Star Wars actor John Boyega is back with The Force. The police force. And Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is delighted to have caught him at just the right moment. ‘He was ready to get back into acting, and not just reacting,’ he said, referring to the South-East London-born actor’s time spent in a galaxy far, … Read more
Eddie Redmayne has turned radical! The actor portrays Tom Hayden, a towering figure of 1960s activism, in Aaron Sorkin’s thrilling and energetic exploration of the court case that has become enshrined in U.S. history as The Trial Of The Chicago 7. Hayden and a who’s who of American anti-war and civil rights protesters were charged with … Read more
Tom Cruise is currently filming the seventh instalment in the Mission Impossible film series in Norway No one breathe near Tom! The constant cry goes out, as megawatt Hollywood star Tom Cruise works in Norway on the seventh instalment in the Mission Impossible film series. Cruise, his fellow actors and crew must surely be among … Read more
Olivia Cooke had no concerns about taking the leading role in a film populated almost entirely by men Olivia Cooke had no concerns about taking the leading role in a film populated almost entirely by men. She plays the title character in director Barnaby Thompson’s belly-laugh-inducing black comedy Pixie, which opens on October 23. ‘Ever since … Read more
Even before filming started on Des, the three-part ITV mini-series in which Mays plays Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay, the nightmares began The spectre of serial killer Dennis Nilsen haunted Daniel Mays as he tackled the role of a lifetime: the ‘old school copper’ who helped bring the mass murderer to justice. ‘I watched all these … Read more
Vanessa Kirby pulls out all the stops when she prepares for a role. To portray Princess Margaret in The Crown, the actress papered her home with photographs of the Queen’s sister to ‘imbue’ herself with her style and spirit. And for the smouldering, scheming White Widow in the Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible — Fallout, … Read more
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Sofa so good for the footie… Toheeb Jimoh spends entire quarantine ‘doing absolutely nothing’ but eating his mother’s Nigerian cuisine and playing FIFA By Baz Bamigboye for the Daily Mail Published: 02:19 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 02:19 BST, 31 July 2020 Actor Toheeb Jimoh has spent the entire quarantine ‘doing absolutely … Read more
Let it go? Never! Frozen, the £10 million musical based on the Oscar-winning film, may have had to shift its West End opening from this autumn to next spring. But the show will still reopen the magnificently made-over Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with previews starting on April 2 and a grand official opening scheduled for … Read more
Matthew Vaughn, the brains behind the Kingsman films, hopes to turn its prequel — The King’s Man — into a spy franchise to rival the James Bond pictures. Vaughn’s terrific new movie, set during the start of World War I and starring Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton, is due to open in cinemas on September … Read more
The Mousetrap — the show that roared — will be the first play to reopen in the West End. Which seems only fitting, given that Agatha Christie’s murder mystery, now in its 68th year, is the world’s longest running theatrical production. ‘We will open on October 23,’ producer Adam Spiegel told me in an exclusive interview, … Read more