Variety conversation on The Trial of the Chicago 7

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, writer and director

Aaron Sorkin, producer Marc Platt, and editor Alan Baumgarten joined Senior Artisans

Editor Jazz Tangay in the Variety Streaming Room to discuss the film’s timeliness and

creation process. The Oscar contender, which nabbed a Palm Springs International Film

Awards Vanguard, has swept major nominations in the awards circuit for the cast and crew.

 Eddie Redmayne said the film was an “urgent story to tell.”

Watch the video here

Eddie went shopping in London Wednesday, Feb.24, 2021

New candid photos here

New long BTS video for The Trial of the Chicago 7

 

A deep dive into a towering, timely story of conflict and

conviction. Behind the Scenes with Aaron Sorkin and the

cast and crew of The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Interviews with Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen,

Jeremy Strong, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance,

John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul Mateen II. and more.

My screenshots from the video below.

New BTS video from Netflix with interviews, and clips.

Watch The Trial of the Chicago 7 on YouTube now!

Eddie Redmayne plays Tom Hayden in the movie.

On February 18, 1970, the verdict in The Trial Of The Chicago 7 was announced

To commemorate the anniversary of this monumental trial,

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is available globally

for 48 hours for free on Netflix US YouTube Channel

until Saturday, Feb 20th, 11:59pm PST

Click here to watch the movie!

NPC conversation on The Trial of the Chicago 7

On February 18, the 51st anniversary of the trial’s end, Aaron Sorkin, the writer and

director behind the film The Trial of the Chicago 7, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen

(“Abbie Hoffman”) and Eddie Redmayne (“Tom Hayden”), will join National Press

Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews for an in-depth discussion on the legacy of the

Chicago 7 and the movie’s relevance today following a year of massive protests and

America’s long-overdue reckoning with systemic racism.

 

"The weird thing when you start out acting is that it's quite a solitary thing. You go

and you make a film or you do a play, you become very close very immediately

with a group of extraordinary people. And you then go off and do another one.

Now...film crews are ofter work in smaller groups together so they might bump into

each other more often. In acting, it doesn't happen so much. Fortunately having been

in it long enough you begin to remeet people and reconnect. For me - Sacha and I,

we've met on Les Miserables. That was an extraordinary experience. We're getting

to work together here, it was wonderful. Mark Rylance who's in the film had given

me my first ever job in a production of Twelfth Night in which he played Olivia

and I played Viola twenty years ago, so I genuinely have him to thank for my career.

Down to Jeremy Strong who was an old (pal) ... it was this wonderful mixture of

people that I haven't seen for a long time, new people, Yahya and Kelvin, whom

I haven't work with, Frank who I had met, so it did have this kind of familial

quality to it, but the most glorious thing was, everyone had totally different

processes, so it felt like all these different ... sort of musical genres colliding..."

Aaron Sorkin: “Anyone who is a fan of Eddie in Les Mis, which would be

everyone, go and also watch The Good Shepherd. It's one of the first films

Eddie did  - Matt Damon and Eddie - And you’ll hear Eddie sing

‘Shenandoah’ like you’ve never heard anyone sing it before.

You can tell from watching it.”

Eddie: "Oh, Aaron I love you, but you’ll also see one of the worst performances

I’ve ever done in my life because I was so terrified about getting fired.

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New video for charity - Eddie on the turning point of his career in 2003

In this new video, Eddie shares a turning point in his career where times were tough, but

Phil Willmott & Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres were able to lend a hand.

"The turning point of my career was in 2003. I was working in a pub. Had been

for months and completely failing I was flunking auditions, getting pretty shoddy

feedback, and beginning to lose faith. And then someone took a risk on me.

That person was Phil Willmott, and it was for a play called Master Harold and

the Boys, by Athol Fugard. It was being done at the Liverpool Everyman.

The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, the artistic director was Gemma

Bodinetz. That whole experience was just, it was mind-blowing for me.

