Dec 24, 2012 last month, we showed you a new photo from elysium, featuring matt damon as max, an exconvict fighting for equality in a world where elite citizens live on a space station known as elysium. Hes a villain you havent really experienced before video. The goal of max and spider in gaining access to elysium is to get into its medical machines and. Agent kruger is the secondary antagonist of the 20 scifi action film elysium. One of the lesserdiscussed properties that disney acquired when they bought 20th century fox was the ateam. It also brought to the attention his countryman, sharlto copley, an actor with an abundance of charisma and energy. What accent does agent kruger have in the movie elysium.
Well, spiders men did screw and bolt down the powered armor onto his body empowered badass normal. August 20 elysium isnt just another dystopian action movie. I have heard sharlto copley in interviews and his real accent is a bit different and not as thick as the one he. Sharlto copley playing a loving dad and brother with issues in the hollars clip 8162016 sharlto copley talks about growing up white in apartheidruled south africa and discusses portraying a member of a dysfunctional family in the hollars. May 27, 2010 june 11, 2010 on the set of the new ateam movie, two of its stars, professional fighter quinton rampage jackson and south african actor sharlto copley, formed an unlikely friendship. See more ideas about sharlto copley, neill blomkamp and actor.
Filmmaker neil blomkamp will receive backing from media rights capital on elysium, a thoughtprovoking scifi dramaactiondriven flick that will star his district 9 leading man, sharlto copley. Nerdist sharlto copley chats with chris about the trailer. Although at times it resembles an action film, it is in reality an allegory for our present times. Sharlto copley born november 27th, 1973 is a south african producer, actor, and director who has produced and codirected short films which have appeared at the cannes film festival, as well as commercials and music videos. Now, it looks like copley is coming full circle for his directorial debut. Login elyisum director on matt damons nemeis sharlto copley. Ratings info contains strong language, bloody violence and gory images.
Bassett talks to elysium stars matt damon and sharlto copley about what it was like filming the new scifi film from district 9 director neill blomkamp. His only option is to carjack the first person who happens along. In order to do so he must first rescue his sidekick, a smoothtalking lothario nicknamed face bradley cooper. Overall, i definitely feel elysium is a lesser movie than district 9. Max is a physically fit man but when hes crippled in a radiation accident, his criminal contact grafts an exoskeleton onto his body that makes him able to fight on the level of the powerful police droids handicapped badass.
Sharlto copley nude 17 images and 7 videos including scenes from hardcore henry oldboy powers. Aug, 20 switch sat down with star of elysium, sharlto copley, to chat about what it was like working on the film with matt damon and jodi foster, and how a real gentleman can play such a very, very bad guy. You can find many interviews of him on youtube and listen to his natural dialect. For much more from sharlto, pick up empires new issue, out on december 27 in both. The joker was a mistaken reference, sharlto copley told empire about his villian role in district 9 director neill blomkamps upcoming dystopian epic elysium. But, for me, district 9 gave us a new face, and model in sciencefiction. Feb 17, 2017 kruger sharlto copley arrives with a violent intent and even more violent weaponry, taking on julio diego luna and max matt damon. See more ideas about sharlto copley, neill blomkamp and movies. First look at sharlto copley in elysium movies empire. Jan 12, 2016 sharlto copley always brings a sense of fun to any movie he appears in. Sep 01, 20 kruger the magnetic sharlto copley is delacourts mercenary stationed on earth, a ferocious manhunter commissioned to eliminate problems before they take to the airspace between earth and elysium. Kruger sharlto copley arrives with a violent intent and even more violent weaponry, taking on julio diego luna and max matt damon. In this one, unequal access to health care is a central part of the brutal oppression of the 99% by the privileged few, and a skilled nurse character is one of the heros allies in his mission to subvert the earths selfish overlords.
