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  Olivier Martinez, Agnes Bruckner, Katja von Garnier | Interviews | SCI FI Weekly
Olivier Martinez stood at the pulpit and held up his hands, as if he were preaching at the front of this 140-year-old Gothic stone church, near the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
Martinez, Bruckner and von Garnier talked to SCI FI Weekly during the unusual press interviews held at the church in Los Angeles for the film, which opens Jan. 26.
Martinez: Well, there are different kinds of approaches to a role, but for that one particularly I had to have a kind of Romanian accent.
www.scifi.com /sfw/interviews/sfw14800.html   (2097 words)

  
 Hunky Male Celebs: Olivier Martinez
Martinez lived with actress Juliette Binoche for three years, and their relationship was widely reported by the French press.
The French tabloid press hotly pursued Olivier during and after the filming of Hussard sur le toit, Le (1995), speculating on a real romance between him and his co-star, Juliette Binoche; the couple threatened to sue one magazine that reported that Binoche was pregnant.
Olivier fought as a welterweight in Europe, taking after his father who had also been a pugilist.
www.hunkymalecelebs.com /olivier_martinez   (377 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez comes from a working-class family, raised in the Paris suburbs.
The French tabloid press hotly pursued Olivier during and after the filming of Hussard sur le toit, Le (1995), speculating on a real romance between him and his co-star, Juliette Binoche; the couple threatened to sue one magazine that reported that Binoche was pregnant.
Olivier fought as a welterweight in Europe, taking after his father who had also been a pugilist.
members.tripod.com /my_dark_knights/olivier_martinez.htm   (169 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez Biography
Martinez's next film, The Horseman on the Roof (1995), though, earned him billing as the "French Brad Pitt." As an Italian revolutionary on the run in 19th century France, Martinez shared sizzling onscreen chemistry with co-star Juliette Binoche and got his first taste of tabloid attention when the two became an offscreen item as well.
Martinez hit the international art-house circuit again as a man who concocts an imaginary affair with the title character in Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), but his next European films, The Slammer (1999), The City of Marvels (1999), and Toreros (2000), did not have as much exposure.
Though the part was originally written for an American, Lyne deemed Martinez a believable lust object for someone married to Richard Gere, altered the nationality, and Martinez became bored housewife Diane Lane's fatal attraction in Unfaithful.
www.fandango.com /olivier-martinez/biographies/P200431   (634 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez Interview, Blood & Chocolate - MoviesOnline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The filmmakers consider the casting of Olivier Martinez to be the linchpin of the romantic triangle formed in the film.
Olivier: Yeah, that’s part of what convinced me to do the part because, as an actor, you never know how the special effects are going to end up when you deal with horror make-up so, sometimes, it works extremely well and sometimes it looks ridiculous.
Olivier: Maybe, from the point view of a human being, maybe my character is bad but from the point of view of a wolf, I think I’m a hero trying to survive when humans want to make your breed extinct.
www.moviesonline.ca /movienews_11081.html   (3129 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez
Handsome Frenchman Olivier Martinez was born and raised in Paris.
After years of being coaxed into the acting profession by friends, Martinez took a chance at the age of 23 and enrolled in the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris.
Martinez played a supporting role in S.W.A.T. (2003) starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell, followed by Taking Lives (2004), with Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=7107   (217 words)

  
 Meg's Boyfriend: Olivier Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Olivier plays the lead detective in Montreal, who is pretty bitter than an American feebie has been called in to work on his case.
Angelo (Martinez) is a chivalrous and utterly upstanding colonel who comes across Pauline (Juliette Binoche), who is fleeing the disease and trying to make her way back to her husband.
Olivier was all set to follow in those footsteps, but a car accident left him unable to continue fighting in the ring.
home.comcast.net /~mjbrunner1/archive/oliviermartinez.html   (1497 words)

  
 The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading ...
Kylie Minogue's four-year relationship with Frenchman Olivier Martinez might be in trouble after British newspaper reports that Martinez was seen with two women last week.
Martinez, 41, was first seen with Israeli model Sarai Givati, the woman he spent three days with in Paris just six weeks ago.
"Olivier says he's only worried about Kylie's health and is gutted that she won't listen to him.
www.smh.com.au /news/people/olivier-cheated-report/2007/01/29/1169919249020.html   (431 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez Fan Journal
Again, if Olivier does not know what a live journal is, he will not likely use that to find himself on the web.
Olivier Martinez is also what people want, especially me. As I have said before, “He is too good to pass up.” Don’t miss an opportunity for a potential block buster and serious money maker.
Olivier plays a character called Petite Paule who is a petty thief and also happens to be a “love expert”.
0-rollergirl.livejournal.com   (4829 words)

