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On August 7, it was revealed that Phoebe Tonkin, breakout star of the recently defunct Secret Circle, would be staying on The CW's Thursday nights by joining the cast of The Vampire Diaries as Haley, a mystery woman from Tyler Lockwood's past.
Today, while promoting the DVD release of Bait 3D, I got the chance to talk to Phoebe about sticking with The CW, what you can expect from Haley and how it feels to be working with her B.F.F. Claire Holt (who plays Rebekah) once again!
TheInsider.com: Was there any hesitation for you in joining The Vampire Diaries after Secret Circle's cancellation?
Phoebe Tonkin: As a person, I'm so attracted to the supernatural world, the unknown world. I find that so fascinating I got into acting to tell stories and be a kid again and use the part of your imagination you can't use as an adult. And I'm such a huge fan of Kevin Williamson, I would do anything for him. To be part of something he created, is so popular, is so well-written and has such a big fan base, there was no question to joining.
Insider.com: How excited was Claire when you told her?
Phoebe: I called Claire when she was on set and I had to do a disclaimer before I told her so she wouldn't squeal [laughs]. But we haven't done any scenes together yet. I think they're worried about us getting too excited and giggly on set. We're hoping to work together soon.
Insider.com: What can you tell me about your character, Haley?
Phoebe: I like that she's a world traveler, a bit of a tomboy, pretty ballsy and provocative, but not in the way Faye was on Secret Circle. I mean, she went out to manipulate and see what should could gain from people. Hayley just doesn't have a filter. She didn't really have parental figures in her life, and I like that kind of a person. I like that she's tough and tries to keep up with the boys. That's what I responded to when Julie [Plec, executive producer] first pitched the character to me.
Insider.com: And how has it been working with Candice Accola and Michael Trevino?
Phoebe: They're so sweet. The majority of my scenes so far have been with them. They're so professional and prepared and talent. I mean, it's been so lovely on set the past couple of weeks with the two of them. The dynamic between the two of them is amazing, so working off that is really great.
It was a hard day's night for Sean Ono Lennon on Wednesday, as he got into a Twitter feud that started over environmental issues and ended with the Beatles’ heir telling a stranger he should have been aborted.
The heated online debate between Lennon and “Frack Nation” director Phelim McAleer exploded when Lennon told a Twitter user “You are an argument for abortion.”
Lennon and his mother Yoko Ono have been extremely vocal in the fight against fracking, a controversial method of extracting gas and oil from the ground through drilling that is opposed by many environmental activists.
The mother-son duo have joined environmentalists to publicly campaign against the procedure, and have been lobbying Governor Cuomo to ban it in the state - as has already been done in Vermont and New Jersey.
The Twitter fight started when McAleer responded to Lennon’s tweet, arguing that golf courses use more water than drilling companies use in fracking. Lennon rejected the analogy, and the conversation quickly escalated.
McAleer accused environmentalists like Lennon of injecting violence into the issue, linking to an article about a politician who says he’s received death threats from environmental radicals.
“I don’t condone violence,” Lennon responded in a series of tweets. “I’m a pacificst, or perhaps you prefer the term, ‘hippie.’”
The Twitter back-and-forth continued to grow more heated, as more users got involved in the conversation.
One user, self-described as a “Tea Party patriot,” finally pushed Lennon over the edge by turning the attack on his famous mother.
“Sean Lennon like his mother is a hypocrite they don’t care about poverty, homelessness or birds,” the user with the Twitter handle “lolvincitomnia” wrote, calling Lennon a “peaceofs--tist” and an “Occutard” in subsequent tweets.
Lennon first seemed to brush off the tweet, dismissing his Twitter opponents as “hilarious,” but got increasingly riled up as the user continued to taunt him.
“All of yr mother’s shrill screeching in the world can’t distract from the fact, you’re hypocrites!!” the Twitter user responded.
“Wow, insulting my mom, nice one,” Lennon wrote. “You are an argument for abortion. How’s that?”
They continued to spar, as Lennon defended himself and his mother and continued to advocate against fracking - refusing to back down on his abortion comment.
When specifically called out for it by McAleer, Lennon defended himself, writing, "You mean because they insulted my mother. Why lie so much. Come on man, it undermines your cause."
Like most filmmakers, Wes Anderson has a few stars he likes to return to time and time again. But no one’s logged more time in Anderson’s genteel, impeccably art-directed universe than Bill Murray, who’s starred all but one (Bottle Rocket) of Anderson’s seven features to date. It should come as no surprise, then, that the pair are set to reunite once again, for Anderson’s upcoming The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Murray dropped the info about his casting in a conversation with Vulture, when he mentioned that he was “about to go shoot a movie with Wes Anderson in Germany.” The news about Lansbury, meanwhile, comes from an unrelated interview with the UK magazine The Gentle Woman . “I’m playing a woman of mystery, it’s a miniscule role,” she told the publication. “I’m on the screen probably for less than five minutes.”
The nature of Murray and Lansbury’s roles have not been revealed, but both stars have been rumored for months now. In July, Murray, Lansbury, Law, Wilson, and Depp were named among the actors Anderson had approached for his new project, along with Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, and Willem Dafoe. The Grand Budapest Hotel is said to be an ensemble piece, so hopefully we’ll get to add a few more of those names to the confirmed list before casting is through.
Plot details on The Grand Budapest Hotel have been scarce so far, though it’s been described vaguely as “a Euro movie” that draws upon the time Anderson spends living in Paris each year. In contrast to his past two films, the adolescent-centric Moonrise Kingdomand the family-oriented Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson has described The Grand Budapest Hotel as “not very family friendly.” We expect we’ll learn more as production gets underway in January.
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