- Title: USA: Diane Lane and Colin Hanks track a cyber-killer in "Untraceable"
- Date: 24th January 2008
- Summary: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 22, 2008) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE "UNTRACEABLE" PREMIERE ACTRESS DIANE LANE TALKING TO REPORTERS ON THE RED CARPET ACTOR COLIN HANKS TALKING TO REPORTERS ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS DIANE LANE SAYING: "You know, it's funny, in reality, when people are dealing with really harrowing situations, sometimes you need humour to get through it and the humour that the real crime units need to get through their day when they're dealing with grim situations. We couldn't go there in our movie because it probably would have come off callous, day in day out reality, but the humour on the set helped, and was needed, and I really am grateful to Colin, because he's a natural comedian." VARIOUS OF COLIN HANKS AND DIRECTOR GREGORY HOBLIT TALKING TO REPORTERS ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR COLIN HANKS SAYING: "Well, I mean, It's a good old-fashioned thriller, I think people like that, I say old-fashioned even though it's obviously very tech savvy, as they would say, but at the end of the day, it's a good, 'Hey we gotta catch this bad guy' kind of movie, I think people like those kind of films." ACTRESS RITA WILSON, WIFE OF TOM HANKS AND STEPMOTHER OF COLIN HANKS, POSING FOR PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR GREGORY HOBLIT SAYING: "Well, they're both, they're both just really grounded. There's nothing flighty about either one of them. Diane has a certain maturity, a certain gravitas, and a certain emotional weight, and I just knew she would be believable as an FBI agent, somebody who wears a gun, wears a badge, and can do the kind of job that normally, and historically, people have only assigned, or only thought men did." ACTOR BILLY BURKE TALKING TO REPORTERS ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS DIANE LANE SAYING: "Oh, I have so many different answers for that, honestly, I mean, my heart goes out to so many people who have already given up a lot for this great cause, and, at the same time, I don't want people to sell themselves short and give up what they're entitled to, so, you know, it's really up to the majority vote." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR COLIN HANKS SAYING: "You know, it's an absolute shame, there's no other way around it, he was a very talented guy, and a father and a son, and that's always sad." DIANE LANE WALKING THE RED CARPET
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- Story Text: In the new film "Untraceable", Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane portrays Jennifer Marsh, a single mom living in Portland, Oregon, who is also an investigator for the Internet Crimes Division of the FBI. And Colin Hanks - son of popular actor Tom Hanks and stepson Rita Wilson - plays the part of her assistant, Griffin Dowd.
The story follows Marsh (Lane) and Dowd (Hanks) as they work together to solve what federal investigators are calling the most grisly case the FBI has ever handled: Finding a serial killer who is murdering his victims slowly or quickly based upon the number of visitors who log onto his website to view the death in progress.
During the making of "Untraceable," Lane credits Hanks for helping break the tension on the set created by dealing with a difficult and often frightening subject matter.
"You know, it's funny, in reality, when people are dealing with really harrowing situations, sometimes you need humour to get through it," explained Lane.
"And the humour that the real crime units need to get through their day when they're dealing with grim situations. We couldn't go there in our movie because it probably would have come off callous, day in day out reality, but the humour on the set helped, and was needed, and I really am grateful to Colin, because he's a natural comedian."
Hanks, who got his start as a production assistant on the set of his father's film "Apollo 13," told Reuters why he thinks audiences world-wide will find the film to be appealing.
"Well, I mean, It's a good old-fashioned thriller," Hanks shared.
"I think people like that. I say old-fashioned even though it's obviously very tech savvy, as they would say, but at the end of the day, it's a good, 'hey we gotta catch this bad guy' kind of movie, I think people like those kind of films."
Director Gregory Hoblit, who also sat behind the camera for "Fracture" (starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and "Untraceable"
actor Billy Burke) and is no stranger to creating award-winning police dramas (including "Hill Street Blues," "L.A. Law," and "NYPD Blues") and says Lane and Hanks were the best actors to play their respective roles.
"Well, they're both, they're both just really grounded,"
said Hoblit.
"There's nothing flighty about wither one of them. Diane has a certain maturity, a certain gravitas, and a certain emotional weight, and I just knew she would be believable as an FBI agent, somebody who wears a gun, wears a badge, and can do the kind of job that normally, and historically, people have only assigned, or only thought men did."
When asked to comment about the ongoing writers' strike that has paralysed much of Hollywood and the possibility of talks resuming after an extended stalemate, Lane showed her support for the men and women who started walking off the job in late October 2007 to rally for their rights.
"Oh I have so many different answers for that, honestly,"
Lane answered.
"I mean, my heart goes out to so many people who have already given up a lot for this great cause, and, at the same time, I don't want people to sell themselves short and give up what they're entitled to, so, you know, it's really up to the majority vote."
Meanwhile, Hanks became somber when asked to share his thoughts on the sudden death of fellow actor Heath Ledger on Tuesday (January 22).
"You know, it's an absolute shame, there's no other way around it, he was a very talented guy, and a father and a son, and that's always sad."
Hanks also noted that although he never shared the same stage with Ledger, he had met the star of "Brokeback Mountain" and referred to him as being "a nice person."
"Untraceable" opens across North America on Friday, January 25th. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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