Hayley Atwell - Film

• According to this article, Hayley will be attending the London premiere of Brideshead Revisited today.
• Interview from the New Zealand Herald [link]
• A nice mention in The Times:
  

  "I'm not interested in going down the Sienna Miller route," says Hayley Atwell, the feisty new costume drama favourite, who will be the star attraction at the London première on Monday of the new Brideshead Revisited.
  Like Keira Knightley, with whom she starred in The Duchess, Atwell, 26, has an upper-crust accent, effortless style and lips that have been described as "pillowy".
  Brought up by New Age parents, Atwell rejected Oxford for drama school but while being "deeply ambitious" she fears the intrusion of her privacy now being suffered by Knightley.
  Brideshead, in which she plays Julia Flyte, has already been criticised for its "improvements" on Evelyn Waugh’s narrative. But anyone who emerged unscathed from the wreckage of Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream, as Atwell did, is a survivor.

Tags: Hayley Atwell, film, Brideshead Revisited, London, Sienna Miller, Keira Knightley, The Duchess, Julia Flyte, Evelyn Waugh, Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream

Samuel West - Theatre - Waste

[updated 19 March 2011]

Sam interviews from the Guardian (via OBASC) and the Official London Theatre Guide.

Interviews with Nancy Carroll, who plays Amy O’Connell. She previously worked with Sam on The Lady's Not For Burning 1|2

Entertainment news

• Quantum of Solace Q&As 1|2|3
• Interview with Matthew Goode from The Guardian [link]
  
• Interviews with Dita von Teese and Kristin Scott Thomas from The Times dita|kristin
• Ashley Jensen interviews 1|2
• Pictures from the Broadway transfer of The Seagull, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Mackenzie Crook and Carey Mulligan (via ONTD) [link]
• Article about Australia's National Film and Sound Archive [link]
• Relativity Media is going to finance Universal's slate till 2015 1|2
• Bill Nighy, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman and Emily Blunt star in Wild Target, which is filming at the moment [link]
• Financing issues in Hollywood [link]
• Smoking in the golden age of Hollywood [link]
• Interviews with Liam Neeson about Taken 1|2
• Fantastic rant about voiceovers by James Henry [link]
• (the marvellously underrated) Guy Henry is in a production of Twelfth Night at the Donmar West End [link]
  

Tags: Quantum of Solace, Bond, James Bond, Daniel Craig, Marc Forster, Matthew Goode, Dita von Teese, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ashley Jensen, The Seagull, Mackenzie Crook, Carey Mulligan, Relativity Media, Universal, Bill Nighy, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman, Emily Blunt, Wild Target, Hollywood, Liam Neeson, Taken, James Henry, Twelfth Night, Guy Henry, Donmar, theatre, film

Samuel West - Theatre - Waste

Click the picture above to go the Waste website, which has been updated with information about the play's context and Harley Granville Barker; an article by Jeany Spark who plays Lucy Davenport, and some blog posts by Henry Bell, the assistant director.

Links
An article from The Times about Harley Granville Barker
Jeany Spark 1|2|3
Henry Bell 1|2|3

Tags: Samuel West, Sam West, Waste, Harley Granville Barker, Jeany Spark, Lucy Davenport, Henry Bell

Samuel West - Theatre - The Family Reunion

From The London Theatre Guide:

"...Joining Samuel West and Penelope Wilton in The Family Reunion are Hattie Morahan, Anna Carteret, Una Stubbs, Gemma Jones, Paul Shelley, William Gaunt, Kevin McMonagle, Ann Marcuson and Christopher Benjamin. They are directed by Jeremy Herrin (That Face, The Vertical Hour)..."

Links
Donmar Warehouse 1|2

Tags: Samuel West, Sam West, Penelope Wilton, Hattie Morahan, Anna Carteret, Una Stubbs, Gemma Jones, Paul Shelley, William Gaunt, Kevin McMonagle, Ann Marcuson, Christopher Benjamin, Jeremy Herrin

Rosamund Pike, Samuel West

Rosamund and Sam attended the Ivanov afterparty last week. Ivanov stars Kenneth Branagh, Gina McKee and Andrea Riseborough. [link]

Tags: Rosamund Pike, Samuel West, Sam West, Andrea Riseborough, Ivanov, Kenneth Branagh, Gina McKee

Hayley Atwell

[updated 19 March 2011]

A necklace Hayley wore at the Toronto Film Festival last year was "Love My Planet" by The Right Hand Gal, a Canadian jewellery line.

