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  • Megan Fox : I thought Istanbul was a town

    Megan Fox : I thought Istanbul was a town

    Megan Fox revealed in an interview at a Tv show in Turkey, she believed Istanbul was a town.

    Istanbul / NationalTurk – Megan Fox arrived in Istanbul for a commercial for Doritos chips and gave her first interview at a Turkish morning show to Saba Tümer, the host of the show.

    Here is what Megan Fox shared with her Turkish fans in the interview

    SABA TÜMER: Hi Megan, how are you? It’s your first time in Turkey, you just arrived yesterday? What did you know about Turkey prior to your visit? What did you expected and what have you seen so far here?

    MEGAN FOX: I knew a few things about Turkey. Like you have the most ancient temple on earth..and it is not far from where we are right now.

    SABA TÜMER: And you made this research before or after the offer for the ad was made ?

    MEGAN FOX: I knew this already, because i’v watched a show called ”Ancient Alliens”. It sounds silly but it is about ancient temples and pyramides. I watched the special episode about this temple, i can’t pronounce it correctly right now but it is a ‘Göbekli Tepe’.

    SABA TÜMER: So you are interested in archeology and history, do you read a lot ?

    MEGAN FOX: No, i really don’t take a book and read. I read from I-book from my I-pad.

    Megan Fox wish to visit Istanbul with husband

    SABA: How did you find Istanbul? Did you go shopping? Have you tried traditional Turkish cuisine yet ?

    MEGAN FOX:: No, not yet. Haven’t found the chance yet. But i will do it today. I want to visit The Grand Bazaar and the Mosques. I want to eat Turkish food as soon as possible. This is not like what i did expect here. I thought Istanbul was a town. But it is a metropolis, with big urbanization and industry. so many buildings everywhere, i didn’t expect this.

    Megan Fox : How did her husband propose ?

    SABA: You are here for business, would you like to return here as a tourist next time ?

    MEGAN FOX: Yeah, very much, i’d bring my husband too, i’d like to visit everywhere here with him.

    SABA: Speaking of your husband, how did he proposed?

    MEGAN FOX: He proposed way back before we got married, it was nothing big or romantic.

    SABA: You got married at a beach, as a woman i can’t stop thinking, if you go and get married at beach then the proposal shoul have been somewhat very unique, that why i’m asking.

    MEGAN FOX: I was 19 when he proposed, just entered 20. I came from work and was very tired. He was sitting on the couch and bought a ring for me. He asked if i will marry him. Nothing sumptuous really.

    SABA: So what about your private life ? you are a very popular woman, global celebrity and you wish to protect your private life as well? How do you hold the balance between these two? I know, that paparazzis are after you since the moment you get out of the plane?

    MEGAN FOX: Very difficult situations such as this one he heard the news recently, that i have an doublure however, i had a friend close to me, whereas me looked like to me. Many çıkmıyorum out. Paparazilerden can not go places because of the trend. We spend time at home alone with my husband.

    SABA: So you always wanted be a very famous actress as a kid?

    MEGAN FOX: Yes, I thought a lot of people thought that this industry
    but I did it. I did not know why I thought this kid is still in the
    I do not know.

    SABA: Everyone can be actor, but not everyone can be star. Why do you think you became a star ?

    MEGAN FOX: I think that God is relevant. It is faith completely.

    SABA: Your mother did not want you to be an actress, but you so you güçlüymüşsün
    you know that you’ve continued on the road.

    MEGAN FOX: worried at first because we came to a very small space. Things like that
    would not have been there. But it was not discouraging. Later was a lot of support. Obstinately
    I went and did.

    SABA: Are they proud of you right now?

    MEGAN FOX: Yes, very much

    SABA: What did you do with the first money tou earned?

    MEGAN FOX: I put it in the bank. We have never been a big spender For people like us myself do not like spending money
    I do not like to spend for myself, i love spending for the persons i love and care I began to spend money after i met Bryn.
    I bought him cars and motorcycles. He hated that i d buy him expensive gifts but I loved it.

