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Leslie Nielsen Remembered By David Zucker

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Leslie Nielsen Remembered By David Zucker

‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ producer/writer/director pays tribute to the actor, who died Sunday. By Gil Kaufman Leslie Nielsen Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Relationships of Hollywood movie sets tend to be shallow, short-lived and mostly a put-on. But when producer/writer/director David Zucker, his brother, Jerry, and their partner Jim Abrahams cast Leslie Nielsen in their 1979 disaster spoof “Airplane!,” they had no idea that they would not only provide a second life to a hard-working actor’s career, but gain a true friend in the process. (For photos of the late actor throughout his career, click here.) David Zucker penned a loving tribute to Nielsen — who died on Sunday at age 84 due to complications from pneumonia — for the Hollywood Reporter on Monday, paying homage to a man he said he was barely aware of when he cast him in the classic comedy, but who came to be one of his favorite people. “It was summer 1979, a full three weeks before the start of shooting for ‘Airplane!’ and our casting director had finally had enough. Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Peter Graves and now Leslie … who?” Zucker said of the career actors who’d been tapped to lampoon their on-screen personas for the film. “At least audiences had heard of the first three, but this guy — it was true, when it came time to select an actor to play Dr. Rumack, my brother Jerry, Jim Abrahams and I remembered: ‘This one guy, he’s been in hundreds of television shows, and I think he played the captain of the Poseidon. What’s his name?’ Our research revealed that the actor’s name was Leslie Nielsen. Jim, Jerry and I were thrilled when he agreed to meet, not because he was ‘funny’ but because of his long r

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Grave of the Fireflies: A Japanese Anime Masterpiece

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Grave of the Fireflies: A Japanese Anime Masterpiece

“Grave of the Fireflies” is a Japanese anime masterpiece, an animated drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, with animation production work provided by Studio Ghibli. “Grave of the Fireflies” tells the story of two children from Japan’s port city of Kobe, who have been made homeless by the WWII American firebombing of the city. The film is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nosaka Akiyuki, who was a boy at the time of the firebombs, whose sister did die of hunger and whose life has been shadowed by guilt. Roger Ebert considers “Grave of the Fireflies” to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made and has described the film as “an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation….“Grave of the Fireflies” is a powerful dramatic film that happens to be animated, and I know what the critic Ernest Rister means when he compares it to “Schindler’s List” and says, “It is the most profoundly human animated film I’ve ever seen.” The film tells a simple story of survival. The boy and his sister must find a place to stay and food to eat. But in wartime their relatives are neither kind nor generous, and and the boy soon is left to fend for both himself and his young sister. He has some money and can buy food, but soon there is no food to buy. His sister grows weaker and weaker. Their story is told not as melodrama, but rather in the simple and direct manner of the neo-realist tradition. And there is time for silence in it. One of the film’s greatest gifts is its patience; shots are held so that we can think about them; characters are glimpsed in their private moments; atmosphere and nature are given time to establish themselves. This piece includes a number of high-resolution colorful illustrations, as well as an HD full-version of the acclaimed animated film. http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/grave-of-the-fireflies-a-japanese-an… added by: disembedded

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‘Harry Potter’ Composer Takes Us Inside ‘Deathly Hallows’ Score

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Harry Potter’ Composer Takes Us Inside ‘Deathly Hallows’ Score

