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- a parody of police procedural series - stars Scheer, his wife June
Diane Raphael, Martin Starr and Rebecca Romijn as agents helping to foil
crime across the globe.
The show's third season will see the
team kidnapping an alien, having to fake their own deaths and undergoing
face-swapping surgery.
Curran: A sci-fi gangster playing alongside Sean Connery Actor Tony Curran joins 'Morning Drive' to
discuss playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational pro-am and playing
with actor Sean Connery.
Watch the interview here
Tweets from Tony Curran: What a day, meeting Billy Murray & Darth Vader in the same afternoon,fine gents indeed
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Hanging with the Stormtroopers Birmingham comic con. Let's find these Rebel Scum
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Some photos with Tony Curran from official facebook fan page of actress Jaime Murray from the album @MCMExpo Comic Con 2013 are here
DEFIANCE Making of Defiance Preview: Alien Introductions
Aliens
and humans must learn to co-exist on a dramatically changed earth. Meet
the races of aliens that populate the world of Defiance. Defiance
premieres April 15, 9/8c only on Syfy.
Watch the preview here
TV Trailer: ‘Defiance’ On Syfy
Syfy
has released a new trailer for their upcoming drama series Defiance,
which is set to premiere on Syfy on Monday April 15th at 9/8c (and on
Syfy UK on Tuesday April 16th at 9pm).
Defiance is a
multi-platform project encompassing an MMO game and Syfy’s weekly TV
series, in which events in one world can and will directly affect the
other. Penned by Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon, Defiance is set in
the near future and introduces a world where humans and aliens must
learn to live together on an exotic new Earth that has been transformed
by alien terra-forming machines (For more detailed plot information on
the series see our previous report). The series is produced by Universal
Cable Productions and stars Grant Bowler, Tony Curran, Julie Benz,
Jaime Murray, Mia Kirshner and Graham Greene.
Read more at TV Wise Spoiler free review of Syfy’s Defiance – A refreshing science fiction space western
Ever
since Syfy changed its name and added WWE to its lineup, its been
looking hard and long for a cult classic scifi show to call its own.
Over the past few years, Syfy has increased its reality TV lineup and
competition shows based on public demand. We are not one of those people
who enjoy reality TV, so when we first heard about the concept behind
defiance we were excited but worried. Syfy is known for its goofy
saturday creature features and hasn’t had a hard hitting true to the
core science fiction scripted show of its own since Battlestar Galactica
finished. So word of Defiance comes along and the first thing we hear
“video game and tv series tie in”.
The idea of bringing in a
video game to some how go along with the tv series was, what many
considered, TV suicide. At a budget over over $100 million, it was a
gamble that even large networks dare touch. To put this into
prospective, Terra Nova on Fox cost $50mil for its first season and was
cancelled and this was Fox spending the money. HBO, which is a premium
pay channel, spent about $60 mil on its first season of Game Of Thrones.
Now breaking down that $100 mil, $50 goes into the TV show and the rest
into the game. The burden of the cost for the game is split between
Trion and NBC, in which Trion takes the larger burden. The fact remains
that $50 mil for Syfy and its parent company NBC Universal is a huge
gamble.
So what is the bottom line on this gamble? Was it worth
the money spent? ABSOLUTELY. And we will give you our spoiler free
review as to why.
What is Defiance?
In
the year 2046, it’s a new Earth – with new rules. Over thirty years
after various alien races arrived on Earth, the landscape is completely
altered, terraformed nearly beyond recognition. To the town of Defiance,
on what used to be St. Louis, comes the mysterious Nolan (Grant Bowler)
and his charge, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). As they settle into town –
overseen by the mayor, Amanda Rosewater (Julie Benz) and filled with
residents like the powerful Rafe McCawley (Graham Greene), enterprising
lounge owner Kenya (Mia Kirshner) and the ambitious, alien Tarrs (Tony
Curran and Jaime Murray) – events begin to unfold that threaten the
fragile peace this border town has fought for.
