Some people believe that we’re going to see a Cumberbatch-esque Oscar campaign for Tom Hiddleston this year. I hope… well, I hope Tommy does launch an Oscar campaign. But I hope it isn’t as over-the-top and in-your-face as Cumby’s was for The Imitation Game. I hope Tom was watching his friend’s campaign and thinking, “When my turn comes, I’ll do it differently.” Perhaps I’m giving Tommy too much credit. After all, we know he goes all out – even reciting Shakespeare sonnets to ducks and performing like a dancing monkey on command – just to promote his films.
Why bring this up? Because Tommy’s turn as Hank Williams in I Saw the Light was just picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. SPC picked up “worldwide rights” to the film this week, but they haven’t given us a release date yet. Many believe that ISTW will be one of Sony Pictures Classics’ big Oscar-contenders this year, so they’ll want to bring this movie out to all of the fall film festivals. Tommy at Telluride? Tommy at TIFF? Tommy at Venice? Tommy at the London Film Festival? Hell, why not?
I Saw the Light is a pretty prestigious film already, despite what Hank Williams III has to say. They got the rights to Hank’s back catalog and we already know that Tommy worked his fingers to the bone to learn how to sing and play like Hank. And he lost weight for the role too, which is always good for a “transformation” story for an Oscar campaign. Sony Pictures Classic just waged super-successful Oscar campaigns for Julianne Moore in Still Alice and JK Simmons in Whiplash too. Will they put the money into Tommy? See, now I’m getting excited. I hope this fall is HIDDLES OVERLOAD.
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No school today and the wrong day to sleep in! But yea, our Friday morning man is back!
ugh – sometimes being on the west coast is problematic, it’s barely even 7am and already the party has started. How am I going to be a responsible adult at work today when there are more important things to do, like discuss Tom and his upcoming projects?
Hands off my husband this weekend. Tom’s mine for Easter weekend.
He currently has no projects announced for the fall and Thor3 starts filming next winter, according to Ray Stephenson (Volstagg) but Tom said he was too busy to return to the stage this year so I do hope he has something lined up that he hasn’t announced. There should be no need to go full Cumberbatch.
i hope so i keep expecting to hear something announced.They are filming The Night Manager scenes with in London with Neil Morrisey and Olivia Coleman but not sure if Tom is involved.
Olivia Coleman’s character has a lot of scenes set in London. Tom’s character does not but they are using studios there so he would be shooting on a studio set while she may have some outdoor scenes.
that was my thought as well,Depends where he and Burr have their initial meetings etc and if they show his training
I’m starting to LOVE the idea of Coleman as Burr. She’s so sassy that it works.
@jammypants, I love that they switched it up and brought a woman into that part. There were far too many men in the novel and it is good to see a woman performing a tough job, not just as the love interest/murder victim/love interest.
@Lilac, yes and a woman who engineers the outcome of events in the story too.
Next winter as in November or January?
Late January- March 2016 was the sense I got for a start date. Marvel has other films ahead of Thor3 to shoot
Four films lined up and three in the hopper: Crimson Peak and I Saw the Light come out this year, then High Rise and Skull Island films next, plus The Night Manager. I think he’ll be fine but it would be nice to see him return to the stage.
He has no films scheduled for release in 2016.
High Rise is this year as well. The Night Manager TV series is Spring 2016, Skull Island is March 2017 and Thor 3 is Nov, 2017.
I’m confused on the Skull Island news earlier this week. I thought it was filming in the fall, but Scified said it starts in May in Hawaii. Either way, he’s got time to be doing something and I’m curious if he just hasn’t announced it.
Selfishly, I only want Stage Tom if it’s on NT Live or Digital Theatre for the rest of us. Tho’ if he does his dream role of Benedick in Much Ado, I just might have to sell my children to pay for that trip.
@Mtn, I’m going to double-down on my bet that Skull Island won’t start filming until August, despite those reports to the contrary. Or, if it does start production earlier, Tom won’t be on the schedule until later this summer.
I wonder if Team Tom didn’t put a placeholder on his calendar for promo work surrounding ISTL and that’s why there is no project (that we know of) scheduled for the end of the year. If it’s an award contender, wouldn’t the release be late in the year to kick-off an awards season campaign? Or maybe the guy just wants a nice break, after all the work in the last few years he deserves it.
Skull Island had always been set for spring summer. The Scifed piece contained nothing new
I would love a short stage break but it does not sound like it and it sounds like Brannagh has got his Shakespeare project off the ground with MacBeth.
i just hope he surprises us with something new soon.
@Darya I thought that too – blocking off time for promo of both ISTL and Crimson Peak from October through awards season. Plus depending on when The Night Manager airs, AMC and BBC will want him to do promo for that in early 2016.
Dang, I’m in Hawaii (big island) until Apr 13….not May though. Which island is he filming on in May?
And glad to see a Hiddles post on Friday.
tigerlily, it was Kauai.
You went full Cumberbatch. Never go full Cumberbatch. Haha!
This needs to be on a t-shirt.
Having one made to complete my Easter ensemble
Oh make me one too! We can match when we take the boys egg hunting. Maybe not one for dear Colin, though.
AbbyJ Colin designed them
Finally, a Tommy post!
If he ever does a Cumberbatch-esque Oscar campaign I will cry.
Though I bet he will and it’ll be worse than BC’s.
Why do you say that? He’s been taking his publicity the other way for over a year. And his team seems to already be a lot better than BCs.
It’s in my nature, I always prepare for the worst.
Also Tom doesn’t know how to say no. If Harvey Weinstein ever gets a hold of him, there’s no limits to what he won’t be willing to do for his work.
But lets hope I’m proven wrong!
Well, it’d be Sony’s people plus independent consultants leading the team, not his, InvaderTak. But hey we’re jumping the gun anyway, the film has to screen first.
A.Key, we can all rejoice that Harv isn’t going to be running an Oscar campaign for Tom. I understand your concerns, but I think looking at the past year and a half, Tom’s shown maturity in the way he deals with the press and fans. Also, so much of the wtfery with Ben stemmed from knocking up Sophie last summer; I seriously doubt that will happen with Tom. He is more guarded, careful with his words and has shown that he can draw boundaries with overzealous fans (i.e. Ironman 3 premier). Now that he’s achieved a level of fame that is opening doors for him, he appears more comfortable in saying no when necessary.
We will be subjected to Hiddles overload if this movie has Oscar buzz, but as long as Tom’s not acting disingenuously, I can deal.
@MtnRunner, I confess my first thought when Sony tweeted was, ‘thank God it’s not Weinstein Co’, and since Sony also owns the rights to the songs I think there will be a soundtrack to go along with the movie.
There were a lot of WTF moments during Ben’s campaign, but I don’t think all of them were Sophie-related. His crazy schedule, obvious desperation for the gold statue, growing disdain for his fanbase, random events in his personal life, and his foot-in-mouth tendencies all created a perfect storm of “did that just happen?” moments for me.
To be fair, every nominee campaigns hard (even if they say they aren’t), but the key for them is to not lose sight of who they are – or at least what their public image is. And you are right, they can’t say one thing and then do the exact opposite. That pisses me off much more than an obvious try-hard.
“Now that he’s achieved a level of fame that is opening doors for him, he appears more comfortable in saying no when necessary.”
So basically, once he didn’t need the fans as much, he pulled back. Don’t blame him but boy that is cold.
@Ha, it’s a Catch-22 isn’t it? If an entertainer goes above and beyond with fans, that reputation will earn you more fans which inevitably makes it impossible to continue giving each and every fan a personal moment. That level of interaction is great when there are a few dozen people waiting for you at a stage door or a few die-hards are staking out your hotel when you are on location, but trying to do the same thing when there a few hundred – or a few thousand – is impossible, and probably unwise.
It’s also a sad fact that as much as a celeb will give of themselves, a certain segment of fans will always want more. I think (and hope) Tom will always be more generous with his time and attention than a lot of his peers, especially in controlled settings like red carpets, but there have to be limits.
Ha, the key word is “when necessary”. Tom has every right to say no when fans demand more from him than they should. It’s not cold, it’s called maintaining healthy boundaries. He doesn’t owe an intrusive fan a selfie when he’s sitting down drinking coffee on his personal time. Fans are important, but even more, he needs directors who know his work and want to hire him for good roles.
Perhaps in the early years he was willing to do anything to promote himself, his films, make his fans happy etc, but I think he learned the hard way that he needed to pull back because some are unaware of the lines they’re crossing.
no one could be worse than Benny
LOL, no. Plenty of bad campaigns out there over the last 2 decades, and he doesn’t even make the Top 10. Some of the shit people have pulled in the past is jaw-dropping.
I’m more curious to see if they’re whitewashing HW into some sort of tragic hero and skipping over how he was violent toward his wife and others.
No kidding! But, I can’t help but wonder how much different he would have looked to us had Sophie not been on the red carpet with him or attended the events simply as his non-pregnant girlfriend. I doubt he would have acted so weird.
@An by all accounts his wife was a pretty difficulty person who made his life miserable and gave as good as she got. She was always bullying him into singing at his concerts when everyone involved new she could not sing.
But if they go by the book it will include his propensity for getting into fights especially when he was binging.
Yeah, Hank bore the marks of Audrey Mae’s violent attacks too. They had a very contentious relationship. She had a keen eye of seeing his potential before he hit it big, but was more interested in using Hank’s success to further her own singing career and spending his money faster than he made it. Unfortunately, she couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, her presence in the studio or on tour only added to Hank’s stress.
I too hope that Marc won’t whitewash the story (as presented in the book); that’s my biggest complaint about most biopics. Hanks sad, tragic history needs to be shown for what it really was along with his genius at being able to connect with his audience.
Hank Williams’s mother was a bit over the top as well and he was stuck between the two women. The only thing the two ever agreed on was shutting out the second wife and the daughter when it came down to divvy up the estate.
