22 posts tagged “interview”

Here’s an interview for the new ABC show, Flash Forward (yes, not being silly this time) with two of the leads, Sonya Walger and Joseph Fiennes. They, and Jack Davenport, are all Brits. While Davenport plays a Brit in the show, Walger and Fiennes play Americans and adopt pretty convincing American accents (Walger in particular, sounds “more American” to me). But here they are speaking in their normal voices.

I am not up with the play but I understand German actor Dominic Monaghan (Berlin-born and raised) has joined the cast.
   In this globalized world, nationality counts for less and less when it comes to arts and commerce.

Here’s actor Peter Graves from earlier this year, commenting on his 58-year-long (and counting) marriage, and his thoughts on the three Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible films. I thought he was very diplomatic toward a colleague, the sort of respectful, traditional American manner that is very welcome. Mr Graves is still active in Hollywood, from what I understand, and long may he continue to grace our screens with his presence.

   PS.: We all know that Peter Graves is the kid brother of Gunsmoke’s James Arness, and according to this interview, the surname was originally spelt Aursnes. This remains quite a well known surname in Norway, where the family originally hailed from. The Graves surname is from their maternal grandfather’s side of the family.

This was a real find today. I know a lot of Mission: Impossible fans have seen this, but since there is no CNBC down here, it was the first time I saw it. Mike Jerrick (latterly of Fox News) interviews Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Lynda Day George and Leonard Nimoy from the original show, around the time of the first Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible movie in 1996. Only Lupus had nice things to say about the movie in a Murdoch Press review that he penned; Graves and Morris were (rightly, in my opinion) critical, with Morris going so far as to say it was ‘insulting’. We also learn that Greg Morris was the prankster on the set of Mission: Impossible; and it’s clear from this interview that the cast had a great deal of camaraderie.

I knew Kevin Spacey is a very good actor, but I had no idea he is a brilliant impressionist. I loved his Johnny Carson.

This is the only interview I could find on YouTube with Charlize Theron speaking Afrikaans; the interviewer is speaking Belgian Flemish, I believe. At least they understand each other.

   Since becoming a naturalized US citizen, could Charlize be considered African–American?

This was a real treat: The Persuaders’ Tony Curtis and Sir Roger Moore, reunited on The Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2008, during Tony’s promotion of his book, American Prince. There’s nothing new here—Jonathan Ross did a more in-depth interview—but the look on Tony’s face when he is surprised with the announcement that Sir Roger was there is priceless.

Sir Roger Moore is interviewed by Wossy—and despite my misgivings about Jonathan Ross, this is a very good interview. Far, far better than what Sir Roger was subjected to about his book, My Word Is My Bond (incidentally, it is excellent), when he visited New Zealand. It was apparent that Ross’s staff actually read the book. In New Zealand, the only evidence was that TV One and TV3 staff had flicked through the pictures and both Close-up and Campbell Live asked Sir Roger about a scene with Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die—which they garnered from a single caption. It was embarrassing.
   Jonathan Ross usually annoys me by going on too much but here he strikes the right balance and allows Sir Roger to tell his very entertaining yarns. Part 1 discusses Sir Roger’s childhood and his MGM days with Lana Turner, and Part 2 takes the story from The Persuaders on.

[Cross-posted from Lucire] Here’s footage from L’Oréal Paris about its latest TVC, starring Elizabeth Banks. More videos and additional links at Lucire.

Before there was Borat, there was Ali G. And there was this interview with Col Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin. One of the best—from discussing landing on the sun to the nature of comedy.

   If Louis Armstrong was the first man on the moon as Ali G says, then this could explain why we saw so little of Satchmo after 1969. He was nearly 68 at the time, after all.
   Col Aldrin has voiced on The Simpsons, so one would hope he knows this is a pisstake.

We all knew that the next series of Ashes to Ashes will be ‘darker’, something the creators have always said, but producer Beth Willis gets us even more excited in an interview with Digital Spy.
   Obviously I can’t post the whole thing here due to their copyright, but here are some highlights:

• Alex is beginning to accept that the people in 1982 are real—after she realizes that Gene saved her as a little girl;
• ‘We have a character from Life On Mars who will come up at some point during the series and that will inevitably reopen questions about Sam.’

   Any bets that the returning character is Annie? That when they talk about ‘DI Tyler,’ it turns out that it’s her? Willis says Sam Tyler creeps up a couple of times in the series, not as a guest appearance, but maybe as a mention.
   She also gives a few clues to the three-series story arc, but doesn’t give as much certainty on whether there will be a third series as creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah have done. Right now, it hasn’t been commissioned. If the viewership is high, then I see no reason for the BBC to kill a golden goose, providing the actors are willing.