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| | Josh Hartnett: It was wrong to even worry about being called a 'heartthrob' | | Added 194 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Josh Hartnett stars in M. Night Shyamalans Trap, which comes out in August. Given the buzz and excitement from the trailer, I think it will be another big success for Shyamalan. And for Hartnett, who is sort of going through a career renaissance at the moment. The fact that he?s the lead in a buzzy summer movie is wonderful too! This is what we always wanted for him, the chance to weave in between big, important movies, indie films and popcorn-entertainment. Well, Josh is finally there. It took him several decades, but now he realizes that he can actually do all of that. He recently spoke to Variety about his career and more. Some highlights:
He was so worried that ?Pearl Harbor? would define his career but now he doesn?t care: ?I love my work and I want to put it out there and I want people to enjoy it. But like me, personally, I don?t feel the way that I did when I was younger, because I was undefined. I was 19, 20, 21 years old. So, I was still trying to figure out who I was. Something of that magnitude that everybody knew about and sort of thought of me as the character, had an effect on me that I kicked back against. It was always something that I had to contend with at that age, and I was still trying to figure out what I meant to myself and to people around me. I don?t think that could happen again at the age of 45 ? I hope I?ve got a little bit more there there.?
Working with Christopher Nolan, Raoul Peck, Guy Ritchie and M. Night Shyamalan: ?I love experimentation in film. And these guys are still at the very top of their game in experimenting in film. I?ve never been anti [mainstream films]; I just was anti-paint by numbers. I want to work with people who are, for lack of a better term, artists. I?ve always been able to do that, luckily, but some of those films were not received by the public the same way that I?d hoped, and they were small.?
The Virgin Suicides: He looks back at ?The Virgin Suicides,? noting that at first, it wasn?t a monetary success but became a classic ? ?not a cult classic, a classic,? he points out. ?My hope was for all of these films that they would be able to kind of rise to that level. Some of them are better than others, but I think all were worthy swings.?
Would he do another TV series? ?I would hesitate probably to go back into a full, multi-year series unless it?s really, really good, and it has to be able to evolve. There are worse things than something becoming successful, but if it becomes successful and it?s a single environment or the character doesn?t seem to have much room to grow or fall apart, then you?re stuck. I have ADHD. I?ll lose it.?
Why he signed on to ?Trap?: ?The script was just batsh-t crazy. I was like, ?YES!? The character is wonderful. I can?t say anything about it, because he?ll kill me. But the characters are all wonderfully complex.?
He used to push back hard on the ?heartthrob? label: ?It was never my intention to be a heartthrob?[but it was] the wrong approach to even acknowledge it. I didn?t have the presence of mind to do that because I was so young. It had an effect on me, in which I had to fight against it. I really wanted to be a serious actor. What I didn?t understand is that I was in an amazing position, working with terrific directors on terrific projects. For all intents and purposes, it didn?t matter how people viewed me in tabloids or whatever ? as long as I was working within the industry. But I was too young to really understand that, to make the differentiation.?
[From Variety]
I?m glad he?s at a place where he can acknowledge that he sort of screwed up because he was fighting against imaginary ?heartthrob? demons. The man acted as if being seen as someone with pin-up handsomeness was some kind of cross to bear, rather than an opportunity to get in those meetings and audition for those directors. Pretty privilege is real and he felt attacked by his own privilege! But it was also about his age and inexperience too he really felt like he was in the trenches because Michael Bay made him a movie star before he was ready for any of it.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Josh Hartnett is expecting his first child with English girlfriend Tamsin Egerton | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In some photos of Josh Hartnett and his girlfriend Tamsin Egerton, I?m like, ?Is he dating Karlie Kloss?? But in other photos, she looks nothing like Karlie. Tamsin has a chameleon quality, is what I?m saying. Anyway, Josh and Tamsin have been together for years now ? we started getting photos of them back in 2013, but sources say they?ve been together since 2012. Tamsin is an English actress ? you may have seen her in??? I looked at her IMDB and nothing stood out, so I?m sorry if I?m offending any Tamsin-loonies. Anyway, Tamsin and Josh are together and very happy. So happy, in fact, that they?re expecting their first child together. Yay!
Josh Hartnett is going to be a dad. The ?Black Hawk Down? star?s girlfriend, English actress Tamsin Egerton, is pregnant, his rep confirms to Page Six: ?It?s true and they are beyond thrilled.?
