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Vince Vaughn talks to Cigar Aficionado ahead of this Sunday’s True Detective premiere.

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Best known for his buddy comedies, Vince Vaughn will leap into drama this summer with the premiere of season two of HBO’s True Detective. He sits down with Cigar Aficionado to reveal his serious side, discussing his start in acting straight out of high school, waiting for marriage, his dramatic turn on the small screen and even his zealous edge when it comes to board games.

The July cover story in Cigar Aficionado hits newsstands June 23. A selection of quotations include:

 

On pursuing acting right after high school: “From the very beginning, I enjoyed it. I like to laugh and I like making people laugh. I read a lot and I loved reading plays. But in terms of the steps to get from A to B with a career, I had no clue. I remember just trying to survive in the moment.”

 

On choosing not to go to college: “For me at 18, I was less interested in sitting in a classroom and downloading content than in enjoying and applying what I was learning about acting.”

 

On his parents’ support of his career: “Letting me skip college and move to L.A. to be an actor was a very forward move for them. It’s one thing to encourage your kids’ dreams. But you also have to be practical…My dad had put himself through college, and he had the point of view that you had to work hard at what you did…His value system served me well: Try your best at everything, work hard and be responsible.”

 

On being selective on earlier roles: “I was very defiant. I was more interested in playing characters I thought were cool.”

 

On the success of his career-making film, Swingers, with Jon Favreau:  “I remember we were in New York walking around after it was released—and we were getting recognized, which we thought was crazy. We weren’t trying to blow up and get well known.”

 

On dealing with paparazzi: “When I was younger, actors were interested in being actors—now it seems to be about being a celebrity and perpetuating that lifestyle. I wanted to be playing a part, but I didn’t want to be out in front of the public when I wasn’t acting.”

 

On settling down and starting a family at 40: “When my sisters had kids and I got north of 35, I thought, well, I better look at that and start thinking about it. Who do I want to be and what am I looking for? … I was open to the shift when it came. I matured late so I figured, well, if you want it, you better find it.”

 

On his weakness for board games: “I’m very competitive.”

 

On moving to the small screen to join the cast of True Detective: “It wasn’t that I was so interested in TV—it was really about ‘True Detective.’ The quality of the characters and the storytelling—they’re incredible. It’s fun to dive into something the caliber of this. What’s interesting about this kind of storytelling is that, with eight parts to tell it and that’s all, you’ve got a long time to investigate the story.”

 

On what to look forward to in the new season, set in California: “There’s something badass about California and criminals, more of an understanding of a level of corruption…this is not a bite-sized thing. It’s more of a journey to peel back the layers and see where it goes.”

 

On regional loyalty, and West Coast pizza: “I’ll always feel a connection to the Midwest. It shaped my outlook on things. But I like to say that, while I was raised in Illinois, I grew up here in L.A…. OK, so the pizza in L.A. is not as good as Chicago. But you can hike in January.”

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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