It was filled and teaming with creative people doing brilliant things. I loved

the play and I began to have a bit more faith in myself. I am forever grateful to

those people and to the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse for that experience."

2003 - Master Harold and the Boys - Liverpool Everyman Playhouse

On March 16 2020 Theatres were first into lockdown & will be the last to reopen.

Thousands cannot do the jobs and many have fallen through the cracks.

It’s a challenging time for theatre actors. Eddie encourages you to visit the website

of the Theatre Artists Fund if as an actor you’re in urgent need or you want to help.

Theatre Artists Fund website

Find out how can you support the charity

Thank You!

Next Up The Good Nurse

Eddie’s next movie The Good Nurse is on the way.

Eddie’s co-star Jessica Chastain Tweeted about it.

This is an exciting thriller adapted from Charles Graeber’s crime novel

based on real events. The movie is set to direct by Tobias Lindholm.

Eddie Redmayne plays Charles Cullen, the infamous caregiver

implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. 

Beautiful fanart by Giggling on Instagram

She posted these wonderful drawings on her IG account

This color pencil portrait of Eddie is her favorite and mine too. (x)

It's based on a photo by Jason Hetherington for Observer Magazine.

(Shot on December 20, 2011)

Eddie Redmayne drawing from 2017 - Lili Elbe from 'The Danish Girl' (x)

Pencil drawing based on a backstage photo by Simon Annand (2009P

at the Donmar Warehouse - Red (2009)

Drawing from 2017 - Newt Scamander

Source: @gigg_ling2020

TODAY Show interview on the timeliness of the courtroom drama

Stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

chat with Al Roker about the timeliness of ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’.

You can watch the video here

"Most actors love Aaron Sorkin's writing because he writes very intelligent characters

who speak incredibly quickly, and basically substantially brighter than you are..."

"One of the great pleasures of this film for me was being surrounded

by this extraordinary band. It felt like this sort of wonderful clashing

of different types of music. You had a bit of jazz, you had a bit of

punk, and classical, all of these things combining."

“The writing is so muscular and full, that actually we’re just so sad

not to get to say those words again, so maybe they’ll be. I heard, that

originally Aaron thought about doing it as a musical, so maybe...”

Update: Extended interview video below

Links:

Eddie Redmayne on 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Camaraderie

and Film's Parallels to America Now

Interesting interview by Tyler Coates for The Hollywood Reporter

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In Creative Company and SAG interviews for The Trial of the Chicago 7

Some recent interviews promoting the movie.

Q&A with actor Eddie Redmayne on The Trial of the Chicago 7. 

Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. (x)

A Q&A with Eddie Redmayne of THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7.

Moderated by Katey Rich, Vanity 

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The movie was nominated for 3 SAG, 5 Golden Globe, 6 Critics' Choice,

and more awards won Movie of the year at AFI Awards.

More nominations and awards to come in the coming weeks.

List of Awards and nominations

Poem about Eddie by Elizabeth Estella 💖💖

 

Thanks to Elizabeth Estella for sharing her photo and poem on Instagram.

The Last Thing You Want

for Eddie Redmayne

The last thing you want is Eddie Redmayne

seeing you at your very worst in your own home

though this will in fact happen. Your father

will have a heart attack weeks before,

your mother will somehow be annoyed

by all of it, so you don't even tell them

Eddie Redmayne is here! Just outside the door!

He could certainly have said,

you better not bring that cat out here,

but from the plaster landing

the actor and your child speak

of dander, gently he tells her the way

his aunt's makes him sneeze

and everyone understands

politeness. The people you least expect 

to be lovely to your daughter

at a time you fear the impossibility

of kindness, will be movie stars.

You brush your teeth, and head back

to the mustard chair that isn’t part

of the mustard set, but is I guess

really more golden

than anything, apart

from Redmayne himself.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzUfVmDG0M/