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#30 From: "Tara Jeffrey" <munchkin1980uk@...>
Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 7:27 am
Subject: Tom Jane to appear in London, UK
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Not sure if there are any british fans on here or if this has been posted
already, but Tom's going to be in London at the Forbidden Planet store (I'm
going to pop into my local one to confirm this as I live in Nottingham)
signing the novelisation and graphic novel next Tuesday 8th June between
7-8pm.

I soooo soooo sooo wonna go to this, just gotta talk a friend into coming
with me, but then I've been promising to show him round London for ages!!

Oh and I got a new punisher article and it now says they're putting the
release date back to SEPTEMBER 24th for the UK.....NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOO
<sob...wail>...guess I'll just have to buy the US dvd when it comes out to
keep me going til I can see Tom on thw BIG screen, something I haven't had
the pleasure of since Deep Blue Sea!!!

Tara :)

#29 From: Grouchysmurf25@...
Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 12:20 am
Subject: Re: men's health magazine
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he was on the may cover??????????? oh my how did i miss that my husband gets all those magazines!!!!!!!!
 
 
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Hi All,

I see Tom is on the front cover of men's health magazine (may issue) anyone
know where I can buy this online? I live in the UK so I cant go to the store
and buy it!

Tara :)


#28 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 12:16 am
Subject: Tom on Bob Rivers Show (radio) posted in Files section.
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I almost forgot - I recently uploaded the complete Audio Interview
that Tom did on the Bob Rivers Show (radio) on April 7, 2004.  I
broke it up into a few shorter segments, so it's easier to download +
listen to.  I wanted to save it here in case they ever remove it from
their online site.
Jen

#27 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 12:14 am
Subject: Re: men's health magazine
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Hi Tara -
I have the cover + article on Tom in Men's Health mag + I'm going to
try to post it all on this Group in the next few weeks.  I'm just not
near a scanner all the time, otherwise it would be up right now!!  ;)
Jen
PS I'll be posting it all to the Files section, so the pages come out
bigger + legible.


--- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, "Tara Jeffrey"
<munchkin1980uk@h...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I see Tom is on the front cover of men's health magazine (may
issue) anyone
> know where I can buy this online? I live in the UK so I cant go to
the store
> and buy it!
>
> Tara :)

#26 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 12:12 am
Subject: Re: Tom at World Stunt Awards + coming soon, many photos !
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Hey Tasha -
I saw Tom's short appearance at the World Stunt Awards too +
hopefully I'll be posting a pic of 2 of him in the coming weeks.  I
recently have access to a digital camera + I've been taking some
other pix of Tom from his movies + interviews I have on tape + I will
try to post them by next weekend!  :)
Tasha - can you go into what scene was "dissected" for Stander on the
Sundance channel?
Thanks!
Jen


--- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, "tashabigdog2003"
<tashabigdog2003@y...> wrote:
> Hey All!
> I just watched Tom on the Stunt Awards!!!!
> Too short of an appearance, but it's always nice to see him without
> acting, natural.
> I also watched Anatomy of the Scene: Stander.  It looks like its
> going to be good.  can't wait until august!!!!
> Tasha
>
> --- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <jdloc4@a...> wrote:
> > Hey all -
> > I was looking around online + noticed that Tom was at the 4th
> Annual
> > Taurus World Stunt Awards + that he was also a presenter (for
Best
> > Stunt Coordinator).
> > In the US, Spike TV is going to be broadcasting the World Stunt
> > Awards on May 26th at 9pm.  Check local day + time, as it might
be
> > different where you live.
> > I'm assuming Tom will make an appearance as a presenter...!  Get
> > those VCRs ready just in case!  :)
> > Jen

#25 From: "Tara Jeffrey" <munchkin1980uk@...>
Date: Mon May 31, 2004 1:52 pm
Subject: men's health magazine
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Hi All,

I see Tom is on the front cover of men's health magazine (may issue) anyone
know where I can buy this online? I live in the UK so I cant go to the store
and buy it!