Hayley Atwell - Film - The Duchess

• Clip from moviejungle - "No Limits Whatsoever" [link]
• Scan of her interview from The Times [link]
• A nice article about her from The Morning Call [link]
• Quotes from reviews:
  Eye Weekly
  "...Lady Elizabeth Foster, played by Hayley Atwell with a nifty mix of fragility and calculation, enough to make one wish that the film were about her."
  The New Yorker
  "...The most diverting character is Lady Elizabeth Foster (Hayley Atwell), the Duke’s mistress, who moved in to create a ménage à trois, and who should have been the heroine of this movie..."
  Film Journal
  "...Atwell is terrific as the conflicted, practical Bess..."
  
• Interview with Ralph Fiennes [link]
• Article about costume design for the film [link]
  

Tags: Hayley Atwell, The Duchess, Lady Elizabeth Foster, Bess, Ralph Fiennes

Rosamund Pike - Film - Mrs Darwin

Turns out there are two Darwin biopics in the works - Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly are still in Creation, but Rosamund and Joseph are in Mrs Darwin. (via paulbettany.net) [link]

Film & TV news

• Interviews with Emily Mortimer 1|2
• Episode 5 of Simon Pegg's video blog from the Guardian [link]
• United Artists is having financial problems [link]
• Interview with Ben Whishaw [link]
• Interview with Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell and James Moran (via the pen is mightier than the spork) [link]
• Stephen Merchant being fabulous on Kimmel [link]
• Article by Catherine Tate from the Guardian (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Ricky Gervais [link]
  

Tags: Emily Mortimer, Simon Pegg, United Artists, Ben Whishaw, Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell, James Moran, Stephen Merchant, Kimmel, Catherine Tate, Tilda Swinton

Rosamund Pike

• Rosamund is featured in Stella's list of The 30 most stylish British women [link]
• She and Joseph Fiennes will play the Darwins in the film Creation, not Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as previously reported [link]
  

Tags: Rosamund Pike, Joseph Fiennes, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly

Samuel West

Sam and his dad Timothy are featured in an article from Theatregoer Magazine June 2001 about fathers and sons who are actors. [link]

Entertainment news

• Article about how film releases in Australia later this year are stuffed [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Episode 4 of Simon Pegg's video diary from the Guardian [link]
• Interview with Zooey Deschanel from Nylon [link]
• Sydney theatre news 1|2
• Article about Screen Australia [link]
• Interview with Rachel Weisz from Vogue [link]
• Samuel L Jackson/Ricky Gervais/Conan O'Brien sausage party [link]

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Zooey Deschanel, Rachel Weisz, Samuel L Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Conan O'Brien

Dan Stevens - Hospital Club 100

Dan was included in the Hospital Club 100 longlist [link]

Links

• The final list, which Dan was not included on [link]
• The Hospital Club official site [link]
• A short article about the club from Harpers & Queen, May 2003 [link]

Tags: Dan Stevens, Hospital Club 100, Hospital, Harpers and Queen, Harpers Bazaar

Samuel West - Audio - The Arthur trilogy

The Seeing Stone

Silver Spoken Word Award 2001 (Children: Over 7)


The Independent
"...Samuel West narrates with a minstrel's grace..."

At the Crossing Places



Time Out
"...Samuel West's controlled and appealing characterisation is hugely successful, simple and dazzling..."

Daily Express
"...A multi-layered story superbly read by Samuel West..."

The Independent
"...Narrated with compelling commitment by Samuel West, it's Arthurian legend as re-lived by a 'real' child at the beginning of the 13th century. Subtly addressing many timeless, worrying issues of justice, ambition and privilege within a tangible, accessible context, this could well be the best audio of the year, for parents as well as children..."

King of the Middle March



Sunday Express
"...it's beautifully read by Sam West..."

CHOICE
"Read by the excellent Sam West, a children's book that adults will find compelling."

Telegraph
"...Samuel West's expressive reading makes the story flow, with the only interruption being snatches of shivery music like falling leaves. A superb audio book for the over 11-s..."

Tags: Arthur, Samuel West, Sam West, Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, King of the Middle March

Samuel West - Theatre - Waste

[updated 19 March 2011]

The Waste website has been recently updated. The podcast and blog are particularly interesting. Thanks to m4sure for the heads up.

