English Movie Review Kill Your Darlings - Cast & Crew

Born in Sherman Oaks, a city in California on February 16th 1989, Elizabeth Olsen is a notable American actress. Her parents are David Dave Olsen, who worked as a developer in the real estate business, and Jarnette Jarnie,s who was a personal supervisor. Elizabeth’s full name is Elizabeth Chase ‘’Lizzie’’ Olsen. Olsen has three siblings - sisters who were twins, Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen and one brother, Trent Olsen. Olsen did her schooling from Campbell Hall School in California. She also went to singing and ballet classes when she was very young. Elizabeth attended Tisch School of the Arts located in New York.

Born to Barbara Turner and Vic Morrow, Jennifer Jason Leigh, virtually has Hollywood running in her blood. ‘Vic Morrow’ was an American actor and Director and ‘Barbara Turner’, an American Screenwriter and an actress. This talent in her genes was meant to emanate great acting skills in Jennifer Jason Leigh. Jennifer was born on 5 February 1962, and her life was styled Hollywood way from her childhood days. She never felt like having another option other than getting herself into the movies. Acting came as an obvious choice says the actor who started her first venture when she was just a teenager. After having enough experience in her teenage (fourteen), Jennifer was cast in Disney’s Television movie project “Wonderful World of Colors: The Runaway Project” in 1978. Her acting was so good that it attracted a lot of attention in the Hollywood film fraternity. She was barely 16 and the offers had already started lining up for her. She began acting in many television series that she could not graduate formally. She then chose her destiny of devoting herself to Hollywood and she never looked back.

She is recognized well for portraying deputy chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in a crime drama named The Closer on TNT. Kyra Sedgwick is an American actress and producer. The role she did in The Closer won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. Born in New York City, Kyra’s Mother was a Speech teacher as well as an educational/family therapist and her father was a venture capitalist. Although her parents parted ways when she was mere four years old and eventually got a divorce when she was 6, and her mother got married to Ben Heller.

Daniel Radcliffe is a popular English actor who rose to fame after bagging the title role in the Harry Potter films. He was born as Daniel Jacob Radcliffe on July 23, 1989 at West London, England to Alan George Radcliffe and Marcia Jeannine Gresham. His mother works as a casting agent and involved in various movies for BBC network such as Walk Away and I Stumble and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

Daniel started showing his passion for acting when he was five. At 10, he was debuted in the 1999 film, David Copperfield which was adapted from the novel of Charles Dickens, where he acted as the young David. Daniel studied at Sussex House School and City of London School. Going to school was not easy for Daniel after his film Harry Potter was released, since some of his fellow students became intimidating. His career is taking most of his time so he could not attend school regularly. Daniel continued his studies by obtaining on-set tutors. He said he is not really good at school and find it really hard to study. But he got A grades on his AS-level exams in year 2006. Later, the young actor decided to stop studying and he never attended college or any university. He said, he already knew how to act and write and it will be hard to attain the usual experience of a college life.

In year 2009, he was asked by Producer David Heyman to audition as Harry Potter for the film adaptation based on the best-selling book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling. Rowling has been looking for a British actor to epitomize Harry Potter’s character. But Daniel’s parents doesn’t want him to audition since the seven films will be shot in Los Angeles. But when Director Chris Columbus saw Daniel’s video in David Copperfield, he wanted him to essay the role of Harry Potter. After 8 months and many auditions, he was selected to bag the role, but his parents turned the offer down since it involves shooting in L.A. But Warner Brothers offered Daniel two movie contract and will shoot in UK.

The ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ was released in year 2001 as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The film became a major success and he receive positive reviews. He got noticed and even got a 7-figure salary for playing the role. The film got a $974 Million ticket sales and became the 2001’s top-grossing film. A year after, Daniel did the second part of the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Once again, he received positive accolades but the critics have different opinions on the film as a whole. But the film still got a total of $878 Million earning and became the second top-grossing film in 2002, next to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. In 2004, the third part of the series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban acquired the highest critical acclaim and earn $795.6 Million internationally. But the film ranks the lowest at the box office among all the series. In 2005, the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sets record on its opening weekend. It grossed $896 Million internationally and became the second highest grossing among all the Harry Potter films. In 2007, Daniel did the fifth part, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which portrays his return to Hogwarts. The film received positive responses from the critics and press. He got nominated for his performance and received the Best Male Performance at the National Movie Award in year 2008. Daniel along with his co-star, Grint and Watson had their hands, wands and feet imprint in Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. In year 2009, the series continued and the sixth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been released. The film grossed $933 Million ticket sales and received positive reviews among the film critics. He received nominations at the MTV Movie Awards 2010. The final book was divided into two parts which was filmed back to back and lasted for one year and halted in June 2010. On the last shooting day, Daniel openly sobbed. The ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)’ was released in November, earning about $950-Million. The ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)’ was internationally released in Australia on July 2011. The film was also considered as the biggest midnight release, grand opening on its first day and weekend. It was also the 4th top grossing film of all time, grossing a total of $1.3 Billion around the world.

