Out of the Archives

Emma Thompson, two times Golden Globe winner out of ten nominations, spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 1998 about Primary Colors directed by Mike Nichols, where she played a political wife modeled after Hillary Clinton opposite John Travolta as Bill Clinton. The film is about the 1992 Presidential campaign, but the actress also addressed the 1998 impeachment trial that was explored in the 2021 series Impeachment: American Crime Story.

Laura Dern, who starred in Jurassic Park (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg, is back to her role of Doctor Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World Dominion (2022) with Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum also returning. The daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Laura Dern was chosen as Miss Golden Globes 1982 at age 15.

Ed Harris, twice Golden Globe winner and five-time nominee for his acting, spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press several times, in 1996, 1998, 1999 and in 2000, about Pollock, his directorial debut, where he portrayed painter Jackson Pollock.   Marcia Gay Harden played artist Lee Krasner, Pollock’s wife, and Amy Madigan, Harris’ wife, played art collector Peggy Guggenheim.

In Top Gun: Maverick (2022), opening the 75th Cannes Film festival, Val Kilmer reprised the role of Iceman that he had played in Top Gun (1986) with Tom Cruise. Back in 1995, Kilmer took over the role of the Caped crusader in Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher, replacing Michael Keaton who had played the DC Comics superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) directed by Tim Burton.

Alicia Silverstone stars in three new films this year – the terror/adventure The Requin (on Amazon), the comedy Senior Year and soon, the crime drama Reptile. Some time ago, the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press interviewed her twice, in 1997: when she was 20 years old, about playing Batgirl in Batman & Robin directed by Joel Schumacher – with George Clooney as Batman and Chris O’Donnell as Robin –  and when she had produced, through her company, First Kiss Productions, the romantic comedy Excess Baggage in which she acted opposite Benicio del Toro.

Colin Firth, winner of the Best Actor Golden Globe for The King’s Speech (2010) by Tom Hooper, spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2001 and 2004 about playing Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy in the TV miniseries Pride and Prejudice (1995) from the 1831 novel by Jane Austen, and a modern version named Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) with Renée Zellweger from Helen Fielding’s novels.

Lily Tomlin, a seven-time Golden Globe nominee, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture for Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman.   She spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2006 during an exclusive interview for A Prairie Home Companion about working with the maverick director.

Liam Neeson, three- a timeGolden Globe nominee as Best Actor - for Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg, Michael Collins (1995), and.

Jude Law, four times Golden Globe nominee, spoke with the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2001 about playing a Russian sniper at the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II in Enemy at the Gates, written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The British actor reprised his role as a young Aldus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), directed by David Yates.

Jake Gyllenhaal, twice nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor, talked to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2005 about Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee from the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx. The son of screenwriter/director parents Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner, the younger brother of actress/director/screenwriter Maggie Gyllenhaal, Golden Globe winner and five-time nominee, Jake grew up in a show business family engaged in politics, so he was aware of the cultural implications of portraying a cowboy opposite Heath Ledger in this landmark same-sex love story.