We were able to
screen the first 3 episodes, which included a 2 hour pilot episode. The
concept brings back memories of Firefly and the western style space
drama it brought along with it. The story feels as though you could go
on a thousand side stories with endless possibilities. Sometimes shows
get lost on that and spend too much time with ‘filler’ episodes and
don’t advance the main plot. Defiance makes the right choice of mixing
the two. While there will be an episode or two where the main story is
what you might call a ‘side plot’, it manages to still advance the main
plot by tying into the side story.
Who are the citizens of Defiance?
Joshua
Nolan (Grant Bowler) is a former lieutenant in the Earth Military
Coalition who fought in the alien conflict. Born prior to the Arks’
arrival, he saw his comfortable life turned upside down when the war
between the humans and Votans began. The conflict took its toll, and in
the aftermath of Arkfall, he found himself a wanderer in a dangerous new
world. There he was joined by Irisa, a young Irathient he raised as his
own, and who served as his lone companion in the lawless badlands.
Grant
Bowler is no stranger to the Syfy family, having appeared in Chiller’s
2011 zombie opus, Remains, as well as three other major releases: Atlas
Shrugged, The City of Guardians and The Killer Elite alongside Robert De
Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. Recent credits include playing
Richard Burton to Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s Liz
& Dick. Bowler is no doubt beloved by genre fans for his role as
Cooter, the biker werewolf, on HBO’s monster mash-up True Blood, as well
as a turn on the sci-fi smash Lost as the mysterious Captain Gault.
An
attractive Irathient woman, Irisa is Nolan’s tacit second in command.
Smart, independent and feisty, Irisa still struggles with the weight of
her unusual upbringing. A drifter since birth, she only stays in
Defiance due to the loyalty she feels for Nolan. Nolan has encouraged
Irisa to leave behind her traumatic past. He rescued her at a young age,
and the two have been inseparable ever since.
Stephanie Leonidas
is known for her many television appearances, most recently in
Whitechapel, Eternal Law, and the BBC’s Dracula, as well as the award
winning ITV film for television Wall of Silence. Other film credits
include the lead role of Helena in David McKean’s Mirrormask, Luis
Llosa’s feature filmFeast of the Goat, Ben Sombogaart’s Crusade in
Jeans: A March through Time,Luna and Andrew Douglas’ U Want Me To Kill
Him. Stephanie has also appeared on stage in the lead role of Dani in
Marianne Elliott’s The Sugar Syndrome at the Royal Court, receiving rave
reviews. Most recently, she portrayed Adela in Gadi Roll’s House of
Bernarda Alba.
Kenya is the beautiful spitfire who runs the
NeedWant, the town’s bar and brothel. Self-assured and dauntless, she
has an unwavering devotion to the town that has inexorably woven her
into many of its complicated affairs. Growing up, Kenya rebelled by
making trouble and embracing her sexuality. When Kenya arrived in
Defiance, she took up residence at the NeedWant, eventually becoming its
proprietor. She has a keen insight into the needs of others, but a
blind spot when it comes to her own emotions.
Born in Toronto,
Canada, Mia Kirshner studied Russian literature at McGill University in
Montreal while pursuing an acting career in the early 1990s. Kirshner
portrayed a young, clairvoyant dominatrix in Deny Arcand’s Love and
Human Remains before her memorable turn in Atom Egoyan’s Exotica. In
1995, Kirshner had a supporting role in the Southern coming-of-age tale,
The Grass Harp, starring Sissy Spacek and Walter Matthau. She then
played the lead opposite Vincent Perez in The Crow: City of Angels and
revealed her lighter side with a featured role in the spoof comedy Not
Another Teen Movie. In 2001, she appeared as a professional assassin in
the action-filled drama 24alongside Kiefer Sutherland.She’s known to
many for her role as Jenny in the critically acclaimed series The L
Word. She followed that with a turn in Brian De Palma’s The Black
Dahlia.
