What made you get into acting?
As a child I was always fascinated by these ‘beings’ that lived inside our TV set! I was
convinced I would see them leave from the back of the TV after a show was over, if I waited
long enough!
Born with such a wild imagination, the decision was not a conscious one, but a route destined
to happen. Often I would roll around the living room floor wrestling with pillows
(crocodiles) having just seen an episode of Tarzan.
Not much changed into adulthood, where I would recite dialogue from films I’d seen, with an
attempt at replicating the characters. Eventually, I realized that the energy I had was best
channeled into acting, hence, it chose me, as much as I chose it, as a career.
What is the strangest role you have been offered?
Its very rare I find anything ‘strange’.
Once I was asked to be in a commercial, and was paid £38,000.00 for two hours work and when the
advert was aired, all you saw was the side of my nose, that for me was strange!!
How do you prepare for a role?
Often when you land a role, you have background information at your disposal, from the script,
the director, the character breakdowns etc.
Depending on whether the character is fictitious or not, will determine the nature of the
research one does. If the character in not fictitious, I would gather as much information
as possible to build a profile that is as close to the real life personality of that person.
I find it easier when a role is fictitious, as this allows for more freedom to experiment
with different layers to the character, until I find one that best fits to what the writer
intended.
Who is your role model? It could be anyone from the past or present.
Marlon Brando was my first ‘role model’. I have also always been influenced by the work of
De Niro, Pacino, Penn, Travolta and recently Christian Bale.
You have some amazing films coming out soon, but what has been the most diverse role so far?
I’m excited for audiences to see two films coming out soon in which they will see me in a
different light. First is BREAKDOWN, in which I play a tortured victim. It stars Craig
Fairbrass, James Cosmo and is directed by Jonnie Malachi and produced by Luke Fairbrass.
The second film is MY HERO, here I play a cockney florist, Simon Flowers, who is a drug lord
operating out of Margate. Directed by Robert Osman and produced by Katarina Gellin,
audiences are in for a real treat.
Plastic that's out now, is one brilliant film. If you had unlimited funds what would you do
with it and why?
In terms of film, I would continue developing and producing interesting and stimulating stories
for audiences to enjoy, appreciate and remember through time. In terms of life, I would set up
a charity organisation to help others less fortunate.
You do really get all the gritty roles to play in films, but are there any roles that you long
to play? Like a Romantic comedy, or are you digging deep with the bad guy stuff for now?
I love playing the villain. Having made a career out of it, I still want to pay service to
playing such roles. However, it is also high time to show my diversity as an actor,
hence, a romantic comedy,horror, drama, are all avenues for me to explore. And I am
currently setting these wheels in motion.
If you could play any role that is really out of your comfort zone what would it be?
Not sure any role is within my ‘comfort zone’, as all require a substantial amount of work.
However, what would be fun to play, is a similar role to that of Dustin Hoffman’s role in
Tootsie.
If you could direct any film past or present what would it be and why?
It would be thrilling to do a remake of Boogie Nights. It had me in fits of laughter, so it
would be fabulous to attempt to make it just as funny.
Are their any roles you have played that you felt you changed as a person while filming
or can you walk away and not get too involved with the character?
After 20 years of psychosis, with each dark and terrifying character I’ve portrayed, you have
to learn to walk away unaffected. It’s that or strangling the cat when I get home.
To keep sane you have to have full control over reality and fantasy. I did have problems at
the start of my career, but had to deal with them pronto.
Who would you love to star with next and why?
I’d love to be able to work with Juliet Lewis. She captured my interest ever since I saw her in
Kalifornia and Natural Born Killers. She’s a sensational actress and her music ain’t bad either!
Tell us something about yourself that we don't know.
I love horror films and was excited to win an Award at the prestigious
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival for Truth or Dare, which I produced along with
Jessica Cameron and Jonathan S Higgins.I also like to dip crisps into diet coke.
Are you into this whole selfie things and even if you are not who would be the one person in
history you would love to have a picture with?
Absolutely detest the whole selfie thing! If I were to have a selfie picture with anyone, it
would be with Elvis.
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Interview with Emrhys Cooper
I had the real pleasure of interviewing the oh so beautiful and talented English born Actor and producer Emrhys Copper a few days ago. I wanted to get to know him a little better and share with all of you some of the questions he never gets asked! We had a great chat and he was up for being asked almost anything including a few cheeky questions. He gets my vote to play James Bond or any Jude Law film ever created!