‘That’s quite a challenge to know that every single note that you write will be heard,’ Alexandre Desplat tells MTV News of global ‘Potter’ audience. By Kara Warner Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Photo: Warner Bros. With “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” continuing to rake in major box-office cash , the fan appetite for all things Potter has yet to be satisfied. Here at MTV News, we’re doing our part to serve the public’s Potter thirst by getting fans as close to the action as possible. First with juicy interviews and fun videos , and now with a few behind-the-scenes features that highlight the nuts and bolts of Potter filmmaking . In this latest installment, we turn our attention toward what is heard, not seen: the film’s score, created by celebrated and highly sought-after composer Alexandre Desplat. When MTV News caught up with the very busy man (in the past five years, he has composed scores for at least four films per year, including “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” to name a few), we talked about incorporating John Williams’ very distinct theme into his own work and how the fantastical elements in the world of Potter allowed the introduction of new, unique instruments. MTV : With so many projects on your plate, when do you sleep? Alexandre Desplat : Well, because I was expecting your phone call, I was on the edge of actually taking a five-minute nap, because it’s been a long day and I don’t sleep much, honestly. It’s a crazy life because I’ve always dreamed of being a film composer. I’ve never dreamed of being a concert composer or an opera composer; I wanted to work for movies, and now I have all these incredible projects coming towards me. … And all these films, of course, they collide because they’re late or they’re early, and so I have no life. I just work 18 hours a day, every day. And I don’t go on holidays. And so, I guess I will die young. [ Laughs. ] MTV : In jumping on a “Harry Potter” film, which has had several different composers over the course of seven films, how do you go about incorporating John Williams’ very distinct theme, while still making it your own? Desplat : My education as a film composer you can’t not — if you like the orchestra like I do, if you are a symphonist like I am — you can’t not listen to John Williams’ work. So I knew, of course, his work on the “Harry Potter” films, on the early films that he did, and when it came to the theme, which is the old theme, it became just a conversation to have with the director where and how we could use it. And actually, there was not so many opportunities, just because this movie is different from the previous ones. It’s not in Hogwarts anymore. It’s not in the school, and they’re now young adults. And the only moments where we could use it was when we wanted to refer to their childhood and to this loss of innocence, which is actually the main theme of this film. These three young adults are losing childhood, and they’re moving forward to dangers and adulthood. So we’ve just very carefully used it here and there; not much, sadly. And actually, when I was thinking about the score and anticipating what I had to do, I was playing with this theme, because I really love it and I was happy to be able to arrange it differently. MTV : In taking on a film like “Harry Potter” and its fantasy elements, does that enable you to bring in new musical sounds or sounds that you might not use normally? Do you have a favorite kind of unique instrument that you were able to bring in that you might not normally bring into a film score? Desplat : Yes, there are two things that we tried to bring. It is a way of using a lot of strings, sometimes doubling the string orchestra, on top of the first one, with different lines or adding more weight to some lines. Some pieces are really literally handwritten by string players, on top, all together. Of course we use the brass and the percussion and all that. It doesn’t make the sound louder, but deeper and more string-oriented. The other thing is a few elements here and there. I played some jazzy flute in a piece I wrote, and one of the percussion players, he plays this new instrument that was invented a few years ago, which is kind of in-between a steel drum and a — what could I compare it to? — and a gamelan that you play with your hands or with mallets. You can hear it in the “Lovegood” piece and it’s also blending instruments, which I like to do, that you hear there in the score. MTV : How many musicians did you work with on this undertaking? Desplat : The London Symphony, which was at the peak of 105, I think. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. MTV : How was this experience different from the films you’ve done in the past? Desplat : It was different because it was “Harry Potter,” and “Harry Potter” is a global experience. It’s not just a movie that your friends will see or just the French people will see or just the Brits will see. No, it’s a global thing, and that’s quite a challenge to know that every single note that you write will be heard. Even though I always try to make sure that my first listeners, who are actually the players and musicians who are going to perform, I want them to be challenged. I want them to respect what I write, so it’s for them that I write before anything. Actors, of course, have been tailored to musically, and with the director. It’s with them that I want to have this exchange, this musical bonding. So it’s a big challenge to achieve, and again, it’s number seven of the franchise, so it was a big thing for me. Check out everything we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos Cast A Spell Why Don’t You: The ‘Harry Potter’ Soundtrack Playlist

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How Did 30 Seconds To Mars Pull Off Ambitious ‘Hurricane’ Video?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on How Did 30 Seconds To Mars Pull Off Ambitious ‘Hurricane’ Video?

