Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars Of The Earth

From Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column:

"Hayley Atwell will play the heroine of Ken Follett's complex adventure story The Pillars Of The Earth when it begins filming this summer.

The actress will go directly from appearing with Ken Stott and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in Lindsay Posner's sublime production of Arthur Miller's View From The Bridge and into medieval mode as the noblewoman Aliena in Follett's sprawling tale about the building of a magnificent cathedral in the fictional Kingsbridge.

Follett said he had in mind Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals when he wrote his novel.

Shooting on the fourpart mini series, adapted for the screen by John Pielmeir and directed by Sergio Mimica Gezzan, will begin in June on locations in Hungary and Austria.

Follett sets his story of love and revenge against a backdrop of a 12th-century England ripped apart by famine, religious strife and civil war.

Follett won a huge following with The Pillars Of The Earth; it was chosen as one of the all-time 100 best books in a BBC Big Read list, and it has remained a consistent seller since it was first published 18 years ago.

Karmen Svagan of Munich-based Tandem Communications, the TV company filming the novel with Ridley and Tony Scott's production company, said other major roles were still being cast.

It's not known yet whether The Pillars Of The Earth will be sold to BBC or ITV. Hayley will be seen soon on the new TV re-working of the classic series The Prisoner."

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Television - The Prisoner. Laura Wade - Theatre - Posh. BBC Radio.

• The Pillars of the Earth premieres on Starz 23 July. Its trailer is here (via bbccostumedrama). Screencaps of Hayley Atwell:
  
  
  
• The Prisoner
• Hayley Atwell will be on the panel for BFI preview screening Q&A on Wednesday 14 April (via Britmovie) [link]
• Ruth Wilson interview from the Daily Mail [link]
• Article from the Times [link]
  
  
• Laura Wade interviews for Posh 1|2|3|4
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Anne-Marie Duff and Geraldine James star in the Drama on 3 The Carhullan Army [link]
• Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear are the readers for Words and Music "Malady" [link]
• Rory Kinnear narrates the Book at Bedtime The Lessons [link]

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Dan Stevens - Television - The Turn of the Screw. Rory Kinnear - Television - Cranford.

• From an interview with Eddie Redmayne:
  

  "'...This is the biggest project I’ve worked on in terms of the scale of the set. Three-quarters of a 12th-century cathedral has been built in a field in Hungary. It’s incredible. It is an amazing cast to be working with as well, including Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland and Ian McShane. People who know Pillars from the novel are very passionate about it. The characters kind of get under their skin...'"

• Dan plays Dr Fisher in The Turn of the Screw, which will be broadcast on BBC1 [link]
• Rory plays Lord Septimus in part 1 of the Cranford Christmas special which will be broadcast on BBC1 [link]

Hayley Atwell. Television - Any Human Heart. Film - Captain America. Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards, Lanvin for H&M launch.

Some publicity for Any Human Heart - interviews from the Mail on Sunday (via darcylicious), the Herald, the Independent, and the Evening Standard.

An excerpt from Hayley's Herald interview about Captain America:

"Atwell says her Peggy Carter – freedom fighter and Captain America's love interest – is different. 'I likened her character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote. She can do everything Captain America can do, but backwards and in high heels. She’s an English soldier through and through, although she always looks fabulous. She might stand there with a machine-gun shooting Nazis, but she's obviously gone to the loo beforehand and applied a bit of lipstick. She doesn't need to be rescued. That's exciting to me – her strength.'"

and Comic Book Movie has a commentary from director Joe Johnston about some recently released stills.

On 5 November, Eddie Redmayne and Hayley promoted The Pillars of the Earth on Lorraine.

Earlier this month, Hayley attended the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards (1 November; pictures from Getty - arrivals and inside) and the Lanvin for H&M launch (2 November; pictures from the Telegraph, Rex Features and Vogue).

Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Film - Jackboots on Whitehall. Film - Made in Dagenham. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - Through a Glass Darkly. BBC Radio.

• Some recently released stills from The Pillars of the Earth [link]
  
  
• Jackboots on Whitehall
• The film (featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, and Alan Cumming) will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (via the Times) [link]
• Trailer [link]
  
  
• The poster, and some stills from Made in Dagenham.
  
  
• Through A Glass Darkly
• Ruth Wilson interview from the Telegraph (via Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm) [link]
• Screencaps of Ruth from the trailer (click thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Thea Sharrock (director of After the Dance, starring Nancy Carroll and Benedict Cumberbatch) will be interviewed on Start the Week [link]
• David Tennant stars in Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag "The Day Dandini Came to Town"  [link]
• Big Toe Books: Martin Freeman reads The House of Windjammer, and Sharon Horgan reads Alice Next Door. [link]

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Samuel West - Narration - High Flight. Carey Mulligan. BBC Radio drama.

[updated 19 March 2011]

The Pillars of the Earth official website has been updated.

Sam will narrate poetry by John Gillespie Magee for the BBC Radio 4 documentary High Flight, which will be broadcast in November (via United Agents) [link]
(Sam has previously narrated poetry by Magee - a clip of "High Flight" is here.)

