Stephen attended the New York screening of “Somewhere” at the Tribeca Grand Hotel on December 12, 2010. He looked dashing as always in a suit from Tom Ford while co-star Elle Fanning looked stunning in a dress by Rodarte. I have added 36 images from the event to the gallery.

Appearances 2010 > “Somewhere” New York screening

‘Somewhere’ Showcases L.A. Style

“I have one problem with Elle,” admitted Stephen Dorff of his “Somewhere” co-star, 12-year-old burgeoning “it” girl Elle Fanning.

“She’s nearly perfect, but she’s just growing too tall. I’m not the tallest guy, and she’s like 6 feet tall in heels, so it feels like the time I went out with a supermodel (Milla Jovovich) years ago,” said Dorff, who was wearing Tom Ford. “I feel like Mini-Me sometimes on the red carpet with her.”

Of course, at last night’s screening of Sofia Coppola’s film at the Tribeca Grand, Fanning’s 5-inch Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte wedges probably didn’t help her cause with Dorff.

“I was asking Elle, ‘How are you losing your baby teeth now? You’re already so tall?‘” Dorff continued. “She said, ‘I know, but I can’t slow down!’”

Fanning (whose sister, Dakota, 16, is another young starlet) is taking it in stride. While others might get a big head about joining the ranks of Coppola’s other leading ladies like Scarlett Johansson or Kirsten Dunst (who was at the screening), Fanning’s charming youthfulness is winning her rave reviews across the board.

Like her sister before her, the fashion world has embraced the younger Fanning; her ensemble for the screening was custom-created by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy. “They made this for me, which was just incredible!” raved Fanning of her gold minidress.

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Stephen Dorff is recalling the time Oliver Stone tried to fob him off. Stone was casting “World Trade Center”, looking for an actor to play the cop who finds Nicolas Cage buried alive in the rubble. Dorff wanted the part, but Stone wouldn’t give it to him. “He said, ‘Stephen, I like you, you’re a good actor, but you don’t look like a cop. You’re too cute.’” The actor was outraged. “Oliver,” he countered, “what are you talking about, man? I look like this now cos I’m not playing the part! If you give me the part, I’m gonna look completely different, I’m gonna sound completely different. That’s my job. Are you telling me that I can’t do my job?”

Dorff’s impassioned plea earned him a second audition. “So I really went for it,” the actor recalls. “I grew a moustache, got the Long Island accent down, and Oliver gave me the part. But the movie’s so dark – you can’t even tell it’s me!” He laughs: “But it was a turning point. I worked hard and I totally disappeared into the role. And I said to myself then, ‘I’ve gotta get back into this.’ Forget about taking a pay cheque to play a villain, I’ve done it. It’s dead. It’s boring. And I don’t wanna do it any more.’”

At just 37, Stephen Dorff is about to make his first comeback. His TV career began in the mid-80s, his film career in the mid-90s, when his artistic decline began almost immediately. No matter that he was the smart, sexy star of youth-orientated movies like the Beatles biopic Backbeat or co-starred with such heavyweights as Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine in Blood And Wine, by 1996 he was already in grade-Z genre fare with titles like Space Truckers and Quantum Project. Two years after that, he almost sealed his fate by playing the bad guy in vampire thriller Blade; it killed his career almost stone dead, and for a full decade – in which the only high point was a berserk John Waters comedy, Cecil B Demented – it seemed he’d never get a serious role again.

With Sofia Coppola’s new film Somewhere, however, Dorff is getting a second chance, much like the character he plays. More than a little similar to Coppola’s breakout film Lost In Translation, Somewhere is about a hotel, a girl and a father figure, although this time the father figure really is the girl’s father. Not that you’d know it. Played with heartbreaking sincerity by Dorff, Johnny Marco is a suburban lost boy wrapped up in a Hollywood star persona. He drinks too much, pops pills, screws any woman with a pulse, and has next to no interest in his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning). But when his estranged partner leaves the preternaturally grown-up Cleo with him for a long weekend, Marco’s dormant conscience starts to stir.

Like Marco, Dorff comes with a lot of baggage, but he’s also very hard to resist. His pretty-boy, leading man face now bears a few more interesting character-actor lines, and his body language is alpha male but loose and friendly. He slouches in his seat, squints like Columbo when he’s thinking, and makes a lot of eye contact.

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Sofia Coppola’s Digital Diary of “Somewhere” has been launched with exclusive content including an intro from Sofia, photo diary, interviews, behind the scenes clips and inspiration. Be sure to check it out SCSomewhere. The “Somewhere” website at Focus Features is HERE.

I have added exclusive images from both sites to the gallery –
> “Somewhere” Photo Diary
> On Set Various

The awards site for the film is up now too Focus Features – For Your Consideration. It features images, cast and crew info, video and you can even view and download the script!

