ED HARRIS - HARRIS AND ADAMS HONOURED AS STARS OF THE YEAR

HARRIS AND ADAMS HONOURED AS STARS OF THE YEAR

Movie stars ED HARRIS and AMY ADAMS were honoured at the Motion Picture Club Star of The Year Awards on Thursday night (06Nov08) for their work in APPALOOSA and DOUBT respectively.
Harris' Pollock co-star, Marcia Gay Harden, presented the Director of the Year prize to Harris for Appaloosa, while Adams claimed the Star of The Year award.
In handing over the coveted honour to Harris in New York, Gay Harden recalled working with the gruff actor/director in Pollock - and how he slammed a chair to the floor to evoke emotion from the actress.
She told the audience at the prizegiving, "There was a scene where Pollock wants children and I don't and he throws a glass at the radio and the line is, 'I'm not bringing another baby into that.'
"I was boring in the scene and kind of stale and he kept asking me to say the line over and over again. After five times I just wasn't there. He gets a chair and he's behind the camera and starts slamming the chair on the floor and he's yelling, 'Say it again, say it again!'
"The crew was really afraid. When we were done the girls in the prop room were like, 'Do you want to report it?' My body came alive and I said the line but that's not the take we chose! But he did help me come alive in that moment."
And she publicly thanked Harris for helping her land a role in Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys.
She added, "I came to know that he's this incredibly loyal friend because on the film Pollock I was up for a role in Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboy. I kept asking Ed, 'Please call him, please call him.' So he called Clint and this is all I heard from Ed: 'Hey Clint, how ya doin'? I hear you want to work with Marcia Gay Harden. I just want to say she's a good girl.' The next day I got the part!"