Stephen is featured in the February/March issue of Wonderland magazine. Interviewed from the Beverly Hills Hotel “over one of the restaurant’s famous McCarthy salads, an iced tea, a skim latte, and a cigarette or two”, Dorff chatted about working with Sofia Coppola, and how he’s bracing for his life to change in the next few months.

You can read part of the interview here. The full interview is featured in the magazine. I will be adding scans from the issue soon.

Photos by Derek Kettela from the shoot have been added to the gallery.
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Thanks to minami for telling us about the feature

What kind of actor is Stephen Dorff? The man is 36, and he’s been on screen since he was 12, so we should have some clues. He’s played the fifth Beatle (Backbeat), an arch vampire (Blade), a guerrilla filmmaker (Cecil B. Demented), an unhinged gangster (Public Enemies), a sadistic crime boss (Shadowboxer) and a transsexual Superstar (I Shot Andy Warhol). “I’ve always kind of liked my career: There’s been a bit of mystery,” he said. “It’s never had that ridiculous amount of attention for one thing.”

And yet after all these years and all those roles, Stephen Dorff might be on the brink of that one thing. Sofia Coppola picked him to star in her fourth feature film, Somewhere about a fame-crazed 30-something actor living at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. “I understood a lot of the character because I lived at the Chateau Marmont before,” said Dorff, who celebrated his 21st birthday party at the hotel and moved back in during the film shoot.

“I’ve got some crazy memories there,” he said of his first stay. “A lot of creative people have had their stint at the Chateau. Whether it’s Hunter Thompson, who lived in the room where we shot the movie, or Helmut Newton or Jim Morrison. It just has a vibe that attracted a lot of young people. And I was one of them.” Dorff is good friends with Coppola, whom he calls “Sof,” and they share a best friend, Zoe Cassavetes. Still, he received the part from Coppola as manna, and has since said that it’s the best role he’s been offered, ever. “I almost feel like she made me cool again,” he said.

Of course, some would believe that getting a nod from Adam Sandler is cooler than one from Sofia Coppola. In Sandler’s porn comedy, Born to Be a Star, scheduled to be released later this year, Dorff plays Dick Shadow, a hugely popular porn star with blond hair extensions. With these two roles, Dorff is primed for a very public 2010. “I get where I’m going and where the world’s going. But I feel like maybe it’s a benefit that I’ve been through the whole craze when I was younger,” he said. “I’ve been on magazine covers before.”

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Pictures from the shoot by Photographer Fabrice Trombert have been added to the gallery:

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Nancy Dorff lost her battle with brain cancer last February (08), leaving the 36 year old devastated.

After nursing her in her final months, Dorff admits he found it tough returning to Hollywood – but now he’s back and insists he can feel his mother’s spirit urging him on.

And he’s convinced she helped him land his big new movie role, in Sofia Coppola film Somewhere.

In a chat with pal Owen Wilson for the new issue of Interview magazine, Dorff says, “It’s been an intense year for my family. I lost my mom last year, but I feel like she’s really been with me and with us, guiding us. I’d never really lost anybody before in my immediate family. Your mom is the person you don’t ever want to lose, but in losing her, I had all these great things that started happening. I think she was part of me getting the whole Sofia (Coppola) movie.

“She was the ultimate mom. It kills me that she’s gone, but at the same time, I think she’s given me strength. I think my mom will be up there, hopefully smiling.”

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You can read the full interview HERE.

Scans will be posted soon. For now though check out the photoshoot in the gallery.

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Stephen Dorff turned 36 a few days ago, on the 29th of July. How time flies doesn’t it? As of yet we don’t know how Stephen celebrated his birthday, but in true Stephen style, I’m sure he had a kick-ass time! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stephen, and best wishes for the year ahead.

Just 10 days ago Stephen was seen holidaying in France with good friend and fellow actor,  Owen Wilson.  He was sporting a few new tattoos, including wings on his right arm, and was wearing a hat that read ‘Somewhere‘, the title of his latest movie that he is currently working on with director Sofia Coppola.

I’m pleased to say there’s a ton of photos floating around. I have added some to the gallery, and I’m sure there will be more to come.

Public Enemies Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere gallery

For the second evening in a row, Hollywood proper came stomping through the more usually indie-centric environs of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Where Monday night had seen a lavish-to-the-point-of-ridiculous event celebrating the robot wars of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with the attendant red carpet ruckus, Tuesday night was given over to a decidedly more dignified to-do for the Depression-era tale of bank robber John Dillinger in “Public Enemies.”

The event began with full-on star power from Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard, as well as appearances on the carpet by director Michael Mann and cast members Giovanni Ribisi, Leelee Sobieski, Carey Mulligan, Branka Katic, Rory Cochrane, Jason Clarke and Stephen Dorff, as well as Rosario Dawson, Vince Vaughn, Chan Marshall, Samm Levine, Amber Heard, Ondi Timoner, Shawn Hatosy, Peter Fonda, Jerry Bruckheimer and others.

Festival director Rebecca Yeldham introduced the screening by saying, “‘Public Enemies’ is unlike any movie I’ve ever seen.”

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*The L.A. premiere is on June 23, at Mann’s Village Theatre.

*The European premiere is in London on Monday, June 29th. The film will screen at the Empire in Leicester Square.

*Public Enemies will have its Paris premiere on Thursday, July 2nd, at UGC Normandie.

*To celebrate the release of Public Enemies, cable TV is unspooling promotional and behind-the-scenes looks at the Michael Mann film. Public Enemies: HBO First Look offers a 13-minute feature which goes behind the scenes of the film. The feature airs for the first time on Thursday, June 18th at 04:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on HBO – EAST and at 7:15 p.m. on HBO – WEST. Don’t fret if you missed out. It will be repeated numerous times during the month of June and July.

Thanks to ohjohnny, johnnydeppzone, and johnnydeppreads

To celebrate the release of Public Enemies, in cinemas 1st July, Empire Magazine is giving you the chance to see the film before it’s released at cinemas nationwide.

The Screenings
The free screenings are taking place at the following Odeon cinemas on June 29.

Birmingham
Bristol
Cardiff
Edinburgh Wester Hailes
Glasgow Braehead
Liverpool One
London Kingston
London Greenwich
Manchester Printworks
Newcastle, Gateshead

How To Get Your Free Tickets
Screenings will take place on Monday 29 June at 6 for 6.30pm at Odeon Cinemas across the country. To receive your free pair of tickets log onto www.tellten.co.uk and enter the reference code 367459 which will take you to a special page where you can print off your tickets to bring along with you on the night. Remember first come first served so be quick to avoid missing out.

At the Ocean Drive party at the Fontainebleau’s LIV for Pamela Anderson last night, Anderson seen making out with ex beau Stephen Dorff in one of the club’s sky boxes.