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Jodie Comer fears the world isn’t prepared for looming climate change disasters. The ‘Killing Eve’ actress, 30, plays a terrified mum in her latest film ‘The End We Start From’ who flees her London home with her newborn amid massive flooding. Jodie told The Observer newspaper she has been noticing “endless amounts of rain” in London, and said she consulted flood experts ahead of making the post-apocalyptic climate drama. She said about their verdict on how Britain will be hit by climate change: “Sea levels are rising, rainfall is becoming more extreme. “We are an island; things are going to go...
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Sir Ian McKellen nearly missed out on the role of Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings'. The legendary actor has revealed that he was not the first choice to play the wizard in the fantasy franchise and only landed the part because Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Sean Connery rejected the opportunity. Ian told Variety: "I don't think you're ever the first choice, I certainly wasn't the first choice for Gandalf. "Tony Hopkins turned it down. Sean Connery certainly did. They're all coming out of the woodwork now, and I hope they feel silly." McKellen's latest role is the acerbic theatre reviewer Jimmy ...
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Mark Strong has joined the cast of 'The Silent Hour'. The 59-year-old star will feature alongside Joel Kinnaman in the action thriller that is being directed by Brad Anderson. The crime drama will be set in Boston and will see Kinnaman star as a police detective who suffers a workplace accident that leaves him with impaired hearing. 16 months later – as an interpreter for the police department – he and his partner (Strong) battle a team of corrupt officers trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in an apartment building. The script has been written by Dan Hall and production is due to begin ...
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Benedict Cumberbatch will star in 'The End We Start From'. The 46-year-old actor has joined Jodie Comer, Katherine Waterston and Mark Strong in the survival film that is being directed by Mahalia Belo. The movie is set in London during an environmental crisis and tells the story of a mother (Comer) who tries to find a way home amid chaotic floods with her newborn child. The flick is based on Megan Hunter's "heart-wrenching" novel of the same name and Alice Birch has adapted the story for the big screen. Joel Fry, Gina McKee and Nina Sosanya have also joined the cast of the project, which is be...
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Sir Ian McKellen has joined the cast of 'The Critic'. The 83-year-old actor will play feared but respected theatre critic Jimmy Erskine in the upcoming thriller with Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong also set to star in the movie. As reported by Deadline, Arterton will play actress Nina Land, who is looking to win Erskine's favour, which sees her embroiled in a mystery involving blackmail, murder and more. Strong's character is the new owner of the critic's newspaper, and the pair find themselves at odds with each other. The supporting cast will include the likes of Lesley Manville, Romola Garai,...
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Scarlett Johansson will star in 'The Sea Change'. The 37-year-old actress has signed up to star in the drama that will mark the feature directorial debut of the Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas. The film is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Jane Howard centres on the famous London playwright Emmanuel and his sickly wife Lillian – who has never truly buried the memory of the couple's late daughter Sarah. The pair's rocky marriage then takes a surprise turn when they travel to a remote Greek island. It is assumed that Scarlett will be playing Lillian but details f...
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Mark Strong and Jodie Turner-Smith have boarded the cast of 'Murder Mystery 2'. The pair will be joined in the sequel by Melanie Laurent, Kuhoo Verma, Enrique Arce, Tony Goldwyn, Annie Mumolo and Zurin Villanueva with John Kani and Adeel Akhtar set to reprise their roles from the first film. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, who led the ensemble for the 2019 movie, are also set to return for the new project. The flick will shoot in Paris and the Caribbean but details regarding the plot are being kept under wraps for the time being. Jeremy Garelick will be directing this time with James Vander...
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Mark Strong has joined the cast of 'Tar'. The 58-year-old actor has boarded the picture along with Nina Hoss, Noemie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover and Sylvia Flote. It has also been revealed that Cate Blanchett will be playing the role of Lydia Tar, an orchestra conductor who is widely considered as one of the greatest of her craft and the first-ever female chief of a major German orchestra. Todd Field is writing and directing the film and will produce the flick under his Standard Film banner with Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert. The score to the movie is being composed by Hildur Gu...
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Mark Strong was terrified of beating up George Clooney in the film 'Syriana'. The 58-year-old actor featured with Clooney in the 2005 thriller and was required to unleash violence on the Oscar-winning star – in a scene so brutal that the 'Gravity' actor ended up injuring his back. Mark told the Metro newspaper: "There was a great responsibility attached to it and he actually did his back in when he chose to fall into shot still tied to the chair. "I met him years later, thinking I'd been responsible, but he absolved me." Mark credits his roles in 'Syriana' and Roman Polanski's adaptation of 'O...
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Mark Strong missed out on the chance to play a Bond villain after he spent the night drinking with Daniel Craig. The 58-year-old actor has revealed that he auditioned to play a bad guy opposite Pierce Brosnan as the legendary spy but an evening spent boozing with a future 007 dashed his hopes. Mark – who starred with Daniel in the 1990s TV drama 'Our Friends in the North' - told the Radio Times magazine: "I was up for a villain in one of the Pierce Brosnan films – I can't remember which – and I had learnt my lines. "And I was quite cocky about that. Because when I started out auditioning, you ...
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