Netflix is about to make its Broadway producing debut, joining the team of Peter Morgan’s upcoming play Patriots.
The play from the creator of the Netflix signature series The Crown arrives on Broadway April 1 for a 12-week engagement following a record-breaking run at London’s Almeida Theatre and a sold-out 12-week West End transfer at the Noël Coward Theatre. Opening night at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre is April 22.
The play is set in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union and chronicles the rise of oligarchs like billionaire Boris Berezovsky (Michael Stuhlbarg) and a little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg named Vladimir Putin (Will Keen). When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to Putin, whose ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign and sets off a confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men.
Netflix’s participation was announced in a press release today...
The play from the creator of the Netflix signature series The Crown arrives on Broadway April 1 for a 12-week engagement following a record-breaking run at London’s Almeida Theatre and a sold-out 12-week West End transfer at the Noël Coward Theatre. Opening night at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre is April 22.
The play is set in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union and chronicles the rise of oligarchs like billionaire Boris Berezovsky (Michael Stuhlbarg) and a little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg named Vladimir Putin (Will Keen). When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to Putin, whose ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign and sets off a confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men.
Netflix’s participation was announced in a press release today...
- 2/27/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Morgan’s play Patriots, the drama about the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s fall, will transfer from a celebrated London run to Broadway this spring, with previews beginning April 1 at the Barrymore Theatre ahead of a reported April 22 opening.
The limited engagement will run through June 23.
The play, produced by Sonia Friedman with Rupert Goold directing, will star Will Keen, reprising his Olivier-winning performance as Vladimir Putin, with Luke Thallon, also a West End cast member, playing Roman Abramovich. Michael Stuhlbarg will portray Boris Berezovsky, with additional casting to be announced.
Official synopsis: In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs – and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign,...
The limited engagement will run through June 23.
The play, produced by Sonia Friedman with Rupert Goold directing, will star Will Keen, reprising his Olivier-winning performance as Vladimir Putin, with Luke Thallon, also a West End cast member, playing Roman Abramovich. Michael Stuhlbarg will portray Boris Berezovsky, with additional casting to be announced.
Official synopsis: In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs – and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending for “Saltburn.”
Singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor was already a fan of Emerald Fennell when she was approached about the use of her 2001 hit “Murder on the Dancefloor” in “Saltburn.” “I loved ‘Promising Young Woman,’” Ellis-Bextor says. But what really sold it to her was the pitch: “A naked man dancing through the rooms of a stately home…I’ve got a quirky sense of humor, and my main thing was, ‘I’ve got to see that.’”
Set in 2006, Oliver is a student at Oxford University who becomes dangerously obsessed with the suave and good-looking aristocratic classmate Felix, played by Jacob Elordi. When Felix invites him to spend the summer at his family’s estate Saltburn, things slowly take a turn as it is revealed that Oliver has been lying the entire time about his background and family. When Felix threatens to expose him,...
Singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor was already a fan of Emerald Fennell when she was approached about the use of her 2001 hit “Murder on the Dancefloor” in “Saltburn.” “I loved ‘Promising Young Woman,’” Ellis-Bextor says. But what really sold it to her was the pitch: “A naked man dancing through the rooms of a stately home…I’ve got a quirky sense of humor, and my main thing was, ‘I’ve got to see that.’”
Set in 2006, Oliver is a student at Oxford University who becomes dangerously obsessed with the suave and good-looking aristocratic classmate Felix, played by Jacob Elordi. When Felix invites him to spend the summer at his family’s estate Saltburn, things slowly take a turn as it is revealed that Oliver has been lying the entire time about his background and family. When Felix threatens to expose him,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending for “Saltburn.”
In the final moments of Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn,” Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s 2001 song, “Murder on the Dancefloor” pumps out over the speakers, while Barry Keoghan’s Oliver dances stark naked through a grand estate house in the British countryside. “Everything is diabolical, but it’s exhilarating,” Fennell explained. “It’s post-coital, euphoric, solitary and it’s mad.”
