Tom Hiddleston & More in BBC's 'The Hollow Crown' Miniseries Trailer

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by Ethan Anderton
August 8, 2013

Since the offerings on various VOD outlets like iTunes are becoming much more engaging, we thought this truly epic miniseries from BBC deserved the attention of cinephiles. The network across the pond has put together a four-part series called The Hollow Crown, an adaptation of four of Shakespeare's classic plays Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V. What's even better is these adaptations feature Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor), Jeremy Irons (Die Hard with a Vengeance), Patrick Stewart (X-Men) and Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, Cloud Atlas). This looks like a gorgeous drama series.

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Madalina Ghenea & Gerard Butler: We “definitely didn’t come to Romania to fight”, but “to show him my country, and he enjoyed it very much”

 

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by Julia 

July 25, 2013 at 1:44 pm

The reason why Ghenea left her homeland in a rush to head to Italy is because she had to be on the set of the show “The Borgias.” In the Franco-German production, directed by Tom Fontana, Madalina plays the role of Cesare Borgia.

Madalina was surprised on the set of the show by Romanian journalists, and spoke briefly about the holiday she spent with Gerard Butler in her country.

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Max Irons jokes about his dad Jeremy Irons' reaction to his nude scenes in new Starz series

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By ALICIA RANCILIO  Associated Press

July 26, 2013 - 5:44 pm EDT

BEVERLY HILLS, California — Like father, like son?

Max Irons, the star of the upcoming Starz series "The White Queen," jokes about his father Jeremy Irons' potential reaction to his nudity in the new show.

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"Thankfully he hasn't seen it yet, but if he did I'd refer him to his back catalog," the 27-year-old English actor said to laughs Friday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

Max Irons stars as Edward IV during England's War of the Roses in "The White Queen," which premieres Aug. 10. His 64-year-old father has had explicit sex scenes in 1988's "Dead Ringers," 1992's "Damage" and most recently in the Showtime series "The Borgias."

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Fans battle to bring back The Borgias (TELEGRAPH)

By Caroline Hedley, Los Angeles5:56PM BST 22 Jun 2013

Devotees of the acclaimed historical drama starring Jeremy Irons as the corrupt 15th century Pope Alexander VI are to send hundreds of cans of sardines to the office of Showtime’s head of entertainment David Nevins, after the network announced it had cancelled plans for a promised fourth season of the show.

“Many of us feel that we have been cheated,” said Barbara Christel, organiser of the Bring Back The Borgias Facebook group.

“We were told we would have four seasons originally, but The Borgias was cancelled with just two episodes left of the third season. In one episode, Pope Alexander told his Cardinals: 'We shall dine on sardines’ during Lent. We decided to send cans of sardines to Showtime on June 28th as a sign that we, the fans, feel deprived.” The third series of the drama, written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan, is currently airing on a satellite channel in Britain but has already concluded in the US. The show also stars British actress Holliday Grainger as Medieval Italy’s notorious femme fatale, Lucrezia Borgia.

The lavishly-produced series, which was filmed on location in Budapest, is estimated to have cost almost £2.5 million an episode to create.

Despite a warm industry reception — The Borgias received 10 Emmy award nominations, a Golden Globes nod for Irons, and was described as “addictively entertaining” and “sumptuous” by critics - its third season ratings were steady but unspectacular, with an average of 2.4 million weekly viewers.

An online petition against the premature cancellation of the next series has attracted more than 10,000 signatures, and a Twitter campaign #SaveTheBorgias sparked more than 3400 Tweets in one hour.

One devoted fan has even created a range of T-shirts, bearing the slogan: “We are Borgia (sic) and we feel unloved.” Josef Alti, who plays Pypar in the US fantasy drama Game Of Thrones, is supporting the campaign, and François Arnaud, who plays papal progeny Cesare Borgia, has openly expressed his disappointment at the series’ termination.


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Helena Bonham Carter to Play Fairy Godmother in Disney's 'Cinderella' (Exclusive) 3:56 PM PDT 6/20/2013 by Borys Kit (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

Kenneth Branagh is directing the live-action fantasy, which already has Cate Blanchett playing the role of the wicked stepmother.

Helena Bonham Carter has nabbed the plum role, or perhaps it’s the pumpkin role, of the fairy godmother in Disney’s live-action version of Cinderella.

Kenneth Branagh is directing the movie project, which sees Lily James in the title role, Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother and Game of Thrones' Richard Madden as the prince. Sophie McShera (Downton Abbey) and Holliday Granger (The Borgias) are playing the stepsisters.