Amanda Rosewater is the Mayor of Defiance. Every day, she
uses her political wits to give this struggling town a chance for
survival. Born in New York in 2011, Amanda shouldered a great
responsibility at an early age, serving as a stand-in parent for her
sister when their mother and father died during the Pale Wars. Adrift in
a post-war world, Amanda eventually heard of a town where humans and
Votans were attempting to coexist. She traveled to Defiance and accepted
a job cleaning the mayor’s office. Despite these humble beginnings, she
so impressed then-Mayor Nicolette Riordon that, upon her retirement,
Nicky appointed Amanda to finish out her term. Now, Amanda is determined
to maintain peace in the community, an ambitious task in this deadly
new world.
With chameleon-like abilities to transform from a
bubbly blonde to a tortured brunette, actress Julie Benz won a Golden
Satellite Award for her role as beloved Rita Bennett on Showtime’s
award-winning series Dexter. Benz recurred on the CBS medical drama A
Gifted Man, and also starred in the TNT movie Ricochet. She also
appeared on ABC’s No Ordinary Family, followed by a stint on Desperate
Housewives. Throughout her career, Benz has starred in an array of cult
classics including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Roswell, as well
as the Steven Spielberg-produced alien abduction miniseriesTaken.
The
wife of Datak Tarr, one of the most powerful men in Defiance, Stahma is
beautiful and loyal, the perfect picture of a Castithan wife. Beneath
the surface, however, lies a dark side that is ready to break from the
traditional roles assigned her by her caste.
DatakTarr is the
primary figure in Defiance’s underworld, running everything from
gambling to weapons smuggling and organized crime. True to his Castithan
ways, Datak is always on the lookout for opportunities that allow him
to get his hooks into people so he can later manipulate them to his own
ends.
Tony Curran rose to fame in the BBC series
This Life. Since then, the actor has appeared in a number of major film
and television roles, including The Invisible Man, The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen and Guillermo de Toro’s Blade II. Curran is a
graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Jaime
Murray was born in London, England and named for Lindsay Wagner’s
character in The Bionic Woman. She is best known for playing Stacie
Monroe in the BBC series Hustle and Lila Tournay in season two of the
Showtime series,Dexter. She has also had recurring roles as H.G. Wells
in Syfy’sWarehouse 13, Gaia in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods in the
Arena and Olivia Charles in The CW series Ringer.
Rafe McCawley
is Defiance’s richest and most powerful human – a mine owner whose
family has been in this territory for generations. Raised by a
tough-as-nails father, Rafe disobeyed his father’s wishes and enlisted.
After the Pale Wars, he took his wife and burgeoning family back to his
home of St. Louis, now barely recognizable due to terraforming. He longs
for the world as it was before the Votans arrived.
Graham
Greene’s screen debut was in 1983’s Running Brave, but it was his
Academy Award-nominated role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film Dances
With Wolves that brought him stardom. This role was followed by
appearances in such films as Thunderheart, Benefit of the Doubt, and
Maverick, as well as the TV series Northern Exposure. Green also acted
alongside Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in the 1995 film Die Hard
With a Vengeance and played a Death Row inmate in the Oscar-nominated
The Green Mile.
The Alien Races of Defiance
Indogene
The
indogenes are a technically-minded race who augment their bodies with
cybernetic implants. They value science above all else and make
excellent scientists and doctors. Since most Indogenes stayed on the
Arks in orbit, they are among the fewest in number of the Votan races on
earth.
Irathient
They are among the most common race
Votan race on earth. They are a tribal race who pride themselves on
their low tech hand-to hand combat skills and are a deeply spiritual
race.
Castithan
Catithans are an aristocratic and ethereal
race. They perceive themselves as the most important species on Earth
and have made use of their cunning intelligence and ambition to excel in
social situations. It is rumored that they dominate the leadership in
the Votanis Collective. Castithans belong to a rigid caste system that
determines tehir social status from birth.
Bottom line is,
Defiance is a must see series that could create a whole new generation
of cult following for Syfy. Checkout another preview below and dont miss
Defiance when it airs April 15th only on Syfy.
