Exclusive: Tony- and Olivier Award-winning actor Bertie Carvel, who portrays Tony Blair opposite Imelda Staunton’s Queen Elizabeth II in the final season of The Crown, remembers meeting the the real Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace “and nearly head-butting” her “in my attempt to try not to be too obsequious, but to follow the right form.”
He still has a photo of him being introduced to the monarch at an event nine years ago. “I look like the Mr. Bean sketch where he bows and knocks her out. I’m so towering over the queen and I look like I really should have gone to the barber, and I was red-faced and hairy.”
Well, The Crown’s crack hair and makeup team led by designer Cate Hall has ensured that he’s respectfully coiffured to portray Blair.
Proudly, he adds that on his fridge is the badge palace officials handed him at the event,...
He still has a photo of him being introduced to the monarch at an event nine years ago. “I look like the Mr. Bean sketch where he bows and knocks her out. I’m so towering over the queen and I look like I really should have gone to the barber, and I was red-faced and hairy.”
Well, The Crown’s crack hair and makeup team led by designer Cate Hall has ensured that he’s respectfully coiffured to portray Blair.
Proudly, he adds that on his fridge is the badge palace officials handed him at the event,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Queen Elizabeth has been played by numerous actors over the years — three in Netflix’s The Crown alone. But tracking not far behind when it comes to onscreen depictions of major British figures is former prime minister Tony Blair. Among the names to have stepped into the shiny brogues of the divisive politician are the likes of Damien Lewis, Robert Lindsay, Toby Stephens, James Larkin, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Mangan, Harry Enfield and Pierce Brosnan (as a version of Blair in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer). Michael Sheen has also famously played Blair three times.
Joining this illustrious list is Bertie Carvel, the star of stage and screen who joined The Crown for its final outings in seasons five and six. While he’s mostly a supporting bystander in season five, the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit royal drama — which centered its first four episodes, now streaming,...
Joining this illustrious list is Bertie Carvel, the star of stage and screen who joined The Crown for its final outings in seasons five and six. While he’s mostly a supporting bystander in season five, the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit royal drama — which centered its first four episodes, now streaming,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Spielberg will be honored by professional organization Location Manager Guild International during its 10th annual Lmgi Awards gala on Aug. 26 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage.
The Oscar-winning director, producer and writer will be recognized with the Guild’s Eva Monley Award, which is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the art and craft of filmmaking through their commitment to the use of real locations. The filmmaker isn’t scheduled to appear in person to collect the award.
“Steven Spielberg is a giant in our industry. His work has touched, inspired, and entertained millions of moviegoers and filmmakers from around the world. His films are timeless and his influence on the motion picture industry is immeasurable. We are so proud to be able to honor him as this year’s Eva Monley Award recipient,” said committee co-chair John Rakich.
Spielberg’s recent movies include The Fabelmans,...
The Oscar-winning director, producer and writer will be recognized with the Guild’s Eva Monley Award, which is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the art and craft of filmmaking through their commitment to the use of real locations. The filmmaker isn’t scheduled to appear in person to collect the award.
“Steven Spielberg is a giant in our industry. His work has touched, inspired, and entertained millions of moviegoers and filmmakers from around the world. His films are timeless and his influence on the motion picture industry is immeasurable. We are so proud to be able to honor him as this year’s Eva Monley Award recipient,” said committee co-chair John Rakich.
Spielberg’s recent movies include The Fabelmans,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Something almost beyond comprehension is happening on October 31st… and two men want to do a couple of podcast episodes about it. This is the Halloween Parade… volume 1.
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Wait Until Dark (1967) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The House On Skull Mountain (1974)
King In The Wilderness (2018)
Sugar Hill (1974)
World War Z (2013)
I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
White Zombie (1932) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Blacula (1972)
Blackenstein (1973)
The Flesh And The Fiends (1960) – Charlie Largent’s two reviews
Road Rebels (1964)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Perks Of Being A...
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Wait Until Dark (1967) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The House On Skull Mountain (1974)
King In The Wilderness (2018)
Sugar Hill (1974)
World War Z (2013)
I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
White Zombie (1932) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Night of the Living Dead (1968) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Blacula (1972)
Blackenstein (1973)
The Flesh And The Fiends (1960) – Charlie Largent’s two reviews
Road Rebels (1964)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Perks Of Being A...
- 10/22/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Channel 4's Coaltion couldn't have picked a more topical time to air.
The 90-minute drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 was shown tonight (Saturday, March 28th) and looked into the rising popularity of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg during the Leaders' Debates and the political wrangling that followed the General Election in May 2010.
