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Like many of the characters he plays, Clive Owen was reserved, astute and insightful throughout his public appearance at the Apple store in downtown Manhattan on Friday. Interviewed by American Psycho director Mary Harron as a part of a series of conversations co-hosted by Apple and indieWIRE, taking place during the Tribeca Film Festival, Owen touched on two of his recent projects while fielding broad questions about his professional interests.

Although not currently starring in any theatrical releases, Owen was in town performing opposite Julia Roberts in the corporate spy thriller Duplicity, the sophomore feature from Michael Clayton director Tony Gilroy (a special guest at the store the following night). “I read the script and thought it was brilliant,” Owen said, adding that shooting was halfway done. “I’d met Tony already, and he screened Michael Clayton for me. Obviously, when I saw that, it was a no-brainer.” Meanwhile, Owen has another thriller in his queue: He plays an Interpol agent fighting global arms dealing in The International, which finished shooting in New York last January and hits theaters next year. Directed by Run Lola Run visionary Tom Tykwer, The International has provided Owen with “as good a director as I’ve ever come across. He’s incredibly on top of every aspect of filmmaking.” • Continue Reading

Naked Ambition: Clive Owen, along with designer Donna Karan and artist Ahn Duoung, partying with Dita Von Teese at Bungalow 8 after her performance at the nearby Cointreau party.

Source: E Online

Clive Owen is listed on EW’s ‘50 Actors We’d Watch in Anything, Part 2′.

CLIVE OWEN
The thinking man’s action hero is the only person to have been directed by Robert Altman (Gosford Park), Spike Lee (Inside Man), Mike Nichols (Closer), Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) AND to have convincingly killed a guy with a carrot (Shoot ‘Em Up). ‘Nuff said.

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Clive is listed in one of GQ’s List of Britain’s best dressed man. He is listed ranked no.13 when he was no.3 last year.

Clive Owen admits he is “vain”.

The heartthrob actor, who is the face of the Lancome Men skincare line, makes sure he keeps his face and body in top condition because his good looks helped him become a Hollywood star.

He said: “I have to admit I am vain, but it’s because I have to go out in front of the camera. But I wouldn’t say I was excessively vain.

“Most guys I know use moisturiser. In theatre and film, looking after your face is a pretty normal thing. It’s just business.”

The 43-year-old star believes all men should take more care of their skin, but accepts some guys will never incorporate beauty products into their daily lives.

Clive - who has two daughters, 11-year-old Hannah and nine-year-old Eve, with his wife Sarah-Jane Fenton - said: “I’m only talking about skin creams and aftershaves - not plastic surgery.

“Guys attitudes to male products are changing, but men have very strong opinions on other men, and it can still go either way.”

Source: Monster & Critics

For more new-to-you scripted entertainment, check out these British imports from Silver Spring-based Acorn Media (which specializes in bringing Brit television DVDs to the U.S. market).

Chancer– Before Clive Owen was Clive Owen, he was Derek Love, the arrogant, rogue con-man star of this short-lived British hit crime series. (1990-91; out now)

Suburban Shootout — Rival gangs of gun-packing housewives battle over a Stepford-like village in what sounds like really “Desperate Housewives,” but what the San Francisco Chronicle called “a little David Lynch lite.” (2006; coming March 25) • Continue Reading

As an impressionable Rada student, Clive Owen read up on Constantin Stanislavski, the great Russian theatre director who invented the acting “system” adopted by James Dean, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. One Stanislavski quote stood out for the nascent movie star. “Beware the actor who looks in the mirror too much.” In other words, reckoning yourself to be something of a Bobby Dazzler is not a good thing. “If it gets too self-conscious, if people are too knowing about what they are doing, it can look like a kind of reflected acting,” Owen explains. “They are doing it knowing the effect it has, and that’s never the best way.” • Continue Reading

Clive is listed number 32 on Premiere’s ‘The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time’.

32. Clive Owen
THE HANDSOME DEVIL
As good as Casino Royale’s Daniel Craig turned out to be, it’s hard not to fantasize about Owen having accepted the offer to be Bond: chiseled good looks, dark hair, an imposing frame, and piercing, expressive eyes just as likely to seduce you as to be the last thing you see before dying. Luckily, Owen has had ample chance to exercise that sexy glare in Croupier, Bent, Inside Man, Sin City, and Closer.