Feb
25

Video/Photos: 74th Berlinale Film Festival Closing Red Carpet and Award Ceremony (Screen Captures, Video + UHQ Photos) – Sebastian wins Silver Bear Award

Congratulations to Sebastian on Winning the Silver Bear for his performance in ‘A Different Man’ at the Berlinale Film Festival!

I’ve added a ton to the gallery of Sebastian at the 74th Berlinale Film Festival Closing Red Carpet and Award Ceremony to promote ‘A Different Man’. I’ve added over 100+ Screen Captures of Sebastian winning the award to the gallery. I’ve also added 50+ UHQ photos of the events to the gallery also click below to watch the video of the award win.

Note: On 2/27/24 I added at least 50 more UHQ photos to the gallery. Thank you to Elizabeth-Olsen.com for the extra assistance.

Feb
18

Photos: 74th Berlinale Film Festival Press Conference, Photocall + Red Carpet (Part II)

I’ve added 100+ more UHQ photos of Sebastian at the the 74th Berlinale Film Festival to promote ‘A Different Man’. to the gallery. Thank you to Elizabeth-Olsen.com for the extra assistance.

Feb
16

Video/Photos: 74th Berlinale Film Festival Press Conference, Photocall + Red Carpet (Screen Captures, Video + UHQ Photos)

I’ve added a ton to the gallery of Sebastian at the 74th Berlinale Film Festival to promote ‘A Different Man’. I’ve added over 100+ Screen Captures of the Photocall, Red Carpet + Press Conference. I’ve also added 50+ UHQ photos of the events to the gallery also click below to watch the video of the press conference & photocall.

* Note: I’ll be adding more in the day and possibly after so please check back.

Feb
16

News: Sebastian Stan Pushes Back After Reporter Uses the Word ‘Beast’ to Describe ‘A Different Man’ Character With Facial Disfigurement: ‘I Have to Call You Out’

Variety – Sebastian Stan Pushes Back After Reporter Uses the Word ‘Beast’ to Describe ‘A Different Man’ Character With Facial Disfigurement: ‘I Have to Call You Out’

Sebastian Stan corrected a journalist at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for his new film, the psychological thriller “A Different Man,” when they used insensitive language to describe a character with facial disfigurement.

The film follows Edward (Stan), who, after undergoing facial surgery, becomes fixated on another man playing him in a stage production based on his former life. In the first act of the movie, Stan wears heavy makeup to portray a character with a facial disfigurement, and after the surgery, his face returns to its typical look.

At Friday’s press conference, a journalist asked, “What do you think happens after the transformation from this so-called beast, as they call him, to this perfect man?”

“I have to call you out a little bit on the choice of words there, because I think part of why the film is important is because we often don’t have the right vocabulary,” Stan responded. “I think it’s a little bit more complex than that, and obviously there are language barriers, but you know, ‘beast’ isn’t the word. And I think, ultimately, it’s just interesting to hear this word because I think that’s one of the things the film is saying — we have these preconceived ideas and we’re not really educated on how to understand this experience in particular.”

“That’s one of the things I love about the movie,” he continued. “He’s offering you a way to look at it, and hopefully, if you can have the same objective point of view while you’re experiencing the film, maybe you can kind of pick apart the initial instincts that you have, and maybe those aren’t always the right ones.”

Following its Sundance premiere, “A Different Man” is set to debut in competition at Berlin Film Festival on Friday night. Directed by Aaron Schimberg, the film also stars Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson.

The film was well-received at Sundance, where the audience was left laughing and gasping at the film’s twists and turns. Variety‘s Peter Debruge wrote in his review that the film “asks what it means to be ‘normal,’ and whether, if we could wave a magic wand and ‘correct’ those same aberrant qualities which set us apart, that’s really something we’d want.”

Pearson, who has neurofibromatosis, spoke at the Sundance premiere about how he was able to find common ground with Stan while discussing their characters.