The fairy godmother will be getting more screen time in this version than in Disney’s classic animated movie, with the character disguised as an old beggar who watches over Cinderella before revealing herself as the magical being she truly is.

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Brendan Gleeson now wary of speaking out on issues after 'Late Late' backlash (INDEPENDENT WOMAN)

NICOLA ANDERSON – 17 JUNE 2013

ACTOR Brendan Gleeson has revealed he is reluctant to speak out on social issues in this country after he was lambasted for criticising Irish hospitals on the 'Late Late Show' in 2006.

"I threw a wobbly on the 'Late Late Show' and I felt completely justified in doing it," he said.

"But the next thing was this plethora of things for about five years where I was more or less asked, when are you going to fix the health system. And so I am very conflicted on speaking out about social issues. I try to withdraw from that," Gleeson told the World Actors Forum at the Gate Theatre.

The event was organised by Michael Colgan, artistic director of the theatre, and was described by Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan as "the Davos of acting".

Jeremy Irons was less inhibited at the forum when he called for action on the incinerator issue at Poolbeg, saying "vast" amounts of people should take to the streets to protest against the plans.

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Downton Abbey's Sophie McShera In Talks For Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella Author: Kelly West - (CINEMA BLEND)

Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella is filling up with familiar faces from the small screen. The live-action re-imagining is set to star Downton Abbey's Lily James as the title character, with Game of Thrones' Richard Madden set to play the Prince. Yesterday, we learned that The Borgias beauty Holliday Grainger signed on to play one of the wicked stepsisters, and today comes word that Downton Abbey's Sophie McShera is set to play the other one.

THR reports that negotiations are underway for McShera to team up with Grainger to play mean stepsisters Drisella and Anastasia in the film. For those unfamiliar with the tale, Cinderella's an orphaned character who lives with her "wicked stepmother" and nasty stepsisters, who regularly ridicule her. Cate Blanchett will play the mentioned stepmother, and when considering all of these TV stars, the Oscar winner seems to be the odd-woman-out... unless we count her pre-Elizabeth miniseries work in the 90s. -

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The Borgias' Holliday Grainger Will Ridicule Cinderella In Kenneth Branagh's Adaptation Author: Nick Venable (CINEMA BLEND)

Kenneth) Branagh already has a strong cast lined up for Cinderella, with Downton Abbey’s Lily James in the lead role and Robert Madden as her Prince Charming. As a stepsister, Grainger would be playing the daughter of Cate Blanchett, who will star as the wicked stepmother Lady Tremaine. Something tells me someone equally beautiful is going to nab the other sisterly role. Call me crazy.

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if Cinderella turned into a period piece, since it seems like Grainger has become the new Keira Knightley in that respect. She currently stars in the 15th century-set, soon-to-wrap-up Showtime drama The Borgias, and will soon star as Bonnie Parker in Lifetime’s upcoming miniseries Bonnie and Clyde. In the past two years, she’s starred in Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s Bel Ami, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina and Mike Newell’s Great Expectations. I wonder if she’ll ever appear in a movie with a cellphone in it.

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Jeremy Irons: ‘THE BORGIAS’ SEASON 4 NOT LIKELY, SHOWTIME PLOTS MOVIE WRAP-UP? by Kevin Fitzpatrick May 8, 2013 7:30 PM (SCREEN CRUSH)

Rarely have Showtime series been in actual danger of cancellation, but Jeremy Irons’ papal drama ‘The Borgias’ may soon find itself without a fourth season. Via Deadline, we’ve learned the under-performing period drama could instead graduate to a two-hour movie wrapping up the series plot, in lieu of a fourth season.

“I would like to finish it with a two-hour movie,” series creator Neil Jordan told the British press. “Another 10 episodes is kind of exhausting. I’ve mapped out a movie, which, if (Showtime brass) agree, will shoot in June with the same cast, and finally the Pope will die horribly.” ‘The Borgias’ had long been a moderate ratings performer for Showtime, though recent episodes have gained momentum as high as 674,000 viewers.

Wrapping up ‘The Borgias’ with a film would fall in line with Showtime’s commitment to provide floundering series with proper endings, much as ‘The Big C‘ was granted four additional episodes to wrap up its final arc. “It’s really important to me that our audience feels taken care of,” Showtime boss David Nevins said earlier this year.