Tara :)

#24 From: "tashabigdog2003" <tashabigdog2003@...>
Date: Thu May 27, 2004 2:35 am
Subject: Re: Tom on TV in US (at World Stunt Awards)??
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Hey All!
I just watched Tom on the Stunt Awards!!!!
Too short of an appearance, but it's always nice to see him without
acting, natural.
I also watched Anatomy of the Scene: Stander.  It looks like its
going to be good.  can't wait until august!!!!
Tasha

--- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <jdloc4@a...> wrote:
> Hey all -
> I was looking around online + noticed that Tom was at the 4th
Annual
> Taurus World Stunt Awards + that he was also a presenter (for Best
> Stunt Coordinator).
> In the US, Spike TV is going to be broadcasting the World Stunt
> Awards on May 26th at 9pm.  Check local day + time, as it might be
> different where you live.
> I'm assuming Tom will make an appearance as a presenter...!  Get
> those VCRs ready just in case!  :)
> Jen

#23 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 26, 2004 9:22 pm
Subject: Re: Curious...Fan Fiction.
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Hiya EMA -
I have no prob with fan fiction as long as it somehow pertains to Tom
and also that it's PG-13 rated at most on this Group.
You can post fan fiction as a message here, or add it as a text (or
other) file in the Files section.
IF anyone want to post more than a PG-13 rating, go to my other Tom
Jane Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thomas_Jane/
and post as a message.  I think the Files section is restricted, but
if you want fan fiction posted there, you can send it in email form
directly to me at jdloc4@... + I'll post it on that 1st Group.

Ok, I hope that all makes sense!  If anyone wants to read fan
fiction, definitely give a shout out so we all know who wants what -
or who!  ;)
Jen


--- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, "Erin Allen" <chupas_pet@h...>
wrote:
>
> De-lurking momentarily to ask a quick question: Are y'all into fan
fiction
> at all? Some groups are and some aren't, and no one's mentioned it
yet, so
> thought I'd ask.
>
> Going back to my corner now . . . ;-)
>
> EMA :-)
>
> I'm 33 for a moment . . .
>       -- Five for Fighting, "Hundred Years"
>
>
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#22 From: "Erin Allen" <chupas_pet@...>
Date: Tue May 25, 2004 10:31 pm
Subject: Curious
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De-lurking momentarily to ask a quick question: Are y'all into fan fiction
at all? Some groups are and some aren't, and no one's mentioned it yet, so
thought I'd ask.

Going back to my corner now . . . ;-)

EMA :-)

I'm 33 for a moment . . .
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#21 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Mon May 24, 2004 11:38 pm
Subject: Added photos + some bits 'n' pieces of info.
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I added some photos to The Punisher and The Last Time I Committed
Suicide folders + I started a new folder called Public Events 2,
because the previous folder has 64 pix; also added a few pix to
Public Events 2 folder.
Other info:

Sorry about my Bai Ling jag, but in the Public Events 2 folder,
there's a pic of her w/ Tom at the Conde Nast Hot Nights party.

In Starlog magazine, May 2004 issue, it says: "...plans are already
revving up at Lions Gate Entertainment for The Punisher II."  Yay!  :)

Also in Starlog magazine, in the news section, it says that Patricia
Arquette has title role in a TV show called The Medium, but that it's
a potential series.

Ok, let's play "Six Degrees of Tom Jane"...sort of: Tom worked
briefly with Nicholas Cage in Face/Off, and Patricia was married to
Nick for around 6 and 1/2 years.  I wonder if Nick + Patricia were
married at the time of shooting Face/Off...?

Lastly, in Newsweek, May 3, 2004 issue, in the Perspectives section,
where they usually list silly to serious quotes, a bit out of context
at times, they actually printed this quote:
"I had two songs in my repertoire that I hammered to death - 'Hey
Joe' and 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'.  I think people used to pelt me
with change just to shut me up."
Thomas Jane, star of "The Punisher", on his days playing the guitar
on Hollywood Boulevard

That's all folks!  ;)
Jen

#20 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Fri May 21, 2004 8:47 pm
Subject: Tom pix, Bai Ling, Article, and Punisher action figure.
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Hello all -
I added 4 more pix to Public Events, one nice Last Time I Committed
Suicide DVD cover, and a couple in Punisher folder.