Entertainment news

• Tilda Swinton interviews 1|2
• Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw being spiffy in Esquire [link]
• Entertainment Weekly's Fall TV preview [link]
• Debi Mazar interview (via entourageblog) [link]
• Russell Brand interview on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson part 1|part 2
• Marvellous blog post about Rear Window (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) at Self Styled Siren [link]
• Kimberley Nixon and Harry Treadaway are featured in teenvogue.com's "Young Hollywood 2008" kimberley|harry
• Australian box office takings are set to increase [link]
• Interviews with Andrea Riseborough, Emilia Fox, Rupert Graves and Juno Temple andrea|emilia|rupert|juno
• Some Hollywood studios have finally realised that compatibility is important in regard to (legally) downloaded content [link]
• Article about money in Hollywood [link]
• Fremantle has bought a 19.9% stake in Beyond International [link]
• Interview with Stephen Mangan [link]
  

Related links:
Harry Treadaway 1|2|3
Andrea Riseborough 1|2
Juno Temple 1|2|3

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Esquire, Debi Mazar, Russell Brand, Craig Ferguson, Late Late Show, Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock, Kimberley Nixon, Harry Treadaway, Andrea Riseborough, Emilia Fox, Rupert Graves, Juno Temple, Stephen Mangan

Hayley Atwell - Film - The Duchess

• Hayley interviews 1 (via hayley-atwell.org)|2
• Quotes from reviews:
  epochtimes.com
  "...Among the stellar supporting performances are Hayley Atwell, who manages to combine artfulness and loyalty in her portrayal of the Duke’s mistress..."
  The Guardian
  "...the enigmatic and sexy Hayley Atwell..."
• Interview with director Saul Dibb from the Guardian [link]
• Interview with Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper from Radio 1 [link]
• Keira Knightley interviews 1|2
  

Tags: Hayley Atwell, The Duchess, Saul Dibb, Keira Knightley, Dominic Cooper

Hayley Atwell - Film - Brideshead Revisited

• Article about the film that includes some behind the scenes pictures [link]
• Lovely scans of Hayley, Matthew and Ben from the UK October issue of Vogue [link]

Entertainment news

• Sydney Theatre Company 2009 season [link]
  
• Interviews with Kevin Connolly, Rex Lee and Perrey Reeves promoting Entourage season 5 1|2|3
• SBS funding [link]
• Recent successes on US pay TV [link]
• Episode 3 of Simon Pegg's video diary for the Guardian [link]
• People featured in Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column this week include Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, and Toby Kebbell [link]
• BFI 75 (via billnighy.info) - 75 film and media people were asked:
  Q1 Which one film would you wish to share with future generations?
  Q2 What excites you about the future of the moving image? [link]
• Interview with Rupert Friend from the Times [link]
• A quote about Romola Garai from the Guardian's review of Angel:
  

  "...it's the performance of Romola Garai that makes the film something more than a game of film references and fashion gags. The young actress, just 26 and most recently seen in Joe Wright's Atonement after roles in Inside I'm Dancing and I Capture the Castle, gives Angel her all in a display that zips from hysterical to wild to vulnerable and sexy and back again...In Garai's hands, Angel becomes a tragic figure, caught between her own dreams and ambitions and a duller and more vicious reality. Her childish tantrums, feminine wiles and feminist independence are by turns admirable, laughable and pitiable..."

Related links
Romola Garai 1|2|3

Tags: Sydney Theatre Company, Kevin Connolly, Rex Lee, Perrey Reeves, Entourage, SBS, TV, Simon Pegg, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Toby Kebbell, Bill Nighy, Rupert Friend, Romola Garai, Angel, film

Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall

A mention of Dan and Rebecca in an interview with Eddie Redmayne:

"...When I was at Cambridge – my degree was in history of art – I was in a year with Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens was the year below, there was this whole troupe of us who wanted to act. When we left, we did workshops in our houses. The problem with not going to drama school is that you just haven’t read enough material and you haven’t had the chance to play characters of all different shapes, sizes and ages. So we did these workshops. It’s wonderful to see those guys doing fantastically well..."

Links
Eddie Redmayne 1|2|3

Tags: Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Eddie Redmayne, Cambridge

Hayley Atwell - Film - The Duchess

• Interview from the Scotsman [link]
• Fashion featurette [link]
  

Mentions in articles about the film:

• "...a superb Hayley Atwell..."
• "...[director Saul Dibb on casting] with Lady Bess Foster and Earl Grey I chose Hayley Atwell and Dominic Cooper as I felt that they should be actors on the rise whom audiences aren't terribly familiar with yet"
• "...[Bess Foster] portrayed by the superb newcomer Hayley Atwell..."

Tags: Hayley Atwell, film, The Duchess, Saul Dibb, Lady Bess Foster, Earl Grey, Dominic Cooper, Bess Foster