“This was the hook that we gave to Sebastian,” he said. “‘You don’t know what it’s like to have a disfigurement, but you do know what it’s like to not have privacy and to have your life constantly invaded. You become public property.’”

Feb
09

Photos: 21st Annual G’Day USA Arts Gala held at Skirball Cultural Center (Part II)

I’ve added 100+ more UHQ photos of Sebastian at the 21st Annual G’Day USA Arts Gala held at Skirball Cultural Center on February 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California to the gallery. Thank you to Elizabeth-Olsen.com for the extra assistance.

Feb
02

Photos: 21st Annual G’Day USA Arts Gala held at Skirball Cultural Center

I’ve added 68 UHQ photos of Sebastian at the 21st Annual G’Day USA Arts Gala held at Skirball Cultural Center on February 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California to the gallery.

Jan
24

Photos: Sundance 2024: ‘A Different Man’ Cast Portraits

I’ve added 10 photos of Sebastian at Sundance for ‘A Different Man’ to the gallery these are professional photos. Thank you to Elizabeth-Olsen.com for the extra assistance.

Jan
22

News/Video: ‘A Different Man’ Sundance Q+A

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Note: Screencaps are here

Jan
22

News: Sebastian Stan recalls ‘honest’ reactions walking in NYC with A Different Man facial prosthetic

Entertainment Weekly – “The only people that really were the most honest were kids,” he said of the “limited” interactions.

Sebastian Stan had an enlightening experience walking around the streets of New York in facial prosthetics for A Different Man.

In director Aaron Schimberg’s upcoming psychological thriller about identity and obsession, Stan plays Edward, an actor who undergoes major facial reconstructive surgery to transform his disfigured appearance. When another actor who has the same features as his former self (Adam Pearson) is cast as him in a stage production based on his life, Edward becomes fixated on him.

Following the film’s premiere at Sundance over the weekend, Stan took the stage with costars Pearson, Renate Reinsve, and director Schimberg to share the “limited” reactions he experienced while wearing his prosthetics around town, noting that the “only people that really were the most honest were kids.”
Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan attend the “A Different Man” Premiere during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 21, 2024 in Park City, Utah.
Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan at the Sundance premiere of ‘A Different Man’.

“It was really interesting and sort of scary to see how limited the interaction is,” Stan observed. “It just really is limited between two extremes, which is either [people] won’t address it, or overcompensation. The only people that really were the most honest were kids.”

Recounting one interaction with a little girl, “Her mom was just being a parent and trying to do the right thing, but in doing the right thing, she was actually preventing the little girl from just simply having an experience,” Stan said. “She was just being inquisitive, and she was brave and courageous and that’s kids, right? It’s like they just want to know. They don’t have judgment. It was a learning lesson for me, really.”

Pearson, who has neurofibromatosis, inspired the film after having worked with Schimberg in 2018’s Chained for Life. The actor said of finding common ground with Stan, “This was the hook that we gave to Sebastian: you don’t know what it’s like to have a disfigurement, but you do know what it’s like to not have privacy and to have your life constantly invaded,” Pearson said. “You become public property.’”

In conversation with Variety at the festival, Stan said he spent between 1.5 and 2 hours in the makeup chair with Mike Marino, the prosthetic artist behind his transformation, calling him a “great” collaborator. Of that time spent on the chair, “Any time you have a bit of time to reflect on the day is good,” Stan said, noting that they filmed for just 22 days.

Jan
22

Photos/News: ‘A Different Man’ Sundance 2024: Interviews, Photos, Videos + Screen Captures

I’ve added 100+ photos of Sebastian at Sundance for various events and the premiere of ‘A Different Man’ to the gallery along with some professional photos. Thank you to Elizabeth-Olsen.com for the extra assistance. There’s also various video interviews and accompanying screen captures at the following links: Variety Studio, Deadline Studio, and THR Studio. There’s also the after film Q+A which may contain spoilers Sundance Film Q+A