Category: Wolf Hall
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Damian Lewis Says Henry VIII “As Big A Brand As Coca-Cola” – Jan 19, 2015
Damian Lewis Says Henry VIII “As Big A Brand As Coca-Cola,” While Plugging PBS’s ‘Wolf Hall’ Television Critics Association Press Tour, Winter Tour, Panel Discussion by Lisa de Moraes – Deadline – January 19, 2015 “Henry [VIII] as a brand, is right up there with Coca Cola,â€Â Damian Lewis said, of the oft-portrayed Tudor king he plays…
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PBS’ Wolf Hall Starring Damian Lewis Could Be TV’s Next Great Antihero Story – Jan 19, 2015
PBS’ ‘Wolf Hall’ Starring Damian Lewis Could Be TV’s Next Great Antihero Story by Ryan Lattanzio – Indiewire – 19, January 2015 Will Henry VIII be Emmy winner Damian Lewis’ first, great post-Nick Brody role? Directed by Peter Kosminsky and written by Peter Straughan (one half of the Oscar-nominated “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy†duo), this six-part BBC drama…
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Damian Lewis’ Henry VIII in Wolf Hall Has Killer Calves – Jan 19, 2015
Damian Lewis’ Henry VIII in Wolf Hall Has Killer Calves by Jasmin Rosemberg – Variety – 19 January 2015 Henry VIII, infamous King of England in the sixteenth century, is often remembered for his gluttonous form, his string of wives, his disharmony with the Pope and his brute beheading spree. But Damian Lewis, star of the…
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Afternoon Tea At The British Consulate Celebrating ‘Wolf Hall’
Damian Lewis attended an afternoon tea at The British Consulate celebrating “Wolf Hall” in Los Angeles on Sunday. Damian will be at the PBS TCA Winter Press Tour presentation being held on Monday. Click below for pictures from Sunday’s event. We’ll have pictures from PBS’s TCA panel on Monday. Wolf Hall premieres in the US…
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Wolf Hall Q&A Interview Panel
Sunday Express TV Editor David Stephenson has uploaded the audio of the Q&A interview panel that was done after a screening of Wolf Hall episode 1 back on December 10th. Damian Lewis, Mark Rylance, Claire Foy, director Peter Kosminsky, writer Peter Straughan, and executive producer Colin Callender were there for the interview. Damian comes in…
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Damian Lewis: the man who would be king, The Telegraph, January 18, 2015
Damian Lewis: the man who would be king It’s been a toff life, all right, so who better to play Henry VIII in the keenly awaited ‘Wolf Hall’ Damian Lewis arrives at the Sun Military Awards in Greenwich  Photo: Rex Features By William Langley 18 Jan 2015
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Wolf Hall’s Damian Lewis: ‘We try to give a more varied portrait of Henry VIII’
THE Homeland star plays King Henry VIII in Wolf Hall, a gripping new BBC drama that reassesses the role of one of history’s arch-villains, Thomas Cromwell Packed with intrigue, sex, scandal, royals and seismic change, the tumultuous tale of how King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church in order to marry his second wife,…
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Wolf Hall, first look review: ‘masterful’
This lavish BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels, which starts on Wednesday, brings a fascinating, dangerous world to the screen, says Serena Davies The landscape of great TV drama has transformed in the past decade. Once the highest quality was considered almost the preserve of British literary adaptations – I, Claudius, Brideshead Revisited, Andrew Davies’s…