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BBC announced a new epic drama series for BBC2 called ‘White Heat‘ and starring Claire Foy!
Also starring Sam Claflin, Reece Ritchie, Lee Ingleby, MyAnna Buring, David Gyasi and Jessica Gunning the original series is written by Paula Milne and will begin filming next week on location in London. What is the semi-autobiographical series about?
This ambitious series charts the lives of seven friends from 1965 through to the present day. Their relationships; complex, volatile, life affirming and life changing start when they come together as a diverse group of young students to live as flat mates in London’s Tufnell Park: rebel with a cause Jack (Claflin), intelligent feminist Charlotte (Foy), fragile beauty Lilly (Buring), medical student Jay (Ritchie), electronics enthusiast Alan (Ingleby), law student Victor (Gyasi) and big-hearted Orla (Gunning).
The series follows them over four decades as their lives, loves and destinies are shaped by the political events of each era – from the death of Churchill, the union strife of the Seventies, the ascendancy of Thatcher, the Falklands, Aids, the end of the Cold War to the present day. Their interwoven personal lives played against the backcloth of these crucial events converge to make them the people they are today.
Read more quotes about the project over at the BBC Press Office.
On a sidenote, Claire Foy will be a “stylish redhead” in the series according to this tweet by Linny Newman.
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June 07, 2011 by Mia • "White Heat", News / Rumors
New Family Site: Stephen C. Moore Fan
Please visit the site that a friend of ours has just opened dedicated to Claire Foy’s costar from ‘Season of the Witch‘ and ‘Pulse‘ Stephen Campbell Moore:
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May 30, 2011 by Mia • Site
Small-screen stars in pictures
Ahead of the Bafta TV awards on Sunday, photographer Phil Fisk shares his extraordinary portfolio of television stars. Read more special Bafta coverage in the Observer Magazine this weekend.
Claire Foy
“For some reason,” says Claire Foy, “in every house I’ve ever lived in I couldn’t get reception, or I could only get BBC2, so I’ve ended up watching a lot of Newsnight.” Luckily the rest of the nation is better at tuning an aerial, so they got to enjoy Foy in Going Postal and Upstairs Downstairs in 2010, and in Peter Kosminksy’s The Promise this year, which is up for best drama serial. “The Promise was really important to me,” says Foy. “I took it very personally and researched the role thoroughly – I got to really act and I loved the story so much.” Next she’s in the adaptation of Sarah Waters’s The Night Watch. “Director Richard Laxton did an amazing job with an amazing script from an amazing book. We shot it in a month and it was really cold, with naked women running around everywhere, but it’s so good”
• Source: The Guardian
GALLERY LINK:
- Photoshoots: The Guardian (2011)
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May 20, 2011 by Mia • Articles, Gallery
‘Season of the Witch’ NY Premiere – Video
It’s been a while since ‘Season of the Witch‘ celebrated its premiere in New York but we hadn’t posted this lovely interview with Claire Foy on the red carpet before – so enjoy!
GALLERY LINK:
-Interviews/News Segments: Movie Files | Season of the Witch | New York Premiere
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May 02, 2011 by Mia • "Season of the Witch", Gallery, Videos
‘The Promise’ BAFTA nomination & Screencaps
‘The Promise‘ just got nominated for a BAFTA Television Award. Congratulations! Sadly, none of the performances were nominated.
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The Promise
I added Blu-ray screencaptures of Claire Foy as Erin Matthews in the second part of the gripping drama ‘The Promise‘. More to come later – enjoy!
GALLERY LINK:
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Episode 02
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April 26, 2011 by Mia • "The Promise", Gallery
Tod’s Art Plus Drama Party – Video
Claire Foy’s amazing deliverance of the monologue ‘& There‘ written by Lawrence Weiner at TOD’S Art Plus Drama Party at the Whitechapel Gallery on March 24, 2011.
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April 26, 2011 by Mia • Projects, Public Events, Videos
BBC Drama Trailer ‘The Night Watch’
The new BBC Drama Trailer features a few scenes from Claire Foy’s upcoming project ‘The Night Watch‘ and a brief shot of her as Helen.
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April 14, 2011 by Mia • "The Night Watch", Videos
More about TOD’s Art Plus Drama Party
The TOD’S Art Plus Drama Party at the Whitechapel Gallery that Claire Foy attended on March 24, 2011 was an evening of live performance, art and drama. The evening featured specially commissioned scripts written by artists including: Lynda Benglis, Ryan Gander, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Barbara Kruger, and Lawrence Weiner. Performed by actors including Benedick Blythe, Helen Bradbury, Claire Foy, Tom Hiddleston, Jake Maskall, Hywel Morgan, Juliet Oldfield, Maxine Peake, Jonathan Pryce and Ashley Walters, directed by Rupert Goold. Ticket sales (£145 per ticket) as well as the auction of works by different artists benefit the Whitechapel Gallery’s Education and Community Programme that works with over 3,000 children and 30 diverse community groups each year.
Harper’s Bazaar was instrumental in pairing actors to scripts for the live performances. In their article about the evening they had nothing but praise for Claire Foy’s performance:
I also loved Claire Foy, who performed a challenging monologue by Lawrence Weiner. She had quite the most incredible presence and made me think of a young Emma Thompson.
And apparently Maxine Peake raved similarly about Claire Foy to Harper’s Bazaar and said that she’s an old friend of hers from the BBC’s Little Dorrit.
• Sources: Whitechapel Gallery & Harper’s Bazaar
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March 26, 2011 by Mia • Projects, Public Events
Voicing BBC 4 Radio Play ‘Leverage’
Claire Foy together with Blake Ritson and ‘Upstairs Downstairs‘ costar Charlie Cox will be voicing this week’s Saturday Play on BBC 4 Radio. Tune in on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 2.30 pm to listen to the one hour play ‘Leverage‘.
