Let The Countdown begins with New Year’s Eve

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

By Jenny Álvarez, Angie González and Alfonso De Elías

GalaTView Staff

In an interview of GalaTView some members of this cast said:

Hilary Swank (Claire Morgan): “The next best thing to find out where to spend the New Year, but it always ended up in a car saying “Happy New.”

“In a comedy and they were working for it for about 3 weeks and when I started it began with DInero and dramatic stuff. I go in with Halley Berry and feel like the outsider and unfamiliar with the crew and trying to get a sense before I work, Robert is in the bed and I hear his method, he is working on his method, I don’t want to get into anyone’s way. He just his eyes and I’m thinking and were connecting with method. Were getting into the mode of father daughter and next thing you know he says does anyone have coffee. I though oh my God, he was sleeping, this was not a part of his method. Working with him was an absolute highlight for me.”

“I stopped trying to chase and learned that the perfect place is to be with your loved ones and learned what things need to change and the never make it to midnight.”

Michelle Pfeiffer (Ingrid): “Riding a motorcycle was something that I never actually drove it, the element was a challenge. Paaparraza was out in full force, Gary was constantly talking, just us overall and very comforting. It is what I love acting, disappearing and the role. It intrigues me and allows me to figure out who is this woman who lives in NYC.”

“I also got a kiss with Zac Effreon. Though I am older and do not have anything negative to say about Zac, there is nothing. He is wonderful with a very impressive cast. Zac and I started talking and it was a blast. I had so much fun. He is very collaborative and talented. He never wanted to disappoint anyone. Great guy! A great New Year at 9pm, well..I like to watch the ball drop in my PJ’s with wine and pie and stopped stetting those unrealistic expectations many years ago. I said Gary this woman has been living in New York for 30 years and has never been to these places, but I am much like her. I am much like the character.”

“A New Year gives you a better chance to be a better person and to forgive, love more, essentially that is life in a nut shell and thankful that they thought of me in this role.”

Zac Efron (Paul): “A few years ago, I did hairspray and I had a huge crush on her!  I was very bashful and would put my foot in my mouth. I didn’t know what to do I was very shy. She said I think we should push it to the next level; I was like I’m in! it was lovely working with her every second. What happens in a relationship is that you fall in love and realize that there is much more than partying.”

Lea Michele (Elise): “Zac in an elevator with him for two weeks, which was awesome and he is hilarious. I got punched a couple of times. I had no idea what he would say because I had no idea what was going on with the world. We had so much fun.”

“ I did not intend to do a film where I sing, sang so much in my show but when I read this script, I knew it was a perfect film and got to be a backup singer for Glee and Bon Jovi. It was a perfect film and fits. It was a no brainer. I’m from New York and did Times Square and New Yorkers have a special doing where they run in central park for 5 miles. Very exhausting!”

Josh Duhamel (Sam): “There is so many people in a film like this, so you want to go in and do your best work. There were a few takes where she played a frisky character. I worked with Larry Miller, Hilary, and they were interesting characters.”

Hector Elizondo (Kominsky):” I had a lousy New Year and expected the best. I was a Musician and played all types of music, conga, timber, had a beautiful group. New Years Eve was a huge gig and people paid $50. We played our best tones and people just starred and then we played conga music and people danced.”

Gary Marshall, Director/Producer: “With different times and startling that they can all act as it turns out (people laugh) I have worked for some actors before and some for the first time.” Big film makers that love stars and want to say that they broke into film… we dumped confetti on Hilary and had a great time… The great thing about Film Making we do films that were done in the past, but we do it again. We had a great team and makes the actors come together where no one is fighting.”