After three decades on the stage and screen, the star is still worrying about where his next job will come from. Meanwhile, at home, he frets about letting down his family
Mark Strong has a good face for villainy – spare and inscrutable, with thin lips and “eyes like tunnels”, as Arthur Miller might have put it. On camera, he gives a sort of fractional disclosure, expressions altering in tiny increments, so that watching him perform is often an exercise in judging how much good can reasonably be seen in the bad. He specialises in antiheroes and authority figures, from gangsters to heads of intelligence. His latest incarnation – as a surgeon who operates in the criminal underground in the TV drama Temple, now in its second series – melds these roles as he crosses and recrosses the line between conscientious and cruel.
Although highly regarded for his work across stage, film and TV,...
Mark Strong has a good face for villainy – spare and inscrutable, with thin lips and “eyes like tunnels”, as Arthur Miller might have put it. On camera, he gives a sort of fractional disclosure, expressions altering in tiny increments, so that watching him perform is often an exercise in judging how much good can reasonably be seen in the bad. He specialises in antiheroes and authority figures, from gangsters to heads of intelligence. His latest incarnation – as a surgeon who operates in the criminal underground in the TV drama Temple, now in its second series – melds these roles as he crosses and recrosses the line between conscientious and cruel.
Although highly regarded for his work across stage, film and TV,...
- 10/28/2021
- by Paula Cocozza
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: BBC Studios drama supremo Hilary Salmon, who has overseen series including Luther and Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon, is leaving the production arm of the British public broadcaster.
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Review Andrew Blair 3 Apr 2014 - 13:44
Could A Handful of Stardust be the best of the Time Trips ebooks to date? Here's Andrew's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Jake Arnott – of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers fame – brings together the Sixth Doctor, Peri, and John Dee in the most fun adventure the Time Trips range has seen.
This is a romp, a colourful and deliberately Ye Olde Speaky one at that. You can practically hear The Devil's Gallop playing between chapters. It feels like the Sixth Doctor and Peri have found themselves in a Tenth Doctor pseudo-historical, smuggling in educational tidbits amongst the tales of doomed races, heretical astronomy and evil men with goatees.
As is traditional, the Master's plan could've worked perfectly if he hadn't got the Doctor involved. He could've just helped himself to the necessary equipment and sodded off without attracting any attention. Unusually, he...
Could A Handful of Stardust be the best of the Time Trips ebooks to date? Here's Andrew's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Jake Arnott – of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers fame – brings together the Sixth Doctor, Peri, and John Dee in the most fun adventure the Time Trips range has seen.
This is a romp, a colourful and deliberately Ye Olde Speaky one at that. You can practically hear The Devil's Gallop playing between chapters. It feels like the Sixth Doctor and Peri have found themselves in a Tenth Doctor pseudo-historical, smuggling in educational tidbits amongst the tales of doomed races, heretical astronomy and evil men with goatees.
As is traditional, the Master's plan could've worked perfectly if he hadn't got the Doctor involved. He could've just helped himself to the necessary equipment and sodded off without attracting any attention. Unusually, he...
- 4/3/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Having interviewed Mark Strong no less than two months ago for the Oscar nominated Zero Dark Thirty, the talented actor is back in London promoting his latest flick, in the crime thriller Welcome to the Punch, where he plays the lead villain Jacob Sternwood – and we were fortunate to speak him once again.
Upon walking into the room – replacing the departing Eran Creevy, Strong says “now you know why I did the film”, as the enthusiasm shown by the gifted young filmmaker is there for all to see. Strong then proceeds to discuss his delight at working with Creevy, the pros and cons of working from home in London, his upcoming project Before I Go to Sleep with Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, and why he always seems to be cast as the bad guy.
You can see all our coverage of Welcome to the Punch which is out this Friday 15th March here.
Upon walking into the room – replacing the departing Eran Creevy, Strong says “now you know why I did the film”, as the enthusiasm shown by the gifted young filmmaker is there for all to see. Strong then proceeds to discuss his delight at working with Creevy, the pros and cons of working from home in London, his upcoming project Before I Go to Sleep with Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, and why he always seems to be cast as the bad guy.
You can see all our coverage of Welcome to the Punch which is out this Friday 15th March here.
