Hayley Atwell leaves little to the imagination during no holds barred sex-scene with co-star Matthew Macfadyen in resurfaced scenes from 2010 drama Any Human Heart

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By Jason Chester for MailOnline
PUBLISHED: 09:22 EST, 13 November 2017 | UPDATED: 12:10 EST, 13 November 2017

A mesmerising, multi-generational tale exploring youth, middle-age and the inevitability of death is given a provocative flourish thanks to Hayley Atwell in recently resurfaced scenes from 2010 miniseries Any Human Heart.

The British actress strips off for a passionate love scene with co-star Matthew Macfadyen in the three part period drama, adapted from William Boyd’s 2002 novel of the same name.

Leaving little to the imagination, Hayley, 35, embraces her role as the flighty Freya Deverell, with whom MacFadyan’s existential protagonist Logan Mountstuart embarks on an all-encompassing affair.

The screen-lovers are seen working up a sweat as they writhe across a double bed, lost in the throes of passion, during one particularly heated tryst.

Sitting astride Macfadyen, Atwell smothers him with an embrace before leaning in for a series of fervent kisses.

Winning the Drama Serial gong at the 2011 British Academy Television Awards, Any Human Heart follows Mountstuart from exuberant adolescence to reclusive old age, charting his marriages, affairs, tragedies and triumphs along the way.

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Hayley Atwell: From Captain America to Jimi Hendrix

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By Chris Harvey

8:00AM BST 10 Aug 2013

Hayley Atwell’s beauty is the first thing you notice about her. She walks out of a rehearsal room near London Bridge into an outdoor café, and it almost makes me laugh. If there were a kit for making a film star, her dark flashing eyes and full lips would be included in the box. What’s more surprising is that she turns out to be so funny.

She’s recently returned from Comic-Con, the American convention that celebrates all things fantasy and sci-fi. She was there because in the Marvel Universe she is Peggy Carter, the wartime British agent girlfriend of Captain America himself, as seen in the 2011 blockbuster The First Avenger. It sounds like a strange experience.

“What is weird is walking down the streets seeing people dressed as superheroes but then picking their nose or running for the bus,” she says. “That’s really surreal. You’re like, 'I’m sure Wonder Woman doesn’t eat burgers slouched over a bench like that.’ It was very funny, but the level of commitment is quite humbling. There’s an innocence about them as a fan base, it’s not aggressive, but they really do love that world. I approach Peggy Carter as I would any character, then take all the make-up off and go home and be myself. But for the fans, those worlds live for longer within them.”

I ask if the films – some of the most lucrative franchises in contemporary Hollywood – pay as well as they’re said to, mentioning Robert Downey jnr’s reported $75 million earnings for The Avengers. “Really? Is that true?” Atwell gapes. “Well, he is also an executive producer. It completely varies according to your star power, how big your name is.”

But is it life-changing? “That’s a very personal question,” she says, adopting a clipped RP tone. “I think anything is life-changing money if you’re doing something you love and earn a living from it, because it takes you beyond doing a job just for survival.”

Next up is something for love. She’s rehearsing the dual role of Sylvia, the trapped, lonely wife of a repressed homosexual man in Fifties London, and the independent, supportive friend of an identically named gay man in the present, in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play The Pride, which opens at Trafalgar Studios later this month, directed by Jamie Lloyd. It’s an interesting choice, not least because Atwell’s last stage outing was in Kaye Campbell’s The Faith Machine two years ago, also directed by Lloyd.

“I like working with them as people and it’s nice to do something that’s at least half modern,” she says. She’s referring to the way casting directors look at her voluptuous figure and see the perfect Forties heroine. “I suppose physically I suit that era. It’s wonderful to look like a period heroine, there’s something very beautiful and romantic about that. But I think there’s so much more going on behind my eyes and in my head than just looking a certain way.”