Bertie Carvel, who played Nick Clegg, has previously said the drama written by James Graham was "meticulously researched" and Graham had insisted what was presented in the drama is all based on fact.
The political parties launch their campaigns this week and turn all their attentions to May's vote, with further televised debates planned - adding an interesting twist to a reading of Coalition. Could we be facing a similar situation come May 7th?
What were your thoughts on Coalition? Was it a fair representation or has one party emerged better than another?...
The 90-minute drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 was shown tonight (Saturday, March 28th) and looked into the rising popularity of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg during the Leaders' Debates and the political wrangling that followed the General Election in May 2010.
Bertie Carvel, who played Nick Clegg, has previously said the drama written by James Graham was "meticulously researched" and Graham had insisted what was presented in the drama is all based on fact.
The political parties launch their campaigns this week and turn all their attentions to May's vote, with further televised debates planned - adding an interesting twist to a reading of Coalition. Could we be facing a similar situation come May 7th?
What were your thoughts on Coalition? Was it a fair representation or has one party emerged better than another?...
- 3/28/2015
- Digital Spy
The Voice UK: BBC One, 7pm
It's time for the live semi-finals, as the remaining eight contestants each get two attempts to convince the public that they have what it takes to become the next winner of The Voice UK.
First up is a solo performance, followed by team sing-songs featuring each act's mentor - Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Rita Ora or Ricky Wilson.
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: ITV, 7pm
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini joins the cheeky twosome for the latest edition of I'm a Celebrity... Get Out of Me Ear! tonight.
Clare Balding is also in on the fun as this week's star guest announcer - light entertainment at its best.
Coalition: Channel 4, 9pm
Bertie Carvel and Mark Gatiss are among the cast of this enjoyably arch take on the 2010 election and the forming of the coalition government.
Coalition follows Liberal Democrat leader...
It's time for the live semi-finals, as the remaining eight contestants each get two attempts to convince the public that they have what it takes to become the next winner of The Voice UK.
First up is a solo performance, followed by team sing-songs featuring each act's mentor - Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Rita Ora or Ricky Wilson.
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: ITV, 7pm
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini joins the cheeky twosome for the latest edition of I'm a Celebrity... Get Out of Me Ear! tonight.
Clare Balding is also in on the fun as this week's star guest announcer - light entertainment at its best.
Coalition: Channel 4, 9pm
Bertie Carvel and Mark Gatiss are among the cast of this enjoyably arch take on the 2010 election and the forming of the coalition government.
Coalition follows Liberal Democrat leader...
- 3/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Channel 4 has moved Coalition back in its schedules - making way for the real-life leaders' pre-election interviews with Jeremy Paxman.
The drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 will now air on Saturday, March 28 at 9pm.
Channel 4 schedules for March 26 now show The Leaders' Interviews airing between 9pm and 10.35pm, with further details to follow.
Both prime minister David Cameron (Conservatives) and leader of the opposition Ed Miliband (Labour) are believed to have agreed to one-on-one interviews with Paxman, which will be broadcast simultaneously on Sky.
The broadcasters' revised plans were first reported earlier this week, following months of wrangling between the political parties over format and timing.
Coalition is based on the real-life events surrounding the 2010 general election, and charts Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the poll and the subsequent forming of the coalition government.
Utopia's Bertie Carvel plays Clegg,...
The drama about the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010 will now air on Saturday, March 28 at 9pm.
Channel 4 schedules for March 26 now show The Leaders' Interviews airing between 9pm and 10.35pm, with further details to follow.
Both prime minister David Cameron (Conservatives) and leader of the opposition Ed Miliband (Labour) are believed to have agreed to one-on-one interviews with Paxman, which will be broadcast simultaneously on Sky.
The broadcasters' revised plans were first reported earlier this week, following months of wrangling between the political parties over format and timing.
Coalition is based on the real-life events surrounding the 2010 general election, and charts Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the poll and the subsequent forming of the coalition government.
Utopia's Bertie Carvel plays Clegg,...
- 3/20/2015
- Digital Spy
Dame Judi Dench and Mark Gatiss are to star in a new stage play that will be broadcast live on More4.
The Vote - set in a fictional polling station - will make theatrical history when it is shown live on election night, as polls close on May 7 from 8.30pm.
Consisting of 50 actors in total, it will also star Catherine Tate and EastEnders' Timothy West.
The play from James Graham will open at London's Donmar Warehouse for two weeks ahead of the live broadcast. Graham also wrote Channel 4's Nick Clegg drama Coalition.
Dench will play a voter who arrives at the station with her daughter, played by real life daughter Finty Williams.
"This is a unique opportunity for the Donmar to make a small theatre feel very big," said artistic director Josie Rourke.