“Somewhere” had it’s LA premiere in Hollywood a few days ago along with Variety’s special screening, held at the Four Seasons hotel. Stephen attended the events with director Sofia Coppola and co-stars Elle Fanning and Chris Pontius. I have added more than 60 images from these events to the gallery, including beautiful high quality ones! I have also added a few more stills from “Somewhere” and various photoshoot images during the filming and promotion of the film. And thanks to one of our readers for the scan from L’Optimum – Dec/Jan 2011

> “Somewhere” LA Premiere
> “Somewhere” Variety Screening
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> Photoshoot 032
> “Somewhere” stills
> L’Optimum – Dec/Jan 2010/2011

Many more pictures, including some great high quality shots have been added to the gallery! Be sure to check them all out

Appearances
> 67th Venice Film Festival Excelsior Hotel Brunch
> Somewhere Premiere at the 67th Venice Film Festival
> In Venice Day Four
> Night Vision Presents An Evening Affair in Beverly Hills
> ELLE’S 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute

Photoshoots
> 029 by Roberto Baldassarre
> 030 by Mario Testino

The actor plays Hollywood actor Johnny Marco in “Somewhere“, which was written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The movie follows Johnny as he starts to re-examine the way he’s lived his life, and Stephen felt it was made for him when he read the script.

He decided to travel to Paris to talk to Sofia about the part. It was an emotional time for him as it coincided with the anniversary of his mother’s death, but Stephen was determined not to go home until he had the role in the bag.

“I didn’t hear anything from her and I was starting to worry. This was now the night time of the day that my mom passed. I was on a hotel balcony with a view of the Eiffel Tower and I was sad and then my phone rang and it was Sofia saying: ‘I don’t need to look anymore. Do you want to be in my movie?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, are you serious?’ At that point, the Eiffel Tower started going techno the way it does on the hour and I felt my mom’s presence for the first time in a year,” he explained to British newspaper The Independent. “I had a flood of emotion and started crying in the street.”

Stephen can’t wait for people to see Somewhere as it is so special to him.

The only issue he has is that he worries other film experiences won’t live up to shooting with Sofia. He says it was hands-down the best time of his life, and something he’ll always treasure.

Stephen is particularly thankful for the role as he was beginning to worry his career was over, and he’d never get good parts again.

“Certainly this is the best part I’ve ever played, especially in this time when there are less and less movies about real characters and original voices and directors that have original styles,” he explained. “It was by far one of the best experiences I’ve ever had – in my life – and I’ve made about 35 movies. Now I think the best is to come. She gave me such an opportunity that now all these retards want to come and join the train, so great! Join the train!”

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An interesting interview with Stephen, during the filming of Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere“. Stephen Dorff lived in a room just a few floors up from where his character lived. Here he shows us around the his room at the Chateau Marmont, and how it felt living like his character Johnny Marco.

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I’ve also added a few pictures from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2nd Annual Governors Awards which was held in in Los Angeles on November 13. Stephen attended the event with Sofia Coppola and Elle Fanning.

Appearances > Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2nd Annual Governors Awards

The latest issue of VMAN, hit newsstands a few days ago featuring Stephen Dorff on the cover of the 20th issue, shot at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles by Mario Testino. Styling Andre Richardson.

“Stephen Dorff the 37-year-old rebel actor and star of the forthcoming, much-hyped movie directed by Sofia Coppola called “Somewhere.” VMAN’s cover and inside spread features Dorff with a body rivaling a teenage athlete. Dorff says he owes Coppola for the opportunity to renew his interest in the (acting) craft and continue to discover his art. His mother died of brain cancer one year and one day before Sofia offered him the coveted role.”

Be sure to check out the gorgeous pics in the gallery.
Gallery > VMAN 20 Winter 2010/2011

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I’ve added a bunch of new images to the gallery including more from the gorgeous T magazine photoshoot by photographer Hedi Slimane, ELLE’s 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute, the “Somewhere” Premiere in Paris, and new stills from “Somewhere”. And a very special thanks to one of our readers for supplying scans from the latest issue of Total Film magazine

Photoshoots > 026 by Photographer Hedi Slimane
Appearances > ELLE’s 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute
Appearances > “Somewhere” Premiere in Paris
Films > “Somewhere”
Magazines > Total Film December 2010

Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere“, the tale of an actor who sees the emptiness of his existence through the eyes of his child, has won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Director Quentin Tarantino headed the jury, which unanimously chose Coppola’s film as the best movie at the 11-day annual festival.

The buzz in the final days of the festival had pegged “Somewhere” as a sure winner, and the jury appeared to have had no doubts, either.

“This film enchanted us from its first screening,” Tarantino said. “It has the artistry we were looking for in a Golden Lion” winner, he told the closing ceremony.

Coppola has described the film, which made its world premiere at Venice, as a “portrait of today’s L.A.”

“Somewhere” is the fourth feature by Coppola, who is also one of the few female directors ever to be nominated for an Academy Award – for “Lost in Translation“.

In “Somewhere”, Stephen Dorff plays a Hollywood star whose somewhat empty life is enriched by the arrival his daughter, played by Elle Fanning. The film takes place nearly entirely in hotels, mostly the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

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