News – Page 14 – Damian Lewis

New project, ‘The Baker’ US DVD release, Richard Winters Leadership project

On April 23, 2010February 5, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

New project: According to IMDb, Damian Lewis has been cast as “Gareth” in the film Will. According to the film’s IMDB page, it is being directed by Ellen Perry who is also listed as co-writer along with Zack Anderson. The film also lists actors Kristian Kiehling and Perry Eggelton in the cast and is in pre-production. Click here for the film’s IMDb page.

Soccer Aid Reminder/ Update: Legendary French player Zinedine Zidane has signed on to play on the Rest Of The World team against England. More info here.

Tickets for the match at Old Trafford on June 6th are now available. Call 0844 576 2010 or visit the official Soccer Aid site for tickets. All money raised from the event will go to Unicef.
The Baker will be renamed Assassin in Love when it’s released on DVD in the US by Screen Media Films at the end of the year. More info here at Home Media Magazine.

The film is already available in North America in Region 1 format. Click here for links.

Click here at the Tim Gray Media website to learn more about the Richard Winters Leadership Monument and Film project which has full approval of the Winters family. Thanks to Linda in Belgium for the headsup.

Band of Brothers Events News

Soccer Aid 2010!

On March 23, 2010February 5, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

It’s been announced Damian Lewis will take part in the celebrity charity football match Soccer Aid 2010 which benefits UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization. The event will take place on Sunday June 6th at Manchester’s legendary Old Trafford stadium and broadcast live on ITV1. Tickets are on sale now! Click here at the official Soccer Aid website for more info.

Damian took part in Soccer Aid 2006. Click on the following links in the gallery for pictures and screencaps from that week-long event:

May 23, 2006 – Soccer Aid – ‘England vs England’
May 24, 2006 – Socceraid Celebrities Meet Tony Blair
May 27, 2006 – Soccer Aid Unicef and ITV Football Match
May 22-27, 2006 – Soccer Aid screencaps
More on Damian’s role in Band of Brothers by Phil Bilbrough in Advertising.Scoop.co.nz :

One of the central characters (Band of Brothers is about Easy Company, American Paratroopers in WWII Europe) is Major Richard D. Winters, played by Damian Lewis. He is a handsome, heroic, quietly spoken, introspective, respected leader of men. …

So Major Richard D. Winters is a hero’s hero. And Damian Lewis is the world’s best actor. Why? Because Maj. Winter (so far) is a man without ANY flaws. His men love him – follow him into some very sticky situations and occasionally die. Yet Damian Lewis can make this perfectly perfect guy almost compelling even when his character isn’t running into battle, which is about 40% of the mini series.

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Outside the Comedy Theatre, The Prostate Cancer Charity’s Tour

On February 14, 2010February 5, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

Gallery update: Click here at the gallery for pictures of Damian Lewis leaving the Comedy Theatre on Saturday, February 13th.

Damian will be taking part in the The Prostate Cancer Charity’s Tour Rides again in September. From the RoadCyclingUK site:

“Cycling through London with all the roads closed and seeing all the sights was too good to resist. It was fabulous – feeling like a pro for a second. Anyone taking on this challenge in 2010 will also be cycling to show their support for a great cause. I feel passionate about supporting The Prostate Cancer Charity in improving the lives of the 35,000 men, and their families, who are affected by the disease every year.”

Click here for more info on how to sign up. Click here at the gallery to view pictures from last year’s event. Thanks to Ann for the news!

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Birthday, nominations

On February 11, 2010February 5, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

Happy Birthday to Damian Lewis who turns 39 today! Thank you for brightening our lives with your amazing talent. May you have another wonderful year of continued success! ➡
Congratulations to production of The Misanthrope for their 3 Laurence Olivier Award nominations: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Keire Knightley), Best Revival, and Best Costume Design. The awards will be presented March 21 in a ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Click here, here, and here for more information.

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Gallery update, new vid, ‘The Baker’ screening

On February 5, 2010April 16, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

Gallery update: Click here at the gallery for a couple pictures of Damian Lewis leaving the Comedy Theatre on Thursday, February 4th.
New download: Click here on our Events page to download a video interview with Damian at the South Bank Awards Show. Many thanks to Kaz! ➡
The Baker will screen in Old Saybrook, CT on Friday, February 12th as part of Connecticut Film Festival activities. Click here for ticket information. Click here for more info on the festival.

BBC Radio 4 will rebroadcast The Saturday Play thriller The Small Back Room at 2:30pm on Saturday. Click here on the Audio page to download it in mp3. More info on the project page here.

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Broadway.com interview

On January 9, 2010February 5, 2011 By kathyv Comments Off

Matt Wolf of Broadway.com published this terrific interview with Damian Lewis about his current role as Alceste in The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre in London’s West End.

