and takes the phone. His hand dangles, unmoved from when it was still holding the receiver, as she redials the number and says, “After 61 years, he deserved better.” Paterno in this moment is a pathetic figure so far removed from the legend he built...
- 4/3/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
After teasing the much-anticipated new film “Paterno” with first-look photos and a short teaser-trailer, HBO has released the first full trailer for Barry Levinson’s movie about the disgraced Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno, along with more photos and a release date.
Covering the two-week period between the story of Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse scandal breaking and Paterno’s termination from coaching, “Paterno” studies not only what the legendary football coach knew about his defensive coordinator’s misconduct, but how he responded.
In the trailer below, Paterno is seen meeting with advisers, attorneys, and his wife, the latter of which puts forth a personal question that sends him spinning. “He went in the pool with the kids,” she says. “Jerry did? Our kids?” he says. “Yeah.” “What are you saying?” he asks. “I’m saying you couldn’t have known, otherwise you wouldn’t have let them go in the pool,...
Covering the two-week period between the story of Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse scandal breaking and Paterno’s termination from coaching, “Paterno” studies not only what the legendary football coach knew about his defensive coordinator’s misconduct, but how he responded.
In the trailer below, Paterno is seen meeting with advisers, attorneys, and his wife, the latter of which puts forth a personal question that sends him spinning. “He went in the pool with the kids,” she says. “Jerry did? Our kids?” he says. “Yeah.” “What are you saying?” he asks. “I’m saying you couldn’t have known, otherwise you wouldn’t have let them go in the pool,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Al Pacino takes on the challenging role of Penn State's former head football coach Joe Paterno in HBO Films’ Paterno. The movie focuses on Paterno during the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. Just after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, his legacy is challenged and he is forced to face questions of institutional failure in regard to the victims.
Pacino returns to HBO (You Don’t Know Jack; Phil Spector) to star in the title role in the movie that will debut this spring. Paterno will be Pacino’s third HBO collaboration with director Barry Levinson, having starred in You Don’t Know Jack. Levinson will direct Paterno which is written by Debora Cahn and John C. Richards. Levinson describes the film as a movie that focuses on the late coaches most troubling time:
“’Paterno’ is not a sprawling piece that spans years,” said Levinson.
Pacino returns to HBO (You Don’t Know Jack; Phil Spector) to star in the title role in the movie that will debut this spring. Paterno will be Pacino’s third HBO collaboration with director Barry Levinson, having starred in You Don’t Know Jack. Levinson will direct Paterno which is written by Debora Cahn and John C. Richards. Levinson describes the film as a movie that focuses on the late coaches most troubling time:
“’Paterno’ is not a sprawling piece that spans years,” said Levinson.
- 1/23/2018
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Al Pacino looks weathered and downtrodden as disgraced college football coach Joe Paterno in the teaser trailer for the upcoming HBO film, Paterno. He stares off morosely as between scenes of players on the gridiron, child molester Jerry Sandusky being arrested and guiding a boy into an elevator, men crying and journalists attempting to question Paterno – all as voices chant "Joe Pat-ern-o" and clap along excitedly. When one of his sons asks, "Dad, did you know about Jerry?" the reason why Pacino is staring off comes into focus.
The film,...
The film,...
- 1/19/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Al Pacino has some tough questions to answer in his latest HBO biopic.
Pacino plays revered Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in the upcoming film, set to debut this spring, and in the first-look teaser above, we see Paterno’s final days as coach marred by the horrific sex-abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The media descends on Paterno and the school, demanding answers, while students and boosters back their coach by chanting his name and rioting in the streets. Alongside a chilling shot of Sandusky putting his arm around a young boy, we hear a befuddled Paterno being asked: “Dad…...
Pacino plays revered Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in the upcoming film, set to debut this spring, and in the first-look teaser above, we see Paterno’s final days as coach marred by the horrific sex-abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The media descends on Paterno and the school, demanding answers, while students and boosters back their coach by chanting his name and rioting in the streets. Alongside a chilling shot of Sandusky putting his arm around a young boy, we hear a befuddled Paterno being asked: “Dad…...
- 1/19/2018
- TVLine.com
HBO has released its first trailer for the upcoming film about Joe Paterno (played by Al Pacino), the late Penn State University football coach dismissed from his position after he became embroiled in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
In the first glimpse at the Barry Levinson-directed film, Penn State football fans chant Paterno's name over images of Jerry Sandusky being forced into a police car, Paterno holds a press conference, and Sandusky leads a small boy into an elevator. Riley Keough, playing journalist Sara Ganim, and Jock McKissic, playing a man named "Tyler," also get screen time, looking concerned.
"Did you know about...
In the first glimpse at the Barry Levinson-directed film, Penn State football fans chant Paterno's name over images of Jerry Sandusky being forced into a police car, Paterno holds a press conference, and Sandusky leads a small boy into an elevator. Riley Keough, playing journalist Sara Ganim, and Jock McKissic, playing a man named "Tyler," also get screen time, looking concerned.
"Did you know about...
- 1/19/2018
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Al Pacino isn’t exactly unfamiliar with playing historical figures, so far be it from us or anyone to tell him how to prepare for a role. If the Oscar-winning actor — who was Emmy-nominated for playing Phil Spector and won the award for portraying Roy Cohn — doesn’t need to go to the Penn St. University campus to prepare for his role as disgraced college football coach Joe Paterno, he doesn’t have to.
“I didn’t go,” Pacino said, speaking via satellite during HBO’s TCA presentation Thursday afternoon. “I did see the documentary ‘Happy Valley.’ […] These things really happened, and as an actor, it makes you feel credible. […] You have the real person to digest and sort of channel.”
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“I didn’t go,” Pacino said, speaking via satellite during HBO’s TCA presentation Thursday afternoon. “I did see the documentary ‘Happy Valley.’ […] These things really happened, and as an actor, it makes you feel credible. […] You have the real person to digest and sort of channel.”
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- 1/12/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Today at HBO’s TCA panel for its upcoming spring movie Paterno, The Patriot News reporter-turned CNN correspondent Sara Ganim was asked what it felt like writing the ultimate #MeToo story back in 2011 about the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, and not having the media fanfare to accompany in the way that the New York Times’ expose on Harvey Weinstein has triggered a gender equality revolution. “I would say that the original movement that got everyone…...
- 1/12/2018
- Deadline TV
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