  
 Sky Showbiz - Kylie's Man Cancels Work Plans
Her French boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, has cancelled a trip back to Los Angeles where he was due for filming on his new movie to be at her side.
It's thought that Olivier was the one who prompted Kylie to visit a doctor urgently after she'd recently been seen looking pale and tired.
After being diagnosed with the early stages of the disease on Tuesday, Kylie broke the news to her family and Olivier, her agent and her fans, then she went for lunch with fellow Aussie Olivia Newton-John.
showbiz.sky.com /showbiz/article/0,,50001-1182329,00.html   (320 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez: The Horseman on the Roof - Movie
Set in a beautiful summer in the mid-19th century, it follows Olivier Martinez's Italian in exile as he is chased across France by Austrian agents intent on killing as many Italian rebels as they can only for his pursuers to be outrun by a cholera epidemic that picks off friends and foes.
Along the way his path crosses with various victims and survivors - a doctor who teaches him a neat disinfecting trick of setting your hands on fire, a cute governess, Jean Yanne's duplicitous peddler, Gerard Depardieu's paranoid mayor, and most importantly Juliette Binoche, who is determined to find her husband.
Olivier Martinez plays Angelo, an Italian Hussard who defects to join an inssurgency.
www.superiorpics.com /olivier_martinez/movie/1995_the_horseman_on_the_roof.html   (1048 words)

  
 Unfaithful - Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez (Review)
Connie and Edward have attained complacency in their marriage, that place that lays beyond the restlessly selfish twenty something years, beyond the career-family oriented thirty something years, to that comfortable place of submissive acceptance of who they are and how it is. In this generally unshakeable territory, the American Dream still flourishes.
Sure … he is youthful, gorgeous to a distraction, and full of the promise of mystery that comes with a French accent, but it takes more than the obvious to shake her from the warm and fuzzy fortress that surrounds her.
Paul's (Olivier Martinez) life is a reflection of his youth; open to all possibilities and hungry to experience all it has to offer.
www.cinetropic.com /olivier/unfaithful   (1012 words)

  
 Glitterati: Kylie Minogue Defends Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez did not cheat on Kylie Minogue - and she wants everyone to know it.
The Aussie pop singer posted a message on her Web site, kylie.com, to dispel the rumors that Martinez had been unfaithful to her with a deluge of younger women, including model Sarai Givati.
Minogue and Martinez announced their split last week after four years together, but it appears they still remain friends.
www.glitteratigossip.com /glitterati/2007/02/kylie_minogue_d.html   (236 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez News - Topix
Angelina Jolie Gives Olivier Martinez Lap Dance While Pit...
Angelina Jolie gave what was described as a sexy lap dance to her former co-star Olivier Martinez in New York City.
Among the guests: actor Olivier Martinez, a participant in the documentary and her costar in the 2004 thriller Taking Lives, with whom she...
www.topix.net /who/olivier-martinez   (629 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez @ Filmbug UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Martinez created a stir as Diane Lane's lover in Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful with Richard Gere.
Martinez first gained international attention for his performance as a dashing 19th century Italian cavalry officer who falls in love with a married woman (Juliette Binoche) in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Horseman on the Roof.
Martinez made his motion picture debut in Jean Jacques Beineix's IP5 (1992), co-starring Yves Montand.
www.filmbug.co.uk /db/1616   (326 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez - Biography - Moviefone
The son of a Spanish-Moroccan boxer and a French secretary, Martinez was born and raised in a working-class suburb of Paris.
Though he aimed to follow the paternal tradition of becoming a professional fighter then a mechanic, Martinez's plans changed after he was injured in a car wreck.
Passing an audition for the Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique, Martinez began to study acting at age 23.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/olivier-martinez/200431/biography   (590 words)

  
 Fametastic » Olivier Martinez: when I marry Kylie Minogue, it’ll be for life
Olivier Martinez has revealed he has no immediate plans to marry girlfriend Kylie Minogue because he’s determined to only marry once and wants to make sure he’s found the right person before ties the knot.
Kylie described Olivier as her “rock” during her recent treatment for breast cancer and he revealed that he has ways of protecting her when the media attention surrounding them gets to be too much.
Kylie Minogue and Olivier Martinez to marry in April?
fametastic.co.uk /archive/20060925/2674/olivier-martinez-when-i-marry-kylie-minogue-itll-be-for-life   (466 words)