Here's a link to a cool article about The Punisher and Tom:
http://herorealm.com/hotfish/pages/punishment.htm

Check out this link for News and Amazing Photos of The Punisher
action figure (ie, Tom!):
http://www.aftimes.com/aslu/slu.shtml

Just a quick thing about Bai Ling - she was also at the GQ Lounge -
The Art of Elysium event.  So...I guess she + Tom are still "friends".

Ciao!  :)
Jen

#19 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Thu May 20, 2004 4:20 pm
Subject: Great Photos in Stander + Public Events folders!
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Big Thanks go out to Jenny N for saving pix of Tom from teenmusic and
imdb!!!  I couldn't save or copy those pix, and I always wonder what
happens if the website disappears - then the photos are lost...
Luckily, Jenny N could save some great Tom pix that are in the
Stander and Public Events folders in Photos section, so take a
look!  :)
And remember, this Group is for everyone + anyone who's a fan of Tom
Jane, so feel free to upload whatever pix, articles, etc...you have
about him - Thanks!
Jen

#18 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 11:52 pm
Subject: A few more Tom pix posted.
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Hiya everyone -
I posted a couple pix in Punisher, 3 in Public Events, 1 in Stander,
1 in Thursday (tell me if I'm wrong, but I think Tom is behind Mickey
Rourke in pic; I've seen Thursday a while back + I'm pretty sure it's
Tom), and 2 exasperatingly tiny Original Sin pix!
I've been posting some bigger movie pix + posters to the 1st site in
the Files section, so check there once in a while for bigger +
clearer pix of Tom + his movies.
ciao,
Jen

#17 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 11:07 pm
Subject: Only some pix of Tom work at teenmusic.com.
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#16 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 10:58 pm
Subject: Re: Question about Bai Ling.
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Hey Jordan -
A good place to check for public events (hopefully with Tom at them!)
is at wireimage.com  -  the only problem is the photos are really
small, unless you are a pay member of the site.  Anyways, at
wireimage on page 8 there are 2 pix of Tom w/ Bai at the Punisher LA
Premiere After Party...and then, if you go to teenmusic.com and on
left side, click photo galleries, and search for "Conde Nast Traveler
Hot Nights (or List?) Los Angeles", then you get a bunch of pix - one
of Bai, and one eventually of Tom (so, meaning, they were at the same
event).
That's the main reason I asked the question about how chummy Tom and
Bai are.  Whew, that was long...!
Oh, and the site teenmusic.com is the one where you can't save/copy/
or print the photos!  :(  If you look up Thomas Jane, you get 36 pix,
but most of them don't work!!  Only the 1st 8 or 9 work and then the
last one - I'll try to post links specifically to those pix later -
Jen


--- In Thomas_Jane_2@yahoogroups.com, Grouchysmurf25@a... wrote:
> Where did you see those pics? I would like to see . Well at least
his taste
> is different and he just doesn't like the same type of woman  I
read a long
> time ago in people magazine that he was married anyone know
anything about this?
> I think it was posted around the time *61 was being filmed or
something. I
> also heard he was homeless before. ( doh! did i mention that
already?)
> Jordan
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> This is going to sound stupid, but in the past Tom was involved
with
> Bai Ling (before Patricia), and I noticed that she was at The
> Punisher premiere + was chummy with Tom (she was in a blazing red
> dress with low-cut front, I think), and she was also at the Hot
> Nights Los Angeles Party...does anyone know if that's all a
> coincidence, or if she + Tom are "friends" now + still hang out??
> Just one of those "just curious" questions!  ;)
> Jen

#15 From: "jcarosi20" <jcarosi20@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 2:37 pm
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i have to say those new pictures of tom are very nice. he looks real
sexy in them. i love them alot!!!

