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Hugh Dancy: 'Darling, Don't Tell Me What You Did Today.' By Gerard Gilbert http://www.independent.co.uk Like any follower of the American series Homeland, British actor Hugh Dancy was eager to avoid advance storyline information that might spoil his enjoyment of the show. Unlike other fans of the Homeland, however, he happens to be married to Claire Danes, who plays the drama's CIA heroine Carrie Mathison. The couple, who met while making the film Evening in 2007, have been man and wife since 2009, and live together in New York City with their four-month-old son Cyrus. "Like everybody else I got so hooked on the first series of Homeland," says Dancy. "So I did say to Claire 'look, stop telling me about it'. Terrible policy for a marriage… 'Please don't tell me what you did today' is not a good line… so we gave up on that. Now I read the scripts as they come out." Dancy, along with Danes and baby Cyrus, is briefly in his own homeland, the UK, "seeing family in a military, organised, slightly imperfect way", and also promoting his new TV show, Hannibal, the television spin-off featuring everybody's favourite serial killer, Dr Hannibal Lecter – here played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale). Based on Thomas Harris's source novels, specifically Red Dragon (the only one to feature Dancy's character, FBI agent profiler Will Graham), the 13-part drama series is the brainchild of Bryan Fuller, who created NBC's Heroes. Hannibal is a prequel to all those Lecter movies starring Anthony Hopkins (and the one, Michael Mann's 1986 adaptation Manhunter, featuring Brian Cox), and here Lecter is still at liberty, a well-respected psychiatrist whose crimes have yet to be uncovered. Indeed, at this stage, there is a mutual admiration between Graham and Lecter. Fuller describes it as "a kind of love story". "There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal," he says. "He's not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn't know who he was, they wouldn't see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock's principle of suspense – show the audience the bomb under the table and let them sweat when it's going to boom." Hannibal is an unusual series on several counts, not just because each episode has a gastronomic title, such as "Amuse-Bouche", "Entrée" and "Buffet Froid", or that the production employed Spanish chef José Andrés, who trained under Ferran Adrià at El Bulli, as "culinary cannibal consultant", advising the crew on the proper procedure for preparing human organs for consumption. As that visceral job title suggests, this is a dark, dark show ("Elementary meets Dexter" is how one critic put it) – and one's first suspicion, since it's being made by an American network, NBC, rather than a more permissive cable channel, would be that the whole grisly serial-killer element would be watered down. Not so, and there's one scene involving victims and mushrooms that might put you off eating fungi for life. "Better minds than my own have explained how unlikely it was that they [NBC] would leave us alone as much as they did," says Dancy. "That wasn't my anxiety. I never worry about the specifics of American network TV versus cable, but, yuh, it was amazing that it sustains the darkness of its premise." Add to the mix Gillian Anderson – in her first North American TV series since The X-Files (with the interesting task of being Lecter's psychiatrist) and a guest turn by Eddie Izzard as a cellmate of Lecter's, the so-called Chesapeake Ripper, and it's clear that Hannibal isn't the usual formulaic, corporate advertiser-friendly network fare. In fact, with echoes of Stanley Kubrick's banning of A Clockwork Orange in the UK, the only censorship so far was ordered by Fuller himself, who pulled the fourth episode in the States because of sensitivities towards the Boston Marathon bombing. Fuller says of the episode, which involves a character "brainwashing kids so that they kill other kids", that "it was the association that came with the subject matter… It was my own sensitivity." So far, four out 13 episodes have aired in America, to widespread critical approval. "I do my best not to read reviews, although, that said, it all filters through," says Dancy. "The four friends I watched it with liked it very much. But they're my friends." Raised with a younger brother and sister in Newcastle-under-Lyme by his father, Jonathan, a moral philosopher, and mother Sarah, who works in academic publishing, Dancy, 37, was educated at Winchester public school – where he first acquired a taste for acting – and Oxford, where he studied English. Given his background, obvious intelligence and great hair, there were frequent early allusions to Dancy being "the new Hugh Grant", an epithet he has managed to rise