If youve seen it, leave a comment with your thoughts on blomkamps elysium. There are also brief scenes showing a man exploding, a mans shattered and bloody face, which is rapidly healed during a medical procedure, and a medical procedure in which a man has implants placed inside. They also talk about how sharlto came up with his character in hardcore henry, doing all the stunts in the movie and improvising his role in district 9. Elysium photo reveals sharlto copley as the villain kruger. The former previously inadvertently likened his performance in blomkamps new film to heath ledgers joker from the dark knight, but has since clarified the true inspiration for his villainous alter ego. Genres science fiction directors neill blomkamp cast includes matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, william fiichtner, alice braga, talisa soto, diego luna, faran tahir, jose pablo cantillo, wagner moura, josh blacker, emma. He was portrayed by sharlto copley, who also played adrian pryce in spike lees 20 adaptation of oldboy, and king. The classic 1980s tv show was last adapted for the big screen by the grey director joe carnahan back in 2010, with liam neeson, bradley cooper, quinton jackson and sharlto copley as the titular team. In one fight, a mans face is blown off, whilst in another scene a womans throat is cut, followed by sight of blood flowing over her hand. Sharlto copley district 9, elysium chats with chris about the trailer for hardcore henry, crowd funding the movie and how he became an actor in south africa.
Kruger in the science fiction film elysium, james corrigan in the science fiction horror film europa report and king stefan in the dark fantasy adventure film maleficent. The slender and sexy star looked amazing in the scifi flicks europa report 20 and elysium 20, but sharlto really turned heads when he flashed his butt while going for a swim in the spike lee remake of the mystery thriller oldboy 20. South african neill blomkamp gave us an insight into his way of thinking with the criticallyacclaimed district 9. Though its not mentioned in dialogue, the accent, the blinkandyoullmissit flag painted on his dropship, and the fact that the song he sings to freys daughter is in afrikaans confirm that hes this. Sharlto copleys five favorite films aug 09, 20 damon must confront the likes of jodie foster as the secretary of defense and her merc sharlto copley. Sharlto copley nude naked pics and sex scenes at mr. I combined references from a very infamous south african military battalion called 32 battalion, that fought in the border wars in south africa, and a stereotype o. Starring matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga, diego luna, wagner moura, and william fichtner. In the year 2154, the rich live on elysium, a stanford torus hightech utopian space station watched over by secretary of defense jessica delacourt jodie. Like its predecessor, it has lots of strong scifi violence.
Damon must confront the likes of jodie foster as the secretary of defense and her merc sharlto copley. While on their way to elysium, max matt damon is attacked by kruger sharlto copley and his men. They fly to elysium but just before landing, the henchmen make a grab for the grenade. Genres science fiction directors neill blomkamp cast includes matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, william fiichtner, alice braga, talisa soto, diego luna, faran tahir, jose pablo cantillo, wagner moura, josh blacker, emma tremblay, adrian holmes. Now the directoractor team behind that pic are joining forces again for a new project titled elysium. Directed by nash edgerton, who made his feature length directorial debut with the acclaimed australian thriller the square, gringo also stars joel edgerton, amanda seyfried, charlize theron, yul vazquez, thandie newton, and sharlto copley. Movie star sharlto copley and the other black panther. Jul 22, 2014 but he was going after a specific south african character cognate. Sharlto copley talks elysium inside the new issue of empire magazine.
Actor sharlto copley burst onto the scene in 2009s district 9. Elyisum director on matt damons nemeis sharlto copley. Elysium is a dystopian science fiction film directed by neill blomkamp, director of district 9, and starring matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, wagner moura, carly pope, alice braga and diego luna. Dec 21, 2017 directed by nash edgerton, who made his feature length directorial debut with the acclaimed australian thriller the square, gringo also stars joel edgerton, amanda seyfried, charlize theron, yul vazquez, thandie newton, and sharlto copley. Also, you can hear that many afrikaans people from johannesburg sound similar even though they are afrikaans oscar pistorius etc. Feb 15, 2018 strong scifi violence, with lots of fighting and shooting and some stabbing and swordplay. Elysium is neill blomkamps follow up to his suckerpunch in the way that it came out of nowhere and took everybody by surprise 2009 sci fi flick district 9. Parents need to know that actionscifi movie elysium is the longawaited followup from the director of district 9.