I think if he’d been nominated for something a couple years ago, he very well could have, but I get the feeling he’s learned a bit about the rise and fall of public sentiment since them. He strikes me as a smart guy who’s pretty aware of what his peers are doing, so I’m going to bet on something more like Eddie Redmayne’s approach if things work out and ISTL gets awards attention. He’s a likable guy in person, as well, and I could see him doing well charming people through quieter routes rather than with publicity.
Eddie Redmayne’s campaign was far worse. He went full-on Portman.
Yeah, someone should have told Natalie, Eddie and Anne Hathaway that sort of strategy almost never pays off in the end. It’s too bad they all went home empty-handed… oh wait, never mind.
I think he’ll just charm the socks off of everyone, without all the weird mating ritual stuff. Also, keep an eye out for him doing music performances to promote the Hank Williams flick.
yes -i would love to see him do this in moderation
Lets go with….no. big no. Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton are your models here. Get the industry’s attention, not tumblrs.
Exactly.
+1,000
My sentiments exactly. ER is his role model for a by-the-book Oscar Campaign. MK is his role model for a more modest campaign. Both came out looking like they wanted it but not famewhore-y to me, at least.
@MtnRunner I would hope he rings up his old Eton schoolmate this fall to talk about campaigns, and maybe chats a bit with Keaton on Skull Island. He’s a savvy guy, I think he knows when to go full out (Marvel), and when to dial it back (OLLA, Hollow Crown, War Horse all come to mind). But it will be fun to see him on the big-name talk shows. You know James Corden is probably already thinking about it.
Waitwhat, I am sooo thrilled that he’s working with Keaton and Simmons this summer and can pick their brains about the campaigning experience.
I don’t even care that I’m not a King Kong fan. Hiddles, Simmons and Keaton? I’m there.
It’s also a question of temperament. TH is a much more relaxed, laid back type than BC. He’s much less moody. According to all his colleagues, he’s always smiling and happy, so I don’t see him losing it like Bendy did.
I am all for a Hiddles overload this awards season.
Dragonfly King coverage all day, EVERY day.
Plus, he really does work so hard and put in so much effort, it would be lovely to see him well rewarded.
@Amelia, I agree 100%. I can’t wait.
Oh lord, he just manages to stay bearable during Marvel promotion; he’d be impossibly earnest during an Oscar campaign. No thanks.
Will they? Maybe. For every movie they push there are several that fall by the wayside. It’s hard to say.
He pretty much sold Thor 11 single handedly and made it fun but he has toned down all the other PR stuff which is not film related apart from awards ceremonies etc Westminster church reading and a few twitter posts for charity..He seems to be on the Westminster list for readings as he did one for charity last Xmas
He did the reading at Attenborough’s memorial service at Westminster because the family asked him. He had known Attenborough since his time at RADA and the organizers wanted to represent Attenborough’s contributions to the school.
and he was born in Westminster so it is old family stomping grounds
It’ll either be really really cringeworthy or well-calculated. He can be OTT, but I think he (his team) is a lot more canny than people give him (them) credit for.
He promoted Coriolanus without all the zany dancing bear antics and his promotion for OLLA when it was released consisted of just a few simple telephone interviews because he was filming Crimson Peak. His red carpet appearances for more serious, non-comic book projects do tend to be dialed down and appropriate. He also had a more humble approach when nominated for things; his interviews before the Oliviers and Evening Standard awards acknowledged that he faced very tough competition and that he didn’t really expect wins.
He’ll be fine with the right ppl. He’s very image conscious and sticks to the script.
He promoted OLLA at TIFF and kept it very low key and focused but he does know how to have fun as well
Agree with above. It’s only Marvel that brings out the dancing bear. His promotion of other projects is more low key (no pun intended!). Since his films this year are darker and more serious, I think we’ll see that coming out in his interviews as well.
“Since his films this year are darker and more serious, I think we’ll see that coming out in his interviews as well.”
I didn’t express that right. What I meant is, he’ll be more his mellow self in his interviews.
That was for Thor though. For the more serious projects, I don’t see him being a dancing bear.
Okay! That last picture of Tom walking through the airport with his pants tucked into his boots is so silly!
If your jeans will go not go over your boots I do it all the time especially with the skinny jeans fashion at the moment but we have been down this road on previous threads.
Yea and the fact that it has been picked up so quickly is promising with Sony praising his performance.Just pleased that it was Sony and not Weinstein who got hold of it.
Having read the book I know as much about the history of of country music as I do about Hank.Who ever wrote it knew his stuff.
It will be fun to see how Tom promotes it.He was very laid back with OLLA at Cannes letting Jarmusch and Tilda take the lead.
Trouble is he has so much to promote this year it could become overkill by default but we better be spared a chocolate Tom Hiddleston.
I would eat a chocolate Hiddles, icerose. It might be all I can get this weekend. I shall try and lick it slowly and bite ever so gently to make the choco-gasm last a loooong time.
well with that as an image i might revise my decision.
MOAR DRAGONFLIES!
I seriously doubt he will go overboard like Cumberbatch did. I could be wrong, but I think it will be more like Eddie Redmayne style of campaigning. Congrats to Hiddleston and good luck!
If Tom keeps himself free to campaign in the fall, that’s what I expect too. A Redmayne style campaign.
I hope the Oscar voters wouldn’t diss him simply because they gave it to a Brit last year.
that has been my thought as well-i cannot see a Brit getting it two years in a row but we jump the gun and need a few reviews first.
ER has shown that if Tom campaigns right and he nails a difficult role, even the old fogies at the AMPAS may break with tradition and go with a young guy over the long admired, established actor. So there’s hope.
If The Danish Girl is ready before the end of the year, Eddie is probably a lock for another nom, maybe even another win. But I think we are getting a little ahead of ourselves, it’s a long time before awards season and a lot can happen.
Release date? We need a release date!
And High-Rise still needs a US distributor.
Do you think it will go to Cannes? Maybe it will pick up a US distro deal there? My gut says High Rise won’t get a big push here, even if it does get a US distributor. It will probably be closer to an OLLA-type release, if it all.
We’ll know it it got selected for Cannes in a couple of weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is.
I will be very surprised if it doesn’t get selected by Cannes.
The only question is if it’s in main competition, or other catagory. I heard it has entered Director’s Fortnights.
Also think High-Rise will surely get a US distribution deal during Cannes.
If they are all at the BFI film festival I may go for a membership this year and catch them early
if this post is cosher Luke Evans has confirmed Cannes for High Rise
“I cannot even explain how happy and excited I am today. I’ve tried to ask Luke Evans about high rise during the panels at Hobbitcon, but it was impossible.
So I tried it on the bar, and it worked. I’ve asked him about his role in high rise (surprised that nobody mentioned this movie during the panels). He thanked me for asking, and we chatted for a couple of minutes before he was dragged into the VIP zone by the security guy. Luke said that he loved his role. Wilde is completely crazy, the movie is madness and he loves it. And he confirmed that they’ll open in Cannes!
http://damageditem.tumblr.com/post/115613240268/i-cannot-even-explain-how-happy-and-excited-i-am
I won’t be going to Cannes so, while I wish the film well; an appearance at Cannes doesn’t necessarily get the film to me as soon as I would like.
Lord I hope not. SPC better focus their time on “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” and “Grandma” I’m so damn sick of biopics of famous dead white dudes.
SPC can focus on more than one film during the awards season. It did this past year, resulting in Oscar wins for JK Simmons AND Julianne Moore. As for white dudes getting recognition, the casts of both those films are rather white and men and women compete in different acting categories so Lily Tomlin won’t lose any recognition to Tom.
I won’t be surprised if he does go the cumberbath modest fame whore route for promotion. I’m used to disappointment in celebrities so I try to hold little expectation for them and rarely become a fan anymore.
It goes with the territory so there’s no escaping it, and Hiddles notoriously has been willing to go to the opening of an envelope as they say. But it wasn’t getting him the roles he wanted and he seemed to back off a bit in the last year or so and went quiet for awhile and it looks like he regrouped. He’s got four decent films in the pipeline with a wide range of audiences and roles, plus a US/UK broad network suspense mini-series bases on a Le Carre story. They’ll need PR there’s no getting around it – it’s a question of what kind and how it’s handled.
He hasn’t been attending envelope openings because he was working on location
He’s an actor. There is a difference between going to movie premieres and going to opening of shoe store :p.
“Hiddles notoriously has been willing to go to the opening of an envelope.”
I’m curious about this. I know he’s supported his friends at their film premiers, but I don’t put that in the envelope opener category. I don’t recall anything in the older threads about him opening up shoe stores or hosting sporting events in his down time like that other guy, so I’m wondering what you’re referring to.
Promo is promo, unless you’re one of those actors with a capital “A” who thinks you’re above all of it.
MtnRunner, he’s done useless stuff, like Evian promo at Wimbledon, unnecessary awards shows, there was a whole flurry of it from him 2 years back or so. But they all do it.
[The sports event is a charity thing though, not something I’d personally dig at. I’d prefer charity events for branding.]
He said he’s geek for 2 things, Shakespeare and tennis. He said he loves Wimbledon and went every year because it’s always after his school final and attending Wimbledon reminds him of happy days. I thought he showed up at the Evian event because that’s how he got their sponsor tickets to watch the final. Good free seating in a sell-out event that he loves to attend. Why not. I really don’t think that has anything to do with branding.
It does, Josa, he gave interviews there. It’s not bad, again, most actors do that and he’s not an exception or above it. It’s a competitive market and not about talent alone. They’re independent contractors, so like most independent contractors, you’ve got to market yourself.
@JS. I’m not suggesting that he’s above anyone. He does his share of promoting himself, which is a necessity for his line of work. I’m just objecting the idea of saying anything and everything he does is solely for promoting himself. Evian don’t hold an event giving out corporate box tickets to celebrities without nothing in return. He’s going to watch that final anyway because he loves tennis. He can buy his own tickets. But pleasing an organizer by attending an event he planned to attend anyway, two birds one stone, not a bad move. There are others who loves to paint him as an attentionwhore who went out of his way to get publicity, suggesting that “going to Evian’s event in Wimbledon is only for promoting himself” fits that agenda . Moreover, he went to all those events when he doesn’t have any work at that time period. When he’s working, he hardly show up anywhere.