Jared Leto labored day and night to finish eventual 13-minute-plus short film. By James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto in “Hurricane” Photo: EMI In early November, following his band’s performance of “Hurricane” with Kanye West at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards and months of adjective-filled hyperbole about the single’s accompanying video, Jared Leto finally unveiled 30 Seconds to Mars’ “Hurricane” clip on Monday (November 29). OK, “short film.” The singer decided to provide the sneak peek during an impromptu (though well-catered) screening for a handful of folks — including MTV News — in his bedroom at the ME Hotel in Madrid. It was very late at night (or very early in the morning, depending on how you choose to look at these sort of things), and Leto was extremely clear about the fact that this was still “a very rough cut” of the video, playing the thing on a MacBook Pro and pausing every few frames to explain where a CG effect would be inserted or how the sound design would be shaped. But despite those facts (or, maybe, because of them), everyone left that bedroom thinking the exact same thing: “How the heck is Jared going to pull this off?” You couldn’t blame them, because just weeks later, the final, 13-minute version debuted on MTV.com, and it did, indeed, contain a number of impressive CGI effects of the type you might see in a Hollywood superhero summer movie, not to mention enough NC-17-rated material to make “Eyes Wide Shut” look like “Love & Other Drugs” by comparison. At the time, not only was “Hurricane” clocking in at around 20 minutes , it was sort of insane, too: a nightmarish rumination on sex and violence and secret fetishes that not only featured plenty of fight scenes (and nudity), but didn’t shy away from politically loaded imagery. Among the ones that made the cut was one in which a rabbi, priest and imam are seen tossing their holy prayer books onto a blazing pyre in a dank alley and another in which Leto battled a leather-masked foe in a courtyard littered with American-flag-draped coffins. (Spoiler alert, someone you know ends up in one of those coffins.) Part snuff film, part BBC World report, it was, in short, filled with the kind of stuff that makes censors cringe, in an era where that’s increasingly difficult to do. Following some cuts, the finished product contains a number of scenes seemingly too-hot-to-handle, which are dispatched with a big black “censored” bar. Though given the copious nudity, S&M play, barely there fetish gear and one quick-cut image of a woman spitting into another’s mouth, you kind of have to wonder what was so deviant that it couldn’t make the cut among all these dark fantasies? Add in the fact that Leto was attempting to weave three separate narratives — the members of 30STM each battling their personal demons and unlocking secret fantasies — in between all that sex and blood and book-burning, and you have the makings of a major undertaking. Considering that, according to his label, the video was due to premiere at the end of the month, Leto was then cutting the thing full-time, in the midst of a world tour, with the help of a team of editors that traveled with him everywhere he went. It seemed that, in just about every conceivable manner, “Hurricane” was a monster, an ode to not only Leto’s ego, but his unyielding ambition and utterly unmatched enthusiasm, which, in theory, made it not unlike everything he’s ever attempted with 30 Seconds to Mars. But everyone who saw it that night in Madrid knew differently. “Hurricane” may very well have been Leto going too far, pushing too hard. It seemed practically destined to remain forever unfinished. But, like the song’s guest rapper West, Leto is a hard man to deter, and he clearly got his way, delivering a 13-minute mind-bender that involves secret keys that unlock dark fears, treachery, seduction, submission, an unexplained cockroach cameo, a silver sexual aid on a platter and enough creepy masks to make Slipknot shudder. Somehow, by Monday, Leto had wrangled all those dark thoughts and visions into one dizzying whole and brought “Hurricane” home for its premiere. It would have been hard to find many people in the room that night who would have put money on “Hurricane” coming ashore in such record time. Well, except Leto. He knew. What did you think of the “Hurricane” video? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Artists 30 Seconds To Mars

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30 Seconds To Mars Unveil Epic ‘Hurricane’ Video

