![]() That same year, she became known for taking darker roles, playing the Moors murderer Myra Hindley in the TV film Longford, for which she received a Bafta nomination. But she was back in a corset in 2004 starring opposite Johnny Depp and John Malkovich in The Libertine and as Mary Queen of Scots in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2006). Steven Spielberg cast her as a shaven-headed clairvoyant kidnapped by Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002), and she was Oscar-nominated for In America the following year. American directors engaged with the self-contained intelligence locked behind her grey-blue gaze. She graduated from small-screen, teen roles in ITV series Soldier Soldier and Boon to a bigger part in Andrew Davies’s 1996 adaptation of Emma and the lead in Robert Young’s 1997 adaptation of Jane Eyre. It was costume dramas in which Morton made her name. “People may be drawn into this show by the idea that it’s a costume drama, but the deeper they get into the darkness, the more they’ll realise it has more in common with a series like Succession or a film like Goodfellas.” Her survival depended on her cleverness and her ability to watch and listen.” She arrived in France at 14 and – for different reasons – found she was not welcome there either. She grew up in a convent in Italy where her family name was mud. She was orphaned as a baby and taken in by her grandmother, who then also died. “From the day she was born, everyone was out to kill her. “She’s more complex than that,” says the Nottingham-born Golden Globe winner. But it doesn’t patronise its heroine by attempting to reinvent her as a misunderstood goody. The crisp and witty feminism of the new Starz series highlights the misogynistic myths that history has spun around the “Medici Bitch” (who wasn’t conventionally pretty or submissive and did not conceive a child in the first decade of her marriage). She stars as Catherine de Medici, the Italian merchant’s daughter who became queen of France in 1547, gradually acquiring a reputation as one of the most brutal and calculating European rulers of the period. That’s a startling statement to process after watching the 45-year-old’s regal performance in The Serpent Queen, during which she wields power with terrifyingly casual control and cruel smirks, as heads roll on her command. I don’t believe I have any more power now than I did at 22,” says Samantha Morton. Film 4 just wants to make comedies and films with Shane Meadows’ (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for IMDb) Rowling has announced that Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be a trilogy.‘There’s no interest. They’re all under the direction of Harry Potter franchise helmer David Yates with an original script by none other than J.K. In addition to Eddie Redmayne in the lead role, the Fantastic Beasts cast also includes Colin Farrell, Dan Fogler, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Gemma Chan, Samantha Morton, and Alison Sudol. That’s a name you might remember because it also belongs to Voldemort’s relatives, the ones that made him a descendant of Slytherin. Isolt was raised by her aunt Gormlaith Gaunt. Wampus – ‘a magical, panther-like creature that is fast, strong and almost impossible to kill’.Thunderbird – a creature that ‘can create storms as it flies’.Pukwudgie – ‘a short, grey-faced, large-eared creature’.Horned Serpent – a ‘great horned river serpent with a jewel set into its forehead’.BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE – it came alongside several new posts on the Pottermore site, with backstory on how Ilvermorny was founded by a young Irish girl Isolt Sayre and names of its four houses, named from magical creatures:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |