Cameron Mackintosh was in his element, sitting in the circle of the Prince Edward Theatre, surveying a 70-strong company rehearse an important lyric change to the Les Miz anthem One More Day, one which transformed it into a declarative One More Show! ‘One More Day has become a song of survival,’ the theatre-owner and impresario … Read more
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
Back to work! Dacre Montgomery is spotted on set Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic – as filming in Queensland resumes six months after production was forced to shut amid coronavirus By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:32 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 05:32 BST, 25 September 2020 Dacre Montgomery was spotted working on … 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
Keira Knightley and the ensemble from Silent Night — the most astonishing Christmas movie ever made — are preparing to complete post-production on the film, work that was interrupted by the pandemic. An unfinished version was shown privately to distributors at a series of Covid-secure screenings in Soho, London, this week, one of which I … 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
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
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Judi Dench takes the Gran prize in Kenneth Branagh’s new film By Baz Bamigboye for the Daily Mail Published: 01:46 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 01:48 BST, 4 September 2020 Kenneth Branagh is shooting a semi-autobiographical film inspired by his early childhood growing up in Northern Ireland surrounded by a large extended … 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