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 30 Seconds To Mars Unveil Epic ‘Hurricane’ Video

Clip mixes fetish looks with cinema-worthy stunts, but no Kanye West cameo. By Gil Kaufman 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto in “Hurricane” Photo: EMI Jared Leto never goes halfway. That’s why the epic video for 30 Seconds to Mars’ new single “Hurricane” sometimes feels like a summer blockbuster squished down into a 16-minute box. Part “Eyes Wide Shut” fetish flick, part action movie and all a bit confusing, the video that director Bartholomew Cubbins (a.k.a. Leto) has been promising will be “very sexual,” violent and a “surrealistic nightmare dream-fantasy” is all those things and more. Plus a lot of things we can’t even really get into here. Premiering on MTV.com on Monday (November 29), the mini-movie is broken into chapters, beginning with movie-style titles announcing “Hurricane,” then the subtitles “this is not reality” and “this is a dream.” As Chapter 1, “Birth,” unfolds, ominous lighting flashes over New York City at night as drummer Shannon Leto speeds through its streets on a motorcycle. A shirtless Jared Leto is awakened in his apartment by a knock on the door only to find nobody there and a stack of Polaroid surveillance photos of him lying in bed (shirtless, of course). A creepy gimp wearing a black suit and leather mask and toting a sledgehammer bursts into the room, sending Leto flying out of a 40-story window to the street below. The gimp is right behind him and danger lurks all around as guitarist Tomo Milicevic encounters a woman in black leather bunny fetish gear being led around a subway station by another leather-masked baddie. Milicevic dispatches the dude with a gut punch and makes out with the fetish queen, yanking a key on a red rope out of his mouth after their hookup. Chapter 2, “Life,” begins with Shannon crashing his bike to avoid running over a woman lying prone in the street, even as his brother dresses up a lingerie-wearing beauty in a leather eye-mask and horse’s bit. The beautiful stranger stabs Shannon in the gut unexpectedly, yet he’s fine enough to toss the key in slow motion into the street. And then, believe it or not, that’s when things get really weird. A rabbi, a priest and an imam show up and toss their respective holy books into a bonfire in an alley (also in slow motion, natch), and Leto jogs by a building where he finds the key hanging out of a door. Cue quick-cut scenes of a silver knife, a cockroach, a woman spitting into another woman’s mouth, a buxom beauty in a steampunk gas mask, some back licking, booty smacking and handcuff play, not to mention yet another black-barred image with the words “Censored Sisyphus Corporation” over them, and you have the perfect setup for Leto walking through rows of caskets draped in the American flag as the sledgehammer dude clocks him in the face. Leto falls into his own coffin and is nailed in it before the camera cuts to a pair of topless women in fishnet stockings guarding a door and striking provocative poses as an unseen hand takes the lid off a plate containing, yes, a silver vibrator. Ominous music begins to play while a procession of death-mask-wearing marchers bearing torches make their way through Central Park, where Shannon meets up with his assailant, kisses her and is promptly shackled to a park bench. Dude, how could you fall for that again? Surrounded by guys in creepy bunny and bird masks, he uses the key to unshackle himself and beat them up, while brother Jared is freaking out inside the casket and uses his red key to set himself free. He drops down into the street amid a stream of other unmentionable fetish clips while Tomo uses his red key to unlock a book with a secret message in it that we never get to see. Which brings us to Chapter 3, “Death,” opening with children scrawling in an alley with sidewalk chalk and Jared realizing his torso is covered with cryptic tattoos. He doesn’t seem to mind, as he’s busy hooking up with a beauty in lingerie. Censored scene, more fetish play, Shannon making out with his girl again, Jared taking the masked gimp to the cleaners in a slo-mo fistfight, a strobe-light recap of the whole thing, and somehow 16 minutes have passed by in a daze. When he teased the clip at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid earlier this month, Leto said the point was to weave three separate narratives together — the members of 30STM each battling their personal demons and unlocking secret fantasies — in between all that sex and blood and book-burning. But, alas, given how busy 30STM and Kanye West both are at the moment, the Yeezy cameo didn’t come together for this cut of the film. Maybe next time. What do you think of the “Hurricane” video? Share your reviews in the comments!

