Category: Interviews
Jack Lowden Unleashes His Inner Strange Animal in Slow Horses
The actor Jack Lowden, 34, is Scottish in every respect, except that he was born in England. His parents soon returned the family across the border, w [...]
Award-Winning Actress Shining Bright
Naomi Ackie's eyes sparkle as she talks about the power of her body. She flexes her biceps and growls, laughing at the absurdity of it all. It's a far [...]
Melvyn Hayes’ Journey to Stardom: From Lying to Laughing
One day in 1957, Melvyn Hayes was on the set of a film called Woman in a Dressing Gown when a man sat down next to him. “I was getting paid £5 a day a [...]
Authentic Portrayal of Abuse
To get into the mindset of her latest character, Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, Alicia Vikander would put in her AirPods between t [...]
From Fame to Hard Work: Zosia Mamet’s Inspiring Journey
Zosia Mamet, the actor, hasn’t seen Madame Web, the Marvel franchise’s turkey that crashed and launched a thousand memes. “I chose not to,” she says w [...]
Eternal Love Within
‘Where we’re from,” says The Man from the Other Place in David Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks, “there’s always music in the air.” The line concerns a te [...]
Inclusive Representation on Screen
Sean Wang's Coming-of-Age Film
Early Mornings and Skateboarding
Sean Wang is jet-lagged. He has been up since 4am after arriving in London late the ni [...]
Exposing the Unseen: A Filmmaker’s Gutsy Stand
In August 2021, as the capital city Kabul fell to the Taliban, the west's 20-year mission in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the US and Nato, collapsed in [...]
Finding Solace in the Quiet Life
On track for megastardom, the actor turned down the part of Superman (twice) and turned his back on Hollywood. Now living in rural Hampshire, he talks [...]
Paapa Essiedu’s Playful Perspective on Challenging Roles
The actor on his challenging new West End role, sweating profusely on stage, and why he almost became a doctor [...]