From tragic love stories to heartbreaking dramas, these are the films that touch our souls. Cue the waterworks: The 18 saddest movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video From tragic love stories to heartbreaking dramas, these are the films that touch our souls. By Kevin Jacobsen and Declan Gallagher January 29, 2026 8:00 a.m. ET Leave a Comment :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/DanielleDeadwylertillSoundofMetalRizAhmedCaseyAffleckManchesterbytheSea08062548de6f3952b64f07aadf08e32aaabe0e.

From tragic love stories to heartbreaking dramas, these are the films that touch our souls.

Cue the waterworks: The 18 saddest movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video

From tragic love stories to heartbreaking dramas, these are the films that touch our souls.

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January 29, 2026 8:00 a.m. ET

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Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Mobley in 'Till'; Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone in 'Sound of Metal'; Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler in 'Manchester by the Sea'. Credit:

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Why do we seek out movies that are bound to make us cry? It might seem strange to some who only see this art form as a vessel for entertainment, but there's a real beauty in films that go beyond ephemeral laughs, thrills, or scares and touch the deepest parts of ourselves. These are human stories first and foremost, tales of tragedy, struggle over adversity, and bittersweet romance.

Amazon Prime offers a wide selection of sad movies, catering to various tastes, from sorrowful classics like *Bicycle Thieves* (1948) to heartbreaking modern dramas like *Till* (2022), each guaranteed to get your tear ducts working overtime.

Ahead, a list of the 18 best sad movies on Amazon Prime Video for whenever you need a good sobfest.

Affliction (1998)

James Coburn as Glen Whitehouse and Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse in 'Affliction'.

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This bleak crime drama, adapted from the Russell Banks novel of the same name, is all about the cycles of violence within a family. Nick Nolte stars as Wade, a small-town New England cop who has a strained relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. He soon becomes consumed by a suicide case he believes could actually be a cover-up for murder, leading him down a dark path that's only exacerbated by tension with his mean-spirited father (James Coburn, in an Oscar-winning performance). EW's critic praises *Affliction* as an "exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production," dubbing it "a beautiful bummer, a magnificent feel-bad movie." —*Kevin Jacobsen*

Where to watch *Affliction*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** A

**Director:** Paul Schrader

**Cast:** Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt

Beautiful Boy (2018)

Timothée Chalamet as Nic Scheff and Steve Carell as David Sheff in 'Beautiful Boy'. Francois Duhamel/Amazon Studios

Timothée Chalamet stars in this semi-biographical portrait of *New York Times* columnist David Sheff (Steve Carell​​) and his son, Nic (Chalamet), who has a substance abuse disorder. Directed by Felix van Groeningen, the film is resolutely hard-nosed but not without moments of levity and an ultimately redemptive arc for its young lead.

Groeningen wisely universalizes a story that could have played as a privileged, unpigmented vision of drug addiction. There's nothing in* Beautiful Boy *you haven't seen before, but the notes are played with such humanism that it still stands on its own two feet. —*Declan Gallagher*

Where to watch *Beautiful Boy*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Felix van Groeningen

**Cast:** Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Lamberto Maggiorani as Antonio Ricci and Enzo Staiola as Bruno Ricci in 'Bicycle Thieves'.

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This third-ever Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film is a simple tale that packs a huge punch. Set in post-WWII Rome, *Bicycle Thieves* centers on a humble family man named Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) who lands a new job that requires a bicycle. After shelling out enough money to pay for one, his first day on the job goes horribly wrong as a thief absconds with the bike when he's not looking. What follows is a heartbreaking tale of Antonio and his son desperately searching for the stolen bike, with director Vittorio De Sica offering a profound commentary on the plight of the workingman. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Bicycle Thieves*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Vittorio De Sica

**Cast:** Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

The Big Sick (2017)

Kumail Nanjiani as himself and Zoe Kazan as Emily Gardner in 'The Big Sick'.

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Michael Showalter​​ cemented himself as a journeyman director with this understated romantic dramedy based on co-writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's love story. Nanjiani plays a version of himself, a struggling Pakistani comic who meets young American student Emily (Zoe Kazan) when she heckles him during his act. The two begin a tentative romance, aware of their disparate cultures, but things take a dark turn when Emily is diagnosed with a rare disorder.

