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Apr 18, 2013 03:01

At the end of the month is Brit Week in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Francisco. Brit Week celebrates the “creativity and innovation” that the Brits brings to the Arts and other industries.

In honour of that that (see what I did there with honor?)



*He’s as American as apple pie and as Kryptonian as Mithen and Wegthor but “Man of Steel”s Superman is being played by Brit Henry Cavill.



With girlfriend Gina Carano who accompanied him to Tokyo for the start of his “Man of Steel” promotional tour
*I will try not to cry about those wretched mandals he’s wearing.


Or that I don’t have a Legendary hoodie


Or mention that his hair looks to be thinning


Even though his hair is ridiculously curly


Hank on “Driven to Extremes


A full length “Man of Steel” trailer premiered on Tuesday as Zack Snyder, among other shillers of box office blockbusters -or so the exhibitors who were in attendance hope for-attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

I’m still


about the film despite the trailer. I find the parental scenes very touching



Always have to make it about you, don’t you Bruce?


but the other stuff? Not a fan of Snyder's washed out, solar flare saturated visuals and I hoped that with MoS he would take the opportunity to deviate from his standard directorial style and show range and I have high hopes for Amy Adams as Lois Lane but the bar was left really low by Kate Bosworth in “Superman Returns”.

Judge for yourself.


Despite my feelings I will be there June 14th to represent. Iron Man can’t win!




MoS in the Press








The cast. Cavill, Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue (Faora) and Ayelet Zurer (Lara)




*While Michael Shannon is playing cinema Zod, television’s Zod, Callum Blue made a bit of press not too long ago. And I mean little, like barely anyone online talked about it because it’s Callum Blue, Cavill’s “The Tudors” castmate. But Callum’s allegedly’s been looking for someone to kneel before him on hook up sites like Grindr and Adam4Adam and his alleged dick pic made the rounds online. I wonder if he’s going to make people recreate the Clark/Ollie “Dominion” fight.



While the authenticity of the dick pic is under contention, as is the profile that people site as being Callum’s (because it uses a publicity photo versus a personal one) I know that the shirtless photo attributed to Callum is Callum.

Same birthmark and you can see his tattoo on his arm










*Callum came fully dressed to a Con in Australia with Henry James Olsen. Too bad Good Twin didn’t cover his toes.
Frickin’ mandals!!


Cruising or not, I still think you’re darling and I can’t wait to see you on “Royal Pains”

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*Callum appeared in a two-part episode of “Dr. Who” spinoff “The Sarah Jane Adventures”. Another person who was in a “Dr. Who” spinoff is Scottish actor John Barrowman. Currently on “Arrow” as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer and father of Oliver Queen’s BFF Tommy Merlyn…

Those Merlyn Men




…will appear in an upcoming episode of ABC’s “Scandal”. Until then Barrowman has been funning it up with new “Arrow” regular Colton Haynes.

Does Barrowman’s boyfriend know that he’s sleeping with Colton?



I mean, could you blame him?


These are actually their trip from set to L.A in pictures. Colton and John even made videos of their antics on the plane.






The press picked up the off-plane antics




*There was one particular weekend where Barrowman, Colton and Willa Holland (Thea Queen) made videos of themselves singing “Summer Lovin’” and tapdancing.

All in a day’s work with John Barrowman


His boyfriend knows how much he likes to share with his fans


~Another “Dr. Who” alumnus and former “Being Human” star Lenora Crichlow has been cast in an untitled U.S pilot that will star James Caan (cos when you think comedy you immediately think of James Caan) and Maggie Lawson of “Psyche”.

Another person “Being Human” alum who has booked a U.S pilot? Our gentlemanly werewolf Tom, Michael Socha!!

Michael has shot the pilot for the “Once Upon a Time” spinoff “Once: Wonderland”. Socha will play the Knave of Hearts. Socha was the first one cast followed by the casting of Sophie Lowe as Alice.

We said goodbye to Tom, Hal and Alex with the cancellation of “Being Human”



But show’s creator Toby Whithouse has given fans an opportunity to decide their own ending, in a fashion. The finale’s ending wasn’t necessarily the end. The DVD has a book end.

Spoiler that will only make sense if you’ve seen the finale

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**It has also been announced that the next season of “Misfits” will be its last.

Between the “Once: Wonderland”, appearance as conventions and a new baby

Elis Michael Socha




Michael is quite busy.