- 3/12/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In an interview with MSN the actor who is best known to most of us as the main in villain in movies like; Sherlock Holmes, Kick-Ass, and John Carter. When asked if he was worried about being typecast as a villain he said no and actually is surprised that people mention it because early in his career as hard as he tried he couldn't land the bad guy roles. He says that his first fifteen years of acting were filled with father and brother roles, and it took a part in a British television show, "The Long Firm" in order to change people's perception of him. After digging deep and delivering a performance that was filled with a tragic darkness he then become the go-to-guy for villain roles. Out of curiosity do you not spend a lot of time at home wondering when the phone will ring for 'Green Lantern...
- 12/8/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
He spent five years on a script and then walked away. He was thrown off a publicity tour for ruining The Road's Oscar chances. Writer Joe Penhall tells Mark Lawson why truculence works
Childbirth is a common metaphor for artistic creation and, in the recent experience of the dramatist Joe Penhall, the two have blurred. "One night, I said to my wife: 'Guess what? I've just finished a play.' And she said: 'Guess what? I'm pregnant."
The child was their first, a son; the play, his ninth, is Haunted Child, opening at the Royal Court in London next week. As Penhall wryly notes, these days the gestation of a theatre production is somewhat longer than a pregnancy (because of waiting for stages, actors and directors to become free), and while waiting for Haunted Child to drop, there was time for a second son and another play. Birthday will...
Childbirth is a common metaphor for artistic creation and, in the recent experience of the dramatist Joe Penhall, the two have blurred. "One night, I said to my wife: 'Guess what? I've just finished a play.' And she said: 'Guess what? I'm pregnant."
The child was their first, a son; the play, his ninth, is Haunted Child, opening at the Royal Court in London next week. As Penhall wryly notes, these days the gestation of a theatre production is somewhat longer than a pregnancy (because of waiting for stages, actors and directors to become free), and while waiting for Haunted Child to drop, there was time for a second son and another play. Birthday will...
- 11/30/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
I wont offer a full review of Ridley’s latest, as David has already trodden those boards with his earlier review. But I will give you the highs and lows of the opening film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, as it would be a crime to experience today’s Salle Debussy screening without comment.
The screening was almost full of the usual suspect journalists, ranging from the White badged (pretty much given free reign of the town), through the Rose (about as high as mortal journos can ever aspire to reach) and Blue (the majority), down the the lowly Yellow badged rabble, including myself. The odd amount of empty seats can probably find explanation in the fact that there have already been American and British press screenings of Robin Hood in the run up to the festival, somewhat robbing the opener of its usually auspicious exclusivety (last year Up...
The screening was almost full of the usual suspect journalists, ranging from the White badged (pretty much given free reign of the town), through the Rose (about as high as mortal journos can ever aspire to reach) and Blue (the majority), down the the lowly Yellow badged rabble, including myself. The odd amount of empty seats can probably find explanation in the fact that there have already been American and British press screenings of Robin Hood in the run up to the festival, somewhat robbing the opener of its usually auspicious exclusivety (last year Up...
- 5/12/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
LONDON -- Crime, soccer and gastronomic gusto will head Channel 4's summer lineup, it was announced Tuesday. Scheduling against a strong summer of sports -- rivals BBC and ITV will be sharing the FIFA soccer World Cup -- Channel 4 is hitting back with its summer stalwart Big Brother as well as a raft of original shows. Headlining the summer drama schedule, Low Winter Sun is a two-part thriller that probes the dark underworld of the police force. Directed by Adrian Shergold (Dirty Filthy Love) and featuring Mark Strong (The Long Firm), l the thriller centers on two detectives entangled in a web of death, duplicity and deception. While rival ITV may have World Cup soccer, Channel 4 is offering a satirical look at the career of outgoing England soccer manager Sven Goran Eriksson.
- 5/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Pay television channel group Showtime has acquired the premiere Australian broadcast rights to the BBC's The Long Firm, as well as the exclusive Australian broadcast rights to Hollywood Shootout, it was announced Sunday. Set in the 1960s, The Long Firm portrays the life and times of Soho crime boss Harry Starks as seen by four different characters. The series will screen across two nights premiering in April in the prominent Wednesday 8:30 p.m. time slot. Showtime will screen entertainment industry program Hollywood Shootout on Monday nights. "Following our acquisition of strong, original programming this year we are pleased to be able to add such strong series to our 2005 schedule," said Showtime's CEO Peter Rose.
- 1/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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