Showalter and his crew turn up the emotional honesty in this tremendously effective feature, which never loses sight of the absurd comedy within this deathly serious situation. —*D.G.*

Where to watch *The Big Sick*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Michael Showalter

**Cast:** Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher

Biutiful (2010)

Javier Bardem as Uxbal in 'Biutiful'.

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu has specialized in a certain kind of grim cinema over the years, from *21 Grams* (2003) to *The Revenant* (2015), but this 2010 drama remains one of his most affecting. Javier Bardem stars as Uxbal, a father living in Barcelona who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Given only a few months to live, he tries to provide a better future for his kids, but finds his life going from bad to worse as he tries to help a group of illegal immigrants. While often unrelenting in its bleakness, *Biutiful* is made effective by Bardem's subtly heartbreaking performance, which earned him an Oscar nomination. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Biutiful*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Alejandro G. Iñárritu

**Cast:** Javier Bardem

The Iron Claw (2023)

Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich in 'The Iron Claw'.

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The true story of the Von Erich wrestling family was so unrelentingly tragic that when *The Iron Claw* finally got made, director Sean Durkin opted to leave one brother out entirely. (He later told EW that that call was "one of the toughest decisions I had to make.") The film has more than its share of anguish, but that's no reason for audiences to avoid it. There's joy in the bonds of brotherhood shared between the Von Erichs, in and out of the ring, even amid their darkest moments. And the movie makes room for hope, particularly embodied by Kevin (Zac Efron, in a career-best performance). *—K.J.*

Where to watch *The Iron Claw*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Sean Durkin

**Cast:** Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Lily James, Jeremy Allen White, Maura Tierney

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Larry Simms as Pete, Karolyn Grimes as Zuzu, Jimmy Hawkins as Tommy, James Stewart as George, Donna Reed as Mary, and Carol Coombs as Janie — the Bailey family — in 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

*It's a Wonderful Life* is a cherished Christmas classic, one that's a step above other holiday movies for its themes. After all, the entire premise centers on George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) wanting to jump off a bridge and end his life after a series of unfortunate events that lead him to believe he's worthless. But, after a guardian angel intervenes, George sees that he's made a far more positive impact than he ever imagined.

A touching tribute to the value of family and community, *It's a Wonderful Life* offers a rollercoaster of emotions that leaves you with happy, grateful tears by its cathartic conclusion. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *It's a Wonderful Life*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Frank Capra

**Cast:** Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers

Last Flag Flying (2017)

Laurence Fishburne as Richard Mueller, Steve Carell as Larry 'Doc' Shepherd, and Bryan Cranston as Sal Nealon in 'Last Flag Flying'. Wilson Webb/Amazon

Richard Linklater's tale of Vietnam vets (Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne) making a cross-country journey to bury the young son of one of their number (Steve Carell) is by turns somber and spirited, but always represents the very best of what the director is capable of. He's a filmmaker who can find uncommon depth and lingering beauty in the smallest of life's moments.

Here, Linklater eschews the overwrought trappings that these types of movies typically fall into. There's no rah-rah patriotism; there's no epic grandstanding. There's just a pervasive sense of loss, of lives torn asunder for no particular reason, and a cast highly adept at delivering these punches. —*D.G.*

Where to watch *Last Flag Flying*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Richard Linklater

**Cast:** Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Yul Vazquez, Cicely Tyson

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Michelle Williams as Randi Chandler and Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler in 'Manchester by the Sea'.

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Kenneth Lonergan's scorched-earth domestic drama stars an Oscar-winning Casey Affleck as a ne'er-do-well repairman called back to the sleepy Massachusetts hamlet of his youth to care for his nephew (Lucas Hedges) after his brother's (Kyle Chandler) death. Lonergan pitches this film at an occasionally hysterical level, but he never lets the material get away from him, nor does it descend into pieties.

Affleck excels here in a tremendously off-putting role (seemingly the one he was born to play), but the film's most cogent, exciting moments come when Lonergan splits off to show us the town's bizarre side characters. —*D.G.*

Where to watch *Manchester by the Sea*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Kenneth Lonergan

**Cast: **Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges

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Never Let Me Go (2010)

Carey Mulligan as Kathy H, Keira Knightley as Ruth C, and Andrew Garfield as Tommy D in 'Never Let Me Go'.