Paul Levy praised Damian’s portrayal of Alceste in his review for the Wall Street Journal.com.

Visit the Warehouse for photos of Damian leaving the theatre on January 2, 2010.

Damian Lewis is scheduled to make a guest appearance on the Jonathan Ross show on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday January 16, 2010. The programme will run from 10am to 1pm and will be available for online listing live during the broadcast and on demand for 7 days after the broadcast. Thanks to Ann for the info and links!

The Wimbledon Film Club will screen Chromophobia starring Damian Lewis at the Odeon Wimbledon on January 14, 2010. Director Martha Fiennes will attend to present the film and answer questions; click here for more information.

In the US HBO is currently repeating Band of Brothers starring Damian Lewis. Episode 2 “Day of Days” will air on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 8:00 PM ET. HBO subscribers can also access episodes on HBO On Demand at no additional charge through March 29, 2010.

Two companion programs are also available on HBO On Demand, the documentary “We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company” and a featurette titled “The Making of Band of Brothers”.

Additional Damian Lewis performances available on US television this month include Dreamcatcher, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe; click here for more information and remember to check your local listings for accurate viewing information.

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New Metro.co.uk Interview

On December 14, 2009February 13, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

Metro.co.uk has a pretty picture to go along with their new interview with Damian Lewis:

He’s just got back from two years in the US filming NBC show Life, in which he played a policeman newly released from prison after serving 12 years for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s the latest British actor to make it big in America but he found the experience culturally dislocating.

‘I enjoyed it enormously but it was never my intention to be an LA TV actor jumping from one show to the next. It’s a luxurious living but it’s also rather deadening.’

And so he and his family (he has two small children with the actress Helen McCrory) swapped sunshine for the rain and now Lewis is about to appear in an updated Martin Crimp version (opposite Knightley) of Molière’s 17th-century satire The Misanthrope.

‘I just called up a bunch of people and asked whether anyone wanted to do a play with me,’ he says, which sounds both sweet and staggering.

Is that really how actors get work? He laughs awkwardly.

‘No no, not really. But you have to seek variety, particularly if you want to do theatre, which is the thing that drives me and which is somehow lacking when I’m doing these other things.’

Read the rest of the interview here.
Click here at the livejournal apple grass icons for a gorgeous and detailed picspam of Charlie’s various outfits, minus tie, in Life. 💡

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On December 13, 2009April 16, 2011 By mokulen Comments Off

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Gallery updates: Thank to Kaz for uploading scans from The Sunday Times Magazine (Dec 13th).

Click here for a scan from The Times Playlist (Dec 5th). The Playlist interview with Damian Lewis has this cute anecdote:

In terms of learning the lines, the rhymes are a blessing and a curse. Can you improvise a rhyme if you lose your way? Actually my first job was a Moliere, School for Wives, with Ian McDiarmid. I dried twice. The words had gone, so I had to bluff my way, just making sure I rhymed the end of each line. I’ll never forget the sight if Ian, so hot in his costume that steam was coming off his face, convulsing when he realised what I was doing.
More positive fan reaction from the blogs: The Burden of Dreams, Life in the Cheap Seats, and West End Whingers.
Click here to listen online to “Immortality at Last”, the last episode of Number 10, the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play with Damian Lewis as Simon Laity. Download it in mp3 format here from our Multimedia section. (Thanks again to Kaz!) Damian appears in all but episode no. 2.

Interviews News The Misanthrope Theatre

On November 28, 2009February 14, 2011 By kathyv Comments Off

Jasper Rees of the Times Online has published a new interview with Damian Lewis, Keira Knightley, Tara Fitzgerald, and director Thea Sharrock for The Misanthrope. Damian’s comments about returning to the stage include:

I think it makes you a much better actor when you come back. It makes you more detailed and less generally wanting to present yourself out front… In film, you don’t have to think about anybody. You learn your lines, you come up with your idea for your part on your own; you might get a day’s rehearsal, you might get one minute’s rehearsal. On stage, the wonderful paradox is, it’s massively empowering while at the same time utterly exposing. You never have that fear on camera. You can do it again.

Click here at The Misanthrope‘s official site to order tickets. Previews begin at London’s Comedy Theatre on December 5, 2009! Interested in getting together with other fans to see the play? Click here at the Yahoo! Group for more information.

Click here for a new Damian Lewis fan video by 123CeeGee. The background music is Damian Lewis as Simon Fuller singing Hello Dolly’s “Just Leave Everything to Me” in Posh and Beck’s Big Impression. Click here to see the actual scene from this 2004 BBC comedy spoof.

Thanks to jellybean for sharing the news that Australia’s Seven network has recently been re-broadcasting the Band of Brothers mini-series starring Damian Lewis.