"Some of the nation's greatest actors are coming together this election night to give...
The Vote - set in a fictional polling station - will make theatrical history when it is shown live on election night, as polls close on May 7 from 8.30pm.
Consisting of 50 actors in total, it will also star Catherine Tate and EastEnders' Timothy West.
The play from James Graham will open at London's Donmar Warehouse for two weeks ahead of the live broadcast. Graham also wrote Channel 4's Nick Clegg drama Coalition.
Dench will play a voter who arrives at the station with her daughter, played by real life daughter Finty Williams.
"This is a unique opportunity for the Donmar to make a small theatre feel very big," said artistic director Josie Rourke.
"Some of the nation's greatest actors are coming together this election night to give...
- 3/20/2015
- Digital Spy
Sherlock co-creator and actor Mark Gatiss has revealed that his version of Mycroft is inspired by Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Incidentally, the 48-year-old is now about to play Mandelson himself in Channel 4's new drama Coalition.
"I based Mycroft on Peter Mandelson," he told Radio Times. "It was explicit even before I was going to play him.
"Steven Moffat and I talked about how Mandelsonian Mycroft was... Conan Doyle says Mycroft is the British government. He's the power behind the throne.
"Both Mandelson and Mycroft are the sort of people who, I think, would sit out a world war. There's a longer game to be played."
Coalition charts Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Gatiss recently described the story of the drama as having a "classical dimension".
"It's the...
Incidentally, the 48-year-old is now about to play Mandelson himself in Channel 4's new drama Coalition.
"I based Mycroft on Peter Mandelson," he told Radio Times. "It was explicit even before I was going to play him.
"Steven Moffat and I talked about how Mandelsonian Mycroft was... Conan Doyle says Mycroft is the British government. He's the power behind the throne.
"Both Mandelson and Mycroft are the sort of people who, I think, would sit out a world war. There's a longer game to be played."
Coalition charts Nick Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
Gatiss recently described the story of the drama as having a "classical dimension".
"It's the...
- 3/18/2015
- Digital Spy
Playing Nick Clegg in Channel 4's Coalition was "daunting", actor Bertie Carvel has admitted.
The 90-minute drama, written by James Graham, charts Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
"It's daunting - because we're playing people who are so high-profile," Carvel told members of the press.
"One could feel as though you could only fail - because they're so present for our audience - but the minute you divest yourself of that daunting responsibility and just try to serve the play that James has written... we just made it our own."
Carvel called the drama "meticulously researched", with writer Graham insisting that all of the events seen in Coalition are based on fact.
"It's a drama, so the dialogue is imagined by me - what those scenes behind closed doors would be like,...
The 90-minute drama, written by James Graham, charts Clegg's rise in popularity ahead of the 2010 general election and the subsequent forming of a coalition government by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
"It's daunting - because we're playing people who are so high-profile," Carvel told members of the press.
"One could feel as though you could only fail - because they're so present for our audience - but the minute you divest yourself of that daunting responsibility and just try to serve the play that James has written... we just made it our own."
Carvel called the drama "meticulously researched", with writer Graham insisting that all of the events seen in Coalition are based on fact.
"It's a drama, so the dialogue is imagined by me - what those scenes behind closed doors would be like,...
- 3/18/2015
- Digital Spy
The first look picture of Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown in new Channel 4 political drama Coalition has been revealed.
Bertie Carvel plays Clegg, Mark Dexter is Cameron and Ian Grieve stars as Brown in the 90-minute one-off.
Mark Gatiss also recently signed up to play Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Coalition follows the moments which led to Clegg rising from outsider in the 2010 general election to the man who would decide the political fate of the country.
As a politician who was living in the shadow of Cameron and Brown, Clegg found himself in the powerful position of having to choose whether to ally his party with Labour or the Conservatives following the public's election votes.
Coalition is written by James Graham and directed by the BAFTA-winning Alex Holmes.
An air date is yet to be set by Channel 4.
Bertie Carvel plays Clegg, Mark Dexter is Cameron and Ian Grieve stars as Brown in the 90-minute one-off.
Mark Gatiss also recently signed up to play Labour politician Peter Mandelson.
Coalition follows the moments which led to Clegg rising from outsider in the 2010 general election to the man who would decide the political fate of the country.
As a politician who was living in the shadow of Cameron and Brown, Clegg found himself in the powerful position of having to choose whether to ally his party with Labour or the Conservatives following the public's election votes.
Coalition is written by James Graham and directed by the BAFTA-winning Alex Holmes.
An air date is yet to be set by Channel 4.
- 1/31/2015
- Digital Spy
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