Jim Sturgess Fan

I know I haven’t update this site for a long long time.
Really sorry for being M.I.A.

Anyway, I found a new video from Glamour behind the scenes photoshoot.

Credit: jimsfantasygirl / Jim Sturgess Online

JS Online (JSO) has done an exclusive interview with Jim Sturgess. Jim talks about all his new films, including Heartless.

Make sure you read it HERE

Jim’s horror movie, Heartless, premieres on Sitges Film Festival and it receives some positive criticism.
Here are some reviews:

From Fangoria.com

Sitges ‘09: My Sitges Story – Part 5
Tony Timpone

Ridley has never branched out from his cult identity, but that may all change with his new commercial chiller HEARTLESS. I went into this film largely blind, which may be the best way to appreciate all the film’s terrifying surprises. 21’s Jim Sturgess (an gut-wrenching and emotional performance) stars as a photographer in East London whose hellish existence (he has a horrible birthmark on his face and lives in a city of urban blight) gets even more hellish when he encounters real demonic horror. Let’s leave the plot synopsis there so you can discover the film’s dark pleasures on your own. Ridley later tells me that the film has not nailed a U.S. distrib yet, but don’t expect that to last for long.

From Twich Film

Ridley’s cast play a large part in the success of his eclectic approach; the supporting lineup of experienced British character actors turn in sterling work (Timothy Spall and writer/director Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, Adulthood) among them) but Jim Sturgess is phenomenal in the lead role. Jamie has several key dramatic setpieces which could so easily have collapsed into saccharine tedium; he dreams another, ‘normal’ Jamie lives a successful life in an alternate reality; he doubts his self-worth, his ability to make friends, have relationships.

Yet Sturgess imbues these moments with an honesty that is nothing short of devastating. A quiet conversation with his mother where (like any caring parent) she assures her son he is a wonderful person who’s going to find that person who will love him for who he is inside is heartbreaking for all its obvious simplicity. A later monologue where he doubts this is similarly effective. One key scene shortly after the central demonic bargain has been struck switches from queasy (yet very funny) comedy to nerve-shredding horror with dizzying speed, yet it’s Sturgess’ performance as much as Ridley’s direction that means such genre-hopping never falters.

To reiterate – that horror is horrific.

Can’t wait to see the movie myself!!

It’s finally here!!
Not much news out there, so I decided to give the site a makeover. Still loving the dark colours though, so it’s still dominating this new layout.
Let me know what you think.

Got an email with a link to this Q&A with Jim and Ben Kingsley. Think it’s a great interview. Jim also stated that he’s not doing Spiderman The Musical, so yeah there you have it.. He’s not doing it, so I will move on from that topic. (;

Here’s some parts of interview.

Did you call friends and family on the phone and speak in the Irish accent?

Sturgess: Yeah, my mum hated it. She couldn’t understand a word I was saying.

Kingsley: She said, “Speak properly!”

Sturgess: Yeah!

Kingsley: “Speak properly! Stop showing off!”

What did you learn about yourself by doing this movie?

Kingsley: You learn about each other. You learn actors, when they’re pushed into a corner, are very mutually supportive — especially in the scenes where Jim and I are very tough on each other … That’s what we learned. You learn about yourself in a situation, not about yourself in isolation. We learned a lot about that mutual dependency when the film gets dangerous. I mean, I was hanging out the back of a fast-moving ambulance. That wasn’t CGI. That ambulance was moving very fast.

Sturgess: I couldn’t tell. I was looking at the ceiling! I was strapped in. I didn’t know what was going on!

Jim, do you know what’s going on with the “Spider-Man” stage musical? There were rumors you might be cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Sturgess: I’m not doing it … I did a workshop to help out.

Jim, can you talk about your upcoming horror film?

Sturgess: It’s a film called “Heartless. It’s kind of psychological, weird; it’s a very strange film. It’s all set in East London and it’s done. I think it comes out in February [2010].

Source: Examiner

According to NY post, the production of Spider-man musical has been stopped due to lack of fund.

Taymor, the director of “The Lion King,” conceived of “Spider-Man” as an “installation show,” something big and bold and full of special effects. Something, in other words, like Cirque du Soleil.

That’s fine if you’re going to put the damn thing up in Las Vegas, where “installation shows” run several times a day and are funded in large part by hotels and casinos.

But at $45 million — and with a weekly running cost of almost $900,000 — “Spider-Man” at the 1,700-seat Hilton could never be profitable.

The show would have to run five years, selling every single seat in the house, to just break even.

“That,” says a source who crunched the numbers, “is insane.”

The musical was directed by Julie Taymor and Evan Rachel Wood was one of the leading actress. Jim is never confirmed for this musical although several sources have admitted that Wood and Taymor want him on this show.

Just thought I let you know cause we never been sure if he’s going to do it or not.
Anyway, new layout is on its way. This one has been online for way too long.

NY Mag recently published a list, or rather a slideshow, of the swooniest British actors at the moment. Jim is one of them…

From the slide:

Jim Sturgess
Type: Up-and-comer.
Most appealing role: As Jude in Across the Universe, Sturgess held his own, crooning sexy Beatles tunes like “Something,” then transforming into angry sexiness with “Revolution.”
Trademark vibe: Adorably sweet.