Up-and-coming young star Darci Shaw was unfazed by the frightening goingson during the filming of Netflix‘s riveting supernatural thriller The Irregulars. ‘You’re working with people with blood all over their face,’ she said of shooting the eight-part drama, which will stream from March 26. ‘But then you also see them at the catering truck, eating … Read more
Bridgerton star Ruby Barker would one day love to write to the parents, who put her up for adoption as a baby, to let them know she ‘turned out alright’. The 24-year-old plays Miss Marina Thompson, the spirited country cousin who arrives in Regency London concealing a scandalous secret in the Netflix series. And she is … Read more
Alfred Enoch is discovering that not only does the devil get the best lines, he gets the best clothes, too. Enoch, who played Gryffindor good guy Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter films, is a fan of the louche looks he displays in an updated filmed play of Oscar Wilde’s 19th-century tale of depravity, The Picture … Read more
Tahar Rahim ensured his co-stars were scared of him when playing a killer in BBC hit drama The Serpent — by giving them the cold shoulder. For the first two weeks of filming the mini-series about sinister Charles Sobhraj and his murder sprees along South-east Asia’s hippie trail with accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman), Rahim … Read more
The entente cordiale between the UK and France will surely be improved if Maggie Smith and Nathalie Baye, one of the greatest living French actresses, have anything to do with it. The two screen legends will meet on the set of the Downton Abbey film sequel that’s due to begin shooting in late March or … Read more
Mads Mikkelsen quite fancied the idea of following Maud Adams’s lead by playing two different roles in James Bond films. Adams famously played Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun, and then 11 years later, in 1983, there she was again, this time as title character Octopussy. Up on my Zoom screen, the … Read more
Billie Piper, who has bemoaned the fact that she never gets asked to do big studio films, will star alongside Fleabag’s hot priest Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont in Game Of Thrones) in a new movie written and directed by Lena Dunham, the innovative creator behind television shows such as Girls and Industry. … Read more
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Emma Corrin lands a risque role to Di for… opposite hunky Harry Styles By Baz Bambigboye For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 4 February 2021 Emma Corrin, who plays Lady Diana Spencer in The Crown, has bagged a leading role in upcoming film My Policeman … Read more
The unlikeliest hit film, Fisherman’s Friends, has set a course for the West End, and is getting ready to sail into the sometimes choppy seas of musical theatre. It is based on the true story of the shanty singing fishermen, from the Cornish village of Port Isaac, who found fame after being snapped up by … Read more
Adarsh Gourav is electrifying in the screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s bestseller The White Tiger — and he certainly suffered for his art. Gourav plays Balram, an underdog, born to serve India‘s idle rich, who clambers up a greasy, murderous pole. But when he went undercover in a village, to see what Balram’s early years … Read more