#14 From: Grouchysmurf25@...
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 12:15 am
Subject: Re: Question about Bai Ling.
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Where did you see those pics? I would like to see . Well at least his taste is different and he just doesn't like the same type of woman  I read a long time ago in people magazine that he was married anyone know anything about this? I think it was posted around the time *61 was being filmed or something. I also heard he was homeless before. ( doh! did i mention that already?)
Jordan
 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is going to sound stupid, but in the past Tom was involved with
Bai Ling (before Patricia), and I noticed that she was at The
Punisher premiere + was chummy with Tom (she was in a blazing red
dress with low-cut front, I think), and she was also at the Hot
Nights Los Angeles Party...does anyone know if that's all a
coincidence, or if she + Tom are "friends" now + still hang out??
Just one of those "just curious" questions!  ;)
Jen

#13 From: Grouchysmurf25@...
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 12:16 am
Subject: Re: New photos Added!
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Sorry i replied to the message before i saw the next post sorry! Bless you Jen for all these pics and info!!
Jordan
 
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Hey everyone -
I just uploaded a bunch of pix in the Public Events folder in Photos
section - from a Conde Nast party and several from the 4th Annual
World Stunt Awards (and also some great ones from the Punisher prem-
ere); and one tiny pic in Thursday folder...
ciao,
Jen



#12 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 12:09 am
Subject: New photos Added!
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Hey everyone -
I just uploaded a bunch of pix in the Public Events folder in Photos
section - from a Conde Nast party and several from the 4th Annual
World Stunt Awards (and also some great ones from the Punisher prem-
ere); and one tiny pic in Thursday folder...
ciao,
Jen

#11 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 12:06 am
Subject: Question about Bai Ling.
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This is going to sound stupid, but in the past Tom was involved with
Bai Ling (before Patricia), and I noticed that she was at The
Punisher premiere + was chummy with Tom (she was in a blazing red
dress with low-cut front, I think), and she was also at the Hot
Nights Los Angeles Party...does anyone know if that's all a
coincidence, or if she + Tom are "friends" now + still hang out??
Just one of those "just curious" questions!  ;)
Jen

#10 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Tue May 18, 2004 11:55 pm
Subject: Tom on TV in US (at World Stunt Awards)??
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Hey all -
I was looking around online + noticed that Tom was at the 4th Annual
Taurus World Stunt Awards + that he was also a presenter (for Best
Stunt Coordinator).
In the US, Spike TV is going to be broadcasting the World Stunt
Awards on May 26th at 9pm.  Check local day + time, as it might be
different where you live.
I'm assuming Tom will make an appearance as a presenter...!  Get
those VCRs ready just in case!  :)
Jen

#9 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Mon May 17, 2004 10:38 pm
Subject: Added some Tom pix to Photos folders!
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Hey everyone -
I just added some photos of Tom to The Punisher, Dreamcatcher, Under
Suspicion, The Sweetest Thing, and Boogie Nights (it's tough to find
pix of Tom as Todd Parker, even though he was a riot in that role).
Hope you like!  :)
Jen

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Date: Mon May 17, 2004 12:31 am
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welcome to the group!  you can also join Thomas Jane the first yahoo group, you find out so much info about movie released, personal stuff and so on.  Talk to you soon!
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hi im a new memeber. I was so glad to see that someone made a thomas
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Date: Sat May 15, 2004 6:18 pm
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hi im a new memeber. I was so glad to see that someone made a thomas
jane site cause its kinda hard to find alot on him. I've been a fan
of his since seeing the movie thursday. I hope i get to meet other
thomas fans that enjoy his work as much as i do. Take care all.


                                                             Wanda :0)

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Date: Wed May 12, 2004 12:32 am
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It's me Jordan lol I wanted to join this group because it belongs to our man!!!

