(MENAFN- Arab Times) You might say Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki danced their way into "The Man From UNCLE". Both are former ballerinas who drew on dance backgrounds for their roles in Guy Ritchie's latest action romp. "I know I used it when I was creating my character," Debicki said. "She's a villain, but I always had this idea that she sort of almost floated." Vikander, 26, and Debicki, 24, star alongside Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer in "The Man From UNCLE," Ritchie's slick take on the beloved 1960s TV series. Vikander is a feisty car mechanic who gets caught up in a caper with a CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Cavill) and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin (Hammer).
Debicki is the villainess they're trying to take down. Both actresses said Ritchie's film set was a collaborative and relaxed environment, though Debicki is convinced "Guy's brain works at a different pace (than) most human beings'." She and Vikander were both surprised by the final film. "He cut it in a way that only Guy can, and he added a soundtrack that only Guy could imagine," the French-born Debicki said. "So we both had the same experience when we watched the film, like, 'Oh, that was what we made.'" The actresses made their first trip to Comic-Con in San Diego earlier this month to promote the film and Vikander was taken by the enthusiastic fandom. "That's what I love about this place!" said the actress, who was born in Sweden. "Because everyone is the sweetest. Everyone is walking around with smiles on their faces, and so passionate.
Dedicated fans. It's really amazing being here and seeing that." Asked what kind of convention might lure her across the world, Vikander laughed. "I'm such a nerd when it comes to interiors, so I would probably go and look at chairs in another country," she said. "But I don't think that a chair convention would be with as much passionate people as Comic-Con." "I'd be at the refrigerator convention," Debicki joked. "Coming from a dance background, I would probably travel out really far and wide to see a company I really wanted to see. If Pina Bausch's company were in a forest somewhere "" "I'm there!" Vikander said. "The Man From UNCLE" opens Aug 14.
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LOS ANGELES: Adam Sandler is finally addressing the controversy that surrounded his Netflix project "The Ridiculous Six" after about a dozen Native Americans walked off the set of the movie in April. The actors complained of racist jokes against Native Americans, but, finally speaking on the issue at the premiere of his upcoming movie "Pixels," Sandler said he wasn't trying to offend anyone. "It was just a misunderstanding and once the movie is out will be cleared up," Sandler told the Associated Press. The comedian also called "Ridiculous Six" a "pro-Indian" movie. "I talked to some of the actors on the set who were there and let them know that the intention of the movie is 100 percent to just make a funny movie," he told ScreenCrush. "It's really about American Indians being good to my character and about their family and just being good people. There's no mocking of American Indians at all in the movie. It's a pro-Indian movie.
So hopefully when people see it - whoever was offended on set and walked out, I hope they realize that, and that's it. It was kinda taken out of context." The actors who walked out took issue with reported inaccuracies in Native American culture, a lack of response from the director and racist jokes, with characters with names such as Beaver's Breath and No Bra. At the time, Netflix downplayed controversy with a statement, saying, "The movie has ridiculous in the title for a reason: because it is ridiculous. It is a broad satire of Western movies and the stereotypes they popularized, featuring a diverse cast that is not only part of - but in on - the joke." "The Ridiculous Six" is the first film in a four-movie deal between Sandler and Netflix. It's a spoof of Western "The Magnificent Seven." Will Forte, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Lautner, Terry Crews, Vanilla Ice and Rob Schneider also star, with Frank Coraci directing from a script by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. The film is expected to hit the streaming service next year.
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