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Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school. While a love triangle eventually develops, this romantic drama tells an entirely more complicated story than you might expect, as we learn that Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth share a secret about how — and why — they're alive. Bolstered by weighty performances from Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley, the film dives into heavy themes of mortality and ethics with striking clarity. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Never Let Me Go*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Mark Romanek

**Cast:** Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield

Nickel Boys (2024)

Ethan Herisse as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in 'Nickel Boys'.

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Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is an emotional wallop, putting us in the mind of a Black teenager experiencing racism and abuse at a reform school in 1960s Florida. This Oscar-nominated adaptation brilliantly brings that perspective to life, shot entirely in first-person point of view in a way that feels overwhelmingly immersive, not gimmicky. "*Nickel Boys* is a fragmented film, so much so that it can be difficult to grasp it," notes EW's critic. "But at a certain point, it turns around and grabs you instead, refusing to let go until you're left sitting in a startling and stunned silence." —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Nickel Boys*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** A–

**Director:** RaMell Ross

**Cast:** Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Short Term 12 (2013)

Brie Larson as Grace Howard and LaKeith Stanfield as Marcus in 'Short Term 12'. Brett Pawlak

Destin Daniel Cretton's debut feature concerns a group of counselors (headed by Brie Larson's Grace) at a home for at-risk teens who must deal with their own traumatic pasts while shepherding their patients to a brighter future. A modern indie favorite, *Short Term 12* announced Cretton, Larson, and LaKeith Stanfield as major talents in their respective fields.

This is a movie that subverts and morphs the audience's expectations with great intelligence at each turn. Its twists are as shocking as those in a conventional thriller, and Cretton is a master of selling emotions and entire character arcs with a single shot. —*D.G.*

Where to watch *Short Term 12*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director: **Destin Daniel Cretton

**Cast: **Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield

Sound of Metal (2020)

Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone in 'Sound of Metal'.

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Riz Ahmed stars in this moving indie drama as Ruben, a heavy metal drummer grappling with sudden hearing loss. The musician, who also has a substance abuse disorder, enters a rehab shelter treating deaf recovering addicts. Desperate to regain any semblance of the life he led before, Ruben struggles to accept what he cannot change, despite the best efforts of the shelter's leader (Paul Raci).

Featuring a soul-bearing performance by Ahmed and an Oscar-winning sound design that takes us inside Ruben's mind, *Sound of Metal* is a quietly powerful experience. "As Ruben's fear and rage begins to open itself to the unknown, the movie reaches toward something profound," writes EW's critic, "finding real, furious power in the spaces between the sound." —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Sound of Metal*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** A–

**Director: **Darius Marder

**Cast: **Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric

Thirteen Lives (2022)

Joel Edgerton as Richard Harris (center) in 'Thirteen Lives'.

Vince Valitutti/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Amazon Prime

Ron Howard's unabashed weepy reconstructs the daring true-story rescue of young Thai soccer players and their coaches after they become trapped inside a cave amidst heavy flooding. As the divers tasked with rescuing the stranded team, Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton give committed, un-showy performances.

With the precision of a great documentarian and the pace of an expert thriller director, Howard mounts an enviably well-rounded procedural dramatization of a story that captivated headlines in 2018. There are moments in *Thirteen Lives* that have such verisimilitude you'd swear you're watching actual footage of the event. —*D.G.*

Where to watch *Thirteen Lives*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Ron Howard

**Cast: **Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman

Till (2022)

Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley in 'Till'.

Lynsey Weatherspoon/Orion Pictures

The lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 is considered a turning point in America's shameful mistreatment of and violence against the Black community. This stirring biopic dramatizes the steps taken by Emmett's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler), to seek justice against the odds by bringing the tragedy to the national media, helping spur the Civil Rights Act of 1957. EW's critic praises Deadwyler's performance for her "haunting immediacy," with Mamie's "grief and fury and fierce dignity passing across her face in annihilating waves." —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Till*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Chinonye Chukwu

**Cast:** Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, Whoopi Goldberg

A Walk to Remember (2002)

Mandy Moore as Jamie Sullivan and Shane West as Landon Carter in 'A Walk to Remember'.