The goal of max and spider in gaining access to elysium is to get into its medical machines and cure themselves and the poor of the earth. From the irregular accent to his ruthless gadgets, kruger was the best movie villain ive seen in a long time. So, it was with much anticipation i looked forward to the new movie starring matt damon, jodie foster, and sharlto copley. Sharlto copley always brings a sense of fun to any movie he appears in. Not even close but it is still a solid scifi entertainment. Switch sat down with star of elysium, sharlto copley, to chat about what it was like working on the film with matt damon and jodi foster, and how a real gentleman can play such a very, very bad guy. Everything seemed to go wrong and you thought you were like antiirish or something. There is pretty much 2in 5 cm between sharlto and matt damon. Dec 24, 2012 sharlto copley talks elysium inside the new issue of empire magazine. Avatar, star trek, moon, and the box, having all made waves in one way or another. The oscar nominated film about aliens coexisting in modern day south africa was a great introduction to copley. In this movie, our protagonist max decosta matt damon is having a really bad day.
Sharlto copley is the most insane person in new elysium. The movie wont win many points for originality or logic. Dec 26, 2012 district 9 star sharlto copley appears in elysium as nasty kruger, who empire describes as rhodes relentless attack dog. Sweet jesus but you two are the worst negotiators of all time.
Lo sgozzatore said on 2sep well, he can look 2 inches shorter than bradley cooper in photos, id say hes at least 1. Ive heard this type of accent is very difficult to pull off if youre not a native. On the weekend i saw the new film elysium starring matt damon. Kruger is dispatched read as unleashed to hunt down matt max. Matt damon stars in the scifipolitical thriller elysium, neill blomkamps follow up to district 9, along with jodie foster as elysium s secretary delacourt and sharlto copley as the main villain kruger. Dec 24, 2012 the joker was a mistaken reference, sharlto copley told empire about his villian role in district 9 director neill blomkamps upcoming dystopian epic elysium. Actor sharlto copley to write and direct his own alien film. Kruger the magnetic sharlto copley is delacourts mercenary stationed on earth, a ferocious manhunter commissioned to eliminate problems before they take to the airspace between earth and elysium. Sharlto copley born november 27th, 1973 is a south african producer, actor, and director who has produced and codirected short films which have appeared at the cannes film festival, as well as. Sharlto copley tells me how south africas infamous blackops unit 32 batalion influenced elysium sharlto copley kruger elysium kinda the facial hairstyle image i have of the ghost caster dad, im incredibly attracted to kruger, the actual character. Max matt damon and kruger sharlto copley go head to head on a cat walk with nothing but their exoskeletons and some blades. But he was going after a specific south african character cognate. After this crime the head of elysium delacourt jodie foster sends a group of mercenaries led by kruger sharlto copley to find max. June 11, 2010 on the set of the new ateam movie, two of its stars, professional fighter quinton rampage jackson and south african actor sharlto copley, formed an unlikely friendship.
But when the blockbuster competition wants only new ways to repackage wolverine and superman, its weirdly refreshing to watch a film that seeks new ways to repackage mad max, blade runner. Elysium may not be as noteworthy as district 9, but this is solid entertainment with some stunning visual effects. Jan 23, 2014 the actor sharlto copley is english and speaks english with a johannesburg dialect. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It explodes but luckily confines its damage to the ships hull and sharltos entire fucking face they crash. Just be prepared to put up with some sentimental cheese in this meaty scifi adventure. Sharlto copley born 27 november 1973 is a south african actor.
Having a bigger budget to play with, blomkamps eagerlyawaited followup, elysium. In a summer of antiseptic effects spectacles, elysium stands out for its grime and intensity, as well as the bluntness of its class allegory. District 9 star sharlto copley appears in elysium as nasty kruger, who empire describes as rhodes relentless attack dog. See more ideas about concept art, neill blomkamp and sci fi art. Sep 10, 20 the only element missing in your provoking commentary is. Elysium opens this friday, and sony released new pictures and a featurette about sharlto copleys character, whom director neill blomkamp describes as a villain you havent really. Its an accent you rarely hear in movies except for phony south african accents made by american and english actors. Have you ever had a really bad day followed by another bad day followed by another. He is a ruthless, psychopathic, sadistic and megalomaniacal special mercenary and a senior agent for civil cooperation bureau and for the elysium space station whos bent on conquering elysium.
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