"The corridors of New York’s historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel are lined with black-and-white photographs of famous visitors and guests who have stayed there in the past. But it is unlikely that the hotel has ever before seen such an august gathering of stars as the group of six Oscar winners and one nominee who met there the other day to talk about their roles in the lavish movie adaptation of the stage musical Nine. “I was just upstairs with the entire cast, and I still can’t believe it,” says the film’s director, co-writer and choreographer Rob Marshall as he joins me in a fourth-floor suite. “It’s overwhelming.” It was Marshall, whose films include Chicago, which won six Oscars, and Memoirs of a Geisha, which won three, who conceived the idea of filming Nine and who gathered together the extraordinary cast, which includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson and the pop singer Fergie." - RAPatton

"Fortunately for Marshall, Day-Lewis, who had read the script because he and Judi Dench share the same agent, announced his interest. The actor, who is extremely selective with his roles and is renowned for his perfectionism, recalls: “When Rob first started telling me about it, I had the same response all the actors had, which was a tremendous desire to attempt the challenge but at the same time a lurking fear that comes with trying to express yourself in a way that is completely outside your sphere of reference. “We all made fools of ourselves on day one, which you have to do when you’re unsure of things." - RAPatton

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Blame the marketing of Nine, a major motion picture coming to a theater near you! - RAPatton from iPhone

*waits for Daniel Day-Lewis to get naked* - Derrick

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