Cinematographer Linus Sandgren said the scene is about Oliver feeling as if he owns the place. In capturing it, Fennell used 11 takes before she got the right take from Keoghan. “They were all very beautiful,” she said. “It’s quite a complicated and technical camera. A lot of the time, he was immensely patient because there was a lot of naked dancing. Take #7 was technically perfect. You could hear everyone’s overjoyed response, but I had to say ‘sorry’ because...
In the final moments of Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn,” Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s 2001 song, “Murder on the Dancefloor” pumps out over the speakers, while Barry Keoghan’s Oliver dances stark naked through a grand estate house in the British countryside. “Everything is diabolical, but it’s exhilarating,” Fennell explained. “It’s post-coital, euphoric, solitary and it’s mad.”
Cinematographer Linus Sandgren said the scene is about Oliver feeling as if he owns the place. In capturing it, Fennell used 11 takes before she got the right take from Keoghan. “They were all very beautiful,” she said. “It’s quite a complicated and technical camera. A lot of the time, he was immensely patient because there was a lot of naked dancing. Take #7 was technically perfect. You could hear everyone’s overjoyed response, but I had to say ‘sorry’ because...
- 11/18/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay and Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Timothee Chalamet is set to play Bob Dylan in the forthcoming biopic A Complete Unknown, and he took inspiration from another star who delivered an Oscar-nominated performance in a musical biopic – Austin Butler.
The 32-year-old actor brought Elvis Presley to life in Elvis before joining Timothee in Dune: Part Two.
During a recent interview, Timothee opened up what he learned from Austin‘s performance. That included hiring the same team that Austin worked with while preparing for the movie.
Read more about Timothee Chalamet’s Bob Dylan prep…
“You asked me what I’ve been doing in LA this year,” Timothee asked during an interview with GQ. “I’ve basically been working with his entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep. There’s a wonderful dialect coach named Tim Monich. Vocal coach named Eric Vetro. Movement coach named Polly Bennett.”
That was all because of Austin: “I just saw the...
The 32-year-old actor brought Elvis Presley to life in Elvis before joining Timothee in Dune: Part Two.
During a recent interview, Timothee opened up what he learned from Austin‘s performance. That included hiring the same team that Austin worked with while preparing for the movie.
Read more about Timothee Chalamet’s Bob Dylan prep…
“You asked me what I’ve been doing in LA this year,” Timothee asked during an interview with GQ. “I’ve basically been working with his entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep. There’s a wonderful dialect coach named Tim Monich. Vocal coach named Eric Vetro. Movement coach named Polly Bennett.”
That was all because of Austin: “I just saw the...
- 10/20/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Timothée Chalamet described a rallying email he received from Tom Cruise after the two star actors met.
The email came up in an interview with GQ after Chalamet revealed he was also inspired by Austin Butler’s commitment to “Dune Part Two.” Cruise also encouraged Chalament to hone his skills.
“After I met Tom Cruise, right after finishing the first ‘Dune,’ he sent me the most wonderfully inspiring email,” Chalamet said. It included a Rolodex of sorts of all the experts he might need for stunt training. A motorcycle coach. A helicopter coach. “He basically said, in Old Hollywood, you would be getting dance training and fight training, and nobody is going to hold you to that standard today. So it’s up to you. The email was really like a war cry.”
Chalamet revealed that he saw “Top Gun: Maverick” eight times while filming “Part Two” in the summer...
The email came up in an interview with GQ after Chalamet revealed he was also inspired by Austin Butler’s commitment to “Dune Part Two.” Cruise also encouraged Chalament to hone his skills.
“After I met Tom Cruise, right after finishing the first ‘Dune,’ he sent me the most wonderfully inspiring email,” Chalamet said. It included a Rolodex of sorts of all the experts he might need for stunt training. A motorcycle coach. A helicopter coach. “He basically said, in Old Hollywood, you would be getting dance training and fight training, and nobody is going to hold you to that standard today. So it’s up to you. The email was really like a war cry.”