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Nicki Minaj, Russell Brand, Others Remember Leslie Nielsen

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Nicki Minaj, Russell Brand, Others Remember Leslie Nielsen

Ryan Seacrest, Tony Hawk and Slash also take to Twitter to remember the late ‘Naked Gun’ star. By James Dinh Leslie Nielsen Photo: Lisa Lake/ WireImage News of Leslie Nielsen’s death has sparked sadness and sorrow throughout Hollywood as stars have come forward to pay their final respects. The longtime comedian and actor passed away on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 84 after being treated for pneumonia. (For photos of the late funnyman throughout his career, click here.) Nicki Minaj may be known to most as a rapper, but the Young Money star has always had a knack for the craft of acting, so it wasn’t a surprise that she expressed sympathy for the Canadian-born actor’s death, tweeting , “R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen ~ one of the funniest and amazing actors of all time.” Fellow comedian Russell Brand remembered the late funnyman with a pun using the actor’s iconic line from his 1980 disaster spoof “Airplane!” tweeting , “RIP. Leslie Nielsen. Shirley, he will be missed.” Swapping out jokes for affection, “The L Word” actress Marlee Matlin wrote , “A lovely man and acquaintance passed away today – Leslie Nielsen. What a lovely, funny, talented man. He will be missed. RIP.” “Sad to hear about Leslie Nielsen passing,” “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest said on his Twitter account. “To this day ‘Airplane’ is still one of my favorite comedies ever.” Skateboard superstar Tony Hawk was grateful for the humor provided onscreen by the actor, saying, “Goodbye, Leslie Nielsen. Thank you for all the laughter. Please pay him proper respect and don’t call him Shirley.” Film critic Roger Ebert kept it simple, writing, “Leslie Nielsen, RIP,” and posting four film clips, including his screen test for “Ben Hur.” And guitarist Slash confessed that “The Naked Gun” star would be dearly missed, tweeting , “RIP Leslie Nielson, one of my all time favorite comedians. U my friend, will be missed big time. Wow, what a loss. Iii|: (,” adding, “& don’t call me Shirley.” What are your favorite Leslie Nielsen roles? Tell us in the comments below. Related Photos Leslie Nielsen: A Life In Photos Related Artists Nicki Minaj

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Enter the Void: The Dark World of Sex, Money and Power

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Enter the Void: The Dark World of Sex, Money and Power

“Enter the Void” is an award-winning film by French filmmaker Gaspar No

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‘Deathly Hallows’ Designer Reveals Scene Secrets

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Deathly Hallows’ Designer Reveals Scene Secrets