#5 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Wed May 12, 2004 12:25 am
Subject: Interesting Tom Interview article.
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Here's the link, but I'm going to add the whole thing here anyways:

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=4081


INT: Thomas Jane Apr. 16, 2004

Source: JoBlo.com  by: Thomas Leupp

This Friday (yes...today!), Thomas Jane stars as the vigilante anti-
hero Frank Castle in the much-anticipated Lions Gate release of THE
PUNISHER. Though Jane is known primarily for his acclaimed
performance as Mickey Mantle in the HBO film 61*, I'll always
remember him for his kick-ass performance as Dirk Diggler's very
shady pal Todd Parker in BOOGIE NIGHTS. He's especially great in the
climactic coke deal scene, where he confronts the future Dr. Octopus,
Alfred Molina.

I got a chance to talk with Jane about playing the enigmatic Frank
Castle. A stark contrast to his co-star, the charming, gregarious
John Travolta, Jane seemed almost uncomfortable with all of the
attention.  Intense and somewhat reticent, he made little eye
contact, preferring to stare at the table as he pondered his answers.
He would lift his head only to field another question or make an
important point. His demeanor more closely resembled that of a
writer – not a big name actor headlining a major feature film.

THOMAS JANE



Why did you want to do this?

Gosh, I've been waiting to do this my whole career. Anti-hero action
film.

Had you read the comic?

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. I used to draw the skull on my
notebook at school, but I wasn't really aware of The Punisher, the
book, until I got into the movie. I never consider myself a
superhero. Marvel had come after me for a couple different superhero
parts and I turned them down – as I did this one initially – because
I didn't see myself as a superheroic kind of a person. But as Marvel
was quick to point out, this really was an ant-ihero. He didn't have
any super powers. He relied on his God-given talents and his wits to
overcome his enemies and that became much more interesting to me,
because as I said, I've been waiting to play this kind of antihero
since I was a kid. When I grew up in the `70s and watched movies with
my dad, those `70s action films were really inspiring to me.

What were the `70s movies you loved?

Hard Times with Bronson. Point Blank with Lee Marvin. Once Upon a
Time in the West.

What about Shaft?

Well, a little bit of Shaft. Three the Hard Way. Sure, Walking Tall
when I was Buford Pusser, the way it should be.

Why the interest in anti-heroes?

I like the humanity of it.  It seemed to me that those movies are
more akin to reality and the characters weren't torn between what was
the right thing to do and what was the wrong thing to do. In my life,
so often, I'm related to doing the wrong thing but for the right
reasons or vice versa, doing the right thing but for the wrong
reasons. And there's that moral ambiguity that's much more human to
me than wearing a black hat or a white hat. We, in telling stories,
tend to break it down to a good guy and a bad guy.

The good guy has sometimes done some stuff wrong but it wasn't real
bad. He didn't do stuff that bad. Then the bad guy was never any good
and never had a chance in hell of ever being a good person. That
stuff just was boring. It's boring. I don't like that stuff. I've
been waiting to do a kind of movie where an anti-hero character could
come onto the American stage again. I think now the echoes of the
questions that we used to have in the `70s, our dissatisfaction with
our leaders and our mistrust of our government, questioning of our
decisions and our roles on the world stage opens up the door once
again for the antihero to have a voice and a say. And that struggle
between what's right and what's wrong, there's rarely an easy clear
cut answer.



What other superhero parts did you turn down?

You'd have to talk to Avi (Arad) about that. I don't want to get
anybody in any trouble.

What comics did you read as a kid?

Oh, EC comics, Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Incredible
Science Fiction, Shock Suspense Stories, Two Fisted Tales.

No Captain America?

No Captain, no. I like all the real genre stuff. That's where all the
real literary talents, the Ray Bradbury, the Robert Heinlen
adaptations were. So I really got off on the writing. Then I got into
Frank Miller and guys like that. The underground books, Robert Crumb.
All that American Splendor stuff, I've been reading since I was a
kid. I love that stuff. It's literate.

Do you still read comics?