Come to think of it, maybe Ben loves shoes very much and must attend that shoe store opening in a weeknight during his Hollow Crown shoot in the period when he’s also busy flying between continents campaigning, who knows.
I hardly call the Bafta’s and BFI awards unnecessary award events.
He has been a big supporter of the BFI from his student days and high profile stars giving out awards draws attention to both the films and events.
It is not that unusual for UK stars to be given good seats with Evian/Wimbledon which are actually very hard to come by and people queue over night and tennis is his passion.He pays for his own theatre tickets and has been seen standing in queues for returns with the general public
He attended UK fashion events because he was and may still be a member of a board that supports UK fashion world wide.
The only actual adverts he has done were Jaguar unlike Benny which has also done a dog food advert.He did support the Empire new talent awards because he believes in it and did admit to drinking the vodka that supported it which is along way from opening stores etc
I don’t think he’s an attention whore, Josa. nor do I have any “agenda”.
In fact, I think it’s pretty clear my personal opinion is any edge is an edge and you need to make hay while the sun still shines when you’re an actor, so I don’t look down on or think less of any of them for it.
Hank Williams III does not exist. Shelton Williams (son of Hank Williams Jr) performs under the name Hank III. His father’s family has nothing to do with him, and he only uses the name Hank III to cash in on his grandfather’s name, has spent 20 years trying to get a successful music career going (he sold a couple thousand records cumulatively and was dropped by his label a few years ago for poor sales.) and is generally known to be a mouthy idiot and a failure.
So any source that sites him as speaking for “the family” is laughable and disreputable.
Everyone in Nashville knows Shelton’s a moron. His criticisms will probably only help in promoting the movie.
I’m excited that this movie is getting such broad distribution and expect that Tom’s going to gain a whole lotta fans that would never watch a Marvel film, but have grown up on Hank’s music. It will do well in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee especially, where Hank has history and country music is popular. But really, anyone who listens to music related to country (ie Americana, folk) will be interested in it from young to old.
Between ISTL and NM, Tom’s going to be known by middle America, not just comic book and Shakespeare lovers.
Heart hammering here . . . of course we haven’t seen the film yet but I do hope he finally gets the attention he merits for a really juicy role. And second that about having watched Cumberbatch’s disaster unfold. Note to Hiddles: if you MUST have a girlfriend on the red carpet next year, 1) start seeing her now instead of ten minutes before awards season starts, 2) wrap it up no matter who it is or how you think you feel about her & keep it wrapped till the day after the Oscars, and 3) don’t let Harvey Weinstein pick her for you.
‘Nuff said. Bring it!
Ugh I hope he sticks by his no-shilling-personal-life motto if he campaigns for an Oscar.
I doubt that will change. He’s always been tight-lipped about his personal life.
No lie, I’d love to see him out on the RC with someone special. Just as long as she’s not up the duff and he behaves like he actually likes her.
well, Tumblr FLIPPED OUT on him for bringing that Susanna girl to a red carpet event as his gf a few months after Thor 1 was released (and she was not pregnant+ he did act like he liked her, cuddling and all).
oneshot — that’s what I wanna see. Tom out with his +1 and Tumblr having a meltdown. I’ll pop the corn and mix a pitcher of Fizzy Hiddles and watch the show. You’re welcome to join me.
Seriously though, I think it’s pretty isolating and lonely to be in Hiddles position, always moving from project to project, getting close to people and having to say goodbye months later, being wary of people wanting to use him for things, being recognized but never really being known. I’d like to see him anchored down with someone he’s willing to put the time and effort in maintaining a relationship with, someone that can support him at these events. Let Tumblr have their meltdown and find someone else to fantasize over.
Tumblr should not factor into anything he does. Tumblr bloggers are not BAFTA, SAG, or AMPAS voters nor are they producers or directors with casting abilities
My point exactly, Lilac. Fan opinions shouldn’t mean diddly to him. But actors do have an intense need to be approved of. I just hope that whoever he would bring out would lock down her social media ahead of the big “reveal” so she isn’t subject to the intense stalking that JA was.
Doubtful, Bea, it’s part and parcel for a campaign.
And before someone says Eddie Redmayne didn’t shill his personal life, he totally did [and his campaigning got obnoxious if you followed it, also pretty common].
Eddie Redmayne levels of shilling, I can accept. He was with his longtime gf, their engagement/wedding had nothing to do with the award season. People were interested and he talked about it briefly when appropriate. His wife isn’t the first thing that comes in my mind when someone says Eddie Redmayne.
The timing of their engagement/wedding was for awards. Not saying they weren’t going to get married, but at the very least the wedding was timed for it, and he talked about it a lot. But that wasn’t really followed here at all.
Campaigns start as early as 12 months prior. He’s now “Eddie Redcarpet” on some of the bigger awards forums lol. He was too much.
@Celk – Hah! ‘Eddie Redcarpet’ is brilliant. I’ll admit I didn’t follow his campaign very closely, I’ll guess I saw about 50% of what he did so it seemed about right to me. I suspect most Oscar voters don’t watch every second of what the nominees are up to either, so they don’t actually see how over the top Actor A or Actress B is actually being.
As for his wedding, who knows which came first, the nomination or setting the wedding date, but he did go straight back to work after the Oscars so maybe award season provided a window in his schedule they used to advantage. I give him less side-eye than a certain other nominee, namely because he’d been with Hannah more than a nano-second, and never seemed put out if they were caught holding hands in public.
@Celk Eddie came out as very modest in the round table talks and as someone who had not been on my radar I was very impressed,H actually helped to make them more interesting as opposed to Benny who just sat and tried to sell his film.He avoided over the top attention seeking sound bites and gave the impression he was just pleased to be considered as opposed to Benny using Turing’s cause as an Oscar campaign.
And the cream on the cake was the obvious affection between him and his fiancée who kept her head and did not try and outshine him on the red carpet
His modesty came off super fake after awhile, sorry. It was very Hathaway. He also had slip ups with it lol. I don’t dislike the dude, but his campaign was OTT.
Also, IDC about Cumberbatch’s campaign nor did I mention it, you can criticize more than one campaigner, you know. Bit obsessive about that dude or what?
Celk, some of us were much more aware of Cumby’s campaign (since we were getting near daily posts on him here) and Eddie’s looked classy in comparison. The fact that he kept himself free to do the whole awards circuit does show how much Eddie wanted to win, but then again, most actors do so he’s not unusual in that respect. He ran a by-the-book campaign and it paid off.
I’ll admit, I don’t watch the talk shows and only caught a couple of roundtable interviews and what CB posted on Eddie’s campaign. He seemed like a decent, well-mannered guy who showed respect for his fellow nominees. Every actor has an ego and some hide it better than others. In my opinion, Eddie hides his well and comes off as humble and grateful for the nominations he received.
I think it’s irrelevant whether Eddie timed his wedding for the campaign. After two years of dating someone he appeared to adore that’s a natural progression for a couple in love. Besides, getting married wasn’t the factor that gave him the win over Keaton. Oscar voters could care less about that.
@mtnrunner – I’ll keep my popcorn ready and the champagne chilled for the day Tommy brings a girl to an awards red carpet and the sh-t truly hits the fan. I wouldn’t mind company for a ringside view lol, not at all.
@oneshot, save me a seat too! I’m the first to admit I’m a tad over-invested in Tom and his career, but I also fully admit to enjoying watching things go a little squirrely among certain segments of his fans when even just the hint of a significant other starts swirling.
You got it oneshot. I just hope that those who follow Tumblr will report back to us on CB. The meltdown would be epic.
I don’t think Eddie attended any more red carpet events than any other actor/actress in the awards competitions this year. What he did attend were the screenings, which were also attended by Keaton, Moore, Simmons, Arquette, and many others. But he, and for the most part, most of them, did so in a rather low-key manner without calling attention to it, unlike some who did not attend but made a big deal about being too busy to do so because of work, but still managed to not only attend every awards ceremony but present at them and appear in countless magazine articles and at every round table, plus all sorts of other weird activities.
Redmayne did the most appearances out of all the males plus off-trail branding stuff (ie. store openings), was on multi mag covers—even the Mr. Porter Post, a retail catalog–and attended nearly all the screenings. He was also the only male to make all the major award shows. Pretty standard for an uber aggressive campaign, like I said, I don’t hate the guy, but damn he got really annoying.
Redmayne did the most appearances out of all the males plus off-trail branding stuff (ie. store openings) was on multiple mag covers—even the Mr. Porter Post, a retail catalog–attended nearly all the screenings. He was the only male nominee to make all major and semi-major awards shows.
Definitely going to bring my Baileys and Grand Marnier on ice with some pate and other treats when he does appear with someone serious.I think he is moving himself into a better position to introduce a more permanent arrangement.
I think with Susannah he had no idea what the impact we be and he did not hold back on how he felt about her on the red carpet.
Meanwhile the man has charm and I bet he gets what he wants when he wants and manages to avoid the kiss and tell type.
@Celk To be honest i do not pay much attention to Oscar campaigns so have no idea what has happened in he past but seeing the way they promoted Imitation Game which was not only a flawed but fabricate in places just put me right off Benny’s Oscar campaign.All the ten dollar bill/stamp stuff etc was tacky and it was noticeable that apart from Fry there was very little support for it in the UK.
If you want to find out what the people at Bletchley were really like and not just glamorised/Americanised versions within the film -this book is pretty good or watch the original film of the stage version with Derek Jacobi.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bletchley-Girls-Secrecy-Women/dp/1444795716.
Um, at no point was I discussing Cumberbatch…? This is so freaking weird.
Celk–this is a REALLY long thread from the original comment, but the general discussion (even if his name isn’t directly mentioned) is re not wanting TH to campaign like BC. Your take is that ER’s campaign was more obnoxious (at least, that is how I’m interpreting it, so please correct me if I’m wrong) while a lot of posters here feel that BC’s was the more egregious. Personally, I didn’t trip over ER’s as much, so it seemed less over the top to me (perception) but in the end it doesn’t matter because I’m not an Academy voter. ANYWAY, to lessen (I hope) your confusion re not having mentioned Cumberbatch–by dent of being in this particular thread of conversation (off of comment #16, IIRC) you are in a discussion that includes him. Think of him as the Celebitchy baseline for OTT Oscar campaigns and weird PR re personal life– he had his own tab at the CB header for a while there!
@Celk: Above answer definitely applies to most posters around here, but there’s a few with plain old negative obsessions with that guy around here.
So @Celk brings up a good point, doesn’t every actor go OTT when campaigning for an Oscar? Is there a recent example of anyone winning the statue that wasn’t also accused of campaigning too hard? Maybe they all do it because it works. Eddie, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, even Matthew McConaughey have all been side-eyed for being too try-hard and doing too much, but they all went home winners.
But what’s OTT? People have different definitions of when an actor’s Oscar campaign crosses that line. If there are promotional events that an Oscar contender should attend (screenings, award shows, Q&As, talk shows, roundtables, panels), is it fair to say someone is campaigning too hard when they attend as many as their schedule allows? They want to win and promoting themselves and their film is the way to do it. I don’t understand why it’s considered try-hard or thirsty to attend these things.
Perhaps because most of us don’t promote ourselves or our work in such a public and extensive way, it’s seems so OTT, when that’s normal in the film/TV industry.
Good point @mtn, and I certainly judged Michael Fassbender for being vaguely snarky about the whole process when he was nominated and refusing to do any events during awards season. I think I even accused him of not doing his job.
I’m down with a nominee or potential nominee doing everything they can to highlight their work. If they can hustle their asses off and still maintain some semblance of grace then it’s all good. I realize their public image is mostly smoke and mirrors to begin with but it really does bug me when I see a nominee say and do things that seem contrary to how they’ve behaved in the past just to better their odds at voting time.
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Love to see TH on Graham Norton, Ellen, and the American late night talk shows for a change. Who knows what Fallon would come up with for him to do. James Corden has a late night show here, he could repeat his Chatty Man dance.
He passed on the regular late night circuit during the TDW promos, asking Marvel to book him for the more unusual stuff, which they did. So Natalie, ChrisH, Anthony Hopkins, and Jamie Alexander got the more traditional promo stuff.
How do you know he passed?
@Catherine, because he said so in an interview. He agreed to do the heavy PR promotion in Asia with Feige, which Hemsworth and Portman skipped completely, if he could do the more offbeat stuff in Europe and the U.S., which is how Jamie Alexander ended up on the Tonight show while he did Comedy Central and MTV. He said the traditional stuff bores him.
Which interview did he say this? Sounds to me like it was more of a Marvel pr strategy and he went along with it. I can’t believe he’d turn down a US talk show appearance.
I had wondered why he was only on Chelsea Lately in the US myownself. But I would really like to see this interview, Lilac!
@totallyBiased, I can’t remember whether it was print or video but it also included reference to being a dancing bear. I will try to find it this weekend when I’m not limited to searching on my phone. I don’t tend to bookmark or save anything so searching is required. Of course, it could be one of the links that I previously provided on earlier threads in response to Catherine’s constant challenges.
It was very smart of him to do the Asia circuit as the major draw when casting people these days is their appeal to the Asian market. High Rise cast him and Luke Evans mainly because they fare well overseas and their project needed that lift. Guillermo del Toro’s films are also going to appeal to those markets because of Pacific Rim etc. He is very very smart about his business, it’s admirable. He knows that there is a world outside Hollywood and that most movies are shot for the 4.5 billion Asians, not for Americans or Europeans.
And by leaving the big US PR stuff to Hemsworth, Portman, Hopkins, and Jamie Alexander, he was able to fly back to London and begin Coriolanus work almost immediately after the LA premier of TDW, while they were still popping up on Leno two weeks later.
Hello @Lilacflowers. I’m not accusing you of any willful mendacity (I am a longtime lurker and you seem to be extremely funny and nice,) but do you have a source for his “passing” on the more widely exposed fare? I had always assumed that his mere internet fame would not have been enough to secure his position as a guest on late night programmes, and that the bigger names (no matter how boring and unenthusiastic they would surely have been) got the easier promoting work.
I don’t think at that time, Tom had much say on his promo appearances.
@Bea i’ve not read anywhere that Ben Wheatley cast Tom and Luke for their appeal to Asian audiences. High Rise isn’t exactly a film, IMO that the Chinese or Korean audiences will be interested in. I could be wrong, but we shall see.
I do remember reading that Amy Jump had a picture of Tom on her Kitchen notice board and was on her dream list casting for Dr Laing.
The Guardian ran an article about Marvel’s internet marketing strategy for Thor2 and how it was pretty clever. Tom was chosen/volunteered for this side because it’s made a perfect fit at that time, and he did go on record to say how he found straight interviews boring and likes the fun stuff and rather do this.
Chris H had no internet presence at all or any kind of relationship with comic fans, duh he’s only just woken up to it. Everyone wanted Hiddles. Marvel knew it. Marvels main audience is the comic-con crowd, not talk shows. To reach the kids – Marvel were spot on. When Chris and Natalie were on Graham N, they were squeezed in right at the end for like 5 mins. Hardly a worthwhile interview, compared with Tom’s on Chatty Man.
But, a lot of stuff was going on at that time with Chris. Chris H was filming and pouting with Marvel, Natalie and Anthony H was, if you like, couldn’t be bothered. All their lack of enthusiasm showed. Tom toured Asia & OZ with Kevin Fiege, he did all the big stuff there. He did all the European premiers, Chris missed some. They did something like over ten countries, by private jet. Tom’s PA tweeted about it. I wouldn’t call that small, he did the big stuff too. US isn’t everything, guys!
And by they time they got to the US Tom wasn’t well. There were twitter rumours that he was pretty exhausted, and then the night of the LA premiere he flew straight back to UK to start Coriolanus rehearsals not even a day break.
He also fitted in the Jag advert in November.
I think its safe to say, Tom carried Thor2. Internet marketing is big stuff and not to be sniffed at.
@’P’enny Yes I also found it interesting which is probably why I remember that. It was in an interview but was it Wheatley or his producer I can’t remember and it was a tiny soundbite. They might have wanted to cast him for a long time but they probably wouldn’t get their project green lighted if he was a new comer etc. I follow new British filmmakers because of my job so I remember Ben Wheatley’s earlier work and this is his first project where he cast major name actors, he must have a mahoooosive budget for this one. He usually does so good with so little so I’m really looking forward to what he comes up with when he’s not challenged by a tiny budget.
I read the same interview that Lilacflowers read and he definitely said he prefers doing the fun ones more than the traditional sit down and chat.
Wow P’enny, I had no idea he was running himself all over the world promoting Thor 2 and went straight into Coriolanus rehearsals after that. Dude’s been working non-stop longer than I thought.
I suspect at this point, we could reasonably expect him to do the talk show circuit for ISTL. That’s the audience Sony’s gonna want to target for that movie.
@Mtn, I remember thinking at the time that the guy really can’t be human. I’m about to do a laundry list that will make me look like a stalker, but I had just watched Hollow Crown and my Tom-obsession hit hard during this timeframe.
After however many weeks, countries and time-zones doing Thor II promo, Tom steps off a plane and goes straight to rehearsal. During rehearsals for Coriolanus he also films the first Jaguar commercial, presents at the Evening Standard Awards and performs at a charity event. Once Coriolanus starts, he’s performing 6 days a week but I think Jessica Chastain and GDT also fly to London at some point during this time to do some prep work with Tom for Crimson Peak.
The Coriolanus run ends on a Friday in February, he films the 2nd Jaguar spot on that Saturday and flies to Toronto on Sunday to start CP. We find out later he’s also working with Rodney and Marc Abraham for Hank while in Toronto for Crimson Peak. Oh, and he also flies back to London on a weekend to attend the Olivier Awards.
There was a nice little break after CP wraps, but then it’s straight on to High Rise, and if you believe Idris, also filming a few scenes for the Avengers at the same time. There were a few days break after High Rise, but then he’s seen in the US with Rodney to prep I Saw the Light. Now it’s The Night Manager and then Skull Island almost back to back.
He said in an interview somewhere that he’s afraid of wasting time, and he ain’t kidding.
@ Darya
And, his worse fans then complained because he bailed out of a charity event organised by Samuel L Jackson!!!
For the record, Olly tweeted that was ten countries in 32 days. I don’t know about you guys, but that’s awesome, that’s some travelling.
P’enny that SLJ post is probably my favorite one on CB. At one point when they were closing in on 500 comments, someone recapped what had been discussed and there were balls jokes, cancer stories, plenty of salacious humor and a discussion on table etiquette. It was all over the map — heartbreaking and hilarious.
OMG, @MtnRunner – I remember that! I think it was only the 2nd or 3rd Tom article I actually was brave enough to comment on and the whole entire exchange was spectacular! It cried out for a recap. Comment 48 here:
http://www.celebitchy.com/368722/tom_hiddleston_signs_up_to_walk_the_runway_for_samuel_l_jacksons_charity_event/#comments
So, ‘P’enny and Icerose both seem to have seen the same article about his PR preference during the TDW campaign.
It was not a matter of him getting invited to say Kimmel and declining, as Catherine suggests. No, the studio, in this case Marvel offers the actors to the show. He reached an agreement with Feige that he would do SDCC, which succeeded far beyond Feige’s wildest dreams, and the Asia/Australia/part of Europe promo for TDW, which the others sat out; he would do the press junkets in the US, where they pretty much lock them in a room and cycle reporters through; and GMA, Chelsea Lately, Comedy Central, and MTV while others would do the major talk shows. I doubt the Tonight show would have chosen Jamie Alexander, who barely had a dozen lines in the film, over Tom. At this point, after SDCC and the Asia tour, he does have some standing with Kevin Feige.