The play juxtaposes the way that changing attitudes affect the lives of people who are alike in spirit but living in different eras. The earlier Sylvia is “fragile and sensitive, and has suffered from an illness that nowadays we would call depression. I think Sylvia loves her husband deeply and his unhappiness causes her great unhappiness.

“I can relate to bouts of the blues or moments when self-destructive thoughts are a way of dealing with your surroundings. Some people, if they’re going through a difficult time they’ll lash out, and then you have people, like myself, who direct it inwards. I’m much more of an internal person than an external one, I think.”

Is there a temptation to put theatre to one side when your career is at its most bankable, I wonder, when you’re “hot”, as Atwell is now?

“Oh really?” She laughs. “'So hot right now’ – I feel like I’m in Zoolander. I think there’s a fear. The fear-based mentality would be to go, 'I’ve got to capitalise on this right now.’ I think it can be detrimental because the minute you’re hot or 'in’ the next step is to be not hot, or out. So you’re only just waiting for the time when you’re not considered cool. I think if I’m interested in my work, then life will forge its own path.”

READ MORE HERE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/10234252/Hayley-Atwell-From-Captain-America-to-Jimi-Hendrix.html

Comic-Con: Marvel Screens Their Latest One-Shot, Agent Carter! (Hayley Atwell)

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by Silas Lesnick

July 19, 2013

As they did last year with their "Phase One" short film finale, "Item 47," Marvel Studios hosted a special San Diego premiere screening of the new 15-minute "Agent Carter" short, which will be included as a bonus feature on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray release. While it's well-known that the film features Captain America: The First Avenger star Hayley Atwell returning in the role of Peggy Carter, the film also offers a wide variety of surprise cameos. We'll refrain from revealing the two big ones at the end, but if you want to stay completely spoiler-free, stop reading now.

"After the premiere of 'Captain America,' I went straight back to London to do a play," says Atwell of how the project came about. "I thought that was the end of it. Then months and months and months later, I got a call from Lou [D'Esposito] saying that this was something that we could make together. It was as new to me as it was to the fans."

"Agent Carter" begins with the final scene of Captain America as Peggy says goodbye to Chris Evans' Steve Rogers. Jumping ahead a year, we find Peggy working in a government office and none too pleased with her lot in life. She's the victim of gender politics of the day and, despite being an agent, winds up primarily doing glorified secretary work. That all changes one night, however, when she takes matters into her own hands and takes on a middle-of-the-night mission issued by a mysterious voice (Iron Man 3 writer-director Shane Black in a voice-only cameo).

We won't say where "Agent Carter" winds up, but it's safe to say that Peggy Carter has quite a potential future in the Marvel cinematic universe. In fact, it was Marvel Studios executive producer Victoria Alonso who shouted out during the Q&A, "Will you do the TV series, Hayley?"

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Matthew Macfadyen: Note to Emmy voters: Keep these rising stars in mind By Matthew Gilbert (THE BOSTON GLOBE)

Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Amanda Hale in “Ripper Street.”

Often, when the chosen pair of actors read out the Emmy nominations in July, they sound like they’re reciting a familiar poem. These days, that poem goes something like this:

Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston,

“Downton Abbey,” Eric Stonestreet,

Alec Baldwin, Julie Bowen,

Lena Dunham, Ryan Seacrest

The names and titles seem to automatically move into place on the list, then dance their way over to the Golden Globes for another refrain.

Many of those givens – Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Maggie Smith, Aaron Paul – are quite deserving. Withhold my “Breaking Bad” and Laura Dern and I’ll screech and scratch; ditto “Mad Men,” and “Louie.” But now is the time for a few alternative suggestions, a few jumps in the too-regular metrical flow. The year-long Emmy eligibility period ended on May 31 and voters will be selecting nominees from June 10-28. The Oscars have their counterpart for lesser-known movies, the Independent Spirit Awards. What lesser-known TV names and titles also deserve recognition?