Emrhys was born in Devon, England and at 16 his was awarded a scholarship for the Central School of Ballet and later trained at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom. He has toured and stared in Fame The Musical before making his West End debut at 21 in the Queen musical We Will Rock You. Emrhys has made several appearances on British television, including Coronation Street, ITV’s I’d Do Anything.
His on-screen movie debut was in the 2007 film Natasha and he is also featured in my all time favourite film Mamma Mia! (2008) How incredible is that?!!
There is no end to his talent and he decided to move to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue his dream where he quickly started working on some of the USA’s biggest shows including the well known and down right brilliant Desperate Housewives.
Emrhys has also worked as a dancer alongside the likes of Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Pussy Cat Dolls and The Sugababes. He starred in the music video to the No1 hit Push the Button as the Geeky Guy directed by Matthew Rolston. While dancing, he appeared on TV shows such as The X Factor, America’s Got Talent, Stars in their Eyes and the MTV European Music Awards.
I was very keen to catch up with this cheeky and amazing chap and get the low-down on life in LA and what makes him tick.
Sarah. What made you become an actor, did you just decide one day…you know I think I will do this or has it been in your blood.
Emrhys. To be honest it happened really young, it was pretty cliched. I watched a James Bond movie and I was so captivated, I said to myself I want to be James Bond… Then it just went from there.
S. Where your parents supportive.
E. Very, my dad was also acting and my mum was involved with Dance.
S. Who are your heroes in the industry
E. I have so many. It was take all day to acknowledge them all. But I would like to say I have had my many teachers over the years that I owe my career to, and hopefully they know who they are.
S. What do you love about being in La.
E. It is the land of dreams. The weather doest hurt. You can be whoever you want to be and know one will judge you for having a dream.
S. Have you changed since living in La
E. Yes, I have grown into the person I believe I was supposed to be.
Its not been easy, but I definitely feel lucky that I am here right now and making my dreams a reality.
S. Who is the most random friend you have made in the industry.
E. Hmmm, well one of my best friends in an actress called Anne Jeffreys, we met at the Oscars and now we see each other all the time. She just turned 90 (she will hate that I said that LOL).
S. Ricky Gervais and Russell Crowe recently publicly tweeted about a night out and posted selfies. Who would you love to be buddies with it could be anyone past or present.
E. I would have like to have been friends with Fred Astaire, he is one of the biggest dance inspirations of my life – we could have a tap off. I would also have done anything to have met Michael Jackson. He is one of my idols, I would have wanted to have moon walked with MJ.
S. Being a British lad at heart, what do you miss about England living in LaLa land or is it a dream come true?
E. I miss my family most of all. But I also miss pub life, my friends, a good sunday roast. And most of all the British sense of humor.
S. What’s your elevator pitch to get a role. If I was a director and you had to convince me in 1 minute you where perfect for a role how would you go about impressing me!!
E. Jude Law is not available and I am ;)
S. If you could play any film role in History, what would it be?
E. I wouldn’t say no to James Bond.
S. What role in history do you think you could have payed better than the original?
E. I loved Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins – but his accent….
S. Lastly what is your advice to yourself if you could travel back in time and pull yourself over for a chat. What advice would you give yourself.
E. The bad times are never as bad as you think and the good times only get better.
He’s one to watch over the coming years and he’s cheeky enough to grab that role as Bond. He’s totally perfect for the role in my eyes. He is a rising star we all need to follow. If you want to pop him a little Tweet and say hi I am sure he would love it!! @EmrhysCooper come over and say hello to me @sarahbacchus visit my website www.sarahbacchus.com to see my photographic work or jump over to my blog www.slbstyle.com
‘TOP DOG’ … One Man, Two Lives
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How many superlatives can be used to describe ‘Top Dog’? I can think of many that have been used in other reviews, but let’s just keep it simple… this new offering from Richwater Films and Universal Pictures UK and directed by Martin Kemp, is just plain ‘good’… damn good.
Produced by Jonathan Sothcott (‘Vendetta) and exquisitely constructed, this is Martin Kemp’s (‘The Krays’, ‘EastEnders’) second outing as a film director, a testing piece of work that lays its cards on the table and dead body on the mortuary slab right from the outset. Blood, a tense opening narrative, you get the gist that this is going to be messy.