‘Harry Potter’ production designer Stuart Craig talks to MTV News about helping Harry retrieve Sword of Gryffindor from a frozen lake. By Kara Warner Daniel Radcliffe in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” Photo: Warner Bros. In the weeks leading up to the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1,” fans were in a frenzy, trying to figure out just how much of the book would make the first film, which scenes would delight and disappoint, and what characters might not return ever again. And trying to get the tight-lipped folks in the Potter camp to discuss those key points was a bit of a struggle. However, now that the film has opened, MTV News has enlisted the expertise of longtime Potter production designer Stuart Craig for a few behind-the-scenes tidbits. Much has been said of the production moving away from Hogwarts and out on multiple locations, which Craig described as a “movie on the run.” “We made a very different kind of film, which was shot a great deal on location. We traveled quite far, we built sets, and they spend a lot of time in a forest,” he explained. “We built forest sets and integrated them into the real forests, so there were challenges there, as you might imagine.” Another one of the production’s major challenges — and accomplishments — was shooting the sequence in which Harry retrieves the Sword of Gryffindor at the bottom of a frozen lake. “There was a really demanding, complicated special-effects requirement there to do the ice,” Craig said. “I think that all works remarkably quite well, actually. Harry breaking the ice, diving in and then subsequently strangled by the Horcrux around his neck and is struggling and can’t get up quickly because of the ice above him. It’s good stuff.” Which begs the question: How did Craig and his team pull off that scene, and what do they use to make the ice look so real? “As always, well, as nearly always, there’s more than one solution. The camera on top, looking from the outside down on it. It’s big, thick sheets of Plexiglass with frosty texture on top of that,” he revealed. “When we’re underneath, it’s actually an area of wax which floats on top of the water. And wax makes very effective ice. They’re tried and tested movie techniques; there are a lot. You could write a book one day, a guidebook, to the very movie techniques — frost on window panes with some Epsom salts and brown nails.” One of the great pleasures in chatting with Craig, whose credits outside the world of Harry Potter include “Ghandi,” “The English Patient” and “Notting Hill,” is the fact that he has such an informed perspective on the inner-workings of the industry; specifically, how advanced film-making technology is now. “The great thing about movies these days is that you can fix everything,” he said. “I have to give a talk at a film festival early next month, and I’ve just been looking at films that I’ve done in the past. In particular, ‘Ghandi,’ years ago in India. The thing then was: If sometimes there was a compromise, it was filmed and it was there, locked. Forever. You look at the movie 20 years later, and there it would be. “These days, with visual effects able to do so much, you can do face replacement, you can put Dan Radcliffe’s head on somebody else’s body. There’s nothing they can’t do, it seems. I mean, at a cost, it’s not cheap, so terrible things seem to get fixed, which is very reassuring,” he added, chuckling. What was your favorite scene in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1”? Tell us in the comments below! Related Photos ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1’

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Here’s a Roundup of The Nutcracker in 3-D Reviews That Mention the Holocaust

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Expectations for The Nutcracker in 3-D weren’t terribly high to begin with. The film had been shelved for two years, given a reportedly awful 3-D conversion and it’s opening against Disney’s much-hyped Tangled . But according to the first reviews, it’s much worse than all of that. Yes, we’re talking about a misguided Holocaust allegory that apparently makes the prison camp in Toy Story 3 look like Neverland. Let’s take a look at some of the most scathing, Nazi-themed reactions to the film, which is currently ranking at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Andrew Garfield Is The Actor We’re Most Thankful For In 2010

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Andrew Garfield Is The Actor We’re Most Thankful For In 2010

