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THE FILM STRIP: Jennifer Hudson in "Sex in the City;' 'Chronicles of Narnia' sequel.
THE SEASON BLOCKBUSTER OF COLOR STARTED OFF WITH A BIG BANG: Terrence Howard helped ‘Iron Man’ rake in nearly $200 million and next up is ‘Sex in the City’ with Jennifer Hudson and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,’ with Georgie Henley and Peter Dinklage.
*The hit TV show “Sex in the City” is now a movie. The big difference this time, however, is Jennifer Hudson. She plays star Sarah Jessica Parker’s (Carrie Bradshaw) personal assistant Louise. Like many African Americans, especially those in New York City, the TV series didn’t really hit home with them. ‘Sex in the City’ was not on Chicago, Illinois native Hudson’s TiVo either she tell The Film Strip. “I heard about it [the movie] back in like midsummer and I didn't know too much about the TV show,” she confessed. I knew 'Sex and the City' was a successful show and everything, but I'd never watched it before. But I felt like it was a good role because as I learned about the show I learned that it's, you know, 'Sex and the City' and what girl wouldn't want to be a part of that.
“I think it was a great role for me because for one, there's no singing involved and it was just acting. I could just act and it wasn't too big of a part. I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew and feel like, 'What did I get myself into.' This was something that was the perfect size for me to try my hand at acting and get my feet wet and adjust to only acting without any music involved.
Hudson is excited about her singing off-screen though. “My album is finally getting ready to drop. I actually have a single coming out this month and it's called 'Spotlight' and it's written by Ne-Yo. The album comes out September 30th. With this album I want people to feel like they're walking away with a part of Jennifer and that they're getting to know me that much more. They only know me as characters that I portray but when the music comes out it gives you a sense of who I am. I feel like overall the album reflects where I'm at now, where I've been and where I'm going.”
You read about “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” three years ago here on the pages of eurweb.com and we predicted it would be a hit. Not only is it one of the most exciting series of children’s books, but it does not bring with it the controversy of the “Harry Potter” storyline—witches and warlocks. Instead, “The Chronicles of Narnia” has religious allegories. Soon, the follow-up, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” will hit theaters. So The Film Strip asked its director and co-screenplay writer Andrew Adamson if he felt more pressure this time around? “A little bit,” admits. “You want to do better than you've done before. You wanna improve as a filmmaker and you hope you're growing with your films. So all of those pressures. It's a very loved series of books so there's the pressures of being faithful to the fans of the book.”
And did he expect the first film to do as well? “No.You always hope it will do well but, no. I didn’t really. It exceeded my expectations.”
Speaking with one it’s stars, Georgie Henley, three years later “The Film Strip” wanted to know if her character conveyed a specific message this time around. “I think my message is complicated,” she beamed, although this is going to sound really corny. My message I think is to believe in yourself and don’t let anybody knock you down.
“When my character Lucy first sees Aslan she knows he’s there. She can feel it in her bones, and because her siblings don’t believe her, she backs down. She follows them, they go the wrong way, and everything starts to fall down even more, even though they meet Caspian. Then she actually sees Aslan and meets him again, and he’s very angry with her. He doesn’t understand why she didn’t go to him. She believed it so why didn’t she just leave the others? Why couldn’t’ her belief be stronger than their knock down comments, if you know what I mean. That is a definite lesson that she learns and it’s a message that she conveys to I think a lot of people. I think a lot of people go through that in their lifetime, definitely.” Kudos to Georgie. By the way, Aslan the lion could be a metaphor for God.
“My message is that of a healthy amount of cynicism,” chuckles Peter Dinklage (Trumpkin) . “A little bit of comedy. I think in this sort of world of wonderment and exploration it's important to have someone who's like, 'I don't want to do that. I want to go eat a sandwich.' For a Narnian, it's weird to be the character that roots it in reality because that's sort of an oxymoron, if you will, but I just sort of loved that disgruntled hero kind of thing, if I can call Trumpkin a hero. Yes. I save Susan, don't I?”
Dinklage’s role replaces that of Mr.Tumnus that was portrayed by James McAvoy (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Atonement”). McAvoy success soared after “Narnia,” Peter. Do you have great expectations after this film is released? “ Sure, yeah, if the opportunity arises,” he responded. “Expectation is a funny thing. I enjoy working as an actor. I think you're lucky if you're working. You just surround yourself with good people and good scripts and hopefully it'll pay off. Apparently I'm doing the next one. I can say that because our producer announced it at ComiCon last week and so I'm looking forward to that.”
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