Freida Pinto surprised by James Franco’s Acting

Freida Pinto was initially “surprised” by James Franco’s style of acting. The actress stars alongside the actor in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and while, at first, she was taken aback by his methods, she started to learn from him.

She said: “He’s got his own unique and distinctive style of acting. It’s not conventional at all. It does take you by surprise initially, but it’s all about being flexible and trying to understand how another actor works. I found a lot of things in his acting style that I could pick up and learn from.”

The Slumdog Millionaire beauty says she was drawn to star in the film because it humanised chimpanzees. She explained to Total Film magazine: “It appealed to me because I never felt like I was reading a script about chimpanzees. I just felt like there was some humanising there.”

About her character, Pinto said: “I play a primatologist and I have dedicated my entire life to chimpanzees. Caroline is the voice of reason but it’s a nice voice of reason without being preachy.”

More portraits from ‘The Telegraph’

As a small update, new photos have surfaced from Freida’s shoot at The Telepgraph, shot in late 2010. As usual, Freida looks absolutely stunning in the shots, wearing Chanel Haute Couture. The photos were taken by Lorenzo Agius in London. Be sure to check out these, and the rest of the shoot in the gallery by clicking the previews below.

Two TV Spots for ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’

Two brand-new TV spots from Rise of the Planet of the Apes have been released today! They both feature some new scenes from the movie, which is a reality-based cautionary tale, a science fiction/science fact blend, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released in theatres in one month from today.

Watch the two TV spots in the video archive (or simply below), and click on the screen captures-previews to see them all in hi-res! So excited for the movie!

Comingsoon.net’s ‘Immortals’ Set Visit

Comingsoon.net‘s Perri Nemiroff visited the set of Immortals last fall, and he just released his report! It contains tons and tons of interesting stuff about the movie’s visuals to the costumes and sets to cast interviews. Nemiroff talked to Freida Pinto about her role as Phaedra and how working on such a big budget-film is like. Read her answers below:

Q: So your power is seeing into the future. Is there anything else your character does?
Pinto: Well, why she does have the ability to look into the future, she really does not know exactly whether what she’s seeing – there is no real true interpretation for that, it can have many. So it’s entirely up to her to decide or decipher what that actually means, the vision that she’s seen. She does have the quality of being human because many a times we are confused and we really do not know what that dream really meant or you suddenly get ideas, so I feel in that sense, having that power, but really not having the entire all of it to me was really natural. That is her only power though, that she can see the future.

Q: Having worked with Woody Allen on “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” and Danny Boyle on “Slumdog,” what surprised you most about doing a really big budget picture?
Pinto: Yeah, this is my first big budget film. I’ve done three independent films before this and I feel it’s a whole new ballgame. You have to be more on the ball as to what’s happening, you have to be more flexible with timings and everything because a lot depends on studios. It’s not just about you or three other actors in a scene. There’s extras, there’s a lot of other inputs coming in. I remember the day we had the big sludge set, we had it literally for three days or two days and we had to put everything down into those three days so we had to kind of work overtime or whatever it was, but really be ready to go on set anytime. You’re sitting in your trailer because they tell you you have a half an hour break, but that can get down to a 10 minute break and you have to be ready and jump right back in. And that’s the fun part about being in a film like this and the only negative part that I can see is that you can’t really make plans.

Q: What’s the biggest challenge shooting this movie so far?
Pinto:My red corset! That was my biggest challenge because Tarsem and Eiko [Ishioka] who’s a fabulous costume designer. She is just out of this world, brilliant, and she had this beautiful costume designed for me. But, unfortunately, the costume for me, as beautiful as it was, if it was really tied it was like a corset, it makes it difficult to breathe. Though many a times Tarsem wanted me to have a vision and I would have my vision with my mouth open because I was just trying to get in as much air and Tarsem would be like, ‘Close your mouth! We don’t want to see your teeth!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god! I’m not doing that on purpose, it’s just my corset.’ But that was not the biggest challenge, but it was a small little challenge and I kind of overcame it so it was no big problem.

Read the complete set of cast interviews here. Also, visit comingsoon.net for the full behind the scenes-report! It’s definitely worth a read. Immortals is unleashed on 11.11.11.

‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’ HD Screen Captures

I have added HD screen captures from the You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Blu-Ray to the gallery. I really like the movie, and Freida Pinto looks especially beautiful in HD as her character Dia. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger also stars Naomi Watts. Josh Brolin, Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Lucy Punch and Gemma Jones.

Click on the previews below to see all the screen captures in full size. Enjoy!

HD Screen Captures from the ‘Immortals’ Trailer

As promised, I have added HD screen captures from the new theatrical trailer for Immortals to the gallery. Judging by the trailer, the movie looks to be absolutely stunning, with a interesting story and massive action sequences. Freida Pinto, too, looks nothing short of stunning as Phedra. Check out the screen captures by clicking on the previews below.

Freida at Ferragamo’s Resort 2012 Collection Preview

As posted on our Twitter (follow us @freidapintofan for all the latest!), Freida Pinto attended the Salvatore Ferragamo Presents Women’s Resort 2012 Collection in New York yesterday. She looked absolutely stunning as she posed for photographers outside, posed with Ashley Greene inside and sat next to Eva Mendes & Emma Roberts front row at the show.

I have added 55 photos from the event to the gallery. Simply click on the previews below to see all of them. Enjoy!

New Trailer for ‘Immortals’ Revealed

As previously mentioned, a brand new trailer for Immortals was revealed earlier today by RyanSeacrest.com! It shows some more of the action going on in the movie, and features a few new shots of Freida Pinto as Phaedra. Be sure to check it out! HD screen captures will be added to the gallery when a HD trailer is released. Stay tuned for that.