His Oscar-worthy turn in ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Spider-Man’ casting and overall humility have endeared the young actor to MTV News. By Eric Ditzian Andrew Garfield Photo: Jason LaVeris/ FilmMagic He plastered an all-too-human face on the backstabby founding of Facebook in “The Social Network” and just might win an Oscar for his troubles. He healed our broken geeky hearts when he assumed the role of Peter Parker after the “Spider-Man” franchise collapsed unexpectedly in January. And let’s not forget his powerful performance as a cloned human desperate to prove he has in a soul in the underrated adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning novel “Never Let Me Go.” For all of these reasons — as well as for being such a damn nice fellow — Andrew Garfield is the man MTV News is most thankful for in 2010. Just don’t tell that to him. Humble as ever despite talk of awards-season love and the prospect of taking on one of pop culture’s most beloved superheroes, Garfield has trouble accepting the fact that he’s deserving of all the hype. A conversation with him veers through talk of insecurities, I-better-not-screw-this-up fears and the self-consciously naive hope that his life isn’t about to change forever. He is, in other words, an utterly charming guy, and we can’t wait to see what he brings to the screen in 2011. MTV : So every year, we look back at the film folks we’re truly thankful for, and this year, you’re the man we’re most thankful for. Congrats! Andrew Garfield : Wow, that’s stupid. That’s very, very silly. I guess if I make you feel better about yourselves, that makes sense. MTV : We’re very insecure. Garfield : No, I’m very insecure! I’m incredibly insecure. That’s crazy, but it’s very flattering. MTV : Do you have a speech prepared for the occasion? Garfield : Yes, I would like to, first and foremost, thank you for inflating my ego. I really only want to thank you. MTV : It’s been quite a year for you, with “Never Let Me Go” and then “Social Network” and then you obviously landed “Spider-Man.” Does 2010 feel like a landmark year for you? Garfield : I feel incredibly lucky that I’ve had the good fortune to work with people and on projects I care about. From “Never Let Me Go” to “I’m Here,” a short film I did with Spike Jonze, to the David Fincher thing, “The Social Network,” with all the casts and crews — I don’t take that lightly. It’s inspiring, and you feed off it. In that way, I’m incredibly happy. And moving on to the next job I’m going to be shooting, being given that responsibility, I see it as a real gift. It’s a character — I’m talking about the Spider-person — I’ve known for my whole life. He’s been a presence in my upbringing and a very symbolic figure and force of manhood and bravery and a moral compass. All of those things that have shaped me as a person, he’s been very much involved in. MTV : It seems like maybe you were fairly well known in the U.K., but until recently, not many people in the U.S. knew who you were. How has your day-to-day life changed, if at all? Garfield : It hasn’t changed yet. I say “yet” as if that will happen. Maybe naively, I think my life is going to stay the same in terms of anonymity. I feel it’s so important to have a normal life, to be able to walk down a city street and have a normal human experience in order to reflect that in the work. Otherwise, you can’t relate. It’s so funny how actors are perceived. It’s craziness. Even the way I got when I met Doc Brown the other day. What’s his name? MTV : Christopher Lloyd from “Back to the Future”? Garfield : Yeah, I met Christopher Lloyd. I lost my mind. I turned into a schoolgirl. I started screaming in his face. I went insane. But I guess because his performances had such a profound effect on me, it was like meeting a hero. I personally haven’t been on the receiving end of that, thankfully. MTV : Well, people aren’t probably walking around shouting at you, “Hey, Eduardo,” your character from “Social Network,” but you’ll probably be getting a lot of, “Hey, Peter Parker!” Garfield : Unless they let me play Peter Parker with a disguise so no one sees my face. I’ll play him with a beard and mustache. MTV : Maybe a little “Benjamin Button”-style CGI facial work … Garfield : Yeah, they could face-replace me, and then it’ll just be my body. People will recognize some other, better actor’s face. MTV : You should bring that up with Sony. Garfield : You think they’ll like it? MTV : Totally. … I mean, not a chance. Anyway, has there been a surreal moment from 2010 that kind of encapsulates what a crazy year it’s been for you? Garfield : I did have a strange moment when I was told I was going to play this role. I was like, “Oh, wow, this is something I’ve wanted to do ever since I was a kid.” There was a moment of total boyish excitement. It was this cosmic convergence where I was in the past, present and future all at once. In the future, I was thinking about my nephews that are going to have an uncle who’s Spider-Man, but then I thought that could be bad because kids can bully you for any reason, and it’s like, “Where’s your uncle now when I’m beating the sh– out of you?” I’ll have to go to their school a lot, but by that time I’ll be really old and fat and no one will believe I was Spider-Man. Then I was thinking about the past and when I was first shown a “Spider-Man” comic. It inspired me because I was one of those people who felt stronger on the inside than they looked on the outside. And then in the present moment, I was thinking this moment is something I’ll never forget. Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock, expressing gratitude and, most importantly, overeating. We at MTV News have been gorging all year at movie theaters, so it’s about time we looked back and gave thanks to our favorite actors and filmmakers of 2010. Enjoy exclusive interviews with our winners all week long. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Social Network” and “Spider-Man.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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