Michael Sheen at Comic Con

Michael Sheen along with his Tron: Legacy co-stars, attended a Q&A at San Diego Comic-Con on July 22. 

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Tron Legacy and Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen spoke to MTV about his role in the much-anticipated Tron sequel Tron Legacy.

“I’ve only seen what everyone else has seen so far,” he said. “Everything I’ve said so far, in terms of giving away facts about the character and facts about the story, I’ve said everything that I’m allowed to say. So I can’t reveal anything more. They keep you on a very tight leash with stuff like this.” Fair enough. But what he can discuss is his excitement about being part of the movie, which runs pretty high.

“I’m a fan first and foremost,” he said. “That’s a big part of why I wanted to do it, because I was such a fan of the first film. I was like 11 when it came out and it just blew me away. I never thought– if someone could go up to that 11-year-old boy in the cinema, when my uncle Russell took me to see the film, and said ‘You’re going to be in the sequel to this.’ …It would just be incredible.”

Hearing Sheen go on about “Tron” from there is very endearing. He really does revert to that 11-year-old boy when talking about it and what a thrill for him it is to be involved. “I still felt like that a little bit when I walked onto the set on the first day, I still felt like that little 11-year-old boy going ‘Oh my god, I’m gonna get to be in this film!’ And the sets and there was new technology invented for the costumes and for the filming techniques… it was just amazing to be a part of it,” he gushed.

“And on top of all that to work with Jeff Bridges as well, who is one of my favorite actors of all time. So I’m just really excited about it… and to get crazy white hair, which I’ve always wanted.”

Michael Sheen at the Met Gala

Michael Sheen was also in attendance at the Met Costume Gala last week.

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Michael Sheen Plays Soccer With the LA Galaxy

The LA Galaxy put on a celebrity game last night featuring various British men.  The event was called “Brit Night” and took place at Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Rob and Michael Sheen Named in ‘100 British Celebrities Who Really Matter’

Piers Morgan at The Daily Mail has created a list of the “100 British Celebrities Who Really Matter.”

6 ROBERT PATTINSON

This is quite a simple one. Pattinson’s the handsome young star of the Twilight films, beloved of teenage girls and other moody types. That fact makes him a nailed-down cert to be the most sought-after British movie star of 2010.

And that, in turn, makes him ‘matter’. The only problem for Pattinson is that, as my grandmother always likes to say, ‘One day you’re the cock of the walk, the next you’re a feather duster.’ And nowhere is that more true than in good old Tinseltown. So I wish him well, but urge him to watch his back.

And not just because of the millions of girls all over the world who’d like to attach themselves to his shapely shoulders as a matter of urgency.

Age 23 Born London

Education Tower House (private); Harrodian School (private) Homes London; Vancouver

79 MICHAEL SHEEN

He should be a lot higher on this list, frankly, because Sheen is probably our most successfully versatile thespian at the moment. But he’s not that ’sexy’, so he doesn’t command the kind of tabloid attention that propels actors from stars to superstars – something that I suspect he’s quite happy about. He’s got one of those Rory Bremner-like faces that can adapt to almost any character, from Tony Blair to David Frost. And he’s a fine, fine actor. So he matters, but not nearly as much as he would if he got caught on a sex tape with Paris Hilton. A tragic, but accurate, state of affairs.

Age 40 Born Newport, Wales

Education Glan Afan; Rada Homes London; LA

See the full list at the Daily Mail.

Michael Sheen Will Return For Breaking Dawn

With The Twilight Saga:Eclipse in post production and soon ready for theaters, now comes not only the pressing questions of when and if The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn will be made but who will return?

Apparently, despite the fact that his resume spans two decades, his daughter Lily has only just become a fan of his work. Prior to New Moon, Sheen had done Frost/Nixon, The Queen, The Damned United, the Underworld series, and more, but Lily didn’t quite fit the demographic of viewership for those projects.

“Having spent years and years doing films in which she had no interest in whatsoever, either because she couldn’t watch them because they’re too scary, or she didn’t want to watch them because they’re too boring,” Sheen says, “now to be able to do films that are slam-bang in the middle of what she’s interested in, it’s fantastic for me as a dad.”

