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Sep 14, 2016Posted by Emily

(Video) “Their Finest” Cast Interview with Deadline

DEADLINE – Danish director Lone Scherfig continues her path to British citizenship with Their Finest, which took its world premiere bow at the Toronto Film Festival this past weekend. It’s her fourth British film in a row, after An Education, One Day and The Riot Club, and follows a group of characters in wartime London as they mount an heroic film production for the British government’s propaganda machine. When Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is seconded to pen a screenplay, she is immersed in an hilarious and warm theatrical world that includes characters like prima donna ham actor Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy, on masterful form) and her handsome co-writer Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin).

Based on Lissa Evans’ novel and scripted by Gaby Chiappe, Scherfig’s film paints a rich and nuanced picture of life for those in London who weren’t off fighting, but who still made enormous contributions to the war effort as they dealt with nightly bombings during The Blitz. And it has something meaningful to say about the work of women, especially, in keeping the country running.

Its moviemaking backdrop was what attracted Scherfig, she told me, as she and her cast descended on the Deadline Toronto studio. “It’s a little window in film history where films have never been more important,” she noted.

Arterton shines in the lead, bringing truth and depth of emotion to the film as its parody of the world of 1940s film production keeps the tone light. “There’s broad strokes in this film,” she said, “but everything’s done with such detail that it makes it not-brash. That’s down to Lone’s attention to detail. Little tiny things that you might not even catch, really, but she sees and thinks about.”

Nighy gets the plummiest of plum parts as the monstrously egotistical Hilliard, and he was on typically riotous form at the Deadline studio. “They were looking for someone to play a chronically self-absorbed, pompous actor in his declining years, and they thought of me,” he quipped. “Which is tricky to process on occasion, but I suppose I should be just grateful for the work.”

The great skill of the film, though, is that even Hilliard’s arch character gets to demonstrate a softer side. Says Scherfig: “Ambrose Hilliard changes over the course of the film, as much as someone as vain and ignorant of what goes on around him can change.”

Jun 04, 2016Posted by Emily

‘Me Before You’ Stars Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin Take Yahoo’s ‘Hunger Games’-‘Game of Thrones’ Quiz

YAHOO – Here’s a reassuring message to the fans of Jojo Moyes’ tear-jerking bestselling novel Me Before You: Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin are absolutely the Louisa and Will you’re looking for. As the star-crossed lovers at the heart of director Thea Sharrock’s highly anticipated film adaptation (which hits theaters on June 3), the two actors bring the characters’ initially combative, but ultimately romantic relationship to vivid life. Even though Clarke and Claflin had never worked together prior to making Me Before You, their onscreen chemistry suggests that they’ve known each other for years.

But how well do they really know each other? Yahoo Movies decided to put them to the test by quizzing the actors on the franchises that made them both stars. Clarke, of course, plays Daenerys Targaryen on the blockbuster HBO fantasy series, Game of Thrones, while Claflin had a memorable role as District 4 champion Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games franchise. In our “Game vs. Games” trivia quiz, Claflin had to answer Thrones questions, while Clarke fielded Hunger-related queries. Which actor proved to be the better fan? You’ll have to watch the video to find out. Valar morghulis and may the odds be every in your favor.

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