@Darya – I think you can even back up a little bit more… Because it probably goes back to Comic-Con in 2013. Maybe there was a little more time off, but you have Comic-Con and Nerd HQ July 20/21st, TCA for The Hollow Crown August 5th, plus PBS/Cookie Monster bit. D23 for The Pirate Fairy August 9th, shooting extra scenes for TDW, back home in London August 24th (according to his Twitter), then off to Toronto for OLLA at the beginning of September. A few weeks of training/fight rehearsals for Coriolanus at the end of September, then off on the world tour for Thor 2.
@Waitwhat, thanks for the added info. I think he probably has been keeping this kind of schedule for a while, at his first ComicCon for Thor he mentions to an interviewer he just flew in that morning and has to go back to London right away because he’s ‘prepping something else’ and during the Q interview he talks about wrapping the Avengers and heading back to London to start Hollow Crown but stopping in NY long enough to do press for War Horse and meet Jim Jarmusch.
Part of me wonders if this pace is normal for any actor who is in demand and has a full schedule of projects, but I’ve never watched anyone else’s career as closely as I’ve watched Tom’s so can’t say for sure. Only think I am sure of is I really would like to have his apparent immunity to jet lag!
Dara, I didn’t realize that was you summarizing the post! That was brilliant.
Back then, the cynics that posted there a lot were questioning whether his career was stalled… in retrospect, he was gearing up for two years of working nearly non-stop.
@Waitwhat, the Muppet movie fits in there somewhere too. He also filmed his scenes for Exhibition on the weekends while TDW was filming. Out of Darkness was filmed at some point too. He started training with Rodney Crowell on the guitar while he was filming Crimson Peak. A second Jag commercial was filmed during a break last spring. God only knows when he did the voice work for Will Shakes Henry V.
I bet we’ll see him doing the more traditional day time, late night circuit this year now that he’s broadening his exposure over here and possibly campaigning.
Never understood why he has not been on Norton because he has a high enough profile in the UK and most of the Marvel gang have been on their at some point.Great to see him on some of the bigger USA chat shows though.
The Bloke never went on to Norton either. We’ll see if Hardy goes on this year since he has 5 films coming out this year. Maybe Norton doesn’t like people who’s initials is TH.
It could be that some actors have restrictions on certain topics and Norton loves to embarrass people -poor Eddie was given a pretty hard time when he was on recently when he brought something up that embarrassed him.
I just have always wondered why he has not been on Norton
who knows, he might not rate Norton and decided he doesn’t want to go on the show for now, or he’s playing the long game and prefers to go on the show when he’s ready to promote something more personal??
It’s no secret Tom hangs about the comedy crowd in London, and Chatty Man is well in there. Might be the case he got Tom, through friends, to go on the show.
There is also a ton of programmes he could do, like The One Show, they’d snap his arm off if he applied to go on these shows to shill. And, he hasn’t. It’s worth noting he only did This Morning [ITV] with his friend Cat Deeley, and he only did that to promote oxfam stuff. I think he doesn’t do the populist shows because they will hark on about his privilege background and he doesn’t get asked about it in US, here its just always the starting point of a conversation. I remember when he was on Top Gear he was a nervous bunny, not like his calm funny persona on Nerd HQ. He’s not ashamed of his past, but he sounds like he gets very bored with the non-stop class discussions.
He’s done all the main stream radio progs in the UK. And, he’s done all big newspapers, and the newspaper always draw out his Eton background. he’s not as snappy as Bendy about it, but it must get boring.
Doesn’t mean he doesn’t get it wrong, Elle was a big mistake IMO, but heh-ho. LOL
P’enny, I hope he steers clear of ELLE from now on. I can’t stand the baity pieces they do on guys like him and Cumby.
@Penny I think you are probably right.I think he is very careful in his selection of chat shows
I think his extended throat problems during Coriolanus were part and parcel of the work schedule and it was a pretty physical permanence as well
Sigh. Just seeing that adorable face makes me happy. Lets see if I still feel that way after two months of Hiddles posts in the Fall/Winter. I am so sick of Bendy that I am glad that there isn’t a new episode of Sherlock for a while.
I am looking forward to all the interviews and such promoting his upcoming movies/TV, but I hope he figures out how to balance the embarrassing dancing chimp with the way too serious and dull version of himself.
I don’t get all the fangirling over him. I like him, and he is nice to look at. But he is at the age where if a man doesn’t have an SO he starts getting into the George Clooney territory and that is not cute.
May be he is already secretly married, lol? I am just sticking around to find out who his SO is, I am curious.
Eh, he is only 34. He still has time. He is not at George Clooney levels until he starts pimping out PR relationships on the regular.
It is all about the talent with me but he does come over as a nice guy who shows respect for others
What icerose said. I have enjoyed every performance of his I’ve seen. He gives good interviews, shows enthusiasm for his work and comes off as a decent guy.
Tom’s 20 yrs younger than Clooney and his career is on an upward trajectory right now. He’s been working non-stop since Nov ’13 which leaves little time for a serious relationship. He was a jobbing actor for 10 years before Marvel made him an international star, so he knows how fortunes can change overnight in either direction. He’s laying the foundation for a long-term career as an actor and director.
He just seems like he’s been extremely career focused. Striking while the iron is hot and all.
He is both ambitious and passionate and learning -he does not come from the world of acting so it must be a huge learning curve to find the right path through the whole media/internet swings and roundabouts,But for me his saving grace will always be tat he seems to have been broght up despite his back ground to have a genuine respect for others.
I think i will have to warn my daughter that it is imperative that she marries next year or she will be seen as a Clooney spinster
I actually am a Clooney spinster if we are going by these definitions, and let me tell you, it is the good life. Okay, I do have a BF, but marriage is not on the menu, and this is by choice. I feel it is in very poor form to judge other people’s choices in this area– our lives are what they are, and all we can do is wish one another happiness.
As for the learning curve, who wouldn’t have that? I think some of his past PR mistakes have been due to LW, who promoted him as if he were a one man boy band, and I hope he gets past that. We certainly will see this year, won’t we?
I’m late to the party: If ISTL doesn’t become a big hit, it won’t be because Hiddles didn’t do everything humanly possible for that role. It has an amazing cast, and Cowell’s influence bodes well. I’m optimistic.
There are a lot of UK acting families in the UK some like the Foxes and Redgraves and others with less well known actors as relatives especially with not so many working class people entering the profession at the moment.It does give them both contacts with in the profession and ready made mentors who can help them through the difficult bits especially when it becomes international.Tom has built up his mentors as he has made inroads into his career.
Luke is still his PR person and the changes seem to have come since Luke branched out on his own -so maybe it was not Luke so much as the PR firm he was working for and us possibly why Tom chose to follow Luke who does seem to be dong well on his own
33? Ouch, as a single 34-year-old, I don’t think that’s the case. He’s had relationships in the past. He probably will in the future. He’s certainly shown no inclination toward contractual girlfriends – his past choices in partners have been pretty random and few of them have been the sort that would further his career. Frankly, I’d rather celebrities date when they want to than have the weird showmances or trade in one spouse for another before being old enough to not bother trading in the fourth or the fifth one.
Quite frankly, he’s so quiet about it, how does anyone know if he has a GF or not?
He kept Jane around for at least a year and under wraps, whatever their relationship was.
I think Jane is his GF but he manages to keep his personal life personal without crying for privacy like He Who Shall Not Be Named On A Hiddleston Thread.
Not everyone in this world needs to be settled down by the time they reach their 30’s my dear.
Who is talking about settling down? I am talking about meaningful companionship. Most people want it in one form or another.
He must have somebody, he doesn’t seem the eternal bachelor type (and the nosy me wants to know who his SO is).
It is just his image (not the real him) is getting into the George Clooney territory and it is time he did something about it. He is starting to look all grown up (with wrinkles), no longer a sweet boy.
@En, George Clooney territory to me means a middle-aged man escorting a much younger woman, one to two decades younger, without an established career of any sort, to events and ditching her for another after 18 months to 2 years, without any real attachment to any of them. The women Tom has been involved with, that we know of, have been close to him in age, close to him in career standing, and all have had a bit more depth to them. They haven’t been interchangeable and there have been gaps in time, which is normal in the dating world. We really have no idea what goes on in his personal life but he seems to be far from Clooney-land.
Meh, who says he has someone. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. Maybe he is into more casual relationships or maybe he just really likes his hand. At the end of the day no one knows and that’s how he seems to like it.
Lord, I hope I don’t get judged for not having a companion because otherwise I’m shady. Oh wait.
what about 40’s? why does anyone have to settle down? some of us prefer/or choose to lead single lives because its suits our personalities and life goals I’m just a grumpy moo and i can’t bare someone under my feet 24/7. 😛
i can see Hiddles, to be honest, doing a under the radar marriage and it will be like WTF! Like Joseph Gorden-Levitt did. Unless he does hook up with an actress but considering he has flirted/ i mean befriended a lot of them he doesn’t seem to be really interested in going down that route.
What’s so wrong about Clooney’s lifestyle anyway? He’s not prepare to settle down until his 50s, he’s a serial dater. But I don’t recall reading him cheating on his women or abusive or mean in any way. So he doesn’t like to have family until late his life. Is that so wrong?
It’s odd that it’s considered normal in Hollywood to have been married 3, 4, 5 times, but is considered peculiar to be 34 without an obvious partner. It’s always interesting to speculate, this is a gossip site, but it’s better to be single than to be unhappily partnered I think – or partnered for reasons other than wanting to be with the person. Each to their own.
@Anne Tommy, in 100% agreement. Our culture always seems so desperate to pair people off with this “time to settle down” thing, which results in a divorce among the general public for the majority of marriages. Also the “we want the same things” reason for pairing off. Yes, you do; most people want love, emotional security, emotional support, a helpmate through life and family of some sort (for me a couple on its own is a family, nothing else is necessary) but the real question should be “do you want each other?’ It is not easy to find a life partner. It is not easy to find lasting love. And no, I don’t think people should settle just because society dictates.
