UK: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde at London premiere of their new movie, the sci-fi western hybrid "Cowboys and Aliens".
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UK: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde at London premiere of their new movie, the sci-fi western hybrid "Cowboys and Aliens".
- Title: UK: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde at London premiere of their new movie, the sci-fi western hybrid "Cowboys and Aliens".
- Date: 12th August 2011
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 11, 2011) (REUTERS) DANIEL CRAIG BEING INTERVIEWED ON RED CARPET WIDE OF MOVIE POSTER AND CROWDS HARRISON FORD ON RED CARPET, SIGNS AUTOGRAPH CRAIG AND OLIVIA WILDE ON RED CARPET WIDE OF RED CARPET. ACTRESS OLIVIA WILDE TALKS TO REPORTERS FANS WATCH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, DANIEL CRAIG, SAYING: "Literally I have wanted to play a cowboy for as long as I can remember. That's really kind of what it is and to get the chance to do it in a movie like this, of this size and work, with these people, was really just too tempting." CRAIG TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG, ON WORKING WITH HARRISON FORD, SAYING: "A joy, a complete joy. I mean he is a lovely man, very funny and he's a real movie star." CRAIG TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG, ON NEXT JAMES BOND FILM, SAYING: "November we start shooting." (Reporter: "Looking forward to that?") "Oh yes. I really am, I really am."
- Embargoed: 27th August 2011 13:00
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- Location: United Kingdom
- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA1D8N52P9SZKGM7QGWM3ZFX4CK
- Story Text: Proven box office stars Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig saddled up together at London's O2 arena for the London premiere of their new movie the sci-fi western "Cowboys and Aliens" on Thursday (August 11) evening.
The film, which also stars Olivia Wilde, plays out in the Old West of 1875. It tells the story of a stranger, played by Craig, who arrives in the wind blown desert town of Absolution, armed with a mysterious wrist shackle. Harrison Ford plays a local thug businessman whose son throws his weight around. His son, along with other townspeople, get taken away by aliens. Craig and Ford have to team up, along with Native Americans, to find them.
"Literally I have wanted to play a cowboy for as long as I can remember. That's really kind of what it is and to get the chance to do it in a movie like this, of this size and work, with these people, was really just too tempting," actor Daniel Craig told Reuters.
Craig added that he hugely enjoyed working with co-star Harrison Ford.
"A joy, a complete joy. I mean he is a lovely man, very funny and he's a real movie star."
The current star of the "James Bond" franchise also confirmed to Reuters that he starts shooting the next as-yet-untitled Bond film in November and said he was 'really' looking forward to it.
The franchise had been on hold amid financial troubles at studio MGM.
A highlight of 'Cowboys and Aliens' is Harrison Ford, playing a truly mean spirited character, Colonel Dolarhyde, and therefore delivering an interesting turn for the actor.
"That's mainly what attracted me to the picture - the opportunity to play a character different to what I've lately played and I thought he was interesting. I hope the audience will think so as well," he said.
In a nod to the famous action roles played by both Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, much is being made of the teaming of James Bond and Indiana Jones. Ford, while full of praise for his co-star, was attracted to the movie for other reasons.
"You know he (Craig) is very good at what he does. I was less interested in the action than I was in the character part of the movie and he was great fun to work with on that level."
And what would a western be without a heroine. Olivia Wilde is that strong yet lovely lady. She plays the elusive traveller Ella, who is hiding a deadly secret, and appears to lose all her clothes at one point in front of much of the cast. But special effects trickery meant that not all was as it seems.
"Daunting, strange but it wasn't actually nude so that helped." [LAUGHS] (Reporter: "So tell us the secrets. How was the filming of that done?") "Well I was wearing probably more than most of us wear at the beach for most of the time but the help of special effects allows the audience to believe that I was naked, which hopefully creates kind of an interesting scene. The idea is that Ella is completely unconcerned with her nudity so I had to be very relaxed. It was a crazy, crazy scene to shoot but it was a lot of fun."
Wilde gushed about her overall experience in making the film, saying she cherished 'every frame'.
"I am very lucky. It was also every actor's dream to be able to be a part of this movie in general, just being in a western is very unusual, working with people like (director) Jon Favreau is, and of course Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard and the rest of our amazing cast. It's just, it's one in a million and I love the way it turned out. I honestly love every frame of this movie," she told Reuters.
"Cowboys and Aliens" has played well in the U.S. It opens in the UK and Ireland on August 17. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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