Chalamet revealed that he saw “Top Gun: Maverick” eight times while filming “Part Two” in the summer...
- 10/17/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Making Magic
To mark the 25th anniversary of the “Harry Potter” books being published in the U.S., the Empire State Building is set to be lit up in Hogwarts house colors at sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Viewers outside of New York can watch the building’s Tower Lights shine red for Gryffindor, yellow for Hufflepuff, blue for Ravenclaw and green for Slytherin on the Empire State’s live cam. For those in New York, there will be a magical pop-up cart on the 86th Floor Observation Deck where fans will be able to pick up free copies of the book and bottles of Butterbeer. Costumes and wizard robes are encouraged.
Crypto Scam
BBC One have set a documentary on alleged crypto-scammer Sam Bankman-Fried. Produced by Bitachon365 (“Secrets of Prince Andrew”), the 60-minute doc will air under the BBC’s “Panorama” strand on Sept. 25. A 90-minute cut will be available...
To mark the 25th anniversary of the “Harry Potter” books being published in the U.S., the Empire State Building is set to be lit up in Hogwarts house colors at sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Viewers outside of New York can watch the building’s Tower Lights shine red for Gryffindor, yellow for Hufflepuff, blue for Ravenclaw and green for Slytherin on the Empire State’s live cam. For those in New York, there will be a magical pop-up cart on the 86th Floor Observation Deck where fans will be able to pick up free copies of the book and bottles of Butterbeer. Costumes and wizard robes are encouraged.
Crypto Scam
BBC One have set a documentary on alleged crypto-scammer Sam Bankman-Fried. Produced by Bitachon365 (“Secrets of Prince Andrew”), the 60-minute doc will air under the BBC’s “Panorama” strand on Sept. 25. A 90-minute cut will be available...
- 9/22/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Elvis has received lots of acclaim over the year. Still, the conversation over the movie’s merits has taken a backseat to the debate over Austin Butler’s voice.
Nearly a year after portraying the iconic singer, Butler still speaks in Presley’s accent. Many jokes have been made about the actor’s extended commitment to method acting. Still, he recently received some support from Angela Bassett, who went through a similar experience when starring in a biopic of another famous musician.
Austin Butler did everything he could to match Elvis’ persona
Austin Butler recently won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture. His speech was full of gratitude for his collaborators on Elvis, fellow nominees, and other artists who have inspired him throughout his life.
But people didn’t focus on the sincerity as much because Butler, who was born and raised in Anaheim, California,...
Nearly a year after portraying the iconic singer, Butler still speaks in Presley’s accent. Many jokes have been made about the actor’s extended commitment to method acting. Still, he recently received some support from Angela Bassett, who went through a similar experience when starring in a biopic of another famous musician.
Austin Butler did everything he could to match Elvis’ persona
Austin Butler recently won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture. His speech was full of gratitude for his collaborators on Elvis, fellow nominees, and other artists who have inspired him throughout his life.
But people didn’t focus on the sincerity as much because Butler, who was born and raised in Anaheim, California,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Sam Hines
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Austin Butler, you may have heard, has taken a bit of flack for sounding too much like Elvis now that he’s no longer, um, Elvis.
The 31-year-old breakout star of Baz Luhrmann’s flamboyant biopic even had to be defended by fellow Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, who’s explained that she, too, had a hard time shaking the Tina Turner vibe after playing her back in 1993.
Read More: Austin Butler Pays Tribute To Lisa Marie Presley After BAFTA Win: ‘It’s A Bittersweet Time’
In any case, Butler says there’s something far more significant that’s remained with him since making “Elvis”: a new relationship with fear.
The challenge of playing an icon who’s been imitated as often as Presley was so great, he says, that he suffered from “impostor syndrome” and could have been felled by the fear — fear that kept him from sleeping well for two years,...
