Actress CATHERINE ZETA-JONES had a section of a New York gym shut down for her - so she could take a break while shooting new movie THE REBOUND
The 38-year-old stars in the forthcoming romantic comedy alongside Justin Bartha, in which she plays a divorcee struggling to keep up with her new, younger boyfriend.And Zeta-Jones was reportedly so tired during filming, she had the cardio room of the Club H Fitness gym closed off just for her, so she could rest in between takes.
A source tells New York gossip column PageSix, "She was so beat (tired), in between scenes she'd lie down on the massage table in the middle of the gym. "But they'd tell her she had to be back on set right away."
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In the untitled feature, Zeta-Jones will play a single New York City mom who captures the eye of her new neighbor, a 25-year-old man. The project seems to mirror real life for the 38-year-old Freundlich, who's married to the 47-year-old Julianne Moore.
The film is set to shoot April 17, and casting hasn't been finalized for the male lead.
Tim Perell, Freundlich, Gill and Robert Katz are producing under the Process production banner. Sacker and Michael Goguen are the executive producers.
The film is one of the first for president Steve Bickel's Film Department Int'l, which will unveil its debut lineup at May's Festival de Cannes, along with the upcoming thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" starring Gerard Butler and other titles.
It also marks one of the first big deals for Cinetic Media's new management division headed by Bart Walker, who reps Freundlich and Perell.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
The Film Dept.'s Dan Stutz negotiated the deals with Freundlich and Perell's reps Walker, Management 360's Evelyn O'Neill and attorneys Ira Schreck and Joe Dapello, as well as Zeta-Jones' reps WMA and attorneys Sam Fischer and P.J. Shapiro.
The project has also been given a name; the movie about the relationship between a younger man and older woman will be titled "The Rebound."
"Rebound" centers on a 25-year-old man (Bartha) who starts an unlikely romance with his single-mother neighbor (Zeta-Jones). It will begin shooting this month in New York.
Bartha starred opposite Nicolas Cage in both "National Treasure" movies, in which he played tech expert Riley Pool. He also was in a previous Freundlich movie, "Trust the Man," in a smaller role, as well as the Matthew McConaughey romantic comedy "Failure to Launch."
Freundlich created a stir at the Toronto International Film Festival several years ago with the relationship dramedy "Trust the Man," which Searchlight won in a bidding war but which earned only $1.5 million at the boxoffice.
"Rebound" marks one of the first projects for the nascent Film Department, which also is behind the World War II drama "Brothers in Arms" and the legal thriller "Law Abiding Citizen."
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