In the adaptation of the novel by Dougie Brimson (‘Green Street’), Leo Gregory (‘Green Street’ and ‘Cass’) plays a formidable and believable part as Billy Evans, a thirty-something East End car salesman who’s got it made, trophy wife, child, home, car, job, wants it all and wants the top dog position that will allow him to reclaim a family member’s pub as the home of his football firm, ‘Acton Casuals’. With the goading of the ‘AC brethren’, cocky Billy takes his lust for leadership one step further, violently cutting swathes through a trajectory that brings him face to face with gangland boss Mickey, played to perfection by Ricci Harnett (‘Rise of the Footsoldier’, ’28 Days Later’) who isn’t about to hand the title over without a fight. Vincent Regan (‘Clash of the Titans’, ‘St George’s Day’), with his mellow Irish tones, acidly accentuates the backbone of fear that runs through this film. It sounds a simple plot, but the exchanges of violence are as charged as I’ve ever seen in a film of this budget, and the spiralling depths to which the emotions sink are hard-hitting and raw.
Martin Kemp intended this film to be a ‘kitchen sink’ drama, void of Hollywood gloss, powerfully showing the perils of being top dog, being number one and of saying ‘I’m the leader’. The wives and partners play strong and potent roles, showing the realism of households living with the underlying deceitfulness and tensions associated with hooliganism and gangland violence. Danielle Brent (‘Cockneys Vs Zombies’) as Billy’s wife Sam, Lorraine Stanley (‘The Hooligan Wars’) and rising British acting talent, George Russo punctuate the storyline, stepping up to the mark with the confidence this gritty film demanded.
It’s not a pretty film, it’s not a clever film, it works within the boundaries of the budget, but it’s the sort of film that is truly British, an insight into the deep and ugly world of football hooliganism and gangland rivalries that existed in the depths of London in the 80s and 90s.
TOP DOG – in cinemas from Friday 23 May and is out today to own on Blu-ray £15.99) and DVD (£12.99) through Universal Pictures UK
A re-written version of ‘Top Dog’ by Dougie Brimson is soon to be published through Caffeine Nights Publishing.
Guardians of The Galaxy Second Trailer
The first one put Blue Suede’s Hooked On A Feeling in our head for days. Now here is the second trailer for Guardians of The Galaxy. It looks as great as the first and we can’t wait to see it.
What do you think?
New Godzilla Film Trailer
For those who love a blockbuster: the new Godzilla film from British film director Gareth Edwards and starring the amazing Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
What do you think? Will you go and see it?
In UK cinemas now.
An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Trailer Preview
At Frost we have been waiting impatiently for the new Hunger Games film. When Lionsgate released the trailer, along with some official preview pictures we were pretty excited. The first cast photo of Julianne Moore as President Alma Coin has also been released and she looks great.
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An interview with director Francis Lawrence was also released, in which he discussed finishing Philip Seymour Hoffman’s scenes after his tragic death before filming had ended. Lawrence said: “We finished the majority of his work (before he died), I think he might have had 8 to 10 days left on our schedule. In most of the scenes, Philip didn’t have any dialogue. We are going to put him into those scenes, but we’re only using real footage. We’re not creating anything digital or a robotic version of him.”
Julianne Moore gushed about joining the cast in her interview (shown below)
“I’ve read all the books. I’ve read them all the way through, and I’m like, ‘I want to be in this movie!’ Clearly, that was the only part that I could play.”
Are you excited?
Those Who Steal Movies Are Also Happy To Pay
People who illegally download billions of pounds worth of movies also love going to the cinema and don’t mind paying to watch movies.
In the first study to examine the differences between movie and music pirates, the key finding was those who steal movies seem to be an entirely different breed from those who steal music.
In addition to movie pirates being less likely to stop paying to see movies alongside stealing them, prolific movie pirates also tend to be wealthier, less worried about being caught and more likely to cut down their piracy if they think they are harming the industry.
The research, by Dr Joe Cox and Professor Alan Collins, economists at the University of Portsmouth, also found that compared to those who steal music, movie pirates are more likely to live in large cities and be ‘early adopters’ of new technology.
The research is published in the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics.
The researchers analysed results from a survey of more than 6,000 people aged seven to 84 to examine the attitudes of those who illegally download movies and music from the internet.
On average, each person had illegally downloaded about 2,900 music files and 90 movie files. Experts claim the cost of piracy in the US alone is $US12.5bn to the music industry and $US20.5bn to the movie industry.
Dr Cox said: “It is interesting to see that people who illegally download large quantities of movie files continue to pay for legal movie consumption to a far greater extent than music downloaders.
“However, it came as no surprise to find that the most prolific pirates of either movies or music tend to be younger men. They have the skills, the motivation and the equipment to between them to steal large volumes of music tracks and movies every month.”