*Socha’s short-lived romance on the show was with the equally gentle hearted, but randier Alison played by Ellie Kendrick


..who is now on “Game of Thrones” as Jojen Reed’s sister Meera. Maybe she’ll stick around long enough to be relevant enough to appear in photoshoots like the other cast members.











The cast in Cult Times
Richard Madden, 26
Born in Renfrewshire

Who do you play in Game of Thrones?
I’m Robb Stark, King of the North and Lord of Winterfell, who at the end of the last series was betrayed by his closest friend and lost his castle.

Has life changed since you joined the show?
When I got the part I went into full-blown horse training - Robb has grown up with horses, so I started going riding four times a week. I couldn’t walk properly for three months. But now I’m really confident on the horse.

How are you with CGI wolves?
Much better than I am with real ones!

Last year you appeared at the world’s biggest fantasy and sci-fi convention, Comic-Con in San Diego. How was that?
We shoot in the middle of nowhere in Ireland and you forget that there are fans all over the world. There were thousands of people when I arrived, chanting “King of the North!”, which was just crazy.

Natalie Dormer, 31
Born in Berkshire

Who do you play?
I play Margaery Tyrell, an ambitious young lady with aspirations to be as grand as the Queen. I don’t find her malevolent, or nastily crafty, but it’s quite hard to tell where her sincerity stops and Machiavellian intent starts.

In season two she suggested a threesome with her husband and brother...
She’s a pragmatist. She wasn’t offering a threesome for sexually perverse reasons. She knew she needed to get pregnant and was trying to entice her sexually confused husband into bed.

Can you relate to Margaery?
In the new series, Margaery is taken under the wing of her grandmother, Olenna, the Queen of Thorns, played by Diana Rigg. She teaches her how to be a strong Tyrell woman, who knows her mind and can play the political game at its darkest and most deadly. The parallel for me, as a young actress, is working with someone like Diana Rigg, who has been doing phenomenal work for decades, whether in Medea on stage or The Avengers on TV. I feel I have also been taken under her wing every time she says, “Oh darling, I’ve been there and got the T-shirt, let me tell you a few stories...”

Why did you sign up for Game of Thrones?
Playing an ambitious young woman whose family push her to be a queen had echoes of past choices I’ve made, and I was worried Margaery was too similar to Anne Boleyn, whom I played in The Tudors. But joining the GoT cast was a no-brainer. The first series was such a phenomenon - so brave in its writing and bold in its production values.

Kit Harington, 26
Born in London
Who do you play?
In the GoT world, I’m Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of Ned Stark. And in that world, if you’re a bastard child you’re normally treated as if you’re nothing. But he’s been brought up quite well by his father and he’s a good person, which is unusual.

Has life changed since you joined Game of Thrones?
It is a physically demanding role, so I have to keep really fit. When I have a couple of months off I’ll use that time to go to the gym, although, just before filming began this season, I broke my ankle climbing up through my bedroom window trying to get my keys. Yes, I was drunk.

Who’s your favourite GoT character?
Tyrion Lannister, played by Peter Dinklage. He’s the only person who talks sense. Everyone is completely nuts - nuts for power, or just insane. And he’s an outsider, like Jon Snow.

The show doesn’t shy away from graphic scenes of violence and sex.. .
You’ll turn up on set and they’ll say, “Right, you can just gut this chicken.” It’s very real - if there are dead rabbits hanging in the background, you can guarantee those aren’t fake rabbits. That realism is also why people respond to it - if you do fantasy cheaply, it doesn’t work.

Joe Dempsie, 25
Born in Liverpool

Who do you play?
Gendry, a blacksmith in the royal armoury at King’s Landing. To his knowledge he’s an orphan, and he has no idea who his parents were, but then he’s visited by Ned Stark and asked about his parentage and later realises there’s a bounty on his head... but he has no idea why.

Did your role in Skins help you get your part in GoT?
Gendry was the fourth GoT part I auditioned for, so probably not! I think half of London went for the part of Jon Snow. Then I went for both Pyp and Grenn.

Who’s your favourite GoT character?
I didn’t audition for Joffrey, the sadistic tyrant, but that’s the part I’d love to play. I’ve still never met Jack Gleeson, who plays him - the cast is just so vast. You know how in London you’re never more than ten feet from a rat? Soon you’ll never be more than 50 feet from someone in Game of Thrones!