    SABA: Would you like to be an actress again in a second life?

    MEGAN FOX: No, I would not be.

    SABA: Why?

    MEGAN FOX: I’d go back to school I’d be an archaeologist.

    SABA: d be admired as a child to whom?

    MEGAN FOX: When I was little up to Judy Garland fan. Esther Williams, he is a
    singer, swimmer and aktrisdi. O. The only actress I can recall a very long time ago
    Almışımdır always sit back enjoy watching.

    SABA: celebrities tattoos much as you do. How many have a tattoo?

    MEGAN FOX: I have 8 units ..

    SABA: Just see it..

    MEGAN FOX: Yes, but i will have it removed.

    SABA: Why?

    MEGAN FOX: It is a Marlyn Monroe tatoo. I’ve done it at 18, I do not want it anymore

    SABA: I guess you do not want it because she had a bad life?

    MEGAN: Most def.

    SABA: You are a very thin woman, do you eat anything?

    MEGAN FOX: I’ll eat. My mother is also a petite woman. For different characters i’v done many different diets

    SABA: I heard you’ve done a diet and lost your eyebrows and eyelashes, correct?

    MEGAN FOX: No, but I have lost so much weight that my hair and fingernails
    became  unhealthy. Ostrejene is what the female body needs.

    SABA: How old were you then?

    MEGAN FOX: That was a few years ago. I ‘ve done it for health, but it was too much.

    SABA: Now what are you doing?

    MEGAN FOX: I eat 5 meals a day in small portions. I eat meat
    I’m not a vegetarian. My favorite dish is…hmm  I really like Italian ravioli .

    SABA: One day you eat, the next eat not from what I understand.

    MEGAN FOX: No, I am eating all the time. İts genetic.

    SABA: How much do you weigh?

    MEGAN FOX: 50-60 pounds

    SABA: Pleased to meet you Megan

    MEGAN FOX: My pleasure Saba

  • Hollywood production sets in Istanbul’s historic venues

    Hollywood production sets in Istanbul’s historic venues

    Cansu Çamlıbel

    ISTANBUL / Hürriyet

    ‘Missing,’ a TV series on US-based channel ABC, tells the story of a former CIA agent mother who lost her son 10 years ago. The show

    is filmed on location in Istanbul’s historic neighborhoods. Daily Hürriyet spent a day on set for the last two episodes of the TV series

    The historic places in the city have been opened for the the last two episodes of ‘Missing’ with all their authentic features. Hürriyet photos, Emre YUNUSOĞLU
    The historic places in the city have been opened for the the last two episodes of ‘Missing’ with all their authentic features. Hürriyet photos, Emre YUNUSOĞLU

    As Hollywood producers’ interest increases in Turkey for feature film projects, Istanbul has hosted the team from a new television series produced for the new season of a leading U.S. channel.

    ABC television, a subsidiary of Walt Disney, shot scenes for the last two episodes of “Missing” in the city’s Said Halim Pasha Mansion, Hagia Sophia, Süleymaniye Mosque, Grand Bazaar and Sultanahmet. These places have been opened for a production for the first time with their all authentic features.

    World-famous actors like Ashley Judd, Sean Bean and Cliff Curtis participated in the nine-day shoot, where 450 people worked.

    Before filming in Istanbul, the TV series’ previously shot scenes that took place in Prague, Paris, Moscow and Berlin. Daily Hürriyet spent a day on the set of the series, which tells the story of a former CIA agent mother who lost all trace of her son 10 years ago.

    Executive Producer Grant Scharbo expressed their concerns about working in Turkey before coming. “We had a lot concerns because we had heard that Turkey is very restrictive in terms of filming. And we really have not experienced that much,” he said. “We of course hired a local company to be the point person and they have been phenomenal. If stuff has happened I have not been aware of it.”

    Locations are checked before shooting

    Things have gone smoothly even though there was a problem when lead actress Ashley Judd became ill and was hospitalized for some days, Scharbo said, adding that the schedule had to shift, but somehow they managed to obtain permits for the locations. “The crew and people we met have really embraced us.”