The 31-year-old breakout star of Baz Luhrmann’s flamboyant biopic even had to be defended by fellow Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, who’s explained that she, too, had a hard time shaking the Tina Turner vibe after playing her back in 1993.
Read More: Austin Butler Pays Tribute To Lisa Marie Presley After BAFTA Win: ‘It’s A Bittersweet Time’
In any case, Butler says there’s something far more significant that’s remained with him since making “Elvis”: a new relationship with fear.
The challenge of playing an icon who’s been imitated as often as Presley was so great, he says, that he suffered from “impostor syndrome” and could have been felled by the fear — fear that kept him from sleeping well for two years,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
It should come as no surprise that taking on the project of Elvis was an enormous responsibility, but Austin Butler has a particular way of phrasing it. “It feels like you’re spinning a lot of plates at the same time,” he said during a recent THR Presents panel, powered by Vision Media. “Between the internal life, the external life, how [Presley] changed over many years, and how he physically moved over that time.”
To help with the intricate movement work that informed the film, Butler turned early on to cinematographer Mandy Walker and choreographer Polly Bennett. “Polly, she was not only the person that I looked to for movement advice — she was my therapist, she was my rock, she was my best friend out there,” he said. “The amount of late nights that I would call her just going, ‘I really need to talk right now.’”
For Walker’s part,...
To help with the intricate movement work that informed the film, Butler turned early on to cinematographer Mandy Walker and choreographer Polly Bennett. “Polly, she was not only the person that I looked to for movement advice — she was my therapist, she was my rock, she was my best friend out there,” he said. “The amount of late nights that I would call her just going, ‘I really need to talk right now.’”
For Walker’s part,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In new behind-the-scenes footage of “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, Naomi Ackie details her transformation into the late Whitney Houston.
In a featurette, obtained by People, Ackie provides insight on the meticulous ways she nailed Houston’s movements and mannerisms, including her voice.
Read More: Stanley Tucci Reveals Naomi Ackie’s Performance In Upcoming Whitney Houston Biopic Is ‘Extraordinary’
“There was many different elements: How do I prepare myself vocally, singing-wise? The accent work took about six months to get really comfortable with it,” the 31-year-old actress says in the clip. “And how do I prepare myself physically? In terms of movement, I worked with my amazing friend and my movement coach, Polly Bennett, and we kind of split it all up.”
Bennett also coached this year’s Oscar nominee Austin Butler on the highly-praised film “Elvis”, as well as Rami Malek for 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in which...
In a featurette, obtained by People, Ackie provides insight on the meticulous ways she nailed Houston’s movements and mannerisms, including her voice.
Read More: Stanley Tucci Reveals Naomi Ackie’s Performance In Upcoming Whitney Houston Biopic Is ‘Extraordinary’
“There was many different elements: How do I prepare myself vocally, singing-wise? The accent work took about six months to get really comfortable with it,” the 31-year-old actress says in the clip. “And how do I prepare myself physically? In terms of movement, I worked with my amazing friend and my movement coach, Polly Bennett, and we kind of split it all up.”
Bennett also coached this year’s Oscar nominee Austin Butler on the highly-praised film “Elvis”, as well as Rami Malek for 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in which...
- 2/7/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Naomi Ackie gives audiences a glimpse into the life of Whitney Houston in director Kasi Lemmons’ new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” and the new film is packed with a number of Houston’s hits.
Working with movement coach Polly Bennett and vocal coaches Tangela Large, Bridgette Jackson and Denise Woods, Ackie also underwent physical transformation with the help of numerous wigs and false teeth to cover the natural gap in her two front teeth.
Ackie doesn’t sing most songs in the film — she lip syncs to Houston’s perfect tracks instead — but she mimics Houston’s style of singing with great detail. She steps in for performances by Houston that were not recorded, such as “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah” and “Jesus Loves Me” from her choir-singing days. Ackie also portrays a nervous Whitney who is thrust onstage by her mother, who knows Clive Davis is in attendance,...