I’m a little nuts to hope that “Vikings” will win any significant Emmy love. The drama on History drew plenty of viewers, but it was not a “buzz” series, like “Girls,” which got nominations after its first season. But “Vikings” was a transporting period epic that dug into some rich material regarding primitive religious attitudes and social mores, while delivering vibrant action sequences and striking political and family drama. It was Emmy-worthy, as was its lead actor. I was really heartened to see that Travis Fimmel, a one-time Calvin Klein model who showed potential in “The Beast” with Patrick Swayze, has blossomed into a serious and compelling performer. As the rebellious Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, Fimmel held the center of the nine-episode series, with a pair of wild eyes and a smirk that spoke volumes.

The BBC America series “Ripper Street” had a lot going for it during its first season — a vivid late-19th century setting, early “CSI”-style forensics, and twisty cases of the week. And Matthew Macfadyen, as lead detective Edmund Reid, was its best virtue. Macfadyen, so memorable in PBS’s “Little Dorrit” and “Any Human Heart,” was commanding and morally sound in an atmosphere of East End chaos, and then he was emotionally damaged and secretive. In a world where Michael C. Hall is continually nominated for a role that has become stale, in “Dexter,” Macfadyen ought to be a sure bet.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2013/06/01/note-emmy-voters-keep-these-rising-stars-mind/AaBO5McQHbhnTELIyW1P7O/story.html

Jim Broadbent - Happy Birthday!!!

Jim Broadbent

Actor

James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Bridget Jones' Diary, Hot Fuzz, The Iron Lady, and Cloud Atlas.

Born: May 24, 1949 (age 64), Holton cum Beckering

Height: 6' 2" (1.87 m)

Spouse: Anastasia Lewis (m. 1987)

Awards: Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role, More

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Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg - MORE Ripper Street Filming pictures (CONTACT MUSIC)

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RIPPER STREET - (Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg) Great fan Video - can't wait for this to retur

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Anna Karenina: Q&A With Matthew Macfadyen (Oblonsky) and Alicia Vikander (Kitty) Written by thespotlightreport

Thanks to Universal Sony, we got access to a very interesting Q&A with 2 of the stars of Anna Karenina, Matthew Macfadyen and Alicia Vikander.

Q. Matthew, what kind of man is Oblonsky in the movie?

A. Oblonsky is a lover of pleasures of the flesh. He likes women and food and drink. He is a social animal and is not introspective and is not burdened with a sense of guilt about his actions. But he is not a callous man. He loves his friends and he loves the love of his friends, and he fails a bit in his own marriage.

Q.But he tries to bring happiness to others…

A. Absolutely, yes. And that is quite touching. He is a perceptive man about people and their behaviour but can’t always shine that perception on his own relationships.

Q. Alicia, how is Kitty’s heart broken in Anna Karenina and how is that, ultimately, a positive thing?

A. At the start of the movie Kitty is very young and is introduced to society and she probably thinks that Count Vronsky is the Prince Charming who will come to steal her heart. But suddenly her own idea of life and love is torn down after Vronsky falls for Anna. And through that she starts to see life and herself another way and she becomes a woman and is able to look back and see that the person she really loved was with her the whole time [Levin, played by Domhnall Gleeson].


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Matthew Macfadyen - Beautiful man - Beautiful song - You're Simple The Best

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Matthew Macfadyen - Hallelujah (Matthew in Georgia, filming EPIC)

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A Thespian Without Vanity

Hayley Atwell Left Stunned By Meryl Streep Meeting (CONTACT MUSIC)

Hayley Atwell is still starstruck after receiving a personal compliment from Meryl Streep on her acting talents, calling the encounter her proudest moment of 2012.

The Captain America: The First Avenger star was stunned when Oscar winner Streep introduced herself and began doling out praise, and admits the meeting was a career highlight.

When asked to name her proudest moment of the past year, she tells Britain's InStyle magazine, "Meeting Meryl Streep."

Atwell recalls, "She knew who I was and came up to compliment me on a performance. She was so utterly charming and at that moment I thought, 'Yes, sanity does exist in this industry.' If, like her, I focus on what matters? Then I'll be fine."