The young actor stated that he would never be able to pull him out of the character and that he is very proud to be part of the film. However, despite his affirmative feelings towards the films, Daniel is not interested in doing another Harry Potter movies and stated that 10 years is quite a long time to spend playing a single character role.

He made his debut through the 2001 film, The Tailor of Panama which was adapted on the novel by John le Carre’ in 1996. The film was commercially successful. After a year, he did his stage debut through the comedy play, The Play What I Wrote, under the direction of Kenneth Branagh. He was also seen in the lead role as Maps in the drama film, December Boys in 2007. In the same year, Daniel along with Carey Mulligan and David Haig was starred in television drama show, My Boy Jack which was aired on ITV network for the Remembrance Day. Many critics praised Daniel’s performance in the show. When he reaches the age of 17, he acted in a lead role onstage; he did the play, Equus by the English screenwriter, Peter Shaffer. The film had an advanced sales of £1.7 Million and the actor appeared on nude scene. His performance was highly accredited and critics were captivated by the shade and power of his character in the play.

Daniel is also the voice behind a character in an episode of the animated sitcom, The Simpsons in 2010. He also acted in the revival of ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ in the Broadway, as J. Pierrepont Finch in year 2011. He won the Drama Desk Awards and he was nominated in the Drama League Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. He left the show in January 2012. Daniel also bagged the role of Arthur Kipps, a lawyer in the British horror film, The Woman In Black; a film that is based on Susan Hill’s novel in 1983. Later, he was seen in the biographical drama film, Kill Your Darlings. He also did the Irish-Canadian film, The F Word and the American-Canadian fantasy thriller film, Horns. 

Daniel suffered a mild form of developmental coordination disorder in real-life. He sometimes have trouble in doing simple things like writing. He dated his co-star, Erin Darke of Kill Your Darlings in 2012.

Ben Foster is an American actor. He was born as Benjamin A. Foster on October 29, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts in the U.S.A. to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, who are running a restaurant. His younger brother, Jon Foster, is also an actor and a musician. When Ben was just 4-years old, his family shifted to Fairfield in Iowa after some robbers broke into their house in Boston. He was brought up as a Jewish. He practiced a mantra called, Transcendental Meditation Technique. Ben studied at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. He got engaged with actress Robin Wright in the early 2014 but ended their relationship in November 2014. They reconciled but still decided to end their relationship.

Dane William DeHaan is an American hero. He is remembered for working Jesse on the HBO scale In Treatment, and for his performances in the movies Chronicle in the year 2012, Kill Your Darlings and The Place Beyond the Pines both in 2013, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Life. DeHaan was born in Pennsylvania. His daddy, Jeff, is a machine programmer, and his mom, Cynthia Boscia, is an administrator at Knoll Furniture. He has an older sibling, Meghann, and became what the New York Times Magazine has named as a very well, childhood.

David Cross comes from a mixed heritage, his mother Susi is said to be American and father Barry hails from Yorkshire, England. David grew up in the States and did not have his father around him while growing up. It is said that his father left him when he was a child and they settled in Georgia. Having a dysfunctional family, David was born with the funny bone and he began his Stand-up acts when he was in the school itself.

David Rasche was born on August 7 in 1944.He is a film, television and theatre actor of America. He is primarily known for his portrayal of the title character in series, Sledge Hammer. He is known for his roles in the movie, Burn After Reading in 2008, Men in Black 3 in 2012. After this, he’s often seen playing characters: in good positions of authority, in serious as well as comical turns. His spouse is Heather Lupton; she made a guest appearance in the series Sledge Hammer as Hammer's ex-wife. They have three children. Rasche’s birthplace is St. Louis, Missouri.He was brought up in Illinois. Rasche and did graduation from the University of Chicago and even worked as a teacher and writer, also several years at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota.

John Cullum is a person with multiple talents. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a son of a banker. He completed his education at Knoxville High School and his graduation from the University of Tennessee. As a man of many talents, he did exceptionally well in sports field besides being an actor and a singer. He played for his University’s Southeastern Championship Tennis Team. He married Emily Frankel in 1959, and they have a son together named JD Cullum, who is also an actor by profession. His acting career started off as a debutant in Broadway where he portrayed the character of Sir Denadon in Camelot.