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'I worried about the actresses and the stunt girls,' actor says of intense confrontation.
By Kara Warner
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Fans familiar with actor Ryan Phillippe's body of work might be surprised with his performance in his new film "The Lincoln Lawyer." In the movie, Phillippe plays Louis Roulet, a young man who is introduced to the audience as someone wrongly convicted of murder. We later learn that Phillippe's character, who at first appears to be tortured and innocent, is not all he seems to be.
Without getting too far into spoiler territory (although there are a few very minor spoilers to follow), when MTV News sat down with Phillippe during the film's press day recently, we asked him what it took to get into the head of a suspected murderer — particularly an intense scene that required Phillippe to become violent with a woman.
"Well, if there was an uncomfortable point shooting the film or something that was a challenge, it was that [scene] for me," he said. "Because I'm very sensitive. I have three sisters, I have a daughter, and so the idea of roughing up a woman is completely disgusting to me," he revealed. "I worried about the actresses and the stunt girls."
Phillippe went on to say that he felt like a monster shooting that particular scene, but that it became a powerful aspect of the film, as was intended in the script.
"It's part of the story and you have to get yourself there and be that guy," he said.
Naturally, that type of person is not someone Phillippe identifies with, but he said he enjoyed the opportunity to tackle a role that was so far removed from himself.
"It keeps me engaged and I love exploring the mind-set of someone that's completely different," he said. "I grew up lower-middle-class, so my parents struggled to pay the bills. So I'm not this guy from privilege and from access and wealth," he explained. "But I do like trying to figure out who that is."
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Judge rules that camera will be allowed in the courtroom for manslaughter case.
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For what promises to be one of the most bizarre and riveting legal proceedings in years, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Monday that a television camera will be allowed in the courtroom when Michael Jackson's doctor goes on trial for involuntary manslaughter.
Reuters reported that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, approved the presence of a camera in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray as long as it does not interfere with the proceedings in the closely watched case.
The judge asked for the "absolute least-intrusive placement" of a TV camera in the courtroom, but blocked cameras from documenting jury selection.
Pastor also announced that he would bump up the opening date of the trail by four days to March 24, at which point jury selection will begin. Murray, who faces up to four years in prison if convicted, has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the trial is expected to last around six weeks.
Cardiologist Murray was hired to be Jackson's personal physician in the run-up to the King of Pop's planned 50-date comeback series of shows at London's O2 arena in the summer of 2009. The doctor told police that he provided Jackson, 50, with sedatives and the surgical anesthetic propofol in order to combat the singer's chronic insomnia. He said he did so on the morning of June 25, 2009, when Jackson died of what a coroner deemed acute propofol poisoning.
TMZ reported on Tuesday (February 8) that Murray's lawyers plan to argue that Jackson was already in weak health before he died and that it's unfair to blame propofol for his passing. Unnamed sources close to the case told the gossip site that at the time of his death, Jackson's body was already failing him in part because concert promoter AEG Live had "driven [him] over the edge" with a rigorous rehearsal schedule for the shows.
Murray's lawyers reportedly plan to call witnesses to say that Jackson was not showing up for rehearsals and when he did he showed "clear signs" of frail health. They also reportedly plan to argue that it was Jackson who administered the final, fatal dose of propofol to himself while Murray was out of the room.
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British actor played butler Alfred in the 1989-1997 adaptations.
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Gotham City has lost one of its own today. Legions of "Batman" fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough, who played the Caped Crusader's iconic right-hand man/butler Alfred Pennyworth in several of the comic's movie adaptations.
On Thursday (March 17), Gough, who appeared alongside Michael Keaton in the 1989 original "Batman," passed away at the age of 94. The cause of his death has not yet been reported.
In addition to playing Alfred (a role that was later taken over by Michael Caine) in 1992's "Batman Returns," 1995's "Batman Forever" and 1997's "Batman & Robin," the BAFTA Award-winning actor also appeared as both the Celestial Toymaker and Councillor Hedin in the original "Doctor Who" television series. He won a Tony Award in 1979 for the Broadway play "Bedroom Farce."
Gough was born in 1916 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and began his acting career in 1946. He starred in a number of TV-movies and series, including 1967's "Pride and Prejudice," in which he played Mr. Bennet. His long list of impressive film credits includes 1962's "The Phantom of the Opera," Sydney Pollack's Oscar-winner "Out of Africa" and Martin Scorcese's "The Age of Innocence."
Gough had maintained a good working relationship with director Tim Burton since their time together on "Batman." He also appeared in the director's "Sleepy Hollow," "Corpse Bride" and, in what would be his last major project, as the voice of Dodo Bird in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland."
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