  
 Kylie Minogue & Olivier Martinez Split - Kylie Minogue, Olivier Martinez : People.com
"Olivier Martinez and Kylie Minogue have officially confirmed that they are no longer a couple," says the statement issued by reps for the couple.
The Australian entertainer is recovering from a respiratory infection, which caused her to cancel several concert dates in the UK last month.
Minogue earlier this year credited Martinez, who appeared in Unfaithful with Diane Lane and Richard Gere in 2002, with helping her through the dark days of her breast cancer battle.
www.people.com /people/article/0,,20010855,00.html   (468 words)

  
 Celebopedia - Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez fought as a welterweight in Europe, taking after his father who had also been a pugilist.
Olivier Martinez says his love helped girlfriend Kylie Minogue win...
This site is not endorsed by Olivier Martinez or any organization Olivier Martinez is, was or will be associated with.
www.celebopedia.com /olivier-martinez   (241 words)

  
 The Celebrity Blog » Blog Archive » Kylie Minogue splits with Olivier Martinez
A couple of days ago it was claimed that Kylie Minogue and Olivier Martinez romance may be officially over after reports in Britain suggest that the actor is cheating on her.
It is known that the Pop icon has expressed her desire to start a family in the near future, it seems that Oliver is not going to be in this equation.
Olivier Martinez and Kylie Minogue have officially confirmed that they are no longer a couple.
www.thecelebrityblog.com /2007/02/kylie-minogue-splits-with-olivier-martinez   (921 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez (Cosmique Movie Awards)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Paris-born actor Olivier Martinez first shot to the attention of Cosmique Movie Award voters when he co-starred opposite Diane Lane in Unfaithful.
Though she received most of the accolades, includes Best Actress nominations for both the Oscars and the Cosmos, Olivier received a Cosmo nomination for the Actor's Character You Would Most Like to be Intimate With.
In 2003, Olivier appeared in the American film S.W.A.T. as well as the Emmy-nominated made-for-TV movie "The Roman Spring of Mrs.
www.cosmomovieawards.com /actors/oliviermartinez.html   (110 words)

  
 wbztv.com - Kylie Minogue, Olivier Martinez Split
In November, the 38-year-old singer told Elle magazine that her boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, had been an "incredible" support during her illness.
She and Martinez, a 41-year-old French actor who was in "Before Night Falls" and the recently released "Blood and Chocolate," confirmed the split in a statement late Friday.
Recently, the tabloid press has speculated that Martinez was seeing someone else.
wbztv.com /entertainment/entertainment_story_034122411.html   (283 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez
Dark and handsome, although at 5'7" somewhat diminutive, Olivier Martinez won his first international notice with "The Horseman on the Roof" (1995), in which he played a dashing 19th Century Italian cavalry officer who falls in love with a married woman (Juliette Binoche).
Both his father and grandfather had owned garages, and after Martinez finished schooling in his native Paris, he worked in numerous jobs for about five years before deciding on acting as a career.
In the wake of this breakout performance, Martinez was cast as an incarcerated drug kingpin who offers up $100 million to anyone who can free him from police custody in the big-budget, action-oriented film version of the 70s TV crime drama "S.W.A.T." (2003)
www.allocine.co.uk /personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=15449.html   (389 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez Gets Over Break-Up with Penelope Cruz at Hollywood.com
HOLLYWOOD - French actor Olivier Martinez was comforted by Penelope Cruz in Los Angeles on Saturday, just 12 hours after splitting from pop star Kylie Minogue.
The pair issued a statement on Friday saying, "Olivier Martinez and Kylie Minogue have officially confirmed that they are no longer a couple.
Martinez had sparked rumors of a split with the singer in December after he was spotted with Israeli model Sarai Givati and Lost star Michelle Rodriguez.
www.hollywood.com /news/Martinez_Gets_Over_Break_Up_with_Cruz/3652477   (423 words)

  
 Kylie Minogue and boyfriend Olivier Martinez split - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
LONDON (AP) — Pop diva Kylie Minogue and boyfriend Olivier Martinez, have announced their separation.
In November, Minogue, 38, told Elle magazine that Martinez had been an "incredible" support during her illness.
Kylie Minogue and Olivier Martinez, seen here in May 2003 before Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer, announced their split in a statement released Friday.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2007-02-03-minogue-martinez-split_x.htm?csp=34   (280 words)

  
 Olivier Martinez Picture, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com
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