Pirates are generally motivated first and foremost by saving money, and second, by seeing themselves as helping artists bypass middlemen and reach wider audiences, the study found. But it also found significant differences in the behaviour and attitudes of music and movie pirates. Those who illegally download large volumes of movie files are likely to be significantly:
– less likely to cut back their spending on legal movies compared to those who steal music;
– better off financially than music pirates;
– more likely to be male;
– less likely to think they’ll be caught compared to those who steal music;
– more likely to limit their piracy if they think stealing is harms the film industry.
Dr Cox said: “These findings are important from a policy perspective, because they suggest campaigns that emphasise the harmful effects on the movie industry of piracy are much more likely to be effective than similar campaigns focusing on the music industry.
“One of the reasons movie pirates are a different breed is downloading and file-sharing films is much more technologically demanding. It requires faster internet speeds, greater digital storage capabilities and access to a wider range of devices for playback than pirating music, which has now become relatively simple, fast and cheap.”
The researchers, from Portsmouth Business School, analysed a Finnish survey dataset of 6,100 people, which reinforces that piracy is not limited to the US and UK markets and that the behaviours and attitudes are similar worldwide.
Among the reasons people gave for downloading files illegally were that it saved money, allowed access to material not on general release or before it was released, and has benefits such as helping artists bypass record companies or movie studios.
Reasons given for not downloading or for limiting piracy included fear of downloading viruses or malware, content not matching the description, being difficult to find, and being of poor quality.
Citizens of Humanity VIP Film Screening: Christy Turlington Burns & Roger Ross Williams Attend
WHAT: Citizens of Humanity VIP film screening with Christy Turlington Burns and Roger Ross Williams
WHEN: Thursday May 1st, 2014, 6:30-9pm
WHERE: Soho House New York
Luxury denim label Citizens of Humanity held an intimate film screening to unveil two new film shorts directed by filmmaker and advocate Christy Turlington-Burns and Academy Award winning director Roger Ross Williams. The two films “Every Mile, Every Mother” and “Tutu: The Essence of Being Human” were followed by a Q and A with Christy and Roger, chaired by Style.com’s Katharine Zarrella.
Christy’s film focusses on The Hood To Coast marathon relay race that she completed with members of her charity “Every Mother Counts”, which aims to provide better maternal healthcare for mothers around the world. Roger’s film profiles Desmond Tutu’s role in abolishing apartheid in South Africa and includes exclusive footage of Desmond and his wife Leah on her birthday, showcasing them in an intimate family setting.
Guests including Karlie Kloss, Dree Hemingway and Colleen Atwood sipped bellinis and dined on appetizers during the event, which was held in the cinema at Soho House, New York. All guests also went home with a pair of jeans from Citizens of Humanity’s Spring collection.
WHO:
Christy Turlington Burns, filmmaker and advocate
Roger Ross Williams, Director
Karlie Kloss, Model
Dree Hemingway, Model
Colleen Atwood, Costume Designer
Kassia Meador, former professional surfer
Jerome Dahan, CEO & Founder of Citizens of Humanity
Catherine Ryu, Women’s Creative Director of Citizens of Humanity
Amy Williams, President of Citizens of Humanity
Above: Christy Turlington Burns and Karlie Kloss
Above: Moderator Katharine Zarella of Style.com, Christy Turlington Burns and Roger Ross Williams
Above: Amy Astley of Teen Vogue, Dree Hemingway and Karlie Kloss
Above: Amy Astley of Teen Vogue, Christy Turlington Burns, Karlie Kloss
WHAT THEY ATE & DRANK:
Truffled arancini
Spicy Tuna + Avocado
Spring pea and mascarpone quiche
Spinach ravioli, peccerino
Veal Meatballs, tomato sauce
Eggplant, roasted red peppers, goat cheese
Bellinis and fresh juices
Above: Christy Turlington Burns
Above: Karlie Kloss
Above: Dree Hemingway
WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT:
Christy Turlington Burns’ inclusion on the latest Time 100 list – Christy was talking about her attendance at the party this week and how inspiring the other names on the list are to her Academy Awards – both director Roger Ross Williams and costume designer Colleen Atwood have won an Oscar, and were discussing the honor of receiving such a world-famous accolade
The films – guests were humbled by the causes both Christy and Roger’s films were highlighting, and there was enthusiastic discussion on how the fashion world can support important humanitarian causes
Jeans, overalls and jumpsuits – Everyone was thrilled to receive a complimentary gift from Citizens of Humanity’s Spring collection. There was much excitement about the overalls and denim jumpsuit which have both become a huge hit and new hot trend.