Carey is featured in People's 25 Under 25: Hollywood's Hottest Young Stars (via ONTD) and Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column 1|2

• BBC Radio drama
• Julian Rhind-Tutt and Hattie Morahan star in the Drama on 3 The Twyborn Affair [link]
• The Complete Smiley continues with the Classic Serial The Looking Glass War starring Simon Russell Beale (as George Smiley), Ian McDiarmid, Patrick Kennedy and Fenella Woolgar [link]
• Rory Kinnear and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the Afternoon Play Good Evening [link]
• Dominic Cooper narrates A Land Without Magic for Big Toe Books [link]

Rory Kinnear, David Tennant, Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens. Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. BBC Radio drama.

• Rory Kinnear will play Septimus in the Cranford Christmas episode (via brit_actors) [link]
• Scans (click thumbnails for full size): David Tennant - Esquire's 30 Best-Dressed Men, Doctor Who "Planet of the Dead" interview; Hugh Bonneville interview about Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
  
• Dan Stevens' review of Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction [link]
• Casting update for the miniseries Pillars of the Earth, starring Hayley Atwell [link]
• BBC Radio drama (will be available on iPlayer up to a week after broadcast):
• Julian Rhind-Tutt narrates the Book at Bedtime One Day [link]
• Rory Kinnear and Tamsin Greig star in the Afternoon Play Puddle [link]
  

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Ruth Wilson - Cleanskin. Theatre - Olivier Nominees' Celebration.

• Starz Entertainment will broadcast The Pillars of the Earth in the U.S. [link]
• Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling and Ruth Wilson will star in the film Cleanskin [link]
• The Official London Theatre Guide is live tweeting the Olivier Nominees' Celebration. Guests include Keira Knightley, Ruth Wilson, Sam West and Hayley Atwell. (via The Official London Theatre Guide) [link]

Hayley Atwell

[updated 23 June 2011]



(source: my screencap from the Captain America Super Bowl spot)
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Current and upcoming projects
July 2011. Captain America: The First Avenger, Peggy Carter.
August-October 2011 (Royal Court). The Faith Machine, Sophie.
* Release date unknown. I, Anna, Emmy.

Theatre
The Faith Machine (August-October 2011), Royal Court, Sophie
Tod's Art Plus Drama Party (March 2011)
A View From the Bridge (February-May; May-June 2009), Duke of York's Theatre and tour (Theatre Royal Brighton, Richmond Theatre, The King's Theatre, Theatre Royal Glasgow), Catherine
- Nominated whatsonstage.com Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play
- Nominated Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Major Barbara (February-April 2008), National Theatre (Olivier), Barbara
- Nominated Ian Charleson Award (2008)
The Man of Mode (February-April 2007), National Theatre (Olivier), Belinda
Women Beware Women (February-April 2006), The Swan, Bianca
Prometheus Bound (August-September 2005), Sound Theatre, Io

Film and TV
I, Anna (release date unknown), Emmy
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Peggy Carter
Any Human Heart (2010)(TV), Freya
The Pillars of the Earth (2010)(TV), Aliena
- Nominated Golden Globe for Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
The Prisoner (2009)(TV), 41-5
Love Hate (2009), Hate
The Duchess (2008), Bess Foster
- Nominated British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008)
- Nominated London Critics Circle Film Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year (2009)
Brideshead Revisited (2008), Julia Flyte
The Shadow in the North (2007) (TV), Rosa Garland
Cassandra's Dream (2007), Angela
How About You (2007), Ellie
Mansfield Park (2007) (TV), Mary Crawford
The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) (TV), Rosa Garland
Fear of Fanny (2006) (TV), Jane
The Line of Beauty (2006) (TV), Cat Fedden
Whatever Love Means (2005) (TV), Sabrina Guinness

Radio
Waves Breaking on a Shore (May 2010), BBC Radio 4, Nettie Truman
The Leopard (May 2008), BBC Radio 3, Angelica
Felix Holt (June-July 2007), BBC Radio 4, Esther Lyon

Audio
The Whispering Forest (2010), Big Finish, Seska
The Doomwood Curse (2008), Big Finish, Eleanor
Blood of the Daleks (2006), Big Finish, Asha Gryvern

Other
Christian Aid
Film project with Ruth Wilson and Emma Thompson 1|2|3|4|5

Hayley Atwell. Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Film - Captain America.

• A video interview with Hayley on the set of The Pillars of the Earth from Amazon UK [link]
  
  
• Comic Book Movie has posted scans - stills from Captain America - from Entertainment Weekly [link]

Hayley Atwell. Hamilton Hodell. Lulu and Co. Television - The Pillars of the Earth.

• Hayley has changed representation - she is now with Hamilton Hodell [link]
  
  
• Pictures from the Lulu and Co launch at Harvey Nichols (21 October):
  Dansk [link]
  WireImage [link]
  Capitol Pictures [link]
  Rex Features [link]
  
  
• Hayley attended The Pillars of the Earth Berlin premiere [link]
  

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth premieres in Australia on W today at 8.30pm.

Golden Globe nominations, Shooting Stars, Black Book's 2011 New Regime

Golden Globe nominees include Hayley Atwell (Pillars Of The Earth/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Romola Garai (Emma/Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television), Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom/Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture), and Toni Collette (United States Of Tara/Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical).
USA Today has a short article about Hayley Atwell's reaction to her nomination.

Andrea Riseborough is one of next year's Shooting Stars, a networking event for selected actors at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Rosamund Pike features in Black Book's "2011 New Regime" as the New Leading Lady.