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Matthew Macfadyen Tribute - filmography 1997-2013

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The "Darcylicious" Matthew Macfadyen

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Hayley Atwell to star in second series of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Details of the three very different new episodes have been released MATILDA BATTERSBY (INDEPENDENT)

Black Mirror the unusual satirical drama written by journalist-come-television writer Charlie Brooker will return to Channel 4 this year for a second series consisting of three dark episodes.

Restless actress Hayley Atwell will star in the first of the trio, each of which will once again have “a different cast, a different setting, even a different reality”, according to Brooker. In an interview in December he said: "Like the last series we've done three stories that are three different genres. We've also got all sorts of unpleasant things and also one of them is very sad.”

In Be Right Back Atwell appears as Martha alongside Domhnall Gleeson, her social media junkie boyfriend Ash. He is tragically killed just after the couple move to a remote cottage and Martha soon becomes aware of a creepy new social network that allows grieving relatives to communicate with the digital semblance of the deceased. Disgusted, but compelled by it, Martha, who discovers she is pregnant with Ash’s child, becomes embroiled in a murky world of online ‘ghosts’.

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Exclusive: First Poster for THE SWEENEY Starring Ray Winstone, Hayley Atwell, and Damian Lewis by Adam Chitwood (COLLIDER)

We’re happy to debut the first poster for the upcoming action thriller The Sweeney today.  Directed by Nick Love (Outlaw) and co-written by John Hodge (Trainspotting), the film stars Ray Winstone as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Ben Drew as his partner George Carter.  The two are “old school crime fighters” who enforce the law in a modern underworld, and with a bank heist in progress and Regan’s old enemy making an appearance on the streets of London, the veteran cop will do whatever it takes to get the job done.   The pic also stars Homeland’s Damian Lewis and Captain America’s Hayley Atwell.  The Sweeney will be available in theaters and VOD on March 1st.

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Hayley Atwell - Hayley Atwell recalls weight jibes (CONTACT MUSIC)

She said: ''I was Hayley 'Fatwell' at school. I was on only child, very quiet and very shy, I was surrounded in primary school by skinny girls in crop tops, when I had puppy fat. I wasn't cool.''

Hayley, 30, has since slimmed down and started turning heads with her dazzling looks, which have been likened to stars of the 30s and 40s.

Discussing the comparisons with old time movie stars, she said: ''Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the square jaw. Stars in the old days used to be more angular. I think my face works on screen because there's a lot of angles to it.''

Hayley also counts the pinnacle of her career so far as meeting Meryl Streep, who complimented her acting abilities.

She added in an interview with The Times newspaper: ''I was presenting at the BAFTAs, and she came up to me and said my performance in 'The Duchess' was 'Wonderfully imagined,' and I just went, 'Waaaaaaaahhhhh.' ''

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Matthew Macfadyen's appearance at Roma Fiction 2012

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La ringrazio molto, Emilia Ravenna and Silvia Basile!!!    Beautiful

Matthew Macfadyen: Brighten your gloomy Sunday morning with a little dose of Matthew

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Michelle Dockery to star in Restless Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery will star in BBC adaptation of William Boyd novel Restless. (TELEGRAPH)

Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery is to join Rufus Sewell and Michael Gambon in a BBC adaptation of best-selling novel Restless. The two-part film - based on the book by William Boyd - will also star Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling playing the same character more than 30 years apart.

Acclaimed theatre director Edward Hall is to dramatise the tale about a female spy on the run who has led a double life for three decades Dockery plays a young woman, Ruth Gilmartin, who learns that her mother Sally (Rampling) was recruited by the British Secret Service at the start of the Second World War, but has been in hiding since a mission went awry. Atwell - who plays the younger Sally - has previously starred in a Channel 4 adaptation of Boyd's Any Human Heart.


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Matthew Macfadyen as Prior Phillip - THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

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