In Special Forces Diane Kruger plays a French journalist kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Shot in Tajikistan, the French-language role is another that displays the German-born star’s penchant for changing nationalities, accents and languages. Last time out, in the action thriller Unknown, the 35-year-old played a Bosnian taxi driver. Also on her increasingly illustrious CV are turns as a German actress spying for the British in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, and speaking German in the 2005 First World War hit Joyeux Noel She played a Chicago resident in Wicker Park and got her big break playing Helen opposite Brad Pitt in Troy.

“I always said that was my big dream as an actor, to be between two chairs,” she says about her jump from studio films to more independent fare. “I never wanted to be typecast as a nationality. This does have the result of consistently having to do more work for a role, to be able to speak without an accent in English, to be able to speak with all different kinds of accents playing other nationalities or when I speak in French or German.”

There is though, one accent the actress admits that she is afraid to try: “Scottish, oh my god, that would be hard.” She adds, in English that betrays no hint of her German roots: “It’s all a matter of rehearsal. You can learn any accent you want. It’s a fascinating thing.” Her skill with accents doesn’t extend to impressions, though. “I’m not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people. I can do Karl very well, Karl Lagerfeld, because he speaks the same in every language.”

She doesn’t give a rendition of her Lagerfeld, sadly but adds: “He’s like my stepfather, I love Karl. He’s the funniest person I know. He’s a big inspiration actually.”

Kruger got to know Lagerfeld after she began modelling in Paris, aged 15. Her move to the French capital as a teenager came after a tumultuous couple of years. Born in the tiny hamlet of Algermissen, near Hanover, her parents divorced when she was 13. Her father worked as a cinema projectionist and her mother in a bank. She stayed with her mother, pursuing a career in ballet, but after auditioning for the Royal Ballet in London an injury put paid to her dancing dreams.

“From my modelling days, I have relationships with all these people and it’s kind of a cool thing that I still do that as well. It’s better these days as I now have more of a say in what I do and so I don’t sign with people that I don’t stand behind… It’s very cool to be the face of a perfume, that’s a very flattering thing. When Calvin Klein asked me to be the face of a perfume called Beauty I was like, ‘who are you kidding?’ when they told me the name. I was thinking people are going to say, ‘who does she think she is from Helen of Troy to Beauty?’ Then with all the work I’ve done for cosmetics companies too it becomes very global.”

She prefers to work on campaigns for products that are aimed at the High Street: “I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world.”

This seems to sum up Kruger. From afar and in magazines, she seems to belong to a high-end glamorous, unobtainable world, but she really is just one of the girls. (Source)

Horizons, a scifi tale taking place in a post-apocalyptic world, is having no trouble getting actors interested. Tom Cruise is already attached and Jessica Chastain of The Help has been cast, but there is still one other major part to be filled.

They need someone for the other female lead, and according to Deadline, it’s down to Hayley Atwell, Diane Kruger and Kate Beckinsale. Apparently the three headlining actresses will be reading this weekend, after which one will have to be chosen.

The three female contenders are: Hayley Atwell from Captain America: The First Avenger, Diane Kruger from Inglourious Basterds and Kate Beckinsale from Underworld. So in other words, all three actresses have impressive film credits.

The role to be filled is of a woman who crashes on earth and meets with Tom Cruise’s character. In this world people typically live in the clouds — as earth is no longer welcoming to life — and there ought to be some alien fun as well.

Director Joseph Kosinski is the originator of the idea for Horizons, previously titled Oblivion. He had it published first as a graphic novel, but with the hope that it would be made into a movie down the line when he was no longer caught up in other projects. (Source)

To celebrate the release of Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, finally hitting UK cinema screens today, WhatCulture.com thought it would be the perfect time to run down the 10 Greatest Cinematic Car Chases!

#9. Unknown (2011)
This Hitchcockian style thriller is an absorbing watch that features a dramatic and suspenseful chase sequence in the middle of the narrative. Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger have been thrown together through an earlier car crash and here they escape Kruger’s flat with an assassin in hot pursuit. With Neeson behind the wheel of the car – a man who’s identity is being denied by his own wife – the scene is relatively realistic, as he attempts to dodge the hired killer and his VW SUV in a Mercedes taxi. As the assassin dodges and weaves through traffic, Neeson is forced to drive like he’s never driven before, as his everyman character has to take on heroic and super-skilled driving abilities.

The Pascal Chaumeil directed film, Fly Me to the Moon has officially begun filming! The movie stars Diane alongside Dany Boon and Etienne Chicot and has an expected release for late 2012.

A successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the alter with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

Internet Movie Database has a new upcoming rumored project listed for Diane. Accoring to IMDb, Diane will be staring alongside Dany Boon in the film, Fly Me to the Moon. “Fly Me to the Moon” has been slated for a 2012 release. Take a look at the synopsis below:

A successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the alter with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

Please be advised, IMDb is a user-updated website, nothing posted is official. If this new project turns out to be legitimate, the film will be directed by Pascal Chaumeil and is written by Laurent Zeitoun.

I’ve added screen captures from the 2011 thriller, Unknown which stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones. Unknown is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray, so make sure you pick yourself up a copy. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions!

Gallery Links:
- Home > Film Productions > Unknown (2011) > Screen Captures

The first production stills from the upcoming film, Farewell, My Queen have been released! The Benoît Jacquot film based on the French Revolution novel Les Adieux à la Reine (English title: “Farewell My Queen”) by Chantal Thomas has been filming in Versailles and Paris since late May. Low quality stills of Diane as Marie Antoinette have been added into the gallery. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

Gallery Links:
- Home > Film Productions > Farewell, My Queen (2012) > Movie Stills

Quentin Tarantino may be hard at working putting together his next movie, Django Unchained, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, but let’s hope he hasn’t forgotten about that possible Inglourious Basterds prequel.

Brad Pitt and Eli Roth have already said they’re up for it. French actress Mélanie Laurent, who played Shossana Dreyfus, says she wouldn’t think twice about it:

“If Quentin wants to do that then I hope Shosanna will be in it,” Laurents told me recently from New York City. “I really hope so.”

Source

Screen captures from the 2004 film, Troy have been added into the gallery. Diane looked absolutely stunning in this movie. Please be advised when viewing the images there is some nudity. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

Gallery Links:
- Home > Film Productions > Troy (2004) > Screen Captures

Sony Pictures has offered Jessica Biel one of the two female leads in director Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake. Though, discussions have yet to begin.

At this time, it is unclear which of the two roles she will take. In the original, Sharon Stone played Lori, the dutiful wife (and spy) of Douglas Quaid (played here by Colin Farrell). The other female character was named Melina, as played by Rachel Ticotin, who helped Quaid join the Resistance in the fight for the production of air on Mars.

Last month, it was believed that Kate Bosworth and Diane Kruger were in the lead for these two roles. Those actresses are still being considered for the other female lead.

“Total Recall” comes to theaters August 3rd, 2012 and stars Colin Farrell. The film is directed by Len Wiseman. (Source)