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This early-2000s weepie was one of the first Nicholas Sparks adaptations that connected with audiences. Shane West stars as Landon, a rebellious high schooler who connects with Jamie (Mandy Moore), the local reverend's daughter. Though they come from vastly different worlds, their romance grows, only for Jamie to reveal a heartbreaking truth that will change their future. The film fully wears its heart on its sleeve, telling an earnest (if familiar) story of love and commitment through hardship. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *A Walk to Remember*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Adam Shankman

**Cast:** Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian and John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.

There's bleak, and then there's *We Need to Talk About Kevin*. This harrowing psychological drama probably won't provoke tears, but its depiction of a mother trying to understand why she could never connect with her severely troubled son is deeply affecting nonetheless. Tilda Swinton delivers a rich performance as Eva, who feels a great deal of regret over her son Kevin's (Ezra Miller) heinous behavior, wondering how she could have done things differently. It all leads to a horrific act of terror, as director Lynne Ramsay reflects in sobering fashion how brutal and unknowable life can be. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *We Need to Talk About Kevin*: Amazon Prime Video

**Director:** Lynne Ramsay

**Cast:** Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly**

Women Talking (2022)

Jessie Buckley as Mariche, Liv McNeil as Neitje, Claire Foy as Salome, Kate Hallett as Autje, Rooney Mara as Ona, and Judith Ivey as Agata in 'Women Talking'. Michael Gibson/United Artists Releasing

Another remarkable entry in Sarah Polley's filmography, *Women Talking* centers on women in an isolated religious community who gather to discuss the pros and cons of fleeing after suffering routine, horrific abuse by the men. What sounds like a tremendously tough sit is, in fact, one of the most rewarding, cathartic, and unexpectedly romantic pieces of cinema to come along in decades. Polley's film is a real tears-pooling-in-your-clavicles heartbreaker, but it's never depressing and, in fact, rather defiantly uplifting by the end. *—D.G.*

Where to watch *Women Talking*: Amazon Prime Video

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Sarah Polley

**Cast:** Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand

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Melania Trump is opening a movie in theaters this weekend, but will anyone show up to see it?

The short answer to that question is: yes. The long answer is complicated.

The new documentary chronicling the life and times of the First Lady in the 20 days leading up to her husband's re-election to the presidency in 2024 is opening in over 1,500 theaters on Friday. That's a remarkably wide release for a documentary — a film form which rarely exerts the same box office pull as fiction features — meaning *Melania *will be easier to see on the big screen than most docs. And premiere projections are trending up, with BoxOfficePro estimating a $1-2 million open last week, but revising to $2-5 million this week. It isn't often a documentary exceeds $3 million in its lifetime gross.

There's just one problem: the phenomenal cost Amazon MGM Studios undertook to license, market, and release the film.

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The film division of the million-headed hydra run by Jeff Bezos paid an estimated $40 million to acquire *Melania* and has spent an additional $35 million on marketing and promotion. That's $75 million for a film believed to recoup at the very most $5 million in its grand debut — and diminishing returns after an increasingly sluggish January box office are sure to follow.

Daniel Loria, senior vice president and editorial director at BoxOfficePro, the theatrical industry's trade publication, tells EW that he thinks that $5 million figure itself is a "reach."

"I'm not really buying that 4 or 5 number," Loria says. He cites several factors that ought to give Amazon pause, starting with the fact that a 1,500-theater release is "extraordinary" for a documentary, "especially in the post-pandemic era." Then there's the idea that, traditionally, "these sort of public-figure documentaries usually get bought and produced for streaming. That's the real value for these things."

*Melania *isn't an event, in other words, a more-and-more necessary ingredient in box office success. Knowing it will soon be streamable on a service millions already subscribe to may make it too easy to skip in person.

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But there's more. Loria points out that *Melania*'s** **"distributor already spent through a marketing campaign for a wide release last weekend in *Mercy*." That dystopian thriller starring Chris Pratt barely edged *Avatar: Fire and Ash *off the box office throne after a five-week reign. *Mercy *took in just $11.2 million domestically on a $60 million budget that doesn't factor in marketing and promotional costs.

"Now they're releasing another movie, right? And this one is coming out limited. So I think that puts this into context," Loria explains, pointing out that *Mercy *released on nearly 3,500 screens compared to *Melania*'s 1,500 screens.****

Stills from 'Mercy' and 'Send Help,' the two big contenders against 'Melania' at the box office.