A city banker is found dead in an opulent apartment. At the funeral, his former girlfriend Helen (Claire Foy) is unexpectedly questioned about when she last saw him. Did he mention computer files, or give her anything as a keepsake? Helen’s suspicions mount as she retraces his last movements. Her discoveries put her in the firing line. A fast-paced, psychological thriller.
A taut, character-driven conspiracy thriller by one of radio’s leading writers of thrillers. Like the television hit State of Play, Simon Passmore has created an intelligent plot for grown-ups: writhing with twists and heavy on menace. This will be compelling Saturday afternoon entertainment.
David (Blake Ritson) and Helen (Claire Foy), a professional couple in their mid-twenties, are shocked when Jamie (Nyasha Hatendi), an old friend from university, dies unexpectedly. At the funeral, they meet Mark (Charlie Cox), another mutual friend. Mark implies that he works for Special Services, and tells them that Jamie, a high-flying investment banker, may have killed himself – and that his bank has been under investigation. Did Jamie contact the couple before he died? As Mark teases out information, Helen begins to suspect he is not entirely innocent. Mark’s questions turn into threats, and people start getting hurt. David and Helen find they must expose a murder before it’s too late.
Source: BBC 4 Radio Programme – thanks Lorna for the link.
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March 22, 2011 by Mia • News / Rumors, Projects
‘The Promise’ Blu-ray Screencaptures – Part 1
I added Blu-ray screencaptures of Claire Foy as Erin Matthews in the first part of the gripping drama ‘The Promise‘. More to come later – enjoy!
GALLERY LINK:
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Episode 01
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March 14, 2011 by Mia • "The Promise", Gallery
‘The Night Watch’ Stills & Photoshoot
The first pictures of Claire Foy as Helen in ‘The Night Watch‘ have surfaced. It will be previewed on April 4 at the 25th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – but the screening is already sold out. No doubt it’ll air on BBC2 soon.
A tale of lost young Londoners whose lives are inextricably linked via their wartime experiences.
We are thrilled to be previewing the television adaptation of Sarah Waters’ masterful fifth novel, now brought vividly to life by the BBC. Set against the backdrop of a London recovering from the devastating effects of the Second World War, The Night Watch is a tale of lost young Londoners, whose lives are inextricably linked via their wartime experiences. Kay, the always brilliant Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House), roams the streets, haunted by a great loss in her past, whilst Helen (Claire Foy, Little Dorrit) and Viv (Jodie Whittaker, Cranford) who run a marriage bureau together, face their own relationship dilemmas. Helen obsessively clings to her tempestuous affair with the beautiful Julia as Viv finds herself unable to break free from her married lover. The sexual freedom and independence they enjoyed in wartime is curtailed once more as they are returned to the margins of society, but as each woman strives towards a more hopeful future, they must first come to terms with their actions in the past.
- GALLERY LINKS:
- The Night Watch (TV, 2011):Production Stills, thanks to Chas
- Photoshoots: Vogue (2008), thanks to Chas
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March 13, 2011 by Mia • "The Night Watch", Gallery
‘The Promise’ DVD & Blu-ray Extras
I added screencaptures of all the extras that can be found on ‘The Promise‘ DVD & Blu-ray (though the Blu-ray has more featurettes they’re all presented in DVD quality only). I’ll add high quality screencaptures of Claire Foy in the actual programme later this week.
GALLERY LINKS:
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Blu-ray > Menu
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Blu-ray Featurette > Deleted Scenes
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Blu-ray Featurette > Behind the Scenes
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Blu-ray Featurette > Meet the Cast of 2005
- The Promise (TV, 2011): Blu-ray Featurette > Casting the Actors
- The Promise (TV, 2011): DVD Featurette > Filming in Isreal for 2005
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March 08, 2011 by Mia • "The Promise", Gallery
Screencaptures from BBC Breakfast
As previously updated, Claire Foy appeared on BBC Breakfast on February 11 to promote ‘The Promise‘. I added screecaptures of that appearance to the gallery (video).
GALLERY LINK:
- Interviews/News Segments > BBC News | BBC Breakfast
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March 06, 2011 by Mia • "The Promise", Gallery
Vote for Claire – Glamour Awards 2011
This year’s GLAMOUR Women of the Year Awards will be held June 7, in collaboration with jewellery label PANDORA to celebrate the most talented women in film, music, fashion, TV, theatre, business, literature and sport. Voting in each category to decide the winners is open now. Claire Foy is up for UK TV Actress in honour of her performances in both ‘Upstairs, Downstairs‘ and ‘The Promise‘. Don’t hesitate to vote for Claire by visiting the Glamour Magazine UK website NOW!
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March 03, 2011 by Mia • "The Promise", "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Claire Foy & Christian Cooke, The Promise
Feb 01, 2011 – A major new Channel 4 drama looks at the bloody and brutal history of Israel. TV Choice talks to its two stars, Claire Foy and Christian Cooke…
Tell us about your characters
Claire Foy: I play Erin who’s on a gap year before university and goes off to Israel with her schoolfriend Eliza, who is doing her National Service. Erin is very moody. She feels her life is not as good as anyone else’s and has got a massive chip on her shoulder. But when she reads her grandfather Len’s diary she starts to change. It’s about his experiences in post-war Israel and all of a sudden she feels she has something to believe in and someone to love.
Christian Cooke: And I play her grandad in the scenes set after the war. Len was part of the British peacekeeping force sent to Israel in accordance with the 1917 mandate. He’s young and naive but he’s got a strong sense of justice. Continue…