Addicted to Eddie: Yellow Handkerchief

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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Eddie about New Orleans for 504LIFE

In the new video message for 504LIFE here

Eddie Redmayne talked about New Orleans

"I love New Orleans. I was lucky enough to make a movie there a few years ago
now, and I had one of the greatest experiences of my life. I love the people, who
are incredibly kind. I love the music, but I was so obsessed with food, and I will
never forget the beignets on a Saturday morning at Cafe du Monde, or the long
spiraling cue outside Port of Call on Esplanade, that was a cue for burger, which
was the greatest burger of my life. Many places in America claimed to have the
greatest burger in the World, but as far as I'm concerned, New Orleans wins.
Anyway, I'm thinking of you guys at this time of crisis all around the World.
504LIFE" 4/11/20 - SofaKingFest

Eddie spent some time in the city during the

filming of The Yellow Handkerchief in 2007.

Here's how he talked about his impression of the post-Katrina New Orleans

in his 2008 interview for New York Moves. “If you’re lucky enough to find

yourself in these places and to be able to go and see things, it’s great,... You

get an instant insight into the reality of these towns and cities and you’re not

just being a tourist... That city, I swear… it makes you think why every other

city in the world doesn’t take advice. [The people] seem to have taken this

tragedy and their strife from the other end. The drive and humor that comes

from it is a special thing.”

Links:

Gordy's character in The Yellow Handkerchief - interview, captures

The Yellow Handkerchief - captures, videos

On the set of 'The Yellow Handkerchief'

Gordy and Martine - We have ourselves a dreamer ladies and gentlemen

Gordy shows Martine the photos he made at the riverbank (TYH)

Gordy the mechanic - a scene where Eddie repairs a car

Cool photoshoot by Richard Grassie from 2008 & New York Moves article

Outtakes from the 2008 Richard Grasse photoshoot

Eddie Redmayne's video message
during the 504 LifeStream online charity fundraising event
hosted by Sofaking Fest on April 11, 2020.

Saturday, June 8, 2019

On the set of 'The Yellow Handkerchief'

Eddie with Travis, his stand-in on the set of The Yellow Handkerchief.

Eddie Redmayne with his stand in

Eddie with cinematographer Chris Menges and director Udayan Prasad

Set photos via iloveeddieredmayne.com (2)

Fan pictures of Eddie, Kristen Stewart and William Hurt filming in 2007 via itsoktobeyou.org

Originally premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and released at the end of that
year sans distribution for a one-week Oscar-qualifying run, "The Yellow Handkerchief"
finally found a distributor in the Samuel Goldwyn and released in February 2010.

"Redmayne is terrific as the somewhat nerdy and insecure potential boyfriend."
- Pete Hammond review in Backstage

movie screenshots
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More about the movie in my old posts:

Gordy shows Martine the photos he made at the riverbank (TYH)

Gordy and Martine - We have ourselves a dreamer ladies and gentlemen

Gordy the mechanic - a scene where Eddie repairs a car

Gordy's character in The Yellow Handkerchief - interview, captures

The Yellow Handkerchief - captures, videos

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Gordy shows Martine the photos he made at the riverbank (TYH)

“There’s a film called ‘The Yellow Handkerchief’, which was with William Hurt and Kristen Stewart.. I was playing an adopted native American from Northern Oklahoma.

I remember - actually Gene Parseghian, my manager, who’s here this evening - I remember,

I was in town, and he’s like ‘It’s a wonderful script, and I read it, and I was like: ‘it’s beautiful’. He was like ‘you should go for an audition’, and I was like ‘I’m never gonna get cast as an adopted Native American from Northern Oklahoma, and he went ‘go to the audition Eddie!

And I went to the audition, and because I was so convinced, I didn’t have a hope, I just sort of threw - I describe it’s like throwing mud at a wall - I was like: there you go, you know, and walked out, and then I got offered the part, and ...I’ve had to go and speak the director to sort of tell him, that what I’ve done in that audition, was complete - you know...that was just like a moment of absurdity. Anyway, we went through the making of that film. It’s a little film, it didn’t have a huge audience.

When I was speaking to James Marsh again for ‘The Theory of Everything’ (the director of TToE) - he had only seen English period dramas, that I’ve done - and he asked me on the phone...’Have you done anything that’s physically sort of outside of you? I said ‘I did this film called ‘The Yellow Handkerchief’. And that film, which really didn’t make much money, ...wasn’t broadly released, ended up being the reason, that I got cast in ‘The Theory of Everything’...” - Eddie Redmayne In Conversation BAFTA New York