For Jeremy Renner, resuming work on his Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown following a severe snowplow incident in January 2023 was a crucial element of his convalescence — quite literally. “I was aware of the demands it places on you, even when you’re in top shape,” he expressed to Yahoo Entertainment regarding his dual role as lead actor and executive …

It wasn’t that Da’Vine Joy Randolph had never witnessed Alexander Payne’s cinematic works. She simply was oblivious to Alexander Payne’s identity. “Embarrassingly enough, this is the sequence of events,” the 37-year-old thespian recounts her tale about the initial encounter with the illustrious writer-director, celebrated for productions such as Election, Sideways and The Descendants, for his most recent piece, The Holdovers. …

Once Daisy Ridley was cast in the motion picture Young Woman and the Sea, recounting the narrative of Trudy Ederle, an American swimmer on a mission to be the inaugural female to cross the English Channel, she not only secured the lead role but also acquired an additional title afterward. “I did not begin as executive producer,” Ridley conveyed to …