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My blog has quite a lot of posts about Samuel West (Julius Caesar, On Chesil Beach and Darkest Hour) and Charles Edwards (My Fair Lady Australian tour and Henry IX).

Sunday 30 September 2007

TV randomness - September

Entourage season 4 episode 12
Jekyll
Life season 1 episode 1
Secret Diary of a Call Girl episode 1 (of 8)

Repeat viewings

Much Ado About Nothing
Pride and Prejudice episodes 1-2 (of 6)

Friday 21 September 2007

Charles Edwards - Television - 2008

* updated 10 January

from his biography at the Huntington Theatre website:
'...He recently completed work on the forthcoming series "Midsomer Murders," and a new show for the BBC, "Mistresses."'

Mistresses
BBC press release [link]
Mistresses will be shown in January. BBC programme info is here.

Midsomer Murders
IMDB [link]


Charles Edwards - Theatre - The 39 Steps (Huntington) - reviews

* updated 14 October

Brown Daily Herald
"...Edwards is perfect as Hannay... His every facial gesture is a flawless exaggeration of the reactions we expect of a classic Hollywood protagonist - even as police and airplanes chase him he is charming..."

Weymouth News
"...Charles Edwards, the only cast member to transfer from London, is a dashing, devilish delight as Hannay..."

South Coast Today
"...Charles Edwards creates a very dashing Hannay... Mr. Edwards is excellent as the driving force of the show and holding the story together..."

OnStage Boston
"...Terribly proper and terribly civilized even as murders and shootings and dangerous damsels swirl about, the show faithfully captures the look and feel of the original film while remaining completely self-aware of what it's doing. The combination is delightful..."

Gratuitous Violins
"...Charles Edwards, who plays the protagonist, Richard Hannay, is the only holdover from the British cast, and he's superb...He's very suave, dashing, self-assured, not a hair out of place even as he flees for his life across the Scottish Highlands. The perfect 1930s hero..."

Broadway World
"...His Hannay is dry, slightly befuddled, and prone to a bit of manly exasperation when challenged by the headstrong women who cross his path. He is also master of the subtle double-take when deliberately telegraphing danger in the exaggerated vaudeville style..."

Somerville Journal
"...He’s got the heightened delivery and sharp-eyed squint that’s a dead-on mock-up of all those black-and-white noir mysteries of the 1930s, filled with hard-boiled men and dangerous women...the likeable Edwards..."

BostonNOW
"...The cast of four deftly executes costume and character changes with a remarkable smoothness. Each actor nails the nuances of physical comedy with such incredible timing you can hardly believe it's actually live..."

Christian Science Monitor
"...The suave British actor Charles Edwards plays Richard Hannay...The most delightful aspect of this outrageous undertaking [...] is the imagination of its staging while recalling the specifics of the film..."

The Tufts Daily
"...Edwards as the laughably debonair Hannay is the perfect leading man. All in all, the cast makes this play well worth seeing. The comedic timing is perfect and the energy never fades..."

Theatre Mirror
"...Charles Edwards, the handsome, tweedy [sic] Critereon lead..."

Variety
"...[Edwards] has the sweet daftness and understated dash of a '30s leading man who knows too much. His droll élan — not a hair out of place on his perfectly coiffed head during these cross-country runs — is the comic calm amidst the madness that surrounds him..."

Boston Herald
"...Maria Aitken's entire production plays with tongue firmly planted in cheek. The actors move with the melodramatic swagger associated with old movies... see it for the sheer pleasure of theatrical artifice in full tilt..."

Cape Cod Times
"...From his Act 1-opening raised eyebrow, Edwards establishes himself as the embodiment of the dashing Richard Hannay, Our Hero..."

Boston Globe
"...Charles Edwards, as the hunted but ever debonair protagonist, Richard Hannay, is the only import from the London cast, and he delivers a gently satiric version of the film’s debonair Robert Donat with effortless charm..."

