Category: Interviews
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Damian Lewis – Wolf Hall’s Henry VIII – on why it’s his TV star wife Helen McCrory who rules their marriage
When Damian Lewis was summoned to Buckingham Palace to receive his OBE — awarded for services to acting — he decided to treat himself to a new morning suit. He hadn’t worn one since his school days at Eton, where it is the uniform, but as he would be receiving his honour from Prince William,…
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Damian Lewis American Buffalo Photoshoot Interview
Teaching Us About Teach by American Buffalo The Play | YouTube | February 18, 2015 Damian Lewis discusses his return to the west end and performing alongside John Goodman and Tom Sturridge in this behind-the-scenes interview for the forthcoming production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo.
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Damian Lewis Featured in Golf Digest – Feb 15, 2015
Damian Lewis Featured in Golf Digest Wolf Hall meets Shades of Grey Damian Lewis and Jamie Dornan talk Golf At the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland this past October, we had a chance to talk golf with a couple of actors: Jamie Dornan, who stars in the uber-hyped movie “Fifty Shades of Grey,†scheduled…
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Vogue Interview with Damian and Helen – Jan 20, 2015
No Place Like Homeland by Staff | Vogue | January 20, 2015 “Do you know, I think you might wear a suit better than any man I’ve ever met.” In the intimate and strangely forbidden confines of a lift at the National Theatre, Helen McCrory’s heavily made-up hazel eyes are drinking in her husband’s tall,…
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After “Homeland,†Damian Lewis Looked To His Past To Plan His Future
The Homeland alum relied on two decades of invaluable Hollywood lessons to tackle lead roles in a pair of new television projects, BBC Two’s period drama Wolf Hall and Showtime’s high-finance pilot Billions. When Damian Lewis faced the press on Jan. 19, for the first time since he was killed off Showtime’s Homeland in December…
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Wolf Hall: Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance on bringing the intrigue of the Tudor court to life
Just a note: The article incorrectly states he’ll be doing a play in February when he’ll be working on the Showtime pilot Billions in January/February. Blinded by the dominant Holbein portrait of a later, more corpulent Henry, I was initially surprised by the casting of Damian Lewis. But striding across Broughton Castle’s lawn, fully costumed…
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‘Wolf Hall’ Press Pack Interview: Damian Lewis is Henry VIII
How has playing Henry changed your perception of him as a historical figure? I think we all have this understanding that he was this womanising, syphilitic, bloated, genocidal Elvis character. And actually the truth is, though it might be an odd thing to mention, he had a 32-inch waist and he remained that way for…
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Hunger Magazine Interview – Dec 26, 2014
You Must Know Yourself by Fiona Sinclair Scott | Hunger TV Magazine | December 26, 2014 [D]amian Lewis is a confident character, and he has been known to stir up the occasional controversy, be it for his comments at the end of 2013 about his fear of becoming a “slightly over the top, fruity stage…