It seems that this growing tradition will continue, too, if Sheen reprises his role in Breaking Dawn. As you know, only a portion of the “Volturi” is present in Eclipse, and “Aro” is not one of those who journey to Forks, Washington in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Some worried that with the absence of certain characters in Eclipse some of the actors might move on and not return for Breaking Dawn. Of course, the same was true for Sarah Clarke (“Renee”) from Twilight who was not present in New Moon but did indeed come back for Eclipse.

The Toronto Sun, however, might have just dispelled any concern that Sheen has found better and brighter by reporting the following: “Although his character is absent from this June’s next Twilight movie, Eclipse — “I can sit back and watch all the others have to go through that again,” he says, smiling — he will likely return in the fourth, Breaking Dawn.”

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Michael Sheen on Craig Ferguson

Here are the videos of Michael Sheen’s appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson March 3.

Michael Sheen on 30 Rock

Michael Sheen will be guest-starring on NBC comedy 30 Rock  in the March 11th and 18th episodes of the show.

Michael Sheen at Alice in Wonderland Premier

 

Michael Sheen attended the world premiere of Alice in Wonderland February 25 in London.

Michael Sheen at Alice in Wonderland Fan Event

 Michael Sheen, along with co-stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover, attended the Alice in Wonderland Great Big Fan Event in Hollywood on February 19. Michael is the voice of the White Rabbit.

Happy Birthday Michael Sheen!

We here at Twilight Review would like to wish you a Happy 41st Birthday!!!

Michael Sheen and Ashley Greene in Interview Magazine

Michael Sheen interviews Ashley Greene for Interview Magazine’s feature on the actress in the upcoming issue. There are also some spicy new pics.

Michael Sheen interviews Ashley Greene for Interview Magazine’s feature on the actress in an upcoming issue. Check it out!

SHEEN: How did Twilight come about? Do you remember how it all went down?

GREENE: It was just another audition. My managers were like, “You’re going into a great casting office. They cast great projects. They’re sticklers. If you suck, they won’t call you back in.” So I was like, Okay, I’ll pay extra attention. Then I figured out there wasn’t a script or a breakdown, but there was a book. So I got the series and fell in love with it. Then that determination kicked in and I was like, Okay, I’m going to book this part is what’s going to happen. I worked my butt off for it.

SHEEN: Now there’s so much more to this whole Twilight thing than just the films, isn’t there? There’s everything that goes with it—it’s a huge sort of phenomenon. What’s it like being right at the epicenter of that whole thing?

GREENE: [sighs] It’s a really hard thing to wrap your head around. I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in Twilight, put in my two weeks’ notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out. I did fourindependent films during the break between Twilight [2008] and New Moon. I haven’t even really had time to sit back and process it all. But when you do finallysit back and think about it, it’s incredible.

Read more here.

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Reelz Channel – Volturi Interviews

The Volturi – Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning, Cameron Bright & Jamie Campbell Bower talk to Reelz Channel.

Michael Sheen on The Bonnie Hunt Show

Michael Sheen (aka Aro) appeared on the Bonnie Hunt show Monday. Check out the video of his appearance!

EW Interview With Michael Sheen (Aro)

EW.com’s Pop Watch has a quick interview with Michael Sheen

You have great command of the scene with the Volturi and you can tell that those other actors had great respect for you.

It helps coming into something where they all know each other and have already done one movie together. They’ve also been involved in the whole phenomenon together so I think they’ve bonded a lot. So when you’re coming in to do a big scene like the one we did in the film, it helps if the character you are playing is higher status than the other ones. At least it gives you a bit more confidence. So that certainly helped.

What do you think audiences are responding to with Twilight?

I think it’s a whole combination of things coming together. Especially for adolescent girls and also for older audiences, Stephenie [Meyer] takes the incredibly powerful experiences you have as a teenager and treats them absolutely fearlessly and gives them the respect they deserve. The first book and film are about the first time you fall in love. And New Moon is all about the first time your heart is broken. These are some of the most powerful experiences you can have in your life, regardless of your age. And there is a tendency to kind of trivialize those things as you get older, to kind of be patronizing about those things. And Stephenie treats them absolutely seriously. She also, very cleverly in a way, said that the vampires are stunningly gorgeous as a way to lure their prey. That’s very clever because in casting the film you have very beautiful people who are very good as well.

Read all of Michael’s interview here.

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