Tag: Band of Brothers
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PBS Masterpiece Interview with Damian Lewis, May 2003
From a Repressed Tortured Soul to a Possessed College Professor by Staff | PBS Masterpiece | May, 2003 Whether they realized it or not, viewers of the popular Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks miniseries Band of Brothers were watching an English actor in the starring role of Major Richard Winters, the taciturn American hero of an airborne unit during…
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Interview: The Charmer, The Times / Sunday Times, November 17, 2002
The Charmer by Lesley White, The Times / Sunday Times, November 17, 2002 Smooth, confident and raring to reinvent himself, Damian Lewis is just the chap to play Jeffrey Archer, says Lesley White When we meet on the Pinewood set of the slapstick satire, written by Guy Jenkin, creator of Drop the Dead Donkey, Lewis’s…
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Guardian Interview: Shooting Star – March 10, 2002
Shooting star by Jay Rayner | The Guardian |Â March 10, 2002 Watching Damian Lewis leading the men of Easy Company to victory in Spielberg’s WWII epic Band of Brothers, you’d never guess he went to Eton and attended drama school with Ewan MacGregor. Now, though, he is returning to more familiar territory as the iconic…
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Damian Lewis Interview: USA Weekend Magazine – March 10 2002
Black Hawk Down, Elvis, Steve McQueen, and Broadway by Evelyn Poitevent | USA Weekend Magazine |  March 10, 2002 “Band of Brothers†star Damian Lewis, 31, has been touted by everyone from the “New York Times†to “People†magazine as Hollywood’s new golden child. And rightfully so. The British actor — a veteran of London’s…
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Man of the Month: Damian Lewis, A Brit of the Action, GQ UK November 2001
“British women are just the best,†announces Damian Lewis, who you will soon know as Lieutenant Richard Winters from BBC2′s Band of Brothers. Moments later he ruminates about getting to grips with his first pair of fake breasts in LA. “I almost let out a yelp,†he says. “I thought, ‘These are like footballs!’†One…
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An Officer and A Gentleman – Oct 15, 2001
Eton-Educated British Actor Damian Lewis Overcame a Near-Fatal Motorcycle Crash and a Family Tragedy on His Way to the Spotlight by Russell Scott Smith | US Weekly | October 15, 2001 IT WAS A COLD WINTERS NIGHT IN London when Damian Lewis crashed, face-first through a car’s windshield and almost died. That evening, in 1998,…
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Damian Lewis Interview, Sunday Telegraph – Sept 30, 2001
Bananas and Marmalade by Emily Bearn | Sunday Telegraph | September 30, 2001 Damian Lewis is an Old Etonian who plays an American war hero in Spielberg’s latest epic, and dreams of being the next James Bond. Emily Bearn meets the young contender. Damian Lewis (if the actor’s publicists in London, New York and Los…