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Placing *Melania *in another context yields similarly dire results; Loria compares the film with the 2024 documentary *Am I Racist*?*, *from the conservative media company *The Daily Wire*. That film also opened in around 1,500 theaters and targeted a similar political demographic to *Melania *in its marketing.

*Am I Racist* pulled in $4.5 million across its opening weekend, but was made for the comparative pittance of $3 million dollars. While the films are similarly "partisan," Loria notes that *Am I Racist *had a "provocative discourse element" to it that *Melania*, judging by its somber and decorous trailer, lacks.

None of this has stopped Donald Trump from claiming in a Monday Truth Social post that *Melania*, a "MUST WATCH," is "selling out, FAST!"

In addition to *Mercy*, *Melania *will compete with three new releases for box office glory. There's the prime contender, Sam Raimi's horror return *Send Help*, which touts the combined star power of Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien. Then there's Jason Statham's action thriller *Shelter*, and Loria's dark horse, the independently produced sci-fi horror offering *Iron Lung*.

*Melania *was directed by Brett Ratner, his first film since he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2017, accusations he has denied. Loria sums up *Melania*'s predicament simply: "I think the week one question is: Does Donald Trump's appeal expand to Melania for a film? The week two question is: Is Brett Ratner's movie any good?"

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Barry Keoghan has gone full Beatles.

The *Saltburn *actor, who will portray drummer Ringo Starr in director Sam Mendes' highly anticipated four-film project on the Fab Four, has debuted his mop-top hairstyle.

Keoghan will star in the movie taken from the perspective of Starr, one of two band members — the other being Paul McCartney — still living. Paul Mescal will play McCartney.**

Ringo Starr in 1966; Barry Keoghan rocks his new look on Jan. 28 in London.

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Actors Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn will play the late John Lennon, who was murdered in December 1980, and George Harrison, who died of cancer in November 2001, respectively.

The project that Mendes has teased as a "four-film cinematic event" that will collectively tell "the story of the greatest band in history" is scheduled to arrive in theaters, all at once, in April 2028. The project was announced at ComicCon 2025.**

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Keoghan revealed in July that he was working on screen tests for the movie. He told BBC's *Radio 1 Breakfast* show that he was more than happy with the way he looked.

"It's great. I look amazing," Keoghan told Quinn. "I'm not even messing — I look amazing. I look more Ringo than Ringo looks Ringo."**

No big deal or anything, but Keoghan had noted a couple of months earlier during an appearance on *Jimmy Kimmel Live* that, well, he had some help: an up-close look at the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.

"I met him at his house, and he played the drums for me," Keoghan said then. "He asked me to play, but I wasn't playing the drums for Ringo."

Understandable. But at least Keoghan already knew that Starr approved of his casting.

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"When I was talking to him, I couldn't look at him," Keoghan added. "I was nervous, like right now. But he's like, 'You can look at me.'"

And Keoghan had been practicing his playing for a while by then.

"We've been in full camp for like 16 or 17 weeks now," he said at Fastnet Film Festival near Cork, Ireland, according to the U.K.'s* The Sun* in May 2025. "It's just an absolute joy. The camp is like boot camp, and it's a place where you have time, and you try things. It's a place of failing, a place of learning and trying. That's the process I'm in now. It's a playground for me."

He also said he had blisters on his hands.**

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Susan Lucci is revealing how Jonah Hill changed her mind about joining the cast of his upcoming film after she initially turned the project down.**

The *All My Children *actress revealed on a recent episode of the *Soapy* podcast that she was offered an undisclosed role in the film *Outcome*, which was written and directed by Hill. However, she originally declined the opportunity because it arrived at a particularly "raw" period in her life. **

"I was told I was receiving this script from Jonah Hill for his movie, and it's for Apple [TV], and my name, 'Susan Lucci,' was watermarked," she said. "It was an offer. And I read this script, and it's not a big part, but it's pretty sizable, the scene, and very powerful. I remember thinking, 'This is really something. And this is challenging.'"

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Which is when the doubt started to creep in for Lucci. "It was gonna require me to go to a place I thought I was still too raw to go to," she explained. "Not that it's literally the same rawness — or same place that caused the rawness — but I was just coming out of being that raw."**

So Lucci went with her gut and decided to pass on the opportunity. "I thought, 'This is probably just not good for me to do,'" she continued. "'I don't know... It's good for my career to do, but I don't know. As a human being, it's probably not good.'"

