STACK #128 Jun 2016

CINEMA

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STACK 's Hollywood correspondent Gill Pringle brings you the latest from Tinseltown.

A t CinemaCon, we hung out with Australians Luke Bracey and Teresa Palmer, both giddy from filming the hotly-anticipated remake of 1991’s extreme sports thriller Point Break . Adelaide-born Palmer talked about how she finally conquered her fear of the ocean with the help of shark swimmer Ocean Ramsey and free dive female champion Marina Kazankova. “Growing up I didn’t have a pool and we didn’t live very close to the beach so I wasn’t a confident swimmer. I’d only been in the waves a

His most scary moment on set? “The most terrifying time was the last day of filming next to Petit

handful of times in Australia.” In fact, when she first accepted the role, she had no idea how much of her work would be in the ocean. “I was very anxious when I learned I would be very far down beneath the surface of the water with large marine creatures in Tahiti.” Enter Ramsey and Kazankova. “Ocean lives in Hawaii. She grew up in the water and swims with great white sharks. She taught me how to relax. And then Marina doubled me and also taught me how to follow my heart rate and hold by breathe for longer. I started by only being able to hold my breath for 30 seconds and ended holding it for almost two minutes, which was a pretty epic thing for me. The whole thing was really liberating,” says the actress, as surf legend Laird Hamilton joins us, giving her a big hug. Luke Bracey was already a confident surfer before the movie, although he had to train in snow boarding and rock climbing. “It's different going from a 10-minute inside rock wall to a real rock 3,000 feet up,” he tells STACK .

Mont Blanc, 4,000 metres above sea level – and 60 Celsius. The wind was blowing dogs off chains, absolutely howling, and I’m standing on a snow board with my feet locked into it with the front of the snow board off the edge of this cliff with a vertical drop of 150 metres. I was very scared and very cold,” he recalls with a shiver. The original Point Break starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, with Bracey and Edgar Ramirez

reprising their roles as Johnny Utah and Bodhi, respectively.

Luke Bracey

Teresa Palmer

7 THINGS WE LEARNED AT CINEMACON CinemaCon is the world’s largest gathering of cinema owners; an annual event where studios present their future fare, trotting out all their big movie stars. Held in Las Vegas, here are some of the most interesting highlights, live from CinemaCon.

Oh, and Mark Wahlberg too. Addressing an audience of besuited cinema owners,

about Cadbury Vegemite?- Ed.] 3. Matt Damon will return as Jason Bourne in 2016. 4. Let it snow! In addition to its list of movie effects, such as jerking seats, earthquake effects and smells, 4DX announced snow, rainstorm and warm air added to its menu. Better bring an umbrella. 5. At a hosted luncheon, Clint Eastwood was honoured with a Fandago award. Squinting at the unwieldy plastic trophy, he said, “I will put this on my fireplace and try

to make sure it doesn’t burn”. 6. Vin Diesel let out a few sobs for his dear departed friend Paul Walker while standing before a giant screen with the words 1 Billion – for that is the amount of money Fast & Furious 7 has already taken at the box office. Moments later he dried his eyes and leapt in the air as he announced there will be a Furious 8 in 2017. 7. Audiences were handcuffed to their seats as 50 Shades of Grey sequels were announced for Valentine's Day 2016 and 2017.

MacFarlane pointed out that stoners get the munchies, and suggested that theatre operators should consider their popcorn sales if they found patrons “toking up” in the bathroom prior to Ted 2 . 2. Speaking of popcorn, Cheetos

1. Always controversial, Seth MacFarlane showed a cheeky trailer from Ted 2 featuring everyone’s favourite potty- mouthed, pot-smoking stuffed animal.

flavored popcorn anyone? Coming soon to a cinema near you. Looks just like popcorn but sprinkled with Cheetos dust. [What

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