Working with movement coach Polly Bennett and vocal coaches Tangela Large, Bridgette Jackson and Denise Woods, Ackie also underwent physical transformation with the help of numerous wigs and false teeth to cover the natural gap in her two front teeth.
Ackie doesn’t sing most songs in the film — she lip syncs to Houston’s perfect tracks instead — but she mimics Houston’s style of singing with great detail. She steps in for performances by Houston that were not recorded, such as “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah” and “Jesus Loves Me” from her choir-singing days. Ackie also portrays a nervous Whitney who is thrust onstage by her mother, who knows Clive Davis is in attendance,...
- 12/28/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Actress and singer Naomi Ackie credits dialect coaches Tangela Large, Bridgette Jackson and Denise Woods with helping her immerse herself in the voice of the one and only Whitney Houston for the biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” and says nailing down Houston’s speaking voice was the key to inhabiting the role — especially since Ackie is English.
From Houston’s early choir days to catching her big break in the presence of legendary producer Clive Davis, to the more tumultuous moments of her career like her deterioration due to drugs and her declining marriage to rapper Bobby Brown, director Kasi Lemmons, Ackie, co-stars Nafessa Williams and Stanley Tucci as well as many more helped craft the prism through which audiences will glimpse the music artist in the TriStar Pictures release, now playing in theaters.
On top of mimicking Houston’s singing and performing techniques, Ackie also had...
From Houston’s early choir days to catching her big break in the presence of legendary producer Clive Davis, to the more tumultuous moments of her career like her deterioration due to drugs and her declining marriage to rapper Bobby Brown, director Kasi Lemmons, Ackie, co-stars Nafessa Williams and Stanley Tucci as well as many more helped craft the prism through which audiences will glimpse the music artist in the TriStar Pictures release, now playing in theaters.
On top of mimicking Houston’s singing and performing techniques, Ackie also had...
- 12/24/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
When Naomi Ackie was approached to send in an audition tape to play music icon Whitney Houston in the film “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” her initial thought was, “Are you guys absolutely insane?” The BAFTA-winning actress admits she asked herself, “How would I even go about trying to emulate someone so amazing and so big? Whitney Houston is one of those people that feels like you’re playing a superhuman.” Watch our video interview above.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is a joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Houston, one of the greatest female vocalists of all time. The film directed by Kasi Lemmons tracks the singer’s journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
See ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ screenwriter Anthony McCarten is Naomi Ackie’s secret Oscar weapon
The actress reveals that once she got the role, the physical changes were her first priority.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is a joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Houston, one of the greatest female vocalists of all time. The film directed by Kasi Lemmons tracks the singer’s journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
See ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ screenwriter Anthony McCarten is Naomi Ackie’s secret Oscar weapon
The actress reveals that once she got the role, the physical changes were her first priority.
- 12/14/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” movie continues to sway audiences over. Austin Butler’s performance of the King is so captivating that many are unable to tell when Luhrmann cuts to the real King, Elvis Presley.
The film is peppered with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, real-life Elvis appearances and split screens. But the most powerful of the King splices was presented in the grand finale, Presley’s last performance in 1977 at the Market Square arena in Indianapolis, Ind. The scene begins with Butler sitting down at the grand piano, and seamlessly cuts to Presley.
Editors Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond were careful not to overload the film with too many Presley intercuts, at least visually as it would take from the viewing experience, but “Elvis” has been praised for the sprinkles of reality that elevated the hyper-stylized film.
Talking to Variety the editors reveal their intense pre-production process and break down all the...
The film is peppered with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, real-life Elvis appearances and split screens. But the most powerful of the King splices was presented in the grand finale, Presley’s last performance in 1977 at the Market Square arena in Indianapolis, Ind. The scene begins with Butler sitting down at the grand piano, and seamlessly cuts to Presley.