above. "Listen, there are worse things to be told," he says. "I've found regardless of what you're doing or where you are, you'll be compared to somebody." Maybe so, but his is already shaping up to be an unusual career. Dancy's early television work majored in costume drama – he took the title roles in a 2000 TV movie of David Copperfield, in BBC1's 2002 adaptation of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and gave an Emmy-nominated performance opposite Helen Mirren, playing the Earl of Essex in Channel 4's Elizabeth I (2005). Since then however it has moved in a less predictable direction. Despite some wrong turns (the feeble 2009 romcom Confessions of a Shopaholic, for example, or the ill-advised 2006 sequel, Basic Instinct 2), Dancy has made a mark in a diverse range of independent movies. He played a man with Asperger syndrome in the award-winning Adam, the Victorian inventor of the vibrator in the uneasily pitched period drama Hysteria and (perhaps his most sophisticated performance to date) as cult escapee Elizabeth Olsen's impatient yuppie brother-in-law in Martha Marcy May Marlene. And on stage, he won glowing reviews opposite Nina Arianda in the acclaimed Broadway production of the David Ives kinky two-hander Venus in Fur. "I guess I've pursued my own interests and tried to be broad-minded," says Dancy, who has in the past stated that he wasn't interested in a conventional Hollywood A-list career. "Yes, I think that's a dangerous statement to make", he says now, somewhat ruefully. "I guess what I meant by that – because obviously you do want to play the lead roles – is that I'm also drawn to things that wouldn't fit that description." And when I mention Benedict Cumberbatch telling me about his desire for a big fat Hollywood pay cheque, Dancy adds: "I think it's refreshingly honest for a British actor actually to say that. Great – good for him – and I guess I want all those things as well, but I guess I just don't want it exclusively." A sure-fire box-office draw would be to appear opposite his wife, something the couple have assiduously avoided since becoming an item. "It's not a positive rule but I'm pretty picky and so is Claire and we have fairly stringent rules about what we do," he says. "That would be doubly so (if we acted together) because if we did it, we would get attention for that reason. All the more reason to avoid screwing up basically. "And anyway, both in terms of the way something would be marketed, but also in the way you would approach it as an actor, you wouldn't want to lean on your real-life relationship. Even worse would be if you were on screen or on stage and there was a kind of 'well, we can access an easy intimacy because we live with each other'… that's going to be dangerous for your relationship and dangerous for your acting." Not that there's going to be much time for acting together. Hannibal shoots for six months of the year in Toronto, while Homeland films for the other half of the year in North Carolina. How does Dancy feel about the possibility of potentially tying up his career for the next seven years? "It was a big deal for me to sit down with Bryan, having read the first episode, and ask him 'Why would I sign my life away to you?' He's one of life's great enthusiasts and he launched into a description of this whole series. And then he gave me the next series, then the third and fourth – he described about five years of television and he clearly had a vision, which is not always the case." And that still leaves the other six months. Dancy says he'd like to devote time to baby Cyrus, and do some theatre in London, where he still keeps a flat (currently rented out to his sister). His accent remains public-school, with no hint of transatlantic. How is his American accent? "It doesn't wobble back out into English any more. Although when I did Venus in Fur and Mike Nichols (the Broadway and movie director of The Graduate and much else) came to see it, he only came backstage to correct my pronunciation of the word 'issue'. But when it's Mike Nichols you take the note."

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'Game of Thrones': Richard Madden on Robb Stark Growing Up, Having Sex and Killing Joffrey By Crystal Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com When we last saw Robb Stark (Richard Madden), he was leading the North to war against King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) to avenge his father's death, and after a string of victories that stretched south into the Riverlands, it looks as if the King in the North is on an unstoppable streak. However, as the late Ned Stark's eldest son will learn, this game of thrones is not all about winning the battles. In Season 2 of HBO hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones" (Sundays at 9 p.m. ET), the newly-appointed