Tag: The Crown
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Claire Foy: ‘My anxiety was a tool to survive’
She has just won an Emmy for her role in The Crown and now takes the lead in two Oscar-tipped films. So why doesn’t the British actor believe her own hype?Claire Foy has the heebie-jeebies. The actor, who until last year played a young Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama The Crown, has spent the…
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‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Due to Begin Filming as Cast Grows, Director Replaced
The Downton Abbey movie is definitely, officially happening. Focus Features and Carnival Films have announced that the beginning of principal photography on the Downton Abbey movie “is due to begin soon,” confirming that the original cast from the TV series are returning alongside new additions Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix),…
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‘Iron Fist’ Season 2 Photos Reveal Typhoid Mary, While ‘The Crown’ Introduces the New Prince Philip
Netflix has released new photos from two of their shows: Iron Fist season 2 and The Crown season 3. The Iron Fist season 2 photos feature Alice Eve as new character Typhoid Mary, while The Crown season 3 image provides us with our first look at Tobias Menzies taking over the role of Prince Philip…
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‘The Crown’ Season 2 Added Color and the Swinging 60s to the Royal Realm
The Emmy-nominated crafts team said goodbye to post-war austerity and introduced more color to Season 2 of “The Crown,” which ushered in the Swinging ’60s. That meant isolating Queen Elizabeth (Claire Foy) in Buckingham Palace as she struggles to become relevant, and liberating her younger sister, Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby), who hooks up with bohemian…
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‘Shape of Water,’ ‘Star Wars,’ Kendrick Lamar Nab World Soundtrack Awards Noms
The World Soundtrack Academy has released early nominees for the 2018 World Soundtrack Awards, celebrating 2017-18 films and series for their musical soundtracks and scores.Contenders include award veterans John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, and Carter Burwell in the film composer of the year category, recognizing a large body of film scores from Williams’ “Star Wars: The…
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‘God’s Own Country’ star Josh O’Connor to play Prince Charles in ‘The Crown’
Marion Bailey also joins as The Queen Mother.Josh O’Connor and Marion Bailey have joined the cast of The Crown.O’Connor, nominated for a Bafta and winner of a Bifa for his breakout role in God’s Own Country, will play Prince Charles in series three of the Netflix drama.Bailey, whose roles include Allied, Mr. Turner and Vera…
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Vanessa Kirby: ‘I was bullied at school and became self-conscious about everything I did’
Vanessa Kirby astounded audiences as Princess Margaret in The Crown. Now she is starring opposite Tom Cruise in the new Mission: Impossible. She talks to Sophie Heawood about theatre crushes, all-night parties – and what the Queen really thought of The CrownWhen I went to see Vanessa Kirby starring in Julie at the National Theatre,…
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Russell Brand & Paula Patton Join Michael Caine & Matthew Goode In Family Pic ‘Four Kids And It’
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Oscar-winner Michael Caine and The Crown star Matthew Goode in family adventure film Four Kids And It. Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach…
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Russell Brand, Paula Patton Join ‘Four Kids and It’ Cast
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have signed on for “Four Kids and It,” and will star alongside the previously cast Matthew Goode (“The Crown”) in the family adventure movie. Michael Caine is already on board to voice the It of the title.The movie is an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book, which in turn was…
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Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ With Ryan Gosling to Open 75th Venice Film Festival (Exclusive)
Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle’s space race drama “First Man” will open the 75th annual Venice International Film Festival, Variety has learned. The film will unspool on Wednesday, Aug. 29.This will mark the second opening-night Venice bow for Chazelle. His previous film, “La La Land,” kicked off the fest in 2016 before cruising into the awards…