Editors Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond were careful not to overload the film with too many Presley intercuts, at least visually as it would take from the viewing experience, but “Elvis” has been praised for the sprinkles of reality that elevated the hyper-stylized film.
Talking to Variety the editors reveal their intense pre-production process and break down all the...
- 7/1/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
While Austin Butler’s performance in Baz Lurhmann’s “Elvis” is visually captivating, the music experience is immersive. The film needs to be seen, but it demands to be heard.
Composer Elliott Wheeler worked closely with music editor Jamieson Shaw, as the film dances between Butler’s vocals, Elvis Presley’s voice and newly recorded versions of the King’s classics like Kacey Musgraves’ rendition of “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
Wheeler says Butler recorded every single line of each performance seen in the film, and Presley’s voice was then mixed in when needed. Wheeler explains, “If we did end up using Elvis takes, we ended up slicing [parts of] Austin’s performance. We used a lot of the breaths, grunts and body movements that are Austin, and we’d switch back to Elvis.”
Though it is primarily Butler’s vocals that audiences will be hearing, the latter half of...
Composer Elliott Wheeler worked closely with music editor Jamieson Shaw, as the film dances between Butler’s vocals, Elvis Presley’s voice and newly recorded versions of the King’s classics like Kacey Musgraves’ rendition of “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
Wheeler says Butler recorded every single line of each performance seen in the film, and Presley’s voice was then mixed in when needed. Wheeler explains, “If we did end up using Elvis takes, we ended up slicing [parts of] Austin’s performance. We used a lot of the breaths, grunts and body movements that are Austin, and we’d switch back to Elvis.”
Though it is primarily Butler’s vocals that audiences will be hearing, the latter half of...
- 6/25/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
For The Crown‘s fourth season, Peter Morgan brought his decades-spanning royal drama into more familiar territory for many of its viewers. Starting with the election of famously abrasive Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) in 1979, Netflix’s The Crown also saw the debut of newcomer Emma Corrin, playing the young Lady Diana Spencer. From the moment she was engaged to Prince Charles in 1981 to her untimely death in 1997, Diana was never out of the headlines, whether making the news for her high-profile divorce from the future king, raising money for charity or making waves in the fashion world.
Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event, Corrin admitted that the real Diana was a hard act to follow.
“When I got the role,” she said, “it was initially very overwhelming, in terms of the extent of the information out there and the endless research you could do, because...
Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event, Corrin admitted that the real Diana was a hard act to follow.
“When I got the role,” she said, “it was initially very overwhelming, in terms of the extent of the information out there and the endless research you could do, because...
- 5/15/2021
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for “The Crown” Season 4 through its finale.)
Among the real-life stories featured in the fourth season of Netflix’s “The Crown” is the depiction of Lady Diana Spencer’s struggle with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa. But unlike some moments of the Peter Morgan-created series, this particular plot point was not dramatized, but rather played as straight to Princess Diana’s experience as Emma Corrin and the creative team could possibly get it.
“From the beginning, when I read the scripts and I realized they were going to allude to her bulimia — I was working with my movement coach at the time, Polly Bennett — and I remember us discussing it and I said, ‘Look, if we’re going to show this, I really want to make sure I do it justice,'” Corrin, who joined “The Crown” for the recently launched Season 4, told TheWrap.
Among the real-life stories featured in the fourth season of Netflix’s “The Crown” is the depiction of Lady Diana Spencer’s struggle with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa. But unlike some moments of the Peter Morgan-created series, this particular plot point was not dramatized, but rather played as straight to Princess Diana’s experience as Emma Corrin and the creative team could possibly get it.
“From the beginning, when I read the scripts and I realized they were going to allude to her bulimia — I was working with my movement coach at the time, Polly Bennett — and I remember us discussing it and I said, ‘Look, if we’re going to show this, I really want to make sure I do it justice,'” Corrin, who joined “The Crown” for the recently launched Season 4, told TheWrap.
- 11/16/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Queen tapped 10,000 people from 120 countries to help them create three new music videos for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “A Kind of Magic.”