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The Borgias 3.03 Sneak Peeks: Cesare Has Been Ordered to France Written By Shilo Adams on April 22nd, 2013 at 1:48 pm (TVOM)

The attempt on Pope Alexander's life could have sent the Borgia Pope into hiding, fearful of exposing himself to the same threats that nearly cost him the throne. However, Alexander is nothing if not ambitious, so the near-death experience made him hungrier to gain a stronghold in the area and arm himself with enough resources to vanquish whatever plan Catherina Sforza has been cooking up. In doing so, though, he's going to have to use both Cesare and Lucrezia as pawns; will they be willing to go along with what their father wants and marry royalty from enemy lands?

On the next episode of The Borgias, Alexander has tasked Cesare with finding a bride in France after Lucrezia marries Alfonso. Naples and France are mortal enemies, but France has such a fearsome reputation and abundant resources that Rome needs to have the state in its palm. Their supplies have been dwindling at the exact wrong time, since Catherina Sforza has been pulling the strings of the Romagna families and gathering a force of her own, so the alliance with France will ensure that they have enough firepower and food to last them a battle of any length. Naples was once thought to be a key get for the Holy Father, but with the difficulty that King Ferdinand has been giving them and Cesare's accounts of their empty coffers, they might not be the important ally that they once looked to be.

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Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi in new British Comedy 'VICIOUS"

Two of my favorite British actors - two of the finest actors in the world - playing a couple in 

VICIOUS

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Jeremy Irons Asks if Gay Marriage Would See Fathers Marry Sons (Video) 7:57 PM PDT 4/4/2013 by Aaron Couch (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

The "Borgias" star speculates tax advantages could push unions between immediate family members.

Jeremy Irons has some questions about what same-sex marriage would mean for familial relationships and the legal system.

Activist Stars Attend Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Hearing, While Hollywood Tweets Support
In particular, the Borgias star wonders if it could open the door for fathers and sons to marry, perhaps as a way for a father to pass down his property without estate taxes upon death.

"Could a father not marry his son?" Irons asked during an interview with The Huffington Post. He said this technically would not be incest if it were between men, because "incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don't breed.”

Jeremy Irons Discusses Gay Marriage

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Tom Hiddleston, Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images) CAITLIN MCBRIDE – 13 MARCH 2013 (INDEPENDENT WOMAN)

It's safe to say Hollywood heavyweight Jeremy Irons and his Irish wife Sinead Cusack are rock solid. The high profile couple made a rare public outing together at the prestigious South Bank Sky Arts Awards at The Dorchester in London last night, and after 34 years together, looked as happy as ever.

Jeremy has been incredibly honest about their marriage in the past, describing their relationship as "dysfunctional", and they are believed to be in an open relationship. The couple have often been photographed kissing and cuddling in public.

The high brow ceremony saw Jeremy as one of the guests on honour alongside his Tony award nominated wife. Actor James McAvoy was also in attendance alongside Anne Marie Duff, Richard E Grant, Grayson Perry,  Felicity Kendall and Akram Khan.

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The Borgias: A Behind the Scenes Look at Season 3 Written By Shilo Adams on March 5th, 2013 at 7:24 pm (TV OVER MIND)

The Borgia family suffered a series of blows last season that left them staggering. While Lucrezia lost Pablo and was forced to think about remarrying before she was ready, Cesare fell further out of favor with Rodrigo and Juan never recovered from an infected leg and humiliation on the battlefield, all but forcing Cesare to put him out of his misery. However, arguably the toughest blow was dealt by Cardinal della Rovere, who managed to infiltrate the Borgia camp and execute a hit on Rodrigo with a dosage of poison. This season on The Borgias, will Rodrigo be able to retain the papacy and recover from what happened before anyone can either finish him?

In a behind the scenes look at the third season of the historical drama, currently filming in Budapest, Rodrigo is shown being in full health, directing orders while on horseback. There was never any doubt that he would recover from the attempted assassination, but the fallout from there even being an attempt could be far reaching and have more significant impact than if he had succumbed to della Rovere's latest attempt at revenge. The cardinal will likely be inspired to go bigger and bolder in his next plan to make sure that it's successful, which could eventually lead to his undoing, while the Pontiff could become even more paranoid about his grasp on the papacy and the power of his enemies. That paranoia, seeded in the way he was elected to the throne, doesn't have to be a bad thing, however; it may cause him to go over his closest confidantes to suss out anyone not 100% loyal to him, increasing his safety and peace of mind.


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Jeremy Irons rides the Night Train to Lisbon – in Berlin (STV)

The movie adaptation of the bestselling novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier had its world premiere at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival this week.

The movie tells the story of Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons), a Latin teacher at a Swiss college who falls in love with a mysterious Portuguese woman in Bern, Switzerland.