Absolutely. I'm into Steve Niles right now, and anything Garth Ennis
does. Alan Moore, there's a bunch of guys that I really enjoy. And I
think it's a great medium. It's a very valid artistic medium.

How did you and the filmmakers go about establishing the tone of this
film?

It was all on the page. It was something that we drew directly from
the actual source material. The source material has a great sense of
humor as well as a fantastic violent sensibility that's cathartic in
a way. All of that stuff is culled right from the pages of the comic
book and I think that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Did you see the 1989 Dolph Lundgren version?

I saw parts of it, yeah. I think that's Punisher in name only. I
think that they use that as a template to jump off and create there
own sort of story and the respect wasn't there for the source
material that we have now. It was a different period of filmmaking,
one that we just weren't interested in the anti-hero for a number of
years. And I guess I got the kind of face where people aren't going
to cast me as Superman or someone like that.

How much weight did you gain for the part?

I think at the end I put on about 25 pounds of muscle. That's the
real true figure.

You look like you've lost some of the muscle since then.

Yeah, Krispy Kreme donuts and Guinness beer come out the day we stop.
When the check stops coming, I stop going to the gym. My fiancé
said, "You did? I'll write you the check, here's the check. Here, go
get back out there. Take the cheeseburger out of your mouth and go to
the gym."



Did they say you had to work out in order to do the shirtless scenes?

They didn't put it quite like that. I had a little punch card at the
gym and they said, "If you want your paycheck, you have to make sure
that this thing is filled out and you've been to the gym X amount of
times." I knew going in that it was a very physical part. The key to
the character for me was through the physicality of the part. I took
that very, very seriously. I went to the gym twice a day, sort of a
controversial method among bodybuilders as to whether or not that
works, but it worked for me. And hit one body part twice a day and
then the special diet.

I heard you used a liquid diet.

I did a liquid diet for three months, yeah.

How much of the stunts did you do?

I did 90% of my own stunts. You go into it thinking it's like a
professional sport. You go into it knowing that there's going to be
some cuts and bruises and you're going to get banged up but I got
great guys around me, fantastic people to help me come through it
relatively unscathed. So that was a real help.

What's it like working with Travolta?

Oh, he's a great guy, you know. He's an icon and a great
collaborator, gregarious, gracious man. He was fantastic, just
fantastic.

Did he have his own chef?

Our caterer is someone that Travolta used on his last film. I know
how John likes to eat or likes his good food, so we ate well. We ate
real well.

Did you ever work out together?

We had a very small weight room. There was only room for one of us at
a time in there.

You didn't have a workout truck on the lot, like Arnold?

No, I think we had one of those little apartment gyms. When I was
shooting in Tampa, I'd just go downstairs to the gym in the basement
and work out down then.



Would you do it right before scenes?

That's the old fashioned way. That's the Lorenzo Lamas school.

Did you do certain things prior to your takes in order to get into
the mood?

We tried to keep it light on the set. We were dealing with some
pretty dark subject matter and we wanted to inject a sense of humor
into the film and there is a larger than life scale to the movie that
although rooted in reality, you know, we can take liberties because
it's a comic book type of film, and it lends itself to a larger than
life scale. So finding that balance was very important and keeping it
light on the set and staying creative was always a plus. Trying to
leave the drama on the screen and not take it home with you is always
a good thing too.

How frightening were the comic book fans?

I don't have any control over that and that's not my focus as far as
playing the part, but it was helpful to go online and go to the
different websites and figure out exactly who these guys who have
lived with this character for a number of years felt about Frank
Castle, who he was, where he stood, morally, was he insane or not.
All those kind of debates were very helpful to me to figure out who
Frank Castle was. Then it was my job to bring the best Frank Castle
that I had inside of me to the screen. That's where I leave it. At
the end of the day, I had to please myself. I couldn't worry about
pleasing all these different varying opinions about what they wanted.

What was your most challenging stunt?

The most challenging sequence was the Russian fight. (Kevin Nash) is
6' 10".  He's about a foot taller than me. That was tough, but he's a
gentleman and he's a real pro and he really did make my job easier
even though it doesn't look it. But that was all me and I got banged
up quite a bit during that.