Source: ThreeIfBySpace
Defiance - Red Carpet News TV: Tony Curran Video Interview Tony Curran is interviewed at MCM Expo by Red Carpet News TV.Watch it here
A fan had her photo take with Jaime Murray and Tony Curran, and has shared it via Twitter. Honoured to have met the Tarrs. Defiance is going to be amazing! Thanks @MsJaimeMurray and @TonyCurran69 for coming! See the photo here
LABYRINTH
Channel 4 Sets UK Premiere Date For Mini-Series ‘Labyrinth’
Channel
4 has announced that mini-series Labyrinth will receive its UK premiere
on Channel 4 on Saturday March 30th at 9pm, and will conclude the
following evening on Sunday March 31st at 9pm.
Based on the novel
by Kate Mosse and adapted by Adrian Hodge, Labyrinth tells the story of
17-year-old Alaïs Pelletier from 13th century Carcassonne and
modern-day PhD graduate Dr. Alice Tanner who, though separated by times,
experience an adventure that intertwines their lives. As their parallel
stories unfold, ancient and modern-day conspiracies are unearthed, all
of which revolve around three hidden books: The Book of Words, The Book
of Potions and The Book of Numbers. Together, these tomes hold the
secret of the true Grail, which dates back to the Ancient Egyptian era
many years before Christ. Alaïs and those closest to her must battle to
protect the secret. She soon discovers she can trust no one, least of
all her cruelly manipulative sister Oriane. Back in the present day,
Alice faces a race against time to put together the curiously familiar
pieces of a jigsaw puzzle representing her long-buried history. The
mini-series is produced by Scott Free Productions & Tandem
Communications and stars Tom Felton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Vanessa
Kirby, Tony Curran, Sebastian Stan, Katie McGrath, Emun Elliott and John Hurt.
Source: TV Wise
Ridley Scott's "Labyrinth" Fantasy Mini-Series
Sneak
Peek director Christopher Smith's new $20 million budgeted
time-shifting fantasy TV mini-series "Labyrinth", executive produced by
Ridley Scott, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by author Kate
Mosse.
Cast includes Vanessa Kirby, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katie McGrath, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran and John Hurt.
"...two
modern-day archeologists 'Alice Tanner' (Vanessa Kirby) and 'Alaïs
Pelletier du Mas' (Jessica Brown Findlay) who has livved through the
Crusades in medieval France, join together in a quest to find the 'Holy
Grail'.
"Alice volunteers at a French archaeological excavation, and
discovers the remains of two people in a cave, as well as a
labyrinth-engraved ring, which attracts the attention of unscrupulous
individuals.
"Time-shift to the year 1209, where newly married Alaïs
is living in 'Carcassonne', a stronghold of the 'Cathars' who have been
declared heretical by the Church.
"Alaïs and her father try to protect the three sacred books that reveal the secret of the Holy Grail from the 'Crusaders'..."
Source: SneakPeek
Tickets now on sale for Alan Cumming's One-Man Macbeth on Broadway
Alan Cumming in 'Macbeth
Tickets are now available for Alan Cumming's one-man take on Macbeth. The Shakespeare classic will begin previews at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 7, with an official opening set for April 21. John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg co-direct the reimagined tragedy.
This Shakespearean thriller tells the story of an isolated patient deep within a clinical psych ward. Cumming will play every role, while the production will utilize various multimedia in this one-man adaptation of the time old drama.
The production will feature set and costume design by Merle Hensel, lighting design by Natasha Chivers, sound design by Fergus O’Hare and production design by Ian William Galloway.
Alan Cumming is capturing all his Macbeth adventures in his new Broadway.com video blog The Cumming Attraction. Check out the first episode (which includes a cameo by Liza Minnelli!) below.
TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE An evening with Maureen Beattie and friends. Join us for an evening of poetry and prose celebrating love in all its guises. Maureen Beattie presents a special revue show for one night only to help raise funds for the Seat Restoration campaign. From the wit of Oscar Wilde to the glorious poetry of Robert Burns, from the sketches of Victoria Wood to the plays of William Shakespeare. Maureen has assembled a dream cast including Simon Russell Beale, described by The Independent as “the greatest stage actor of his generation”, Scottish stage and TV star Siobhan Redmond and Lord of the Rings favourite Billy Boyd. 14 Apr 2013 The event will include a celebrity auction hosted by Johnny Beattie and BBC TV star and auctioneer Anita Manning. CELEBRITY AUCTION Bring your wallets on the night to bid on a host of great prizes donated by celebrities in our charity auction. Prizes include: - An original painting by Scottish artist Robert Kelsey - A photo donated by Alan Cumming - A script & DVD of the film Decoy Bride signed by its stars David Tennant and Kelly MacDonald - Dinner with Tam Cowan reviewing a Glasgow restaurant - A meal for two with Johnny Beattie and Libby McArthur and a copy of the River City book signed by the whole cast - and more to be announced
All proceeds to the Citizens Theatre Seat Restoration Fund Read more at the Citizens Theatre website
HiBROW launches with Peter Capaldi singing Lou Reed
Peter Capaldi
HiBROW,
a new online platform for the arts, launches this weekend with exclusive
content starring BAFTA and Academy Award winning actor and director Peter
Capaldi. HiBROW
has been set up by British director Don Boyd in collaboration with a team
curators including directors such as Sir Richard Eyre, film writer Mark
Cousins, artist Alison Jackson, conductor Vasily Petrenko, actress Tilda
Swinton and singer Gary Kemp.
Capaldi directed the Academy Award-winning live action short film Franz Kafka’s
It’s a Wonderful Life. He is most
renowned for his portrayal of Malcolm Tucker in the BBC political satire The Thick of It and the 2009 film In the Loop.
The
new content features an interview with Capaldi by writer, actor and musician
Richard Strange. This intimate conversation, in which Capaldi talks about his
Scottish roots and his time at the Glasgow School of Art, is part of Strange’s A Mighty Big If series which features
guests including Brian Cox, Simon Day, Kate Tempest, Gavin Turk and Robert
Wilson. Read more at Pictureville
Inside the Mind Of Leonardo Prepare to be amazed, says Julian Jones, whose new TV show mixes drama with computer wizardry to show how the great thinker's brain really worked... Given the chance, wouldn’t most people like to travel back in time and get to know Leonardo da Vinci? I know I would, but that being impossible my team and I have done the next best thing. Inside The Mind Of Leonardo is our new Sky Arts/Sky 3D production that
draws on the 6,000 surviving pages of da Vinci’s private journals,
bringing the viewer closer than ever to the ultimate Renaissance man.
And what emerges is a picture
of an often deeply frustrated individual. Revered today for his
paintings – as he was in his own lifetime – his journals reveal that as
an engineer, architect, inventor, anatomist and philosopher too he
longed for fame and to be seen as a great mind as well as a brilliant
artist. Read more at Daily Mail
Sunday Brunch Peter Capaldi was a guest on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch last weekend (17 March). Watch the episodehere
Torchwood star John Barrowman is not holding out much hope that the hit sci-fi series will return any time soon.
The Doctor Who spin-off, created by Swansea's Russell T Davies, ran to four series, the most recent in 2011.
Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack Harkness, said: "It's in limbo, in a sense.
"Something could be done in five years, something could be done in 10 years. But if I'd sat around and waited for the last two years I would have been bankrupt and unemployed, so I've moved on."
Barrowman can currently be seen in Sky One's comic book adventure Arrow.
Source: This is South Wales
Doctor Who
Unless his Twitter account has been hacked, John Barrowman tweeted the following message earlier this evening:
I will not be involved in the 50th Anniversary Episode of Dr WHO. JB
Mo 3/25: Morgan Freeman, Vera Farmiga Tu 3/26: Sarah Chalke, Lawrence Block We 3/27: Don Rickles, Radha Mitchell Th 3/28: Betty White, Morena Baccarin (R 12/11/12) Fr 3/29: Kristen Stewart, Sloane Crosley (R 12/10/12)
Comic Relief David Tennant appeared alongside Jonathan Ross and Jack Whitehall during the last leg of the Comic Relief broadcast on Friday 15th March. Plus he kissed John Bishop!
Loads of people tweeted afterwards that, due to David's appeal for Comic Relief, they had donated for the first ever time.
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
You can still donate - it's not too late!