Love stricken, he takes a night train to Lisbon, carrying with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, a (fictional) Portuguese doctor and author, who lived during Portugal's Carnation Revolution, and whose writings explore loneliness, mortality, death, friendship, love, and loyalty.

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‘The Borgias’ Season 3 Trailer: Can Only “A Borgia Love A Borgia”? (TV EQUALS)

“It seems only a Borgia can love Borgia.” The sinfully good season three trailer for Showtime’s The Borgias hints that there could be a very literal interpretation of that line awaiting us this year. After two seasons of establishing the close bond (and insane chemistry) between Borgia siblings Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) and Cesare (Francois Arnaud), the promo strongly hints that the duo’s relationship might finally take on a carnal nature. “It is a game of want and wanting,” Lucrezia tells her brother. The question is will they give in?



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the Borgias - New Episodes April 14

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Jeremy Irons has words about 'The Words' Published: August 29, 2012 1:07 PM (NEWSDAY)

By JOSEPH V. AMODIO. Special to Newsday  

There's a famous tale about Ernest Hemingway -- and the time his wife packed up all his early writings in a suitcase . . . and accidentally lost it on a train. The original manuscripts, all the carbons -- years of work -- gone.

This tale from the days before backup hard drives inspired "The Words," a haunting new drama about writers, romance and plagiarism that opens Sept. 7. It stars Bradley Cooper as a frustrated young writer being trailed by an old man, played by . . . wait . . . is that? Yes, it's Jeremy Irons.

The British icon aged nearly a quarter century to play the mysterious figure. Romantics, of course, still love him from the hit 1980s PBS series "Brideshead Revisited." Kids fear his bloodcurdling voice as the evil lion Scar in Disney's "The Lion King." And villainy fans enjoy "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" (he plays a terrorist), Showtime's "The Borgias" (a scheming pope) or "Reversal of Fortune" (murder suspect Claus von Bülow).

He's won a best actor Academy Award (for "Reversal") and a Tony (for Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing"), among others. Married with two grown children, Irons currently is shooting season 3 of "The Borgias" in Budapest. He spoke by phone with Newsday.


"The Words" is a rather literary film -- quiet, romantic. What encouraged you to make it?

Well, I thought the old man is an enigma, and it's always nice to play enigmas.

Why is that?

It's nice playing with the audience, letting them in slowly. And I thought it would be a bit of a challenge to play a man of that age. It would give me a chance to . . . do what I do, y'know?

I heard you were very particular about your costume.

I didn't want anything new. This is a man who had no interest in his clothing. I said, go to old thrift shops.
Find clothes that have life in them. I still have one of the shirts. I wear it and people say, "That's a wonderful old shirt."

The tale of Hemingway's lost manuscripts -- it's always haunted me.

Oh, terrible. Like losing a child. Terrible.

I guess that's one benefit of being a film actor over a writer -- your work is chronicled. It can't be misplaced.
But it can be forgotten. I remember when my eldest son . . . was young and having a birthday party, and the weather was terrible. So I said, "Why don't you watch a movie? Why not 'Some Like It Hot' -- it's a fantastic film. Marilyn Monroe." And he said, "Who's that?" And I thought . . . how soon they forget.


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Ralph Fiennes, Helen Bonham Carter: Great Expectations trailer (INDIEWIRE)

Mike Newell's take on Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" makes its world premiere at TIFF in September, and the first international trailer for the movie has dropped giving a rather substantial peek at what's in store. Featuring a pretty strong cast with veterans Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane starring alongside rising talents like Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger, the David Nicholls' penned film will hopefully do something to make it stand out from the countless versions that have come before. Certainly, the strong ensemble is a good way to start, and while it looks compelling, we'll see if its one worthy of distinction soon enough. There is no stateside distributor for this yet, but it will open in the U.K. on November 30th. Watch below.

 


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Jeremy Irons enjoys late night meal with daughter of former Bosnia leader wanted for alleged war crimes in Serbia By MARTIN HOWDEN (MAIL ON LINE)

As part of film royalty, Jeremy Irons is used to dining with the biggest and brightest of Hollywood talents.

But the Brideshead Revisited star could have bitten more than he can chew after enjoying a slap up meal with the daughter of Ejup Ganic - the controversial former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Muslim academic Ganic was accused of playing a central role in the 1992 attack on a Yugoslav army convoy that killed more than 40 people.


Ganic served as both vice-president and president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina after it broke from the former Yugoslavia, and was arrested at Heathrow Airport in March 2010.

He was released two days later, with the judge claiming that the arrest warrant was politically motivated and granted him bail of £300,000.



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