Almost positive: X-Men star James Marsden talks about being taken hostage by Scott Speedman in the HIV drama The 24th Day.Early in the provocative new drama The 24th Day, brooding Tom (Felicity's Scott Speedman) meets smooth-talking Dan (X-Men's James Marsden) at a bar and takes him back to his place. After some presodomy small talk, they go in for the kiss ... then pull away? Oh, brother; you think, is this going to be another one of those movies where the straight movie stars playing the gay guys don't kiss? "Believe me, Scott and I would have done it," assets Marsden, 30, known for his work on Ally McBeal For the character, see . Ally McBeal is an award-winning American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia. and in such films as Disturbing Behavior and Sugar and Spice sugar and spice “what little girls are made of.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 108] See : Children . "We both agreed that the worst thing we could do is to not go all the way. But it has to make sense within the story, and it didn't really." This straight guy actually has a point. It doesn't make a ton of sense for Tom to lock lips with Dan, considering that 24 days ago Tom learned he was HIV-positive, and he claims that the only man he has ever been with was Dan, in a drunken encounter five years earlier that Dan barely remembers. Desperate for retribution, Tom attacks Dan, straps him to a chair, and takes a blood sample. If it comes back negative, Dan's free to go. If it's positive, Tom will kill him. "I read it and thought, This is really something I can really dig into Verb 1. dig into - examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill" poke into, probe penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" ," says Marsden of the screenplay by director Tony Piccirillo. "There's no fancy camera moves, no special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , no trickery Trickery See also Cunning, Deceit, Humbuggery. Bunsby, Captain Jack trapped into marriage by landlady. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] Camacho cheated of bride after lavish wedding preparations. [Span. Lit. . It's just a camera pointed at you, and you either do it and people believe it, or you fail. It's the hardest thing I ever worked on, but I welcomed the challenge. I wanted to show people that I'm not just Cyclops from X-Men." In the interest of verisimilitude, the film was shot in sequence--from seduction Seduction See also Flirtatiousness. Selfishness (See CONCEIT, STINGINESS.) Armida modern Circe; sorceress who seduces Rinaldo. [Ital. Lit.: Jerusalem Delivered] Aurelius Dorigen’s nobleminded would-be seducer. to abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. to resolution--on a budget that wouldn't even cover the dry-cleaning bills for X-Men. "I mean, Scott and I would be picked up from our hotel by the boom operator, who was also doing [the catering], in his two-seater hatchback," says Marsden, laughing. "It really felt like guerrilla filmmaking, but I'm very proud of the movie. It's not for everybody. It deals with a lot of complicated issues, but I like movies that make you walk away questioning things." Next up for the married actor is the period romance The Notebook. Then later this year Marsden takes another walk on the gay side with the Merchant-Ivory produced drama Heights. And this time out he actually kisses the guy (Bring It On's Jesse Bradford Jesse Bradford Watrouse (born May 28, 1979), better known as Jesse Bradford, is an American actor. Biography Early life Jesse Bradford was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He is the only child of two commercial actors. ). "Going into the project, all my gay friends were like, 'If it says to kiss in the script, don't let Jesse or yourself or the director say, "It's OK, we don't have to do that." ,lust have the balls to do it,'" Marsden recalls. "I believe if it's right for the scene, you do it. That's what's exciting about being an actor. The perfect career in my mind is a career of choices." Hensley is the author of Screening Party. |
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