It does seem like a perfect storm is developing for him this awards season. Some people are talking noms for Crimson Peak–although I’m quite sure they mean more for director/picture, it does mean voters will likely see the movie thus bumping up name recognition for Tom. Then High Rise has supposedly been submitted for competition at Cannes, and also seems like possible Oscar bait. I Saw the Light is the only one (IMO) where he is a key and obvious nominee, presuming it is as good as expected–and this is all to the better, because we wouldn’t want him competing against himself. And can you see AMPAAS voters NOT splitting their votes if he were nominated for Best & Supporting?
Obviously this is waaay premature, but it’s all in good fun and helps keep us occupied until the fall.
Overall, I like the idea that, whatever he might be nominated for, award voters are likely to see him in several strong yet diverse roles.
Of course, his single biggest hurdle (and why I truly don’t expect a Best Actor, no matter how phenomenal he is in IStL) is the extreme unlikelihood of AMPAAS voters giving it to two posh biopic-leading young Brits in a row.
And yet they have given Best Director to Mexican directors two years in a row. Plus the posh Brit boy voting contingent is growing
LOL, Crimson Peak won’t get any acting nominations, let alone BP/BD.
Oh, Lila–I’m so sorry reading comprehension is just not your thing darling. Although I *am* curious why you feel comfortable making such a blanket statement that GdT couldn’t possibly get a directing nom?
TB – Lila’s our Debbie Downer, keeping the negative alive and well on the thread. It would be nice if she actually fleshed out a thoughtful argument. I like a good debate.
It’ll get visual/direction but I’m not sure about anything else atm.
Non-TH fan reviews from some screenings I saw were lukewarm on it. Stunning to look at but slow and boring at too many times is the most common complaint, which is kinda how the script read. Hopefully they punch it up or something, GDT has had some flicks that dragged to their detriment in the past.
Cek–
“Non-TH fan reviews from some screenings I saw were lukewarm on it. Stunning to look at but slow and boring at too many times is the most common complaint, which is kinda how the script read.” So Joe Hill and Stephen King are ‘TH fans’?
Links to those reviews would be very interesting, please. I’m not a big horror fan in film myself, so I am very curious to see how this is shaping up. Such a long wait from finishing a film to releasing it is weird, but I get that the higher powers want that Fall/Hallowe’en connection.
Also curious how you’ve read the script, only becaused my understanding was that the only leaked script was the old one , prior to BC’s dropping out, and that it had been seriously rewritten since then.
I saw very positive tweets from non Tom fans including approval by Stephen King and his son is not to be sneered at. Chastian’s performance was also rated.
and here is a list of Del Toros awards which include a Bafta and Cannes
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868219/awards
@Cek is the script online? Would you mind sending a link?
“Non-TH fan reviews from some screenings I saw were lukewarm on it. Stunning to look at but slow and boring at too many times is the most common complaint, which is kinda how the script read.”
I love it when someone comes on and says something like this but doesn’t back it up with any proof that it’s legit. We know an early copy of the script was leaked and that it was rewritten, so I doubt the one Cek has seen is the one GdT used. The only people who have commented publicly were Stephen King and Joe Hill and they had glowing reviews. So where are these lukewarm reviews that you’re referring to, Cek?
The script that was online is not the script that was used for the film. GDT showed Jessica Chastein that script, thinking she would choose the lead character and she chose the supporting one instead. At that point, GDT started re-writing. He was still re-writing while they were filming and several actors like Jim Beaver and Burn Gorham mentioned getting new pages on the days of filming.
Would if I could, Bea, sorry, it disappeared a while ago.
It was the original one, TB/LF, yeah, but pacing was a problem with the backbone of it and I could totally see that still being an issue unless they made massive plotline changes, and it sounds like they didn’t. It’s really because there was no mystery, you knew what was happening.
Not saying Hill or King are TH fans, just saying sometimes you gotta look for unbiased sources. I love the man’s writing, but his endorsement doesn’t mean much because he endorses so freaking much.
MtnRunner:
@danicamags: #CrimsonPeak was visually wonderful but ehh story wise. Jessica Chastain was by far the best part!
Links are not allowed here or something because I’ve tried posting them and they’re not appearing. But also see AwardsWatch, letterboxd and pretty much the major movie forums and IMDB for more of the same.
AwardsWatch!–thr only place bitchier than Celebitchy. Heehee. Actually, the only stuff I read over at AW was knocking the trailer (and tbh I had to agree with some of the criticisms.) Trying to remember if I saw anything like what you are describing from someone who’d seen the entire movie.
Cek–so I found the page on AW of tweets about a screening, including the one you quoted above. Have to be honest, your credibility suffers when you cherry-pick what was really the only negative tweet on the whole page. Are you classifying responses such that, if they liked it, they MUST be Hiddleston fans? ‘Cause one of the guys with multiple very positive tweets about the movie in general is a critic and cinema podcaster.
EVERYONE is biased when it comes to movies, and without disregarding negative reactions I am also unwilling to accept the premise that only a negative review is unbiased.
Oh, and that screening was over six months ago. I’m presuming what King and Hill saw was closer to what we will get come October.
You’ll also find someone noting reviews from two members there, estimating a Metacritic score of 50, you can DM the one for deets.
I didn’t cherry pick FYI. They won’t let me post links here, and the rest are links, and I can’t copy entire blocks of text for obvious reasons. I noted some places you can check above. Letterboxd, for ex, is a film diary place so you’ve only got 3 people there who actually saw the screening leaving min-reviews (2 positive, 1 negative plus a few “I want to see this” comments) but 7 people who saw it rated it. It’s at 5/10 based on them.
Again, I stay away from uberfans (of whoever tbh, TH, GDT, etc.) because they’re more predisposed to overlook flaws.
I’m guessing the critic is Runyon, who liked it but then told someone it wasn’t a masterpiece because the story was very by the numbers.
Look, you might love it, all I was responding to was that it probably won’t light up awards season other than on visuals. It’s super odd that you all are taking this so personally. The chatter is very mixed and it’s mainly because of the plot.
Are Cek and Celk the same person? Just wondering.
I haven’t found much in the other sites you mentioned yet, but haven’t really dug into them yet. On imdb, I found an argument about colour grading, a couple of obvious trolls, and perhaps one conversation that didn’t really commit one way or another. I have to go back and reread that thread, because I had difficulty telling who had actually been to a screening and who was just discussing the trailer (which, again, I personally didn’t think much of.)
I’m not saying GdT is a lock for any sort of directing award nominations, either, (as I’m TotallyBiased only for Tom) but I DO think there’s a big gap between that and implying the movie is poor/meh/50 on metacritic.
Data analysis is rather my business, and I’m a bit on the spectrum, so I really did read every page of that AW Crimson Peak forum line and searched the rest of it as I could. Again, very few people quoted had actually seen the screener (rather than the trailer), those that had were almost all pretty excited about it. Obviously a tweeter labeled “LokiPage” is hardly unbiased, but I have trouble disregarding every other positive reaction.
“You’ll also find someone noting reviews from two members there, estimating a Metacritic score of 50, you can DM the one for deets.”
I just didn’t see this, so as I said, I’ll have to go back and read the ten pages again.
It just seems like nothing can ever be shades of grey ( 🙂 ) on CB–movies are either TEH BEST EVAH!! or SO MEH IT HURTS! My take on reading those AW pages, imdb, and what else I’ve seen is this: some people who saw the screenings are incredibly excited, some enjoyed it but don’t necessarily think it’s the best thing since sliced butter (apologies to reddit users discussing CP for stealing their line) and a pretty small group think it had better be changed a lot before final release to be a hit. Since screeners audiences aren’t self-selecting to the degree that paying audiences are, only the filmmakers with the actual exit data can know what really needs to happen next with the movie–and they may have already dealt with that.
AH, found this:
Posted by SlicedPeach
“There was test-screenings of this several months ago. The two posters I heard reactions from both was very disappointed and said it was kind of a mess, albeit a beautiful one. One of them thought it would get Metacritic reviews in the 50s.”
I had originally skimmed over this because it was a poster referring to supposed comments from other posters–I couldn’t find original comments. But fair enough, the statement is roughly what you cited.
So those of us rooting for the movie will hope that either a) enough was learned from the screenings to correct the obvious flaws
or
b) the single poster referred to there was an exception in their opinion, rather than the rule. Not everyone is going to love it, that’s a given no matter what.
And because I JUST can’t let these things go, you demurred that you were cherry picking. Yet even your Runyon quote cuts the sentence off to make it sound like a purely negative comment. His tweet, all of his tweets, were so very positive but with depth.
Christopher Runyon:
“Soo, it’s a year away, but holy shit get hyped for CRIMSON PEAK.
Absolutely gorgeous throwback to classical, gothic horror. Super enjoyable.”
Andrew Zachariason:
“So closer to Pan’s Labyrinth masterful quality?”
Christopher Runyon:
“It’s no masterpiece. It’s a by-the-numbers story elevated by incredible visuals, style, suspense, and performances.”
***by-the-numbers story elevated by*** et cetera.
If that isn’t cherry-picking, what is?
Okay, I’ll go drink my milk and play nice now.
You already said the guy Tweeted a ton of praise, all I did was point out he also said it wasn’t a masterpiece (which is how it’s being billed) and it’s again a story issue. It’s cherry picking because I didn’t repeat info that was already stated?
