New trailers likely to be released this week: "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2:24), "Cars 2" (2:03), "Water for Elephants" (2:20)
Shekhar Kapur wants Kristen for Paani
India’s tryst with Hollywood promises to get bigger. Twilight beauty Kristen Stewart, for instance, continues to rank high on filmmaker Shekhar Kapur’s wishlist for his ambitious film, Paani.
The Elizabeth director has just wrapped up the final draft of the script and is all set to approach Kristen to star in his film.“I have just finished the eighth draft of Paani’s script. I’m going to send the script to Kristen,” says Kapur. “I have had a conversation with her about the film but I have no idea whether she’ll accept the offer or not.”
Last year, there were reports that Kristen was already part of Paani. Her representative had clarified, “…She is not set to star in this film.” Kapur too had said, “…People are jumping to conclusions.”
Besides Kristen, Hrithik Roshan was also believed to be playing the male lead. But Kapur clarifies that the casting process is yet to start. “I do have certain actors in mind but I shouldn’t go on record about the cast until everything is finalised,” he says, adding the film has a lavish budget.
“Paani isn’t a small film. After all, it is a $35 million venture. And I’m not going through the standard studio procedure for production. My film will be an independently-funded project. All such things, obviously, take time,” says Kapur, adding that his film will go on the floors as soon as the cast is in place.
If Kristen accepts the role, she will play a stunning wealthy girl who will romance the male lead. It’s believed that the futuristic Paani is about a lower-class Mumbai rebel who stealthily visits the more elite part of the city where a beautiful girl crosses his path, and they fall in love.
What happened when Rob met Tai (Aka Rosie in WFE) for the first time?
Thanks to Tink from ROBsessedBlog, who visited Tai & got a few details!
While visiting Tai, I got a few details about Rob and Tai:
- The stars of Water for Elephants were brought out to meet Tai as a persuasive tactic to get them to sign on to the film.
- Rob came out to meet her and was quite taken. We got an idea of this meeting from the Details article.
- He was over her, under her, beside her, like a little kid. Very excited. Wore a hoodie, sunglasses, and sported a beard. The ranch crew didn't know who he was so there was no fangirling going on but said he was really nice.
- The trainer said Rob got elephant rides and Tai lifted him in the air with her trunk. When he was leaving, he was on the phone talking about how thrilled he was.
- The trainer said Tai would likely recognize Rob again due to the amount of time he spent with her.
Mathieu Amalric to play Andre Petrescu in Cosmopolis!
MATHIEU AMALRIC will play Andre Petrescu in COSMOPOLIS
Filming is set to begin May 24 in Toronto.
