Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey attend the premiere of 'The Dark Tower' in New York
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Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey attend the premiere of 'The Dark Tower' in New York
- Title: Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey attend the premiere of 'The Dark Tower' in New York
- Date: 1st August 2017
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF MCCONAUGHEY POSING FOR PICTURES WITH WIFE, CAMILA ALVES (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ACTOR, SAYING: "Bad guys are real fun to play because they are limitless. They don't pander, they're not trying to make friends, they're not trying to have their manners and graces. And this was fun to sit there and imagine how many ways can you be evil, bad. Sometimes it's a slight of hand, sometimes it's burning a civilization, sometimes it's exposing one person's hypocrisy and letting them implode themselves." MORE OF MCCONAUGHEY ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ACTOR, SAYING: "I said give me a launch pad line and he said, 'Walter's got the world by the strings and a wink in his eye." And that was just a nice little proverb to say, 'oh, I know where to go from there." VARIOUS OF ELBA ON RED CARPET
- Embargoed: 15th August 2017 02:30
- Keywords: The Dark Tower Idris Elba Matthew McConaughey Stephen King book author
- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
- City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0036SBPRV1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The pages of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" have been re-imagined for the big screen with Idris Elda and Matthew McConaughey in the starring roles. Elba and McConaughey hit the red carpet in New York on Monday (July 31) to celebrate the film's upcoming U.S. opening on August 4.
The film and the book series tells the classic story of good versus evil as Elba's character, Gunslinger, Roland Deschain fits to hold the universe, as known as the Dark Tower, as the Man in Black, portrayed by McConaughey tries to destroy it.
Director Nik Arcel grew up as a fan of the series in Denmark and credits the books for teaching him English.
On the red carpet Arcel said working with King was very collaborative and that the author brought good ideas to the project without dictating. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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