This is getting weird honestly, unless you’re getting paid or something, but here’s 3 more:
” I’m sure they’ll fix some of the sound, CGI, and Charlie Hunnan accent issues — but overall I can’t imagine it being a success without some reshoots. There was also some unintentional humor in scenes that were probably supposed to be more shocking than funny. ”
“And about that unintentional humor….i am still wondering if it was unintentional at all or not………also the beginning gives the end and the movie was too predictable….we need more suspense like in prisoners. ”
“Test screening: The house, the sets, clothing, and the ghosts looked really amazing and beautiful but it really was not very good as a whole. Though keep in mind that this was a very early test screening, and they could fix it. The biggest problem is the pacing and how slow and boring it is. The scenes with the ghosts are actually very scary and intense, but they are few and far between. There is a lot of talking and scene changes that do not benefit anyone.”
Again, it really doesn’t matter in the end if you like it. GDT is super hit and miss for me, so I also scrutinize early word on his projects and am a pretty avid movie forum person.
Another white Englishman doing a biopic… can we not? Can we get some diversity in the Oscar nominations this year? omfg.
Feck Off.
There will always be biopics at the Oscars — that will never change. Having an lookalike Englishman who sings and plays guitar play an American country music icon is at least more interesting to me and if he pulls it off, it will be a chance for Tom to show his range.
And country music biopics have done well in the past. Coal Miner’s Daughter, Sweet Dreams, Walk the Line. Add in Oscar-baity alcoholism and addiction, as well as an early death, it will be hard to ignore if it’s good and marketed well. I would also expect support from the country music establishment (not Hank III obviously, but the fact that Rodney Crowell was a Cash family member, tight with Emmylou Harris, etc) to help build support. I’m also hoping for some love for Cherry Jones as the mother.
And if he’s got three pictures out in a short timeframe, as well as advance word on a miniseries, they’ll know his name – probably far better than anyone knew Eddie’s this year prior to the Oscars.
Hoping for lots of love for Cherry Jones. She has done lots of theater work here in Boston and she is awesome. And her character was quite the woman
@Waitwhat, don’t forget Dante Spinotti as cinematographer. The guy is a freakin’ legend and he has shot some of the most visually stunning films I can remember. For a film with a relatively small budget ISTL sure had top-drawer talent behind the scenes too.
Oh, and because *not* nominating the Brit doing the biopic is going to guarantee diversity in the nominations (though I agree it has been sorely lacking.)
First ever biopic Tom has done in his career if I’m not mistaken. Don’t watch if you don’t care for Englishman doing biopic, it’s up to you.
If it is a good performance, then he has a chance, regardless if he is a white English boy. I agree on diversity, but don’t hate on other performers who work their butts off to do good work.
Oscars are going to have to wake up and recognise other performances, one way or another. But, we have a lot good British black actors doing biopics too. Come on Idris E and David O get campaigning, get those nominations in.
above all, i am going to ignore conversations about Hiddles being nominated for an Oscar, i can’t bare it. it turned me of Bendy good style by the time the campaigning was over. i don’t want it for him, i don’t care if he does! LOL. I am not engaging in the chatter or the threads if we have a repeat of the Bendy-Eddie show.
To be honest Tom Hardy has the Krays biopic coming out, and Fassbender in Macbeth the latter is Weinstein’s new baby.
soon no to all this award chatter, rather talk about opening of Bally shoes and Digital Marketing conferences :-p
Weirdly nobody talks about Fassy’s Macbeth, it might be a flop in the making. I heard too many things that raises question marks about this film. Macbeth’s behaviour is excused by PTSD, Lady Macbeth is totally ‘evil’ and ‘manipulating’ (wow much surprise), & for some reason Lady Macbeth whose claim to the throne was more legitimate then Macbeth is now French because they didn’t trust Cotillard with a Scottish accent. I don’t know.. And now Weinstein is involved. This does not look good.
@bea, to be honest i am not totally familiar of the story of Macbeth to know either way. The Queen of Scots had a French accent – totally mixing up my time frames there, i know before anyone points it out. LOL. But, i shall watch it though all the same and get angry at the ending, when i do finally research the true story.
I rewatched the Hollow Crown’s Richard 11 yesterday and the ending it pathetic, despite the performances being brilliant what was with all the St Sebastian death stuff? No, not amused. LOL
It will be interesting to see Weinstein throws his weight behind Fassy or Cotillard?
I’m with you in spirit, ‘P’enny, but in this case it *is* Kaiser’s subject for the post. Happy to discuss other stuff, too!
For example, THC’s Richard II left a bad taste in my mouth because the things that were sublime about it were overwhelmed by what made me dislike it: the near homoerotic camera worship on occasion and (most of all) that ending.
@’P’enny I’m such a Lady Macbeth fangirl. I played her once and I did crazy research about the real Mac Bethad and their lineage etc to get into the headspace. There is so much drama you wouldn’t believe it. Her first husband, Gille Coemgáin, was the cousin of Mac Bethad and he kills Mac Bethad’s father. Later on he is burnt with 50 of his men, MB is one of the suspects. So Gruoch, thats her real name, was either a war prize or he married her as she was the widowed wife of an ally, depending on who killed GC. Some theories say she married him to ensure her child from the first husband was protected & crowned. All in all, there is SO MUCH drama and background to the characters that I refuse to watch any interpretation that deems her simply power hungry/evil.
The promo material for this surfaced at Cannes’14 but we didn’t even see a trailer yet. Apparently Marion Cotillard was barely in the trailer shown at Cannes so my bet is on Fassbender being promoted as the main star. I feel like either Weinstein kept this on the down low because of Cumby’s campaign and will relentlessly shove this down our throats come winter, or he knows its no good so he’s keeping it quiet until he knows what to do with it. I don’t see a middle way.
Fassy, the notorious non-campaigner is now Harvey’s boy?? That should be interesting.
@Bea you’ve got me!
i am in research mode now.
Not entirely off-topic, I have been following the E!Online poll Fandom Madness (their version of a March Madness) since BendyBatch was knocked out early and then the Hiddlestoners (no doubt with a few Dragonflys assisting) overcame Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters.
The final, Britney Spears fans against Hiddlestoners, was quite the nailbiter right up until the end, with Hiddlestoners creeping closer and closer (to 49.5%, actually) –and then E!Online closed the poll three hours earlier than the posted time. Now, on previous evenings Hiddlestoners *had* managed, for bare moments, to push their total over the 50% mark.
So this begs the question: was it a simple glitch? A typo in text not noticed or fixed for several days? Or a desperate move to keep their ‘relevant’ pop-star from ‘accidentally’ losing?
In any case, today’s breathless and gushing announcement of Brit-Brit as the winner completely ignored the poll issues. And in big picture, E!Online is the big winner as they can add some big click numbers to their March and April totals!
I’d say glitch since it’s not relevant–really low social media shares, so not getting real attention, and genuine stars like Beyonce were knocked out for crap no one cares about anymore like Glee. I had to Google it, never heard of it lol.
Actually, Beyonce and the Beyhive ruled their brackets until knocked out in the semi-finals by Britney Spears. Perhaps you were looking at a different poll, there have been quite a few this month. E! is just rather a bigger fish in the pond than PopSugar or the like.
Think I got the right one. Yeah, E! is definitely bigger than Popsugar, but the Tweets/FB activity is low for this thing. More people shared the Muppets getting a show than Spears winning lol. Eh, it’s ndb anyway these polls have no value and there’s too many of them now.
Yeah, I can’t really debate against you on that–there are definitely too many of the things!
Tom was at the Letters Live event today and read a love letter.
https://twitter.com/cumberbatchweb/status/584446066248024064
I thought he read a Brando letter, using a Brando impersonation that must have killed, and a Lincoln letter. A Brando love letter?
@Lilac, if I’m deciphering all the gushing on Tumblr and Twitter correctly, Tom read three letters; a love letter from Gerald Durrell to his wife (gorgeous), something from Lincoln (not sure to whom or about what) and a letter Marlon Brando wrote to Michael Mann in the 90’s. Presumably Brando’s letter wasn’t a love letter, but something to do with film.
I think Tom did three readings: a letter from Brando to Michael Mann, a letter from Lincoln, and a letter from Gerald Durrell. From what I gather, the Brando letter was a letter of recommendation for an executive assistant, and it praised the movie “Heat.” Tom and Louise Brealey also read letters to and from Lincoln. The text of the Durrell love letter is linked below.
https://whitemetropolis.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/gerald-durrell-unexpected-poet/
he read three letters
oh & Kylie later tweeted at 2am! twhiddleston is magic marlon LMAO. My mind wanders 🙂
Love that letter by Gerald Durrell.
More news:
twitter.com/kylieminogue/status/584481857586253824
If THIS post is closing in a 200 comments, any guess on how many there will be when Tom actually opens his mouth and gives a longform interview finally??
Well, as et alors and Allegra just mentioned, he did Letters Live today–Loo Brealey and Chris Hewitt were all aflutter on Twitter, and evidently he got the most applause after Kylie Minogue.
Rather regret I missed his Brando and Lincoln impressions, though! (I’m presuming he was doing DDL as Lincoln 😉 )
I saw the snaps on Torrilla. He was looking good. Appears he’s bulked up a bit for Pine. I cosign on his look.
I hope they make his readings available on YouTube. I’d love to hear his Brando.
he even gave the Cumber fans heart flutters-I hope we get to see it-if it is any thing like his Cummings it will be amazing.Now all i can here is that voice from Red Necklace whispering in my ears -“you will be mine”
The Gerald Durrell letter in the link is only an excerpt. The version TH read was much longer (and really amazing). The Marlon Brando letter was to Michael Mann and it was a recommendation for his exec assistant who had applied for a job with the director . Apparently Brando was a fan of Mann’s and he was a really funny guy too. Tom killed it as Brando.
Also, TH looked a lot better than BC last night 🙂
@Anon47, Sounds like you attended? If so, lucky you and would love to read more deets. The pics I’ve seen of Tom were grainy/blurry but he looked in good form.
Torrilla posted a nice review. The guy called Tom “the overall star-child of the evening”. I hope they post youtube clips like they did last year for the rest of us.
@pixie Indeed I was there. Amazing night; best things about it were TH and Tom Odell. But Most of it was great. Actually, BC was a lot less impressive than I expected. Good, but not great. Oh, and he can’t do casual chic 🙂 TH looked so sexy in a white t-shirt and grey jacket with the collar turned up! Juliet Stevenson and Kylie got a lot of the applauses.
