The Times Online has a nice little interview with Damian Lewis:

I used to be a bit of a party animal. These days I can’t go out relentlessly and be a father as well. I have two children, aged 3 and 2, so instead I tend to do silly dad things such as going on 150-mile bike rides with my friends just to prove that we can do it. We did a ride in the Cambrian Mountains and Brecon Beacons over three days at Easter out of a sense of adventure, but we’ve all been in physiotherapy ever since.

Read the rest at the Times Online.

Soccer Aid 2010 will broadcast on ITV1 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Soccer Aid: Extra Time - with highlights, analysis and player reaction - will broadcast on ITV4 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm following the match. Click here for more program details.

According to This is Local London, Will filmed at The Royal Standard of England pub over the weekend.

Gallery Update: Damian Lewis attended the Louis Vuitton Bond Street Maison Launch Afterparty in London on Tuesday. Click here at the gallery for pictures.

Thanks to June for her report on the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour on May 17th. She says, “The most striking thing for me was the contrast between Damian and Jeremy Irons, Damian beautifully dressed in a plum coloured jersey (gorgeous with his hair) over a white shirt and light grey trousers, and totally exqisite plain black shoes - how can one rapsodise over a pair of men’s shoes? - Irons flamboyant in fancy leather jacket and huge laced up boots.” Click here at the Yahoo! Group for the post.

Wow, more interesting sign-ups for Soccer Aid 2010: actors Mike Myers, Woody Harrelson and Simon Baker have joined the Rest of the World squad which will take on the England team (that includes Damian). The celebrity soccer match will take place on Sunday, June 6th at Old Trafford stadium and broadcast live on ITV1. Money raised through profits from ticket sales and donations made by viewers during the match will go to UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization. Click here at the Soccer Aid site for more info and tickets.

From the Screen Daily:

Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins and Perry Eggelton have started shooting Will, about an orphan’s journey across Europe to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

The film will also include appearances by Liverpool football stars Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard.

Ellen Perry directs from her own script, which was co-written by Zack Anderson. She also produces, alongside Taha Altayli, Timothy Nicholas and Mark Cooper for Strangelove Films. Executive producers are Stewart Till, Mustafa Karahan and Stephen Moffitt. Muharrem Gulmez is co-producer.

Will is shooting on location in Liverpool, Kent, Paris and Turkey, including Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium, and also at Elstree Studios.

Click here for the Will project page.

New project: Damian has signed on to star in the film Man Is Wolf to Man by the director and producer team, Dominic and Lee Santana!

Damian Lewis, the redheaded star of “Life” and “Band of Brothers,” has joined the cast of another Santana project, the action-thriller “Man Is Wolf to Man.”

Inspired by true events, “Man Is Wolf to Man” is set in French Guyana in 1934. A group of foreign prisoners escape from a penal colony only to be tracked down by a ruthless bounty hunter. Finnish actress Pihla Viitala (”Bad Family”) and Germany’s Vinzenz Kiefer, who had a supporting role in “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” also star. Principle photography is also planned for fall.

More from Screen Daily:

British director and producer team, Dominic and Lee Santana have arrived in Cannes with a trio of high-profile stars attached to the next two films being produced under their UK-based Santana Brothers production banner.

Ralph Fiennes and Olga Kurylenko will star in romantic drama Coronet and Damian Lewis will star in the action thriller Man Is Wolf To Man.

“We have two films going into production this fall so things are moving incredibly fast for us right now,” said the brothers. “Casting has been our main priority over the last month and we’re very excited that Damian, Ralph and Olga are on board for their respective roles. Ralph and Olga are the perfect leads for Coronet given the on-screen chemistry they can generate to bring the story to life. Damian is a remarkably gifted actor who will command the screen in Man Is Wolf. We’re eager to get started on both films.”

You’ll find more info - including producer and director statements - at the Santana Brothers website here. Click here for the new project page.

Damian Lewis fans in Australia: Life is now airing weeknights at 7:30pm on the pay channel 13th Street. More details here on the 13th Street website. Thanks to Jen for the headsup!

Soccer Aid 2010 update: Actor Michael Sheen and Manchester United star Ryan Giggs have been added to the Rest of the World team. The Soccer Aid charity match, which will raise money to benefit UNICEF, will be played in Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium and broadcast live on ITV1 on June 6th. More info on the new additions here and here.

Helen McCrory, in rehearsals for The Late Middle Classes, was interviewed by critic Mark Shenton on stage at the Donmar Warehouse on May 11th and among other things mentioned that she and “Damian watch hardly any television (occasional news), Damian taught her to appreciate film, they go to the theatre a lot, they are not planning to live in the States (not for now anyway), children keeping them busy, how much she admires Damian as an actor (and not just saying that because she’s married to him, she said).” Thanks to Tina for the report!

Previews for The Late Middle Classes begin May 27th.