    Scharbo said the Walt Disney company had a security department that checks locations where they were shooting. “They checked and reported that we don’t have anything to worry about.”

    Istanbul offers locations that cannot be seen elsewhere in the world, Scharbo said. “Our whole show was shot in Eastern Europe and we wanted our finale to be different. Turkey has that in spades.

    “I had also never been to a Muslim country in my life, and I think that was the real eye-opener,” he said. “We were scouting on a rooftop near Süleymaniye very early in the morning. The call to prayer started and I had never heard that before in my life. For someone who has never heard it, it is a unique sound and beautiful.”

    ‘International, cosmopolitan feel’

    The scriptwriter of the series, Gregory Poirier, said he thought Istanbul was one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

    “I wanted to end this story somewhere that the characters could wind up going to Asia or Africa. I wanted to find a place with a very international cosmopolitan feel, but also geographically close,” Poirier said, adding that the project naturally called out for Istanbul. “It is a city you can’t fake anywhere else. You can’t shoot somewhere else and say it is Istanbul,” he said, adding that they did not fire any guns in Hagia Sophia because they were respectful.

    “If you really want to attract international filmmakers, it would be nice to have infrastructure that people can use. We came here specifically for location shooting,” he said, adding that bigger productions would need film infrastructure and a trained crew is important. “I don’t know how experienced your crews really are in Istanbul, but this point could be considered,” he said.

    $4 million for each episode

    – Ten episodes in the first season have been shot over six months. The budget for each episode was $4 million.

    – Most of the scenes that take place in Rome, Paris, Moscow and Berlin were shot in the Czech Republic. The team only shot on location for scenes that take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and Istanbul.

    – A 120-person technical team has arrived in Istanbul for filming.

    – More than 400 Turkish stunts actors in the city have contributed.

    – Before completing the filming of the first season, the production team was invited to Mipcom, a TV and entertainment content market, which is held in Cannes once every year.

    via Hollywood production sets in Istanbul’s historic venues – Hurriyet Daily News.

  • Filming is Underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ “Argo”

    Filming is Underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ “Argo”

    Ben Affleck directs and stars in the fact-based thriller

    RenderImageBURBANK, Calif., Aug 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ dramatic thriller “Argo,” directed by and starring Academy Award(R) winner Ben Affleck (“The Town,” “Good Will Hunting”). The film is being produced by Academy Award(R) winner George Clooney (“Syriana”), Oscar(R) nominee Grant Heslov (“Good Night, and Good Luck.”) and Affleck.

    Based on true events, “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis — the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.

    On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.

    “Argo” also stars Oscar(R) winner Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”), Bryan Cranston (TV’s “Breaking Bad”) and John Goodman (“You Don’t Know Jack”). The main cast also includes Kerry Bishe, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Victor Garber, Zeljko Ivanek, Richard Kind, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina, Michael Parks, and Taylor Schilling.

    Affleck is directing the film from a screenplay by Chris Terrio, based on a selection from Master in Disguise by Antonio Mendez. David Klawans, Chris Brigham, Graham King, Tim Headington, Chay Carter and Nina Wolarsky are serving as executive producers.

    The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar(R)-nominated director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (“Brokeback Mountain”), production designer Sharon Seymour (“The Town”); Oscar(R)-nominated editor William Goldenberg (“Seabiscuit,” “The Insider”); and Oscar(R)-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West (“The Social Network,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”).

    Filming on “Argo” began in Los Angeles. Future locations include Washington D.C. and Istanbul.

    Slated for release in 2012, “Argo” is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with GK Films, a Smoke House Pictures production, to be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

    SOURCE: Warner Bros. Pictures

     

    Warner Bros. Pictures Publicity

    Jan Craft, 818-954-2279

    jan.craft@warnerbros.com

     

    Copyright Business Wire 2011

    via Filming is Underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ “Argo” – MarketWatch.