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So she rang her publicist and explained why she wouldn't be turning down the project. But, as the day progressed, Lucci found herself unable to stop thinking about the role. **

"I couldn't help myself. I started working on this character," she said. "And I thought, 'Maybe I should read this again in the light of day. Maybe I should give it another go around because, God, I would hate to watch this and see some other actress take the challenge, and I didn't take the challenge.'"

It was then that Hill, who Lucci noted is an* All My Children* fan, personally rang her up to ask if she'd reconsider. "He really did have me in mind for this part," she said of the writer-director. "And he was so lovely and wonderful to talk to, and I could tell he was really invested in this. By the time we finished talking, I was like, 'Okay, we're gonna talk in the morning.'"

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When she hung up the phone, Lucci said that she experienced a wave of "enormous cathartic gratitude" that a project like *Outcome* had come her way.

"I was going to accept that challenge," she noted. "And I was going to do it the best I could. I love that feeling, so I did take it and I was so thrilled. I had a wonderful experience."

*Outcome* tells the story of Reef (Keanu Reeves), a Hollywood star who is forced to confront his past after he's threatened with video footage from his younger years. The film also stars Hill, Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Kaia Gerber, David Spade, Laverne Cox, Roy Wood Jr., and more. A release date has yet to be set.

While speaking on the *Soapy* podcast, Lucci noted that Reeves was "spectacular to work with" on the film.

"A real actor," she added. "I mean, we did about four passes at it, just between ourselves. And he said, 'God, I wish we were doing this on Broadway.' And I said, 'So do I,' because you keep finding things."

Listen to Lucci talk about the outcome of *Outcome* in the clip above.

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Amazon's live-action *God of War* TV series continues to forge its cast.

The adaptation of the mega-popular PlayStation video game franchise brings the characters of Kratos, Atreus, Thor, Odin, and various figures from myth to live-action. With a two-season order already in place, pre-production is currently underway in Vancouver ahead of a filming start later this year.

From showrunner, writer, and executive producer Ronald D. Moore, *God of War* will begin to adapt the storyline that began with 2018's game of the same name from Santa Monica Studio and continued with the 2022 follow-up *God of War Ragnarök*. Emmy-winning director Frederick E.O. Toye (S*hōgun*, *The Boys*) will helm the first two episodes.

Let's meet the cast.

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Ryan Hurst will play Kratos in the 'God of War' TV series.

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Ryan Hurst already has a connection to *God of War*. The veteran of *Sons of Anarchy* and *The Walking Dead* played the original Thor in *God of War Ragnarök*, released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022. Hurst will now play the lead role of Kratos in live-action form.

Though the show will begin with the events of 2018's *God of War*, the character arrives with a history that goes back to the original 2005 video game.

Kratos began as a Spartan warrior and a servant of Ares, the Greek god of war. After Ares tricked him into killing his family, earning him the nickname "the Ghost of Sparta," Kratos embarked on a mission to slay his tormenter and become the new war god. Across multiple games, he faced numerous figures — human, monster, and immortal alike — until he battled against Zeus himself and the full force of Mount Olympus.

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When we meet Kratos in the 2018 game, he's left the Greek world behind to live in Scandinavia with his new wife, Faye, and their son, Atreus. Upon Faye's death, the father and son set out to spread her ashes, a journey that will bring them into conflict with the Norse gods of Asgard, test Kratos' already strained relationship with Atreus, and dig up traumatic memories from his past.

Terrence C. Carson voiced Kratos in the games from 2005-2013, after which Christopher Judge took over, including *God of War* and *God of War* *Ragnarök.*

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After the cancellation of Netflix's *Boots*, for which he delivered a standout performance as Sergeant Liam Robert Sullivan, actor Max Parker joins *God of War* as the god Heimdall.

The deity and son of the All-Father, Odin, has the ability to anticipate what's about to happen, which makes him a formidable opponent. "Handsome and dynamic, he feels unappreciated by his father and underestimated by the rest of the family, and as a result, Heimdall is constantly looking for ways to improve his position in the hierarchy and increase his stature and power," a character description reads.