Broadchurch
All reviews, viewing figures, interviews, etc are here (updated daily).
ITV Player link to watch first two episodes of Broadchurch (UK only) is here.
Here are the worldwide links to watch and to download episode two of Broadchurch.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
The Escape Artist David Tennant is currently filming The Escape Artist which will air as a three part drama on BBC One later in the year. He has been spotted this week in Paisley, and Edinburgh.
More information (and photos) here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
Richard II
Public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Monday 18 March) at 10am to see David Tennant in Richard II, and there are currently 25 performances which show only a few seats including some with only restricted views.
It seems that the Barbican website has more tickets available than the RSC website including some in the front row (e.g. 21st December)!
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
The Dragons: Riders of Berk
From David Tennant on Twitter (Monday 11 March):
Today Cressida Cowell tweeted that the How To Train Your Dragon television series has just started showing on the Cartoon Network in the UK. The programme is called The Dragons: Riders Of Berks and David Tennant voices Spitelout in episode twelve of the series which, by our calculations, will premiere on Saturday 11th May at 10.30am with a repeat at 6.30pm and on the following Monday also at 6.30pm.
Lords of Time photos
Two new (funny) photos of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention have been posted to Tumblr. The ShowMasters website has 264 photos of David with fans.
Another fun photo of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention has been shared via Twitter
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
Diary dates
Sun 17 Mar - At 11pm on BBC Two The Best Bits Of Comic Relief will be shown which may include David Tennant.
Mon 18 Mar - Booking opens for General Public for Richard II in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and London.
Mon 18 Mar - Episode three of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 19 Mar - RTS Awards ceremony. David Tennant voiced Earthflight and Twenty Twelve have both been nominated.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
For more information - David Tennant on Twitter is the most frequently updated website about the actor David Tennant. It's also the most reliable, as its contributors check and credit all their sources.
New Series Of Rab C Nesbitt - BBC 2
From Elaine's official site:
"Elaine
C Smith returns as Mary Doll the long suffering wife of the Govan
philosopher, Rab C Nesbitt, for a new BBC2 series. Rab is one of
Britain’s best loved comedy creations and he’s still got a full
compliment of demons to wrestle with and plenty to get off his string
vested chest."
‘Strike Back’: Martin Clunes, Dougray Scott and Robson Green join Series 4
From Cultbox:
Sky has today announced that Martin Clunes, Dougray Scott and Robson Green will appear in the fourth series of Strike Back.
Currently filming on location in South Africa and Hungary, the new ten-part series will air on Sky1 this summer.
Green (Soldier Soldier) will play Lt Colonel Philip Locke, a commanding officer in chief will join the Section 20 team, while Clunes (Doc Martin) will play Sebastian Gray, a former MI6 agent turned independent intelligence officer working in Beirut. Scott (Mission Impossible II) will play James Leatherby, a wealthy rogue operative and self-styled war junkie.
Peter Mullan has joked he will "redefine" singing in his new film Sunshine On Leith.
The Scottish star will belt out some Proclaimers songs as he takes
the lead role in Dexter Fletcher's big-screen musical adaptation,
featuring Proclaimers hits including I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), I'm On My
Way and Letter From America.
"I'm going to redefine singing as you know it. My voice is so different - you'll never hear a singer quite like it," he said.
Read more at Belfast Telegraph (includes photo above)
Peter Mullan interview - 'Welcome To the Punch' UK premiere
Kevin McKidd: Grand Marshal of the 2013 New York Tartan Day Parade
Kevin McKidd, actor and musician, and all around HOT SCOT is the Grand
Marshal of the 2013 New York Tartan Day Parade.
Star of Grey’s Anatomy,
Trainspotting, and Brave, Kevin McKidd will be marching up Sixth Avenue
on Saturday, April 6 at 2:00pm
Read more at NYC Tartan Week
“Trainspotting” wasn’t so much released into theaters in 1996 as it was
injected straight into moviegoers’ psyches, sending them spiraling into
an ecstatic alternate reality full of sex, sewage, and Scottish slang.
