Saoirse Goes Broadway
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jlent — 10 years ago(August 07, 2015 10:35 AM)
What makes me happiest is she is breaking free of those ethereal waif roles - The Host, Violet & Daisy, Byzantium, Stockholm P, even Hanna to some extent.
Eilis in Brooklyn isn't one, but especially not is Nina in The Seagull or Abigail in The Crucible. Far from it. -
the-spileys — 10 years ago(August 07, 2015 06:50 PM)
With this and
The Seagull
(albeit on film) she's going the actor's actor route. I don't think she's ever done stage before. Sophie Okonedo is a
stage magician
and Whishaw is a massive talent as wellboth of these individuals actually starred in different incarnations of
Hamlet
, both of which were successful. I'm very surprised and excited.
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ManWithoutFriends — 10 years ago(August 08, 2015 05:30 AM)
Okenedo is terrific on screen too, she just hasn't had too many opportunities to show it to the masses. "The Secret Life of Bees" and "Skin" were both extraordinary performances.
"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox". -
mysteryfan — 10 years ago(August 07, 2015 09:05 PM)
Great find! Thanks for this Jlent.
It's great that she is doing theater. This helps her to hone her skills even better. I like Sophie, so it's great that Saoirse will work with her as well.
I can't wait to see reviews for this eventually. It's great that she is broadening her roles as well.
Analysis of her character(Abigail Williams): http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-crucible/character-analysis/abigail-williams spoilers!
Thanks for this
Poetswan
. It really is a big meaty role for her. She is basically the lead.
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the-spileys — 10 years ago(August 08, 2015 05:45 PM)
One of the worst times to transfer out of NY. If I had stayed I could have attended those previews. Sadly I live in the Bay Area now.
If anyone will be in NY around that time, perhaps they can consider going to see Saoirse live and informing the board of how she is live?
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the-spileys — 10 years ago(August 08, 2015 06:00 PM)
Where at? Do you go to school there? I used to live near 120th and Broadway.
Maybe you can get an autograph/picture with Saoirse. She took one with my ex-gf and her brother a long time ago (my gf posted it on the board in the early days of like Jill, Scast, mystery, DCI77, BrionyTallis, being the most vocal regulars). I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to get given how nice she is.
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the-spileys
2000 — 10 years ago(August 08, 2015 07:19 PM)For a little bit, but I didn't finish. Oddly enough one of my professors was Oscar nominated for Brokeback Mountain, and greenlighted Atonement..? I think? Can't confirm, so don't quote me.
It's easier than many people think to get a picture with an actor if they are FRIENDLY and have a reputation for being so. If there are archives to this board the thread is probably still there, it was posted under my namegf and I shared the same account a lotand had a bit of responses to it.
Update
: It was
Hanna
.
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mstimothyjames — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 10:22 AM)
You studied with James Schamus! I've watched a few of his lectures and his film about money. It's a shame he doesn't write anymore, his credits are extraordinary. The Ice Storm and Crouching Tiger particularly. I had no idea he was a professor. Lucky.
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the-spileys — 10 years ago(October 23, 2015 02:55 PM)
Unfortunately James was fired from Focus Features for being "too indie" with the indie arm of Universal and so now he is a lonely professor and occasional producer. As head of the studio, he was responsible for winning the bidding war over
Atonement
and for financially backing
Hanna
(Focus is a distributor primarily) ("The film was co-produced by the US Holleran Company and German Studio Babelsberg, with financial support from various German film funds and the main distributor, Focus Features, which holds the copyright to the film" -from Wiki), which, without his greenlight would've stalled the project which was time sensitive from the actress' age.
These are some films that he distributed as the head of Focus Features before his ousting:
Lost in Translation
21 Grams
Pride and Prejudice
Eastern Promises
Atonement
Milk
The Kids Are All Right
Jane Eyre
Hanna
Moonrise Kingdom
Dallas Buyers Club
If only his career could've lived to see
Brooklyn
, I'm sure he would've picked it up. And he certainly would've tried to pick up
The Grand Budapest Hotel
given his choice to win the bidding war over
Moonrise Kingdom
. But alas, those films have done fine/will do fine without his help though.
Hanna
may not have though.
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mysteryfan — 10 years ago(August 09, 2015 09:15 PM)
Thanks for this information. So it will be for little while for her. I am excited for this. Hopefully, if someone on this board lives in NY can go to the play and give their review/opinion, it would be great.
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jlent — 10 years ago(September 11, 2015 05:55 PM)
From the ticket site:
http://s1.ticketm.net/tm/en-us/dam/a/a18/ee372f70-acc6-424f-ba73-29a197e0fa18_29811_CUSTOM.jpg -
purple_lemon — 10 years ago(September 11, 2015 06:34 PM)
Suitably portentous. By the way if anyone is a fan of Sophie Okonedo I can recommend the tv mini-series of 'Oliver Twist' (2007) where she plays Nancy opposite Tom Hardy as Bill Sikes.
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jlent — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 07:52 AM)
scast, at first I thought I'd rather be more in the middle to get a complete view of the action without having to twist my neck. But then I thought, who am I kidding? I want to be able to see Saoirse's eyes up close in real life.
I am, however, now broke. I'll manage.