Heimdall appeared in *God of War Ragnarök*, in which Scott Porter (*Ginny and Georgia*, *Friday Night Lights*) played the part.

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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson cast as Thor in 'God of War'.

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Known internationally for roles in *Severence* and *Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga*, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson will succeed Hurst in the role of Thor, the Asgardian god of thunder.

The character featured prominently in *God of War Ragnarök*. He's described as "a mountain of a man who has weathered many a battle in his time but whose actions in a war fought long ago now haunt his waking hours."

The show's character summary continues: "Once the loyal soldier of Asgard and his father's right-hand man, Thor is now but a shadow of his former self as he drowns himself in alcohol and tries not to think of the price he paid. Keeping his wife and children at arm's length has only deepened his isolation, but the power (and danger) of the god of thunder is still there just beneath the surface."

Ólafsson previously tangoed in the world of Norse myth with the animated Netflix series *Twilight of the Gods*. He also has some gaming credits from lending his voice to *Assassin's Creed: Valhalla*, *The Last Worker*, and *Total War: Warhammer III*.

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Mandy Patinkin cast as Odin on 'God of War'.

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Mandy Patinkin of *The Princess Bride* and *Homeland* fame will play the king of the Asgardian gods, known as the Aesir, on *God of War*.

Dubbed "the All-Father," Odin "is not physically imposing or particularly god-like, but looks can be deceiving," reads the character description. "He is the most powerful Aesir god, a patriarch who leads with an iron fist, and an unrivaled seeker of knowledge. When it comes to seeking out prophecy, Odin is paranoid, manipulative, and dangerous — he will do anything to try and prevent Ragnarök, the Norse end of days. He serves as a formidable antagonist to Kratos."

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- Finn Bennett unravels Prince Aerion's unique brand of Mad Targaryen on *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms*.

- The actor discusses the benefit of watching *House of the Dragon* and how he couldn't see through the visor of Aerion's black helmet.

- Bennett also shares his reaction to a specific *Heated Rivalry*-esque social media response to a scene involving Ser Roland Crakehall.

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With every iteration of *Game of Thrones*, there's always someone you love to hate. On *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms*, the honor falls to Finn Bennett's Prince Aerion Targaryen.

Son of Prince Maekar (Sam Spruell) and nephew to Prince Baelor (Bertie Carvel), who's the Hand of the King and next in line for the Westeros throne, Aerion arrives at the Ashford tourney among the Targaryen family procession. He quickly reveals himself to be the de facto "mad Targ" of the bunch. There's always at least one.

"On paper he really is all bad," Bennett tells ** in an interview. "I think there is canonically somewhere in the books that says he's a man with no redeeming qualities, and he is vain and cruel. So there's kind of nothing. You have to dig deeper to find something to cling on to. But I really believe that monsters aren't born, they're made."

Finn Bennet as Prince Aerion Targaryen on 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'.

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Bennett is known for a more benevolent HBO series role, that of Officer Peter Prior on *True Detective: Night Country*. It's a testament to the chameleon nature of this 27-year-old British actor, who can transform with just a simple bleach blond wig to give his *Game of Thrones* part such a punchable face.

Aerion, known as "Aerion Brightflame," as well as the more blunt descriptor "Aerion the Monstrous," was first introduced in George R. R. Martin's *The Hedge Knight*, the first of a trilogy of novellas about Dunk and Egg, played on *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* by Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell, respectively. His presence sows chaos at the Ashford tourney where Dunk hopes to earn money, and he contributes greatly to the drama to come in the later episodes.

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Bennett previously called *House of the Dragon*, the other *Game of Thrones* prequel, one of the greatest shows on television at the moment. That age of Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), and Prince Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) was only an inspiration in the sense of learning about the lineage of the Targaryens, which he likens to the War of the Roses.

The absence of all that on *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* is his favorite part of this show.

Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett) on 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'.

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"I try to situate myself in where the Targaryen dynasty is in history and what's going on at the minute," he says, describing the unique madness of his particular Mad Targaryen. "They don't have the firm grasp on power that they used to have, and I think he finds that embarrassing. The tourney they're at is beneath him and his family, and he is looking to gain back some fear and respect in the hearts of his subjects. So I suppose that was the thing I was clinging on to."