Queen, YouTube Music, Universal Music and Hollywood Records came up with the fan music video initiative as a way to celebrate the original “Bohemian Rhapsody” clip becoming the first pre-Nineties music video to reach one billion views on YouTube.
Each video called for a different kind of submission — with the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video, for instance, fans were asked to play and sing the song any way they wanted,...
Queen, YouTube Music, Universal Music and Hollywood Records came up with the fan music video initiative as a way to celebrate the original “Bohemian Rhapsody” clip becoming the first pre-Nineties music video to reach one billion views on YouTube.
Each video called for a different kind of submission — with the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video, for instance, fans were asked to play and sing the song any way they wanted,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Director Sam Mendes’ hit London staging of The Lehman Trilogy is heading to Broadway, with previews beginning Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Nederlander Theatre. Opening night is Thursday, March 26, 2020.
The widely expected engagement of the acclaimed production was announced today by producers The National Theatre, Neal Street Productions, and Scott Rudin/Barry Diller/David Geffen.
Written by Italian playwright Stefano Massini and adapted into English by Ben Power, The Lehman Trilogy will play a strictly limited 16-week engagement featuring original cast of Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles. The sold-out West End production scored five Olivier Award nominations.
The epic play weaves together nearly two centuries of family history, charting “the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.”
Today’s announcement describes the play as “the quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family.
The widely expected engagement of the acclaimed production was announced today by producers The National Theatre, Neal Street Productions, and Scott Rudin/Barry Diller/David Geffen.
Written by Italian playwright Stefano Massini and adapted into English by Ben Power, The Lehman Trilogy will play a strictly limited 16-week engagement featuring original cast of Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles. The sold-out West End production scored five Olivier Award nominations.
The epic play weaves together nearly two centuries of family history, charting “the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.”
Today’s announcement describes the play as “the quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family.
- 9/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
They woke up early, they ordered breakfast in, and they’re very grateful. Here’s a round-up of key Oscar nominee reactions from this morning:
“It’s momentous, it’s something you dream of when you get into this business; it’s the ultimate accolade,” said Rami Malek scoring his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Fox/New Regency’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a movie several years in the making. Malek, akin to Robert De Niro in is prep for his Oscar-winning role as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, completely submerged himself as Mercury, not only absorbing every interview and piece of doc footage he ever did, and talking to the band’s members and executive music producers Brian May and Robert Taylor, worked with a movement teacher Polly Bennett and nailed that Gujarati accent under the singer’s Royal Pronunciation via dialect coach William Conacher.
“It’s momentous, it’s something you dream of when you get into this business; it’s the ultimate accolade,” said Rami Malek scoring his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Fox/New Regency’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a movie several years in the making. Malek, akin to Robert De Niro in is prep for his Oscar-winning role as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, completely submerged himself as Mercury, not only absorbing every interview and piece of doc footage he ever did, and talking to the band’s members and executive music producers Brian May and Robert Taylor, worked with a movement teacher Polly Bennett and nailed that Gujarati accent under the singer’s Royal Pronunciation via dialect coach William Conacher.
- 1/23/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro, Matt Grobar and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Fake Teeth, Crash Diets and High Notes: How Rami Malek Nailed Freddie Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
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This story first appeared in Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
On a Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, between stacks of colorful album covers by the Beatles, Elvis Presley, David Bowie and many more, Rami Malek demonstrated the moves that helped him bring legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury back to life in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Assuming Mercury’s iconic stance, thrusting his arm forward into that familiar full-power fist pump and then segueing into a stomping tap dance that he likened to “squashing worms on the pavement,” Malek proved that even in a cramped record-store aisle, he had those iconic Mercury moves down.
Malek wasn’t a dancer or singer, and he’d never played piano before taking the job in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Instead, he was...