Beautiful venue with great acoustics. We even got to dance and clap along at the end, while Tom Odell played and sang a Fats Waller song.
Torrilla only posted the Tom part, the guy Steve wrote about other’s performers too, and he ended his post with this:
“All in all, a very special night. Remember to invite Tom Hiddleston to your next party.”
Apparently people are saying the tickets did not sell well so they brought in last minute readers to attract people ???
But if no-one knew they were going to be there, how would that draw more people in?
It sold out for all four nights it went on, plus that doesn’t make sense as already pointed out.
Tumblr strikes again, I bet.
It didn’t sell out almost until the last moment though. Their Facebook page was saying tix still available for 3rd and 4th as late as Mar 31. In hindsight, their marketing seemed a little off. I get not promoting a particular person if their appearance wasn’t confirmed, but keeping some of the bigger names a ‘surprise’ won’t sell tickets. It is a nice treat for those already in the audience though.
Selling out at all is excellent considering it’s a niche event, not your normal play or whatnot, running multiple days in a far bigger venue than before. I didn’t expect it to sell out period.
It’s a brilliant bit of marketing, plus fun for the audience, if they’re planning on doing it annually. You just need to weather it ticket-sale wise the first time, and then the aftermath of press and word of mouth speaks for itself for future events.
@CO, I’m going to disagree with you on that point just a little. Keeping some guests a complete surprise does add to the wow factor and certainly helped the buzz, but they also refused to tell ticket buyers which night an announced guest would be reading. To me, that’s just a semi-shitty way of trying to get people to buy tickets for more than one night. Did they also offer a discount for buying tix for all nights? If not, I see no reason to not disclose the full program (minus the mystery guests.)
Happy Easter everyone! Hope it’s a delightful day of sugar highs and good times with family and friends.
For those in the US, it’s also the day that we can watch the BBC’s Wolf Hall chronicling the rise of Thomas Cromwell. Mark Rylance, people!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/wolf-hall/
@MtnRunner – Happy Easter to you, too! I’m really looking forward to Wolf Hall, as well. 🙂
Happy Easter, MtnRunner and all who observe this special day. My Wolf Hall viewing will have to wait until tomorrow On Demand because I won’t be home in time to see it tonight.
@MtnRunner, Happy Easter to you as well! Hope everyone has a lovely day. I’m still spinning out after all the choc goodies yesterday. O.o
So looking forward to watching Wolf Hall, Mark Gatiss and Jonathan Pryce are a couple favs.
enjoy your Easter I loved Wolfe Hall and Rylance
And more Tom news.High Rise will open at Cannes accoding to Luke Evans if this story is for real
http://damageditem.tumblr.com/post/115613240268/i-cannot-even-explain-how-happy-and-excited-i-am
We’ll know for sure on the 16th.
Rumor on Tumblr: Tom will be Lumiere in the Beauty and the Beast live action film. Take with a grain of salt.
http://songofastark.tumblr.com/image/115757110285
Can someone use their best calm and soothing voice to tell me there is no way this rumor could possibly be true?
Using my most hypnotic whisper voice. Have some lavender shortbread, dear. Would you like some honey in that cup of Earl Grey Colin is now pouring for you? I do believe that this is some fan girl fantasy from the Land of Twitter that has spun out of control. I think I heard they were trying to negotiate with an actual French actor for the part. Not sure this would even fit in his schedule but if he were to do it, (gasp! Horrors! Sip the tea) it would show great range, unless Lumiere were re-written as a Shakespeare spouting, dog eating, guitar strumming, maniacal Asgardian with daddy issues. Oh look! Colin has arranged spa treatments for us
IMBD hasn’t updated him and I can’t find an announcement, so it’s probably a false alarm. Sorry if I caused any anxiety, for a moment I totally bought it and got pretty excited. It didn’t really seem like a project he’d be able to do anyway, he seems busy.
I’m disappointed. It would have been fun.
*nibbles cookie and sips tea after discreetly adding a splash of Maker’s Mark* Sorry @FirstTimeCaller, my initial reaction was a little extreme. Now that I’ve had time to consider (and read about the recent additions to the cast – Emma Thompson! Kevin Kline!), I’ve come down off the ledge just a little. I still think/hope it’s just an internet rumor, but if not I should be able to forego any further hysterics.
I hope when Tom decides to fool around with his RC girlfriend (I’m sure he is going to get one too) he’s going to be smarter than Cumberlord and wraps his dingalong to prevent some PR disaster lol
File under more Night Manager casting news. David Harewood has been filming scenes in London. I just saw his Shakespeare Uncovered for Othello…fantastic https://twitter.com/davidharewood/status/584995956988452864
Tom on the set of The Night Manager. Looks like he’s filled out quite a bit even from the BAFTAs. That’s a broad chest.
https://twitter.com/papsby/status/585857456854716417
It certainly is. Someone’s taking the ex-special forces aspect very seriously. Lucky us. Now as long as they keep at least some of the sex scenes…
…and the sailing, the mountain climbing, the skinny dipping, the cooking, the many languages and oh, I don’t know…maybe the sarong. Yeah, definitely the sarong.
(comes out of hiding, sniffs air nervously)
Sarong? Did someone say: sarong?
*dead faint*
He looks so great.
Nice, the bit of extra beef is good on him.
from The Write Factor Facebook:
Was that #HughLaurie running up the cliffs at Blackpool Mill or his stunt double? #TheNightManager #JohnLeCarre
from @harkdodieclark:
TOM HIDDLESTON IS IN MY SCHOOL’S VILLAGE WE ARE SENDING OUR BREAK TRYING TO FIND HIM
And more news:
@ntlive
Hello. #Coriolanus will be in cinemas around the world from 12 Nov. We’ll send our email list an update as venues go on sale.
@mr_wheatley:
Belgium. Final mix for High-Rise
Yippee skippie! I look forward to seeing it on the big screen. Maybe this will help to get it on Digital Theatre at some point.
@Allegra, I’m busy wondering why Hugh Laurie is there? Roper never came within a thousand miles of the place Devon is standing in for. Did a quick Google Earth tour at lunch, that corner of England is gorgeous. I now want to trek the coastal path. @mtnrunner, it looks right up your alley, but without the altitude.
Well, I guess the comment i posted yesterday went to the black hole.
@Darya:
That place is amazing! Really breathtaking!
About Hugh, I really don´t know. Someone said that Olivia C. was there too.
@MtnRunner :
I hope you get to chance to see Coriolanus in cinema. I know I won´t
because they never bring cool things like this to the place I live.
At least, a good soul put the play on the internet.
@Allegra, Olivia makes sense, I think Burr came to visit Pine in the village while he was building his cover. And today someone on Twitter was told by one of the crew that Hugh is not there – he’s already in Morocco filming. That means the chap running up the cliff was probably Tom.
Four countries (Switzerland, UK, Morocco and Mallorca) and countless locations – this thing is going to have some gorgeous visuals, and for once I’m not making a veiled reference to Tom. Although I am really liking the ‘fugitive on the run’ look he’s been working lately. I wonder how much of the wardrobe will make its way into his closet?
@Darya–the hiking boots were already his, according to some FB posts I’ve seen. People have matched them to the shoes he wore to Guinea, West Africa on the UNICEF trip.
The hoodie certainly LOOKS like something he’d wear as well, you’re not wrong there.
@Allegra, Thanks for the heads up on NTLive screenings – I was wondering when it was coming back. So looking forward to it again – big screen Caius Martius is my jam.
Those pics from Torilla’s page today are a feast for the eyes. It’s Susanne Bier’s bday today, looks like they had luncheon outdoors. Everyone is bundled up but Tom – he certainly looks hot. 😉
@Darya:
I think you’re right because Tom is the one that people(the ladies) always spot running whenever he gets on locations. It happened before on North Ireland and now in Hartland. A lady even wrote that Tom said “hello” to her and her friedns while he was running and she had no clue who he was.
And like you said this serie is going to be great in so many aspects., maybe as good as James Bond, without the burden to carry the legacy.
And today, they add more actors…
@pixie-stix :
You’re welcome!
Tom on big screen must be awesome. Better than this, is the chance to see him on stage live. Maybe on day…
Torilla is the best. She always has the best pics. Like Daryra said on Bc thread, Tom´s fans are lucky to have someone like her.
Dara, Hartland is gorgeous; a run along the coast would be divine. Reminds me of the coastline from Washington to NorCal.
This series should have some epic cinematography with the gorgeous setting where they’re shooting.
For those of you still checking this post for new comments, just a quick plug to say check out the Fug girls recap of Wolf Hall (link to Fug the Show is below if you catch it today or tomorrow). I love their Downton Abbey recaps… hilarious. And if you know more about the history than they do, be sure to correct anything in the comments. I’m WH loving it so far… looking forward to episode 2 airing shortly.
Adorable pics of Tom with two moppets who interrupted his break.
https://twitter.com/jelb1/status/587742510782480384
https://twitter.com/jelb1/status/587695838564114432
Awww… love the snaps with the kiddos.
It may be no surprise that the first thing I noticed was his hiking boots. This trekker fully approves.
Trying very hard NOT to be the utterly rubbish, over the top fangirl. But it is getting difficult!
Evidently the grandmother of the little boy in the pictures took him back to the set today. Whereupon little Connor proceeded to give Mr. H a picture what he had drawn for him. And Mr. H proceeded to teach Connor a Seekrit Handshake. The melting, it is complete. I am useless, I tell you, USELESS!
It’s ok, @Totally. If we hadn’t realized before now that you fully live up to your screen-name by having a stunning lack of impartiality, we haven’t been paying attention.
I defy ANYONE to be impartial over a Seekrit Handshake! I DEFY YOU!!!!! 🙂
@TotallyBiased:
Don’t worry because I feel the same.
Tom is really a charismatic person. Kids love him and we, his fans, too.