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Cynthia Erivo didn’t get a whole lot of sleep filming Wicked.

The 37-year-old actress opened up about the experience during a Q&a with Kristen Bell at the Academy Museum’s Ted Mann Theatre on Thursday (December 12) in Los Angeles.

During the talk, she revealed that playing Elphaba cost her plenty of sleep time.

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“I think I consciously run towards things that will use me physically, as well as mentally, because I believe that the body and the mind are intrinsically, truly intrinsically linked,” she began.

“Sometimes the body is the thing that tells the mind what to do, and sometimes the mind is the thing that will tell the body what to do because I feel like I’m a very physical person. I want both things to be in action. I want both things to be being used,” she continued.

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The following contains spoilers for Heart of Stone, now streaming on Netflix.

Hollywood has certainly been leaning hard into the spy thriller genre in 2023, with even the streaming services getting in on the act. Prime Video had the Citadel series, while Netflix had an international war brewing in The Gray Man. Now, the latter streamer is exploring the tale of Gal Gadot's Rachel Stone in Heart of Stone.

This film has Rachel as part of a secret society known as the Charter, whose agents infiltrate other watchdog groups such as MI6 to ensure governments don't abuse their power. Unfortunately, Heart of Stone has too many rudimentary arcs and clichés that feel so overdone by now. The film, however, have pulled more from two popular franchises that focused on substance and style: the Jason Bourne and James Bond film series.

Related: Heart of Stone Stunt Coordinator Jo McLaren Explains What...

Written by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder, Heart of Stone is a big action film in a classic sense. Starring Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone -- a secret agent working for an A.I.-assisted global peacekeeping organization -- the film throws Stone into a globetrotting mission to save the world. In many ways, Heart of Stone embraces a kind of archetypical action that defined previous generations of action-espionage films, taking cues from the legacy of James Bond and exploring the genre from a very modern perspective.

One of the film's most compelling elements is the near-death misses and big beats that help carry the plot, boasting some particularly impressive (and largely practical) fears. During an interview with Cbr, Heart of Stone's Stunt Coordinator Jo McLaren broke down the appeal of working with a blockbuster star like Gal Gadot, the importance of having a strong script for the film,...

Heart of Stone's opening scene faced numerous weather challenges, including blizzards and extreme temperatures, making its production a daunting task. The sequence involves multiple chases and stunts, including a daring zipline and snowmobile stunt performed by Rachel, showcasing the thought and effort put into the scene's creation. Despite weather obstacles, the movie offers more thrilling action beyond the opening scene, such as a skydiving sequence and intense confrontations, leaving room for potential sequels with even more electrifying action.

Director Tom Harper reveals that Heart of Stone’s opening scene was met with weather challenges. The Netflix movie premiered on August 11 and follows Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot), an intelligence operative seeking to prevent a hacker from obtaining a dangerous weapon known as “The Heart.” In addition to Gadot, the spy thriller stars Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okenedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer.

During an interview with TheWrap, Harper explained that before Heart of Stone began filming,...

Heart of Stone is an action-packed spy thriller that rivals James Bond and Mission: Impossible, while The Marvels is the next step in the much-beloved The Marvels. The cast of Heart of Stone, including Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, and Matthias Schweighöfer, delivers engaging performances. Both film features thrilling stunts, showcasing the actors' dedication and hard work.

Netflix’s Heart of Stone is an exciting spy thriller that catapults Gal Gadot’s character Rachel Stone into the ranks of James Bond or Ethan Hunt. Heart of Stone’s cast of familiar faces includes Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, and Matthias Schweighöfer, all of whom turn in engaging and exciting performances. The crux of the story is about a top-secret item that Stone and her compatriots must keep out of enemy hands at all costs.

One of the true heroes of Heart of Stone is, of course, the action, much of which was done practically.

Netflix's Heart of Stone is a spy thriller that positions Gal Gadot as the star of her own action franchise, offering James Bond or Mission: Impossible vibes. The film features impressive practical stunts, with many scenes shot on location and a focus on reality-based action, making it a dream job for the stunt coordinator. Actors like Gal Gadot and Brie Larson, known for their Marvel and DC projects, work incredibly hard, pushing themselves physically and training extensively for their roles.

Netflix’s next spy thriller is Heart of Stone, which appears poised to put Gal Gadot at the center of her own James Bond or Mission: Impossible-esque franchise. The film was written by Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures) and directed by Tom Harper, who is known for his work on series like Electric Dreams, War & Peace, and Peaky Blinders. Heart of Stone...

Jamie Dornan’s daughters love dressing up as Wonder Woman.

The actor shares Dulcie, 9, Elva, 7, and Alberta, 4, with wife Amelia Warner and the actor recently spoke about their love of Gal Gadot’s superhero character.

Dornan — who stars in “Heart of Stone” alongside Gadot — chatted to Et Canada’s Morgan Hoffman about the flick, with her asking who in his family had the best reaction to him working with Gadot.

He shared, “My kids are a wee bit young, for that, you know, although we have a Wonder Woman costume that’s been passed down through all three kids and when they fit various sizes, they fit into it. And even there’s one who wouldn’t sort of give up on it and will still wear it, even though it’s way too tight, that sort of thing.

“We’ve lost one of the wrist things now so it...

Daniel Radcliffe has launched a new podcast series titled “Cunning Stunts” alongside his longtime “Harry Potter” stunt double David Holmes. The podcast finds the two former collaborators interviewing notable stunt performers to break down some of cinema’s best action scenes. Holmes served as Radcliffe’s stunt double on all eight “Harry Potter” films until he was critically injured during production on the final entry in the series. Holmes broke his neck performing a stunt and was paralyzed from the chest down.

The “Cunning Stunts” podcast launched with an episode featuring Derek Lea, a stunt performer whose credits include James Bond films, “Titanic,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and more. Additional episodes are set to feature Tina Maskell & David Forman, Paul Lowe, Jo McLaren, Rocky Taylor, and the late Brian ‘Sonny’ Nickels. Radcliffe said in an interview with Deadline that he wanted to be part of the podcast to bring greater awareness to stunt work,...

When stunt performer David Holmes, who had doubled for Daniel Radcliffe on all eight of the Harry Potter movies, was seriously injured rehearsing a flying scene for the final chapter in 2009, his career as a stuntman came to a sudden end. Holmes broke his neck performing a jerk back stunt and was paralyzed from the chest down. He has spent the subsequent 11 years adjusting to life with limited mobility only in his arms and hands.

But his love for his profession hasn’t faltered, and he has now teamed up with his “acting double” Radcliffe for a new podcast, Cunning Stunts, in which the pair interview stunt performers from around the globe to shine a light on the people responsible for some of the most memorable sequences in film history.

“What I missed from my days at work, as much as doing the stunts and getting that buzz, was the...

Among new members are Maren Ade, Hugh Grant and Hayley Squires.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2018 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.

Among the 386 new members are actors Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe and Hayley Squires, directors Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy) and Michael Pearce (Beast), film execs Shana Eddy-Grouf (Studiocanal) and Katie Goodson-Thomas (Fox Searchlight), and La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger.

Former UK and Ireland Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the new intake include producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and actor Jessie Barden.