Rosario Dawson credits her Alexander co-stars with teaching her how to drink properly. The actress admits she wasn't a hard drinker until she filmed the historical epic alongside Colin Farrell and Val Kilmer.

Val Kilmer loved working on historical epic Alexander because director Oliver Stone told him to pile on the pounds. Kilmer often has to get in shape before starring in blockbuster movies, so he was thrilled at the chance to let himself go when he played Philip Of Macedonia in the 2004 Alexander The Great biopic starring Colin Farrell.

Director Oliver Stone will release a third version of his Alexander epic in a bid to win over critics who originally mauled the movie. The filmmaker insists the cinematic version of Alexander was hampered by time constraints after being slashed to 168 minutes in length.

Oliver Stone is refusing to give up on his Alexander flop - he's planning a third release of the historical epic. The film, which starred Colin Farrell as the historic leader, was a critical and commercial failure in America when it was released last year. The movie fared better overseas, but still topped the list of flops for the year.

Hollywood director Oliver Stone is grateful to be given the chance to work on upcoming movie World Trade Center after a string of box office flops. The controversial filmmaker suffered professionally when a number of his projects were received badly by the critics and the public, none more so than the 2004 epic Alexander, starring Angelina Jolie and Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell was left fearing for his life on the set of new movie Miami Vice when drug enforcement cops made him believe a hoax cocaine deal was the real thing. The Irish actor was researching his role in the movie adaptation of the hit TV series when Miami, Florida detectives asked him if he wanted to be part of a real sting operation.

Jessica Simpson has slammed reports she is dating actor Jared Leto, insisting they just happened to run into each other during a night out on the town recently. Simpson appeared on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show in Los Angeles yesterday and claims her encounter with the Alexander star was entirely innocent.

Saving Private Ryan has topped a poll for boasting the best battle scenes in cinematic history. The gripping World War II movie beat off competition from fight-laden Alexander and Zulu, which reached second and third place respectively in the chart, compiled by British movie magazine Empire.

Colin Farrell is set to play a New York policeman accidentally shot dead by another officer. The 'Alexander' star will play Eric Hernandez who was surrounded and attacked by a gang in January. After the beating, the dazed officer pulled out a gun but was then shot by a fellow officer who didn't realise the 24-year-old was a cop.

Colin Farrell wishes the rumors he romanced Angelina Jolie on the set of Alexander were true because they shared a "connection." The Irish lothario starred opposite Jolie, who is now pregnant with Brad Pitt's baby, in director Oliver Stone's movie and was amazed at how beautiful she was.