The star of new comedy Quacks had his big break in 1981, but spent the period in ‘sheer panic’ watching friends die. He talks about fear, flops and coming back from the wilderness years
In one way, Quacks is a natural place to find Rupert Everett. The keenly British comedy has “something of the Carry On, Stanley Baxter era” about it, he says – a sharp, playful script; a generous, gracious ensemble cast also featuring Rory Kinnear and Mathew Baynton; very accurate historical detail, such as Everett’s thunderous physician trying to cure what sounds like cystitis with the topical application of a baked potato. Really, what could be more fitting? Who else would you cast?
Yet the legacy of his first, dazzling appearance into British culture, the stage and then film version of Another Country, means that if you were alive and at all conscious in the early 1980s, you can...
In one way, Quacks is a natural place to find Rupert Everett. The keenly British comedy has “something of the Carry On, Stanley Baxter era” about it, he says – a sharp, playful script; a generous, gracious ensemble cast also featuring Rory Kinnear and Mathew Baynton; very accurate historical detail, such as Everett’s thunderous physician trying to cure what sounds like cystitis with the topical application of a baked potato. Really, what could be more fitting? Who else would you cast?
Yet the legacy of his first, dazzling appearance into British culture, the stage and then film version of Another Country, means that if you were alive and at all conscious in the early 1980s, you can...
- 8/20/2017
- by Zoe Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Sherlock returned to huge ratings on BBC One on New Year's Day, according to overnight data.
The third series premiere opened to an average 9.18 million viewers (33.8%) at 9pm, with a peak of 9.49m tuning in at the beginning of the episode. The show's second series launched with 8.75m, while its finale was seen by 7.90m.
Earlier on BBC One, Gnomeo and Juliet was seen by 4.15m (16.6%) at 6.45pm.
On BBC Two, Nature's Weirdest Events brought in 2.59m (9.9%) at 8pm, followed by Stanley Baxter's Glasgow: Big Night Out with 1.52m (5.6%) at 9pm.
ITV's broadcast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two thrilled 4.44m (16.7%) at 8pm (655,000/2.9% on +1).
On Channel 4, The Karate Kid remake attracted 940k (3.7%) at 6.30pm (206k/0.8%). David Blaine's Real or Magic? amazed 2.10m (7.7%) at 9pm (407k/2.0%).
Channel 5's An Audience with Ken Dodd repeat amused 1.20m (4.7%) at 9pm. The Dambusters brought in 995k (3.9%) at 6.30pm.
The third series premiere opened to an average 9.18 million viewers (33.8%) at 9pm, with a peak of 9.49m tuning in at the beginning of the episode. The show's second series launched with 8.75m, while its finale was seen by 7.90m.
Earlier on BBC One, Gnomeo and Juliet was seen by 4.15m (16.6%) at 6.45pm.
On BBC Two, Nature's Weirdest Events brought in 2.59m (9.9%) at 8pm, followed by Stanley Baxter's Glasgow: Big Night Out with 1.52m (5.6%) at 9pm.
ITV's broadcast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two thrilled 4.44m (16.7%) at 8pm (655,000/2.9% on +1).
On Channel 4, The Karate Kid remake attracted 940k (3.7%) at 6.30pm (206k/0.8%). David Blaine's Real or Magic? amazed 2.10m (7.7%) at 9pm (407k/2.0%).
Channel 5's An Audience with Ken Dodd repeat amused 1.20m (4.7%) at 9pm. The Dambusters brought in 995k (3.9%) at 6.30pm.
- 1/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Star of British film thrillers who specialised in the role of the classy girlfriend
In the 1950s, while watching a second feature before the "big picture" at their local cinema, regular British filmgoers would often have seen Rona Anderson, who has died aged 86. Anderson starred in 20 movies between 1950 and 1958, mostly well-crafted, low-budget thrillers. Opposite such luminaries as Robert Beatty, Jimmy Hanley, John Bentley, Paul Carpenter and Lee Patterson, Anderson was the classy girlfriend who helps the hero solve a murder, usually via a visit to the criminal underground, all within the hour allotted to the film.
According to the Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter, Anderson "had this incredible, porcelain-like face, too beautiful for film … The camera likes angularity, to see the edges, and I think Rona's face was just too perfect." Whatever the reason, Anderson made few major movies, though she appeared in many popular television series, such as The Human Jungle...
In the 1950s, while watching a second feature before the "big picture" at their local cinema, regular British filmgoers would often have seen Rona Anderson, who has died aged 86. Anderson starred in 20 movies between 1950 and 1958, mostly well-crafted, low-budget thrillers. Opposite such luminaries as Robert Beatty, Jimmy Hanley, John Bentley, Paul Carpenter and Lee Patterson, Anderson was the classy girlfriend who helps the hero solve a murder, usually via a visit to the criminal underground, all within the hour allotted to the film.
According to the Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter, Anderson "had this incredible, porcelain-like face, too beautiful for film … The camera likes angularity, to see the edges, and I think Rona's face was just too perfect." Whatever the reason, Anderson made few major movies, though she appeared in many popular television series, such as The Human Jungle...
- 8/9/2013
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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