Rose Leslie, 26
Born in Aberdeenshire

Who do you play?
Ygritte, a wildling living north of the Wall, who was introduced in season two. Jon Snow and his men jump her and her friends. Everybody is slaughtered, but Jon Snow realises he can’t kill a woman, and she exploits that hesitation.

Why do the wildlings have northern English accents?
The wildlings are ruthless killers and a clipped English accent wouldn’t work. It was the same accent I did in Downton Abbey [as housemaid Gwen], which made it easier to get to grips with.

You may be the only cast member who grew up in a castle - Lickleyhead in Aberdeenshire. Does your family have a motto?
We do: “Grip fast”. It means hold on for dear life! It relates to staying strong through any situation.

Gwendoline Christie, “My age? No one knows. Not even my mum. I've lost track”
Born in Sussex

Who do you play?
Brienne of Tarth, a female knight - well, she wants to be a knight! She is the greatest swordswoman in the land. None of the blokes can hold a candle to her. She’s a woman in a man’s world, amplifying her masculine attributes in order to survive.

Can you relate to Brienne?
To be involved in something that is genuinely challenging gender stereotyping is what I’ve always wanted. I don’t have to worry about whether I look attractive. Brienne looks like a bag of dung - that’s the character and that’s fine - so I can focus on other things.

Has life changed since you joined GoT?
People used to come up to me and say: “Excuse me, how tall are you?” [She’s 6ft 3in]. Now they say: “Excuse me, are you in Game of Thrones?” And that is delightful. I can die happy.

Sophie Turner, 17
Born in Northampton

Who do you play?
Sansa Stark, who started off as a naive little girl who believed in a fairy-tale world. Then she gets betrothed to Joffrey, and everything goes downhill. She’s a pretty depressing character to play!

Why did you sign up for Game of Thrones?
I’d love to say it was the writing, but I was 13 and was just super-excited to get an audition!

Do your classmates treat you differently now?
You quickly learn who your friends are. Luckily I’ve been friends with mine since I was four, so they just think of me as weirdo Sophie.

Do your friends watch GoT?
My teachers do. Which is kind of bizarre. They’re like, "Last night’s episode was fun!" And I’m like, "Can we just get on with maths."

*Rickon isn’t very Rickon in real life. Little Irish actor Art Parkinson (what an old man name for such a young guy) is on Twitter and he seems fun.



He calls it his own shaggy dog


His brother. At least Art knows what to expect from puberty


*Natalie Dormer, who was Anne Boleyn in “The Tudors” is working with another Johnny. Dormer is shooting an episode of “Elementary” playing Irene Adler.



In a Six Degrees of Separation bit of fun Jonny Lee Miller’s best friend Jude Law (who played Watson in the Guy Richie “Sherlock Holmes” films) is dating Ruth Wilson of “Luthor” that stars Lucy Liu’s close friend Idris Elba.



Idris interviewed Lucy for Michigan Avenue Magazine
http://michiganavemag.com/personalities/articles/idris-elba-interviews-lucy-liu





In another bit of inspired casting Candis Cayne was introduced on the show as Ms. Hudson and miracles upon miracles the interwebs didn’t explode over the fact that a transgender woman was portraying the character.



Candis has gained a few stones since “Dirty, Sexy Money”


*Vinnie Jones who played Moriarty (though there’s a twist) in an recent ep of “Elementary” “X-Men” character Juggernaut won’t be returning to the “X-Men” verse, but he’s in good company. Absentees from the sequel to “X-Men: First Class” are “Zoe Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones and Lucas Till (Angel, Banshee and Havoc).

Bryan Singer tweeted a picture of his international cast


that includes Brits Sir Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Hoult




; Scot James McAvoy; German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender, French actor Omar Sy, Australian Hugh Jackman, Chinese actress Fan BingBing, New Zealander Anna Paquin, Canadians Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore and Daniel Cudmore, Americans Peter Dinklage, Halle Berry (who is now pregnant so let’s see how this works out) Boo Boo Stewart.

Isn’t it time to go by your birth name, Nils?


*While promoting his latest film “Trance” McAvoy said that Alan Cummings was returning but he retracted it later. I don’t know…there are some empty spaces in that layout.

~I Leave
Parental Love! SV Style




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*Bonus SV parental? Kyle Gallner and his girlfriend Tara with their newborn Oliver Michael Gallner.



Hipster Dad FTW



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