Thursday 13 September 2007

Hayley Atwell - Film - Cassandra's Dream (TIFF)

* updated 16 February

Page about the film at the TIFF official site

Interview
Canoe - JAM! Showbiz [link]

Articles

Globe and Mail
[post screening party at Chanel]"...Ms. Atwell, all of 25, wore a sophisticated but age-appropriate black dress with jewelled detailing from Moschino (and Chanel drop earrings, she made sure to tell me). Most exciting for her, however, was that the outfit had side pockets into which she tucks her hands..."

JAM! showbiz
[link 1]
[link 2]

Pictures

Scott McDermott/Corbis [link]. Search for "OUT18917094 (RM)", "OUT18917096 (RM)", "OUT18917095 (RM)", "OUT18917091 (RM)", "OUT18917092 (RM)", "OUT18917093 (RM)", "OUT18917090 (RM)", "OUT18917089 (RM)", "OUT18917088 (RM)", "OUT18917087 (RM)"

hayleyatwell.net [link]

Afterparty at Chanel:
Exposay [link]
Getty [link 1] [link 2]

Premiere:
Popsugar [link]
Wireimage [link]
MCT Direct 1|2
AP [link]
dost @ flickr 1|2
Toronto Life [link]
Dan Truong @ flickr [link]
Getty [link]
prphotos [link]
indian nomad @ flickr [link]

Press conference:
ViewImages [link]

Portrait session:
Getty [link]

Clips
kayvontv [link]
SliceGirls - Working It part 2 [link]

Monday 3 September 2007

Hayley Atwell - Film - Cassandra's Dream (VFF)

* updated 16 February

Articles

interview from outnow.ch [link]

Observer film podcast interview [link]

An excerpt from an article in the Guardian
"... He [Woody Allen] looked thin and pale. 'Don't worry about him,' said Hayley Atwell, who also stars in the film. 'It's all an act. He's very happy, he's got a wonderful life and he's very funny. He just gets bored with the questions because he's five steps ahead of everyone and his brain's onto the next thing.'"

Excerpt from an article:

"...all eyes at the Venice Film Festival were on their [Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell] co-star, actress Hayley Atwell.

Cassandra's Dream marks her big screen debut but she is already tipped for a bright future, having impressed in TV dramas In The Line Of Beauty and Mansfield Park.

She also has roles lined up as Julia Flyte in the remake of Brideshead Revisited and opposite Keira Knightley in period drama The Duchess.

But Cassandra's Dream was her first movie role and Atwell, 25, said: 'I'm very new and was working with Woody about a year after leaving drama school, so it was an incredible honour to have that role so early. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing, but it was a fantastic introduction for me into the world of film-making'..."

Reviews

Have mostly been negative but nice things have been said about the cast.

Hollywood Reporter
"...Atwell is a major find, however, and like McGregor and Wilkinson, and the rest of a good cast, will go on to better things..."

Variety
"...Atwell is well cast..."

Pictures

Portraiture - Nicolas Guerin/Corbis [link]. Search for "42-18921769 (RM)", "42-18921770 (RM)", "42-18921776 (RM)"

popsugar [link]

Photocall:
Wireimage 1|2
AFP [link]
superiorpics [link]
AP 1|2
Rex [link 1] [link 2]
MCT Direct 1|2|3|4|5
prphotos [link]

Press conference:
Wireimage [link]

Premiere:
Wireimage [link]
Evening Standard [link]
Getty [link]
superiorpics [link]
MCT Direct 1|2|3|4

Cocktail party:
Wireimage [link]
Rex [link]
goldarths [link]

Sunday 2 September 2007

Hayley Atwell - Film - Cassandra's Dream

* updated 16 September

Cassandra's Dream

Premieres at the Venice film festival.

Trailer



Screencaps from trailer

cd.t01

cd.t02

Pictures
OutNow 1|2|3|4|5
Cinematic Intelligence Agency 1|2|3|4
premiere-portugal @ blogspot [link]
stylistbrighton @ youtube [link]

TV randomness - August

Entourage season 4 episodes 8-11 (of 12)
Marple series 3 episodes 3 and 4 (of 4)