Over the ensuing decades, director Danny Boyle
has hinted at the possibility of a sequel to the film that established
him (and the film’s lead actor Ewan McGregor) as indelibly original
creative talents. But it wasn’t until yesterday, during an appearance at
2013’s SXSW film and
media confab, that Boyle confirmed that he had recruited McGregor and
the rest of the gang to reunite for film to be “loosely” based on Irvine Welsh’s follow-up novel, Porno.
Jack The Giant Slayer: Funny Ewan McGregor interview Report by Sarah Kerr, Video by Poppy Jamie Tue 12 Mar 2013 Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci gave a hilarious interview about fairy tales, chasing girls and new film Jack the Giant Slayer.
"Our kids make us act like kids," said Ewan McGregor who plays knight Elmont in the 3-D action flick.
"And we act like kids together at work, and right now," Tucci added.
When
asked if they played hide and seek whilst filming, a very giggly
McGregor said: "No! Have you played hide and seek here in the palace?
No? Well you wouldn't have to look far."
Hunger
Games star Tucci however seemed keen to start a game, "alright well
I'll start counting" he said, sending his co-star into fits of laughter.
41-year-old McGregor confessed what made him scared as a child saying Doctor Who used to make him hide behind the sofa.
"Yeah I was scared about that, oh and the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was scary. Oh God, I still get scared by it."
Climbing
up bean stalks and riding horses posed some challenges for the duo as
Tucci highlighted: "Oh yeah, a lot of things went wrong, we're lucky to
be here", again sending McGregor into uncontrollable giggles.
"Inevitably someone would slip down the beanstalk or your sword would get caught. It wasn't the easiest of shoots."
Tucci,
who plays power-hungry villain Roderick, also confessed that he was not
great at chasing girls saying he "ran across town once" and made a
"phone call " to get the girl.
James McAvoy shows off his piercing blue eyes in this brand new feature from Esquire UK‘s April 2013 issue, featuring cover girl Rachel Weisz.
Here is what the 33-year-old Welcome To The Punch actor had to share with the mag: On being a geek at heart: “I am a nerd but I don’t dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe Star Trek.” On his new film Welcome to the Punch: “Don’t get me wrong. I love British cinema, but there’s also a place for ostentatious, balls-out entertainment.” On the skill of playing audiences: “Big year, really, for me, in terms of getting to play somebody that challenges the audience more than I have done in the past. As an actor, you’ve got to try and
make the audience like you, even if you’re doing bad things. I quite
like that dynamic.”
The full interview appears in the April issue of Esquire UK, on newsstands now, and is also available as a digital edition!
Source (including photo): Just Jared
James McAvoy on Macbeth and Welcome to the PunchJames McAvoy in new film 'Welcome to the Punch'. Picture: Contributed
His new life role as a dad
took James McAvoy off our screens for a while but now he’s back, busy
and doing as much ‘growing up’ as his two-year-old son.
Stroking a dagger-shaped (and faintly ginger) beard,
James McAvoy is ruminating on the odder, insider-y aspects of his
career – the foibles of friends, the strange relations with your family,
the quirky casting choices, the methods of collaborators.
Read more at Scotland on Sunday
Listen again: James McAvoy on heat radio
From HeatWorld Radio:
This week on heatworld Saturday we were joined by the lovely, handsome James McAvoy. He stars with Mark Strong in new cops & robbers movie Welcome to the Punch which is out in cinemas next Friday.
Lucie Cave went along to a posh hotel to chat to James about all things filmy, beardy and manly.
After a couple of years off, James McAvoy has the leading role in three big British films in 2013. First is the American-style London cop thriller Welcome to the Punch, opposite Mark Strong, then he teams up with Danny Boyle for the action movie Trance, and later this year he leads the starry cast of Filth, based on the notorious Irvine Welsh novel. Meanwhile, he's been getting rave reviews in the title role in Shakespeare's Macbeth on a London West End stage before he rejoins the X-men for the super-sequel Days of Future Past.
Read the full interview at Contact Music
James McAvoy in new film 'Welcome to the Punch'. Picture: Contributed