He really could throw you casually?

He absolutely could throw me casually across the room.

You didn't do the stair fall?

Yeah, they wouldn't let me do that. They wouldn't let me drive the
car off the bridge.

What about the crash through the wall?

Yeah, absolutely that was me.

How many Punishers are you signed for?

I think Avi's got me down for 16. (laughs) I think it's three.

Will you have some say in the sequels?

Well, yeah, as much as I can certainly. Being a fan of comic books
and knowing how dedicated people are to the source material, I'd like
to continue to draw on that source material. There's a couple of
great characters from the books that we haven't touched on. There's a
guy named Jigsaw who's a wonderful bad guy, so I'm sure that he'll be
in the next one.



Any chances of a romance with Joan (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos)?

That could happen. What's great is in these old movies that I love,
the guy doesn't always get the girl. And there's a good reason behind
it, there's sort of a lone wolf feeling to him and we empathize with
him. Watching Frank try to crawl his way back into a sense of human
connection or humanity is part of what I think makes his character
really vibrant.

What's next?

Stander. I have Stander coming out that Newmarket picked up. That's
another kinda hard nosed `70s inspired action drama. It's a true
story about a man named Andre Stander who was a police captain in
Johannesburg in 1976 Apartheid, who is asked by his government, as
they all were, to murder people for his government. And then he has a
moral break and starts robbing banks on his lunch hour. This is a
real guy and he did that for a couple of years. And then his partner
arrested him and gave him 32 years in prison. He served three of
those years and then he broke out of prison with two other men and
formed the Stander gang. And went on the biggest bank robbing spree
in the history of western civilization. It's a wonderful story and a
great character.

You're engaged to Patricia Arquette.  Have you set a wedding date?

We're planning on getting married sometime this fall if we can work
out our schedules and stuff and all that falls into place. We've had
a couple different dates, but hopefully this one will work out.

Any chance of you and Patricia working together?

Oh gosh, it's hard to see onscreen people in movies together. It can
work, it can, but it's very particular. It'd have to be something
that made allowances for that. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn,
although they were never together technically, they had that
antagonistic- - so if it was something like that. Maybe we'll do a
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

#4 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Mon May 10, 2004 11:34 pm
Subject: ShoWest Official Site has Tom pix!!
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Check out this web site for Tom in the Green Room and at The Punisher
screening at ShoWest 2004.

http://www.captureimagingonline.com/ShoWestHome.htm

Lots of nice, big images - you can even order photo prints of what is
shown.
Jen

PS  I added a bunch of Public Events pix and some Punisher pix.

#3 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Sun May 9, 2004 2:29 pm
Subject: More Dreamcatcher pix up and really cool Punisher wallpaper link.
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For The Punisher wallpaper:
http://www.thepunisher.com/past_news/may_2004/Punisher-Movie-
castlepaper.jpg

Enjoy!
Jen

#2 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Sun May 9, 2004 2:34 am
Subject: Starting to add photos here!
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Hey all -
I just uploaded some Punisher pix and 1 Dreamcatcher pic in Photos
section.  More to come...
Feel free to upload any Tom pix that you have or find!  :)
Jen

#1 From: "Jen" <jdloc4@...>
Date: Tue May 4, 2004 2:16 pm
Subject: Welcome to Thomas_Jane_2 Yahoo Group!!
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Hi everyone!
I decided to start another Tom Jane Yahoo Group because I was
running out of space for photos on my first Group -
check out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thomas_Jane/

for all the photos, files, messages, polls, links, etc...goodness.
Hopefully we can all build this Group up too and have lots of Tom
Jane stuff here.
Enjoy!  :)
Jen
PS  Disclaimer:  All photos, files, articles, etc...are property of
the original owner.  This site and my first Group are for personal
and entertainment purposes only.  No one is affiliated with Tom Jane
or anyone he knows.  These Groups are not-for-profit.

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