Richard interview about The Pride in the Sheffield Telegraph
Richard is featured in an article of the Sheffield Telegraph, mostly regarding The Pride, which he directs and will run from June 23 to July 16. The first and last paragraphs are about him filming Merlin, and there are a few details of his filming schedule.
In a couple of weeks Richard Wilson will be off to don the wig and robes of the magician Gaius and join filming a fourth series of Merlin, the BBC primetime Arthurian fantasy adventure.
“It’s a good arrangement, it fits around my directing work,” says the Sheffield Theatres associate director who is currently rehearsing The Pride which starts previewing in the Crucible Studio next week.
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In between is his stint on Merlin - he is due on set only a couple of days after press night for The Pride and is quite looking forward to it.
“It’s quite good fun but it’s also hard work, there’s no hanging about which there can sometimes be on film sets,” he says.
Filming takes place in Wales and in France - at Chateau de Pierrefonds in rural Picardy which sounds a pretty decent place to while away the summer. Wilson is not so convinced. “The series is shown all around the world and has become a mecca for tourists. There are crowds outside the gates as you pass through. Because it’s rural the hotels aren’t luxurious,” he adds, and then brightens: “But Paris is only an hour away where there are good hotels and restaurants.”
The Pride has a public dress rehearsal next Thursday (June 23) in the Crucible Studio where it runs to July 16.
Read the full article at the site here.
In a couple of weeks Richard Wilson will be off to don the wig and robes of the magician Gaius and join filming a fourth series of Merlin, the BBC primetime Arthurian fantasy adventure.
“It’s a good arrangement, it fits around my directing work,” says the Sheffield Theatres associate director who is currently rehearsing The Pride which starts previewing in the Crucible Studio next week.
[...]
In between is his stint on Merlin - he is due on set only a couple of days after press night for The Pride and is quite looking forward to it.
“It’s quite good fun but it’s also hard work, there’s no hanging about which there can sometimes be on film sets,” he says.
Filming takes place in Wales and in France - at Chateau de Pierrefonds in rural Picardy which sounds a pretty decent place to while away the summer. Wilson is not so convinced. “The series is shown all around the world and has become a mecca for tourists. There are crowds outside the gates as you pass through. Because it’s rural the hotels aren’t luxurious,” he adds, and then brightens: “But Paris is only an hour away where there are good hotels and restaurants.”
The Pride has a public dress rehearsal next Thursday (June 23) in the Crucible Studio where it runs to July 16.
Read the full article at the site here.