The pair reportedly met in 2011 on the set of ?The Lovers,? but started dating in 2012. The flick was released in February. Hartnett, 36, who currently stars on Showtime?s ?Penny Dreadful,? recently sold his Minneapolis home for $2.3 million. He previously dated Scarlett Johansson and Amanda Seyfried.
[From Page Six]
I don?t have any shade for this. There really hasn?t been much scandal with Josh or with this relationship. He?s 36 years old, she?s 26. While a decade is still a significant age difference, it?s not insurmountable or gross. Josh still gets some loonies, and I suspect there will be a few bitter tears about this. Even though? really, Josh is barely a celebrity at this point. He gives like one major interview a year and while those annual interviews always make headlines, Josh is pretty much now just a cable TV actor. Let?s wish him well. It seems like he and Tamsin are very happy.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | Josh Hartnett: 'I?ve definitely said no to some of the wrong people' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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At some point, it really feels like people stopped giving a crap about Josh Hartnett (probably when he started looking like Ashton Kutcher, amirite?). About 14 years ago, he was the next big thing, the bad boy/heartthrob/Brando/James Dean. That was how he was billed, that was the press around him. Then he made some terrible career decisions and he spent a lot less time in LA and NYC. And people sort of forgot about him. He?s currently in Showtime?s Penny Dreadful, and he?s promoting the new season by sitting down for a strangely accusatory Playboy 20 Questions. Like, half the piece is the Playboy interviewer grilling Josh about all of the parts he could have had if only he had made smarter career choices. Just FYI: Josh talked about some of this stuff last year in Details, like how he was offered Superman, Spiderman and Batman. In this Playboy piece, the focus is mainly on how Christopher Nolan wanted him for Batman.
Why he turned down Batman, Superman and Spider-Man: ?The intensity of my sudden fame was overwhelming for me, and in the middle of that, I felt I couldn?t trust any new person I met or their motives. I spent a lot of time back home in Minnesota with my friends and family. I did smaller movies, and I stopped working for a while. If I could go back and take with me my wisdom of today, I wish I?d been more resilient. I hope I wouldn?t be as panicked as I was. Maybe I?d have known that no matter what people try to take from you, you don?t have to give it to them. I?ve definitely grown a bit.
The blowback of saying ?no? to Christopher Nolan: ?I?ve definitely said no to some of the wrong people. I said no because I was tired and wanted to spend more time with my friends and family. That?s frowned upon in this industry. People don?t like being told no. I don?t like it. I learned my lesson when [writer-director] Christopher Nolan and I talked about Batman. I decided it wasn?t for me. Then he didn?t want to put me in The Prestige. They not only hired their Batman for it, they also hired my girlfriend at the time?That?s when I realized relationships were formed in the fire of that first Batman film and I should have been part of the relationship with this guy Nolan, who I felt was incredibly cool and very talented. I was so focused on not being pigeonholed and so scared of being considered only one thing as an actor. I should have thought, Well, then, work harder, man. Watching Christian Bale go on to do so many other things has been just awesome. I mean, he?s been able to overcome that. Why couldn?t I see that at the time?
Working with Ben Affleck back in the day: ?In what universe does Ben Affleck win an Academy Award for a best picture he starred in and directed? I knew he had it in him to do whatever he wanted to do. Ben has always been the smartest guy, but he holds that in reserve for some reason.?
Why he?s dated so many co-stars: ?I think it?s a respectable way of going about it. I?ve met very important people in my life doing films. Sometimes that had consequences that were just awful for everybody involved. Some were fantastic all the way through. Everybody makes mistakes dating people they work with. They?re whom I?m attracted to because I share experiences with them and understand a bit about what they are and what they do. If I were able to go back in time, I don?t know if I could have done anything any different.
[From Playboy]
I feel like Josh made that ?why do you date costars?? question unnecessarily complicated. Lots of actors date costars, it?s a pretty normal thing. As for the stuff about Nolan? I didn?t realize how far Hartnett got into the process of casting Batman. Do you think Nolan really took it out on him for saying no? Probably, although I would imagine Nolan has a different version of events. I don?t blame directors for not giving Hartnett much time after he refused major projects ? the attitude among directors must be, ?Hey, he doesn?t want to be a star, so don?t give any project that would make him a star.?
