Michael Fassbender

[Artica]

I'm pretty sure he's going to suck in it.

I'm afraid of that too and if that is the case, I blame Ridley Scott.

 

[Artica]

I did see it at the TIFF and then NYFF, so let's just say I'm full

Back to UK, but didn't attend the LFF much, only attended a few screenings such as Labor Day, Under The Skin, Parkland and a few documentaries, as lately we are focused on other markets work wise.

I saw NOTHING!! I could not get tickets for TYAS and I wasn't really that interested in seeing anything else. You could have hooked a sistah up, you know what I'm sayin'?!
I kid..I kid! I was actually going to queue for return tix, but I had to work.

 

[LeeLooDallasMP]

i saw nothing!! I could not get tickets for tyas and i wasn't really that interested in seeing anything else. You could have hooked a sistah up, you know what i'm sayin'?!
I kid..i kid! I was actually going to queue for return tix, but i had to work.

Hahahaaaa

 

[mollie12]

I'm pretty sure he's going to suck in it.

I'm afraid of that too and if that is the case, I blame Ridley Scott.

I'll blame the script (seriously, he doesn't have anything to play--he mostly sits around listening to other people's monologues) and Ridley Scott for scheduling the film production right on top of 12 Years. Two weeks is not enough time to develop a character or a consistent voice.

But actors ultimately should take some heat for poor decision-making. He has a lot of other interesting things coming up.

 

[Cherrasaki]

I'm afraid of that too and if that is the case, I blame Ridley Scott.

I agree to some extent. Not to say that MF or the other actors, writers, etc. wouldn't bear some of the responsibility too but ultimately I would probably put it on the director.

 

[gemini582]

Low key is always good but he's getting more and more noticed hehe. And when I read the GQ interview I chuckled because well, the sad thing is most women want to sleep with him more than date him... at least the majority of women in the industry, the lot of PR women, random women etc when they were talking about him, dude was literally objectified in 99% of the time, it was... funny not gonna lie haha!

He is really objectified 24/7 even by men. I'm surprised by all the men who admit they might "go gay" for him. I think it's funny to see a man have to deal with it.

 

[mollie12]

NYMag's Vulture published their list of the 100 Most Valuable Stars of 2013

He moved from #95 to #37. He tied Melissa McCarthy for the biggest leap.

THE STEALTH STAR
He’s one of our most promising actors, but middle America hasn’t gotten the memo.

Has there ever been more of a disparity between Hollywood and the rest of the country than when it comes to Michael Fassbender? Inside Hollywood, actors and directors are clamoring to work with the talented Irish-German star, and he’s got a sky-high studio score on par with Ryan Gosling and Matt Damon. And yet, if you try to explain who Fassbender is to your uncle, you’re going to have some trouble. Despite memorable co-leads in Prometheus and X-Men: First Class, and a 2011 awards season where George Clooney and friends made constant jokes about Fassbender’s full-frontal nudity in the buzzed-about indie drama Shame, Fassbender has the lowest awareness level of anyone on this Most Valuable Stars list. According to E-Score, only nine out of every hundred people surveyed about celebrities could name Fassbender. (Though there’s one silver lining: Of the people who knew him, he scored very favorably on likability.)

Can that awareness gap change in an era during which it’s gotten harder and harder for new stars to break through? Fassbender will probably get a bump from this fall’s awards juggernaut 12 Years a Slave, for which he’s tipped to earn his first Oscar nomination as a ruthless slave owner (a role akin to the Ralph Fiennes part in Schindler’s List, which also earned Fiennes an Oscar nod). But will that help people learn his name after three of Fassbender’s giant blockbusters — Prometheus, X-Men, and Inglourious Basterds — already failed to do the job? Fassy’s also bolstered by an ensemble full of A-listers in this fall’s The Counselor, and he’ll get an assist from every X-Men star who ever lived in next summer’s megabudget X-Men: Days of Future Past, but if those don’t coax people to finally learn his name, more’s the pity: He’ll simply have to remain Hollywood’s best-kept secret.

Rank Compared to 2012 +58
Domestic Box Office $29,710,288
Overseas Box Office $64,990,105
Studio Value (1–10) 8
Likeability 71%
Oscars 0
Critics’ Score (1–100) 68
Twitter Mentions 276
Tabloid Value (1–10) 5

In comparison, he's ranked just above Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Andrew Garfield, Henry Cavill, and Jeremy Renner and behind Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, Clint Eastwood, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, and Channing Tatum.

 

[gemini582]

He has 2 articles on USA Today:

"I try to make interactions as honest as possible. But there's an element of me that's guarding myself, not letting it all hang out."

