Howdy
folks!
Ok so now
that the awards season is over, we can begin the “year in film” afresh. And
already some VERY interesting news is coming in from the news desks!
The first
comes from one of my all-time favourite actors Leonardo DiCaprio. It has
finally become an official “thing” that he will play Billy Milligan – the first
man to be diagnosed with and acquitted (in this case for robbery and rape)
because of multiple personality disorder. Milligan claimed to have a total of
24 different personalities, two of which admitted to the crimes… The script has
been kicking around for a while and DiCaprio has been interested in the part
since 1997 it would seem. It’s a very exciting project and I cannot think of
anyone better than DiCaprio to pull it off. Of course the speculations about
“whether this will be THE year” have already started circulating – which is
understandable. But I found one comment on Twitter saying that basically as he
was playing 24 personalities, maybe one would finally get the Oscar (I have
honestly forgotten who said it- don’t hesitate to give me a shout if it was
you) – and it’s a bit of a cruel way to put it but here’s hoping!
Moving on,
striking true life stories seem to be “in” this year as the next piece of news in
the same vein comes from Eddie Redmayne. The Oscar winner has had the rather
bizarre fate of being praised to the sky with his performance in Theory of
Everything and lambasted for his performance in Jupiter Ascending in
practically the same breath for the past few weeks (the kindest account of it I
have been able to find says he seems to be suffering from a strange case of
laryngitis). Anyway, Redmayne has not let his head be turned by the good or the
bad, and has launched into the extraordinary true story called The Danish Girl,
where he will play the first man to have a gender reassignment operation. The
first still of Redmayne in his new role has already emerged –and has got
tongues wagging already! I think it’s set to be a fascinating part! Click here for the first glimpse of him in his new role!
Last of all,
one I am not so sure about. This one has been circulating for a while now and
every time it turned up on my Twitter feed I kinda went “naah, that can’t be a
thing” but it looks like it is. Kevin Spacey is ACTUALLY going to play a
businessman who, after an accident, gets trapped in the body of the household
cat. Now, I am devoutly hoping this is NOT a repeat of that spate of films in
the ‘90s where people kept swapping bodies and getting trapped in whatever as
if it were pretty much as easy as slipping off your jacket. (I mean there were
a total of THREE Freaky Fridays for crying outloud). Unless there is some kind
of seriously Mulholland Drive type stuff going on (and director Barry
Sonnenfeld being better known for directing Men In Black this is highly doubtful
though not impossible) I am seriously failing to get excited about this… Even
if it IS Kevin Spacey and he IS awesome.
Last but
not least, sadly, an obituary. As you already know (unless you have been under
a rock for the last week or so) Leonard Nimoy, the one and only Spock and the
universes’ favourite Vulcan passed away aged 83 last week . Mr Nimoy was a not
only a phenomenon in the world of acting and sci-fi but also a great
humanitarian who will be sorely missed all over the globe for many different
reasons…
And now, on
to the main event ladies and gentlemen – scroll right down for the show of the
week and may you live long and prosper until we meet again!
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