Saturday, August 31, 2013

Two of my favorite Eddie photos



Have a great weekend!


This is my phone's screensaver photo from the photoshoot Hedi Slimane made for LA Times in 2011.













This photo is the wallpaper on my phone. This is from the play "Now or Later" 2008.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Open casting for Theory of Everything movie in Cambridge

I recommend this news for those who live near Cambridge, and want to be included in the movie.
The production team is now seeking people to star as extras during shooting in Cambridge in September.
An open casting will take place tomorrow between 10am and 4pm at The Arts School Lecture Theatre in Benet Street. No experience is necessary.
Source:

About the production:
EddieRedmayne to Play Young Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything'
British actor Eddie Redmayne will soon be tacking his most challenging role to date in the true-life story of one of the world's most influential scientists.
Redmayne will be playing famed physicist Stephen Hawking in the upcoming biopic "The Theory of Everything," which is expected to focus on Hawking's life in the mid-1960s, according to Deadline. Working Title, the British production company that also brought "Les Miserables" to the big screen, are behind the project.
Beyond his skills as an actor, Redmayne seems an ideal choice to play Hawking – he looks youthful enough to be convincing as a young man of college age, and pictures of Hawking in his days at Oxford and Cambridge prove the actor bears a genuine resemblance to the physicist in his youth.

Hawking: watch the world exclusive trailer of the documentary about the celebrated scientist - VIDEO

Hawking is the new documentary about the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time. Hawking's story, from his early days as a student through his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, to his status as a bestselling author, is narrated by the man himself. 
Hawking is released in the UK on 20 September.

Update: Full Hawking (2013) documentary HERE.

Something about me
In 1980, when I went to University, the movie "Victory" starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé and Max von Sydow was filmed in Budapest. Much of the film takes place in a football match. I took part in the filming as an extra. I was a viewer in the stadium. I spent three days on the set. Unfortunately, when I watched the movie, I have not managed to find myself in the crowd.

Update: November 8, 2013:
Article in The Cambridge Student by Ruairi O'Donoghue:
Cambridge University hits international cinema screens
Next year’s box office is set to be a significant one for the University of Cambridge, as three films will be released about Cambridge academics. How to Make Love like an Englishman, starring Pierce Brosnan, is a largely fictional account of a generic Cambridge poetry professor. The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything are biopics of real Cambridge dons, Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking respectively.
Over the summer students were able to audition as extras for the film The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne. Universal Extras held the open auditions in August at the Art School Lecture Theatre.

Like Minds - One Direction connection


Louis Tomlinson appeared for a short time in the film. He was one of the school students who were waiting for a hearing of the detective after Susan's body was found near the school.
(Source: styleslou, via harrehloveslouhee)

Eddie was asked about this at the Teenage Cancer Trust afterparty 
at the Groucho Club in 10 April 2013.
He didn't realise Louis was even in the 2006 film with him.
He said: "I know One Direction but I don’t know the individual members. I had no idea he was in a film with me when he was a child, I feel really old now!

“I’m pretty sure all the fans will probably watch it and be annoyed that I’m taking up all the screen time.

“I’ve never met One Direction but it’s good to know I have this unbreakable bond with one of them now."

The reporter asked if he would ever duet with One Direction.
Laughing at that suggestion, he told: "An Eddie Redmayne and One Direction duet? What singing A Heart Full Of Love [a Les Mis ballad]? I don’t think anyone wants me to ruin what they’ve got going for them. I think I’d definitely cramp their style, I’m not quite teenage girl boy band pin-up material!"



Eddie met Louis at the Vanity Fair Oscars Afterparty 
24 February 2013.



Eddie Redmayne quote 
"I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have anappalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!',and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't."