Oh, and that?s Tamsin Egerton in the background ? that?s his girlfriend. I think they?re living together now. They were costars on a film that has never been released.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Josh Hartnett, 34, wears stonewashed skinny jeans at LAX: would you hit it? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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At first I thought these photos were from Sundance, but they?re not. They?re just a really rare sighting of Josh Hartnett at LAX. He?s giving us two different looks because he realized he was being lovingly photographed ? I assume that his first look was the dark-frames eyeglasses that give him an air of nerdy-hot hipster. Then he changed into the sunglasses and he just looked like a typical LA d-bag. I should also mention ? I?m not impressed with the combination of black stone-washed skinny jeans and brown shoes. TRAGIC.
I?m continually amazed at Josh?s ability to still be a ?thing?. I remember when he first came on the scene in the early aughts. Many thought he was the American Heath Ledger, and that was before everyone was like ?Heath Ledger is the great hope for a generation of actors.? This was back when Heath was just a really beautiful, blonde Aussie boy that everyone was trying to make into the next pin-up. And they tried that with Josh too, and much like Heath, Josh rejected it and went off and did his own thing, only Josh?s attempts were much less successful (career-wise). After taking a two-year break, Josh has one new movie coming out this year ? ?an epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents? called Singularity. Eh.
The last I heard about Josh?s private life, he was dating Amanda Seyfried, but I?m almost positive that it?s already done. Like, they dated for a few months in the end of 2011, maybe? And then it was done. I don?t know if he has a girlfriend now.
Anyway? this has been your Josh Hartnett update. We so rarely get any photos or news about him, I just felt like I should update you on his whereabouts. So, the important question: would you hit it? Eh. I was feeling it circa 2001 (Black Hawk Down, bitches!), but not so much these days. Also: does anyone else look at him and think, ?Garrett Hedlund, this is your future??
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Sienna Miller not with Balthazar Getty, dating Josh Hartnett? | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sienna Miller, who has earned more headlines for her love life than for her acting, might be dating Josh Hartnett. There were rumors that she and Balthazar Getty (who is still married to his wife Rosetta), broke up in January, but last we saw they were seen kissing at the airport in February. Balthazar and Rosetta are said to be estranged, but trying to make it work for the sake of their four children.
Now it seems like the relationship between Sienna and Balthazar is totally over, and the Daily Mirror is reporting that she is now seeing Josh Hartnett.
A pal reveals: ?Sienna loved being with Balthazar but there was too much baggage and she couldn?t commit to anything more than a few months. They are still good friends.?
The pair began dating after they were introduced by Sienna?s Edge of Love co-star (and former beau) Matthew Rhys last May while Balthazar was nursing a new baby with then- wife Rosetta.
Now Sienna is getting more and more friendly with Hollywood hunk Josh Hartnett. My moles tell me she flew to his bedside in New York when he got a bad tummy bug and nursed him back to health ? and they chat all the time on the phone.
My source reveals: ?Josh and Sienna have a unique bond. They understand each other and I wouldn?t be surprised if a relationship blossomed.?
Sienna?s aides will be thrilled by the break with Balthazar. The relationship led to her being branded a home-wrecker and is rumoured to have put an end to her role as Maid Marian in the new Robin Hood movie. The source adds: ?She has a real chance of hitting the big time again.?
But it?s not as if she needs that much help. The talented blonde is preparing for the release of GI Joe where she?s a leather-clad villain. Sienna tells me: ?It?s going to be big for me. Then I?m off to Broadway, treading the boards.?
[from The Daily Mirror]
Of course this is the Daily Mirror, so take the Josh Hartnett bit with a grain of salt. But maybe Sienna has finally realized that openly dating a married man and being photographed topless with him was not a good idea. This isn’t the first story we’ve heard about Sienna and Josh hooking up. They were also linked in the fall of last year, when they were spotted on at least two dates.
As we’ve reported, and as mentioned in the article, Sienna’s reputation has been ruining her chances for roles. The official story was that Sienna was “too young” to play Maid Marian to Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood, and was replaced by Cate Blanchett. But it also seems likely that her diva ways and self-entitlement didn’t help either.
The last we heard from Sienna she was in the Congo reporting on the beautiful surroundings and luxury hotels.
Josh Hartnett is shown on 4/15/09. Sienna Miller is shown on 5/18/09. Credit: WENN.com
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