Aerion distinguishes himself on the jousting field through his black armor. That demonic face on the helmet, which is adorned with metal flames, is based off a 3D scan of Bennett's own complexion, he reveals. "They shaved off the chin and the nose and the cheek bones and stuff," he describes. "They presented me with my helmet. I was like, 'F---, I'm ugly!'"

The helmet, however, is not practical. Bennett's stunt double, Zach Roberts, had to perform much of the action-oriented scenes purely because the actor couldn't see through the visor. "He was riding completely blind and sometimes leaping from his horse," Bennett recalls of Roberts' standout moments. "I don't think there's any way insurance would've let me cover that."

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Bennett is mostly unaware of the reaction to Aerion so far, which is by design. He purposefully avoids reading any reviews, knowing that he'll likely fixate on the one negative criticism, even it were to come with a sea of raves. He speaks with EW while in Ottawa, Canada, where he's visiting family, who will feed him "dribs and drabs" of what's being discussed online, he says.

This interview, however, is the first time he learns there are some memes already in the making, in particular a few X tweets and posts on Threads fan-fictionalizing a *Heated Rivalry*-esque relationship between Aerion and one of the knights of his Kingsguard.

It stems from a moment that follows Aerion's first scene in episode 2 of *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms*. Ser Roland Crakehall (Wade Briggs) mentions to Dunk after a heated exchange with the prince, "The pretty ones are always temperamental," referring to Aerion. Some fans online took note of this exchange.

"I love that," Bennett says in reaction. After a beat, he adds, "That's really weird and specific. That's great."**

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Diamonds are forever — and so are some epic love stories.

At the world premiere of Margot Robbie's buzzy new adaptation of *Wuthering Heights*, the Australian actress paid tribute to Elizabeth Taylor's legendary Hollywood romance with Richard Burton by donning Taylor's iconic Cartier Taj Mahal necklace on the red carpet. Burton, Taylor's husband at the time, famously gave the star the diamond necklace for her 40th birthday in 1972, during a getaway in Budapest.

"There's something kind of Cathy and Heathcliff about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in my mind, so it felt appropriate," Robbie told *Access Hollywood* at the premiere Wednesday, likening Burton and Taylor's tumultuous relationship to that of her and Jacob Elordi's characters in the film.

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"It's crazy," she said of being able to wear the necklace. "I remember when I talked with Andrew, my stylist, about what I was going to wear tonight, he was like, 'I feel like you need to be wearing the equivalent of the [*Titanic* necklace] Heart of the Ocean, so anyways, I feel like this is the real-life equivalent of the Heart of the Ocean. And the history of the necklace is amazing."

Indeed, according to a press release from Taylor's estate, "The pendant's surface bears an inscription in Parsee that reads, 'Love is Everlasting,' along with the name of Nur Jahan, the first woman to receive the jewel as a gift from her husband, Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahangir. The diamond was then passed down to their son, Shah Jahan, who gifted it to his most adored wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Four years later, when she died, the emperor commissioned the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum as a tribute to her. The monument inspired the naming of the diamond, which found its way to Elizabeth and Richard."

The release further notes that the jewelry "stands as one of the most historically significant pieces in Elizabeth Taylor's legendary collection" and is "steeped in centuries-old symbolism."**

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Robbie completed her red carpet look with custom 38-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings made of vintage old-cut stones set in blackened bronze and gold; a Fred Leighton ring; and a dramatic, form-fitting Schiaparelli gown.

An adaptation of Emily Brontë's influential Gothic novel of the same name, *Wuthering Heights* depicts Catherine and Heathcliff's doomed romance, from their early days spent playing in the wily, windy moors of West Yorkshire to Heathcliff's dramatic departure from the estate and beyond.

However, director Emerald Fennell has cautioned that fans shouldn't expect a faithful adaptation per se — it's more her own reimagining of the classic tale. "The thing is that it's my favorite book in the world," the filmmaker told *The Hollywood Reporter* on the red carpet. "Like many people who love this book, I'm kind of fanatical about it, so I knew right from the get-go I couldn't ever hope to make anything that could even encompass the greatness of this book. All I could do was make a movie that made me feel the way the book made me feel, and therefore it just felt right to say it's *Wuthering* *Heights*, and it isn't."

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