He keeps his game face on, at least in public, but he can throw down with the best of them, reports Bryan Singer, who directs Fassbender in May's X-Men: Days of Future Past.

"For an actor who on screen comes across so intense, to then to be so fun and cool as a person, it's such a blessing," says Singer. "We went to Formula One together. He's a huge racing fan. We've had more than a few drinks together, including one night that was one of those banner nights," continues Singer, adding that Fassbender's recovery time is awe-inspiring. "Sure enough, we shot this amazing scene in the morning. ... He was all-around awesome."

It's hard to walk away from Fassbender without rooting for the guy. He's careful about his roles, trying his best to not squash the momentum he has built. "I've always tried to pick things that affected me. I use my gut feeling. Hunger totally changed everything for me. I was 30 years old and trying to get a lead role. It was very difficult. I was not on any list, and there is a list," he says.

Of course, fame has a price. For the first time, reports London-based Fassbender, he saw paparazzi outside his home. Good thing he can deftly dodge them on his motorcycle.

When he's not working, says Fassbender, "I like speed. Not the drug. Wait, you want to do some?"

He's kidding. "I like karting. They're really fast. There's a place outside London I go to. You get on the ones with gears and they go pretty fast, 90 miles an hour. You're two inches off the ground. I'm scared before I get in them but once I'm in them, it's quite relaxing," he says. "You've got to stay focused."

 

[gemini582]

The other one:

Michael Fassbender has long been a critical favorite, lauded for his almost-mesmerizing ability to inhabit utterly intense, often unlikable characters living marginal lives. There's his icky sex addict in Shame, and the tortured young Magneto in the first X-Men prequel. But in reality, the actor, 36, has a loose, breezy charm totally at odds with the broodiness he displays on screen. USA TODAY caught up with Fassbender over sushi.

1. He's perfectly willing to go to the dark side.

Perhaps there's no better example than unhinged slave owner Edwin Epps, whom Fassbender plays in 12 Years a Slave, now in theaters. His is considered one of the film's many standout performances. "I felt I had a huge responsibility to make a layered human being out of the character and to really show the effect of that world," says Fassbender. And on Friday, he switches gears in Ridley Scott's sleek, sexy The Counselor, with Fassbender frontlining a star-studded cast of criminals, subversives and weirdos. "He's an arrogant guy. He's greedy. He drives a Bentley he can't afford. He's living outside his means and that's a pretty common thing in Western society," says Fassbender.

2. He gets weirded out by sex scenes, even when they're with Penelope Cruz, who plays his fiancée in The Counselor.

It didn't help that her own husband, Javier Bardem, plays Fassbender's boss in the film and was on set. "You try to be as respectful as possible, and it sounds crude, but you just get it done," says Fassbender.

3. He wants to headline a musical. Yes, seriously.

Fassbender loves '80s tunes and deftly performs Toto's Africa on cue, a skill he demonstrates in between bites of salmon. Which is why, he says, he and Slave director Steve McQueen "are hopefully going to do a musical together. I guess it would be an original piece. I'm an excellent singer."

4. Like his pal Benedict Cumberbatch, Fassbender wants a special moniker for his lady fans.

"The Cumber-(expletive)! Oh my God, that's great. That's so funny. I'm going to say that to him the next time I see him. I'm going to get a T-shirt that says that," says Fassbender. So, what would he call his own legions of female followers? "I'm going to leave that up to you. I'm not even going to go there. Moving swiftly on," he quips.

5. He loves infrared saunas, a luxury he discovered while promoting Slave in Toronto.

And he followed that up with a swim. "It's not as hot as a normal sauna. It heats you from the inside out. Lazy man's workout. I love them — steam rooms and saunas — to start off the day. It's relaxing. It's amazing when your body is relaxed how efficient it becomes," says Fassbender.

 

[gemini582]

So this is basically a love it or hate it movie.

 

[Cherrasaki]

He has 2 articles on USA Today:

He is articulate, charming and quite funny in interviews. I hope he is recognized for his work in 12YaS come awards season.

 

[Alys]

So this is basically a love it or hate it movie.

I guess that I have to see it to judge it.

 

[mollie12]

LOL guys, The Counselor is so bad that it plays like a comedy. Michael's accent is inconsistent but he's not bad in it.

 

[gemini582]

I liked it. I'm not sure why people found it so confusing. Diaz is terrible.

 

[Singra]

LOL guys, The Counselor is so bad that it plays like a comedy. Michael's accent is inconsistent but he's not bad in it.

I liked it. I'm not sure why people found it so confusing. Diaz is terrible.

^^ I was going to wait for this movie to go to DVD but after all the reviews and reactions I've read I have to see why it's so polarising.

Quite a few of the reviews I read said Fassbender was miscast... is that a accurate assessment?