[Merlin Series 4] Merlin related [news] snippets
A few Merlin related news snippets. In this post: Nathaniel Parker/talkshow appearance, Emilia Fox/interview, Santiago Cabrera/Altazor Awards, Bradley James/The Big Match, Colin Morgan/info re Island US screenings, Pierrefonds/pics and 15 vids (Bradley, Colin, all the knights - PF May 2011) and Wales/filming and weather news (well, not really...).
WARNING: no S4 spoilers in the post but the vids may contain spoilers
Nathaniel Parker - Talkshow appearance
According to his website, Nathaniel Parker will be a guest at ITV's talkshow Loose Women on June 7th at 12.30pm (GMT). He'll be there to promote new ITV thriller Injustice, but who knows, they might ask him about Merlin as well.
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Emilia Fox - Growing up as a Fox
The generation game
Growing up as a Snow, a Suchet or a Fox, who could resist following in the family footsteps? Five London dynasties talk to Hannah Nathanson about working with their nearest and dearest.
Emilia Fox, 36
I wasn't aware of my parents' jobs until I went away to board at Bryanston aged 13. Then people started assuming that because they were actors we lived this luxurious Hollywood lifestyle, but my upbringing was totally the opposite. Some of my earliest memories of growing up are getting dressed while standing over an electric heater to keep warm. Amazing people embroidered my childhood, such as Fred Zinnemann, who directed The Day of the Jackal, and the cellist Jacqueline du Pré. My parents told me not to act until I had a degree and thank God they did because it's one of the things I feel most proud about. When we were on set together for Pride and Prejudice I was the school swot and Mum was the life and soul. She would be up leading the party with Colin Firth, having a wild time. My six-month-old daughter Rose has been on set with me a few times and she loves the attention. I have a romantic fantasy that because I was pregnant while filming Silent Witness and Merlin she will have absorbed it all.
And Emilia's mum, Joanna David, reveals
The night I went into labour with Millie, Edward [Fox, Joanna's husband] and I had been to the Vaudeville Theatre to see Maggie Smith in Snap, but we never thought that Millie would go into acting. When the director of Pride and Prejudice, Simon Langton, rang me up and suggested Emilia for the part of Georgiana, I said, 'Absolutely not, she's at university,' but I didn't mind giving in once I knew that they would be shooting during the holidays and it wouldn't interfere with her studies. School was always a priority. When Millie was growing up I considered very carefully what jobs I took; I was constantly balancing plates and when Edward was working I would keep the home fires burning. It's a curious mixture watching both Emilia and her brother Freddie on stage. People say, 'Oh, aren't you proud,' but I just think, 'Thank goodness they've got a job and can pay the rent.'
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Santiago Cabrera - La Vida de los Pesce/Altazor Awards
Another pic from the Altazor Awards, tweeted by Santiago's co-star Blanca Lewin
She also shares a video from the ceremony, from 8:40 on Santiago receives his award (the vid ends in the middle of his acceptance speech, though).
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Bradley James - The Big Match
@BradleyJames: Will do my best to meet everybody who comes to support on Sunday, so give me a scream so I can find you. Better still come up with a chant! *
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Colin Morgan - Island
Island ranks 3rd place in Soda Picture's Cinema Top 5 atm.
@Island_TheMovie tweeted: Please contact Traction in N.America to ask when Island will screen there - more they know its wanted, harder they sell! Cheers for support
Traction is traction-media.com and you can pesterget in touch with them and begask for Island screenings in the States via e-mail: tma@traction-media.com
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Pierrefonds block 1
yavannauk on tumblr: Work that hair, Gwaine | Oh, that smile (Colin) | Mmm, check out that bicep! (BJ & Ade)
natsukiai@tumblr: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08
brightporclain@tumblr: clip
arthurmerlinfan shares 15 short clips from filming in Pierrefonds/May 2011 at YT
[direct link playlist]
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Filming in Wales
May 26th (~ 7pm), @mugim0e: For anyone interested in locations.Merlin signs at fforest fawr car park,horse boxes,etc there. Base at Castle Heights golf club. *
May 27th
@stumpy_juk: @dchan77fr no rain as yet. My naked rain dance seems to have worked. #whoneedsmerlinwhenyouhaveanakedstumpy *
@stumpy_juk: Having a few drinks with some Merlin crew. It's been a tough but fun week. All day session at the cricket tomorrow. Cannot wait *
@AliceMerlin: Awesome week. Very tough. Here are some pics. * >> pic 1 | pic 2