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Sir Kenneth Branagh will lend his voice to Charles Dickens in 'The King of Kings'. The 63-year-old star is to play the celebrated author in the new movie that is inspired by the lives of both Dickens and Jesus Christ. Uma Thurman also features in the cast as the 'Great Expectations' scribe's wife Catherine Dickens while 'Jojo Rabbit' actor Roman Griffin Davis voices the couple's youngest son Walter. 'The King of Kings' is inspired by the Dickens short story 'The Life of Our Lord', which was published in 1934, more than six decades after the author's death. It tells the story of Dickens and Wal...
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Jamie Dornan wants to see what a united Ireland “looks like”. The 41-year-old actor won plaudits for playing a hard-up dad in Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-winning ‘Belfast’, in which his character dreaming of a life in Australia away from the explosion of the Troubles in 1969 and a crippling tax bill. Northern Ireland-born Jamie told the latest issue of the Radio Times magazine when asked if he is in favour a united Ireland: “Jeepers! I’d be very intrigued to know what that looks like. “The wrong language has been used for too long and they need to tell people how it would look for health and e...
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'A Haunting in Venice' producer Judy Hofflund has revealed that she and Sir Kenneth Branagh "really wanted to shake it up" in their latest Poirot movie. Branagh returns as Agatha Christie's famous sleuth for the third time in the new flick and Hofflund discussed how those making the film wanted it to be "dark and scary" compared to previous installments 'Murder on the Orient Express' and 'Death on the Nile'. The producer told Radio Times: "'Murder on the Orient Express' and 'Death on the Nile' were similar to the extent that they were sort of... a lot of them (were) outdoors like they were tra...
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Sir Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot franchise may continue after 'A Haunting in Venice'. The 62-year-old star will reprise his role as Agatha Christie's sleuth for a third time in the upcoming movie and executive producer James Prichard is open to making more films as long as Branagh and writer Michael Green are still interested. Speaking to Total Film magazine, Prichard said: "If Ken wants to do more, and Michael wants to write more, we'll certainly do another. There's a lot of material still to go, so we're not going to run out of inspiration." 'A Haunting in Venice' is based on Christie's ...
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King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla have begun their journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in the modern Diamond Jubilee State Coach. The soon-to-be coronated King and Queen spent the night at Clarence House and travelled to Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning (06.05.23) to begin the King’s Procession at 10.20am. Members of the sovereign’s Household Cavalry and troops from all three services lined the route. They are heading towards The Mall, then onto Trafalgar Square, to Whitehall and Parliament Street before Parliament Square and Broad Sanctuary. They will arrive outside ...
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Dame Emma Thompson, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Kenneth Branagh brought a touch of Hollywood glamour as they arrived at Westminster Abbey for King Charles' coronation. The actors were among the early arrivals to take their seats at the historic venue in London on Saturday (06.05.23) ahead of the glittering ceremony which will see the new monarch crowned alongside his wife Camilla, Queen Consort - and they were joined by other famous faces including rocker Nick Cave - who is part of the Australian delegation - and Lionel Richie, who will perform at the coronation concert on Sunday (07.05.23). Also ...
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Sir Kenneth Branagh is grateful to be playing Hercule Poirot again in 'A Haunting in Venice'. The 62-year-old star reprises his role as Agatha Christie's sleuth in the upcoming film and is delighted to have the chance to make another movie after the challenges of the previous installment 'Death on the Nile' – which was hit by delays due to the coronavirus pandemic and sexual misconduct allegations surrounding star Armie Hammer. Kenneth told The Hollywood Reporter: "('Death on the Nile's') theatrical release was challenged for various reasons, but it still did exceptional numbers in the circums...
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Sir Kenneth Branagh's Boris Johnson transformation took three hours "a day". The 61-year-old star looks uncannily like the former British Prime Minister in Sky's political drama 'This Sceptred Isle'. However, it took a lot of work to get him to resemble him, with Branagh having to don a suit to bulk him up and a number of prosthetics. He told heat magazine: "It took about three hours each day to get into a suit that bulked me up and then to wear various prosthetics. "One was like a neck piece balaclava, and a lot of time was spent making sure the pieces were blended seamlessly into my own skin...
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Jamie Dornan was useless with girls when he was growing up. The Hollywood heartthrob won an army of female fans for his role as Christian Grey in the 'Fifty Shades' franchise but admits that he struggled to charm the fairer sex during his school days. Jamie is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "I was very shy, I was very timid, and I just didn't have the game. "There was one girl at school who I threw everything at - all my best moves, although, admittedly, they were minimal. "I told her I really liked her and that I wanted to make something happen... "And she just said 'no'. Ouch....
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Dame Judi Dench was the biggest prankster on the set of 'Belfast'. The 87-year-old actress starred in the coming-of-age drama film alongside 11-year-old actor Jude Hill, and he's revealed that Judi loved playing pranks on the set. Speaking about the fun they had together, Jude told 'E! Live from the Red Carpet': "Well, there was a lot of whoopee cushions. That’s what I’m gonna say. There was a lot of whoopee cushions during scenes. "By the end of [filming], if someone sat down on a whoopee cushion, we all just turned heads to Judi Dench." Jude plays Judi's grandson in 'Belfast'. And the young ...
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