This story first appeared in Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
On a Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, between stacks of colorful album covers by the Beatles, Elvis Presley, David Bowie and many more, Rami Malek demonstrated the moves that helped him bring legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury back to life in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Assuming Mercury’s iconic stance, thrusting his arm forward into that familiar full-power fist pump and then segueing into a stomping tap dance that he likened to “squashing worms on the pavement,” Malek proved that even in a cramped record-store aisle, he had those iconic Mercury moves down.
Malek wasn’t a dancer or singer, and he’d never played piano before taking the job in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Instead, he was...
- 12/12/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
When Bohemian Rhapsody producers Graham King and Denis O’Sullivan chose Rami Malek to play Freddie Mercury, the Mr. Robot Emmy winner told them “you’ve got to give me time” in preparing for the part.
“Graham told me ‘Buddy, it’s taken me eight years, we got time’,” remembers Malek who was the finale session at today’s Deadline Contenders at New York City’s DGA Theatre.
And while Malek threw himself into watching and listening to all things Mercury, from concert footage to interviews, to working with a dialect coach and movement coach Polly Bennett, to speaking with band members Brian May and Roger Taylor; all prep led to the first day of shooting, and the first sequence which was shot first was the famed Live Aid 22-minute climax which is considered by many Queen authorities to be the apex in Mercury’s career. Editor John Ottman told...
“Graham told me ‘Buddy, it’s taken me eight years, we got time’,” remembers Malek who was the finale session at today’s Deadline Contenders at New York City’s DGA Theatre.
And while Malek threw himself into watching and listening to all things Mercury, from concert footage to interviews, to working with a dialect coach and movement coach Polly Bennett, to speaking with band members Brian May and Roger Taylor; all prep led to the first day of shooting, and the first sequence which was shot first was the famed Live Aid 22-minute climax which is considered by many Queen authorities to be the apex in Mercury’s career. Editor John Ottman told...
- 12/2/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Imagine being asked to record an audition to play rock ’n’ roll legend Freddie Mercury in a movie, but your tryout is specifically for the members of Queen, Mercury’s former bandmates. That was the awkward position Rami Malek was put in before he starred in the Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
“We ended up watching it [together] in Roger Taylor’s flat, in London,” Malek says. “One of the craziest, most surreal moments of my life, was standing next to them and basically trying to gauge their reaction in real time. Something no human should be subject to.”
Malek, best-known for his Emmy-winning role on “Mr. Robot,” has spent most of his free time in serious roles in indie films such as “Short Term 12” and “Buster’s Mal Heart.” Playing Mercury in a movie that comes awfully close to a musical was completely out of his comfort zone.
“I don...
“We ended up watching it [together] in Roger Taylor’s flat, in London,” Malek says. “One of the craziest, most surreal moments of my life, was standing next to them and basically trying to gauge their reaction in real time. Something no human should be subject to.”
Malek, best-known for his Emmy-winning role on “Mr. Robot,” has spent most of his free time in serious roles in indie films such as “Short Term 12” and “Buster’s Mal Heart.” Playing Mercury in a movie that comes awfully close to a musical was completely out of his comfort zone.
“I don...
- 11/20/2018
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Variety Film + TV
When Sacha Baron Cohen left the Freddie Mercury biopic back in 2013, it was hard to imagine another chameleon who could step into the skin of the flamboyant 1970s-80s musical genius who died at 45 after battling AIDS. Then came Mr. Robot star Rami Malek who went from playing a paranoid introvert on the USA series, to portraying one of the rock world’s loudest game-changing extroverts in Bohemian Rhapsody. Stepping into the shoes of a recent celebrity is one of the most daunting assignments an actor can face; how do you meet the expectations of audiences familiar with the subject without coming off like a Las Vegas impersonator? But after an extensive physical and psychological prep, Malek fit the part of Mercury like a glove.
How did the role of Freddie Mercury come to your attention? Were you tracking it?
I was not tracking it all. I was unaware of it.
How did the role of Freddie Mercury come to your attention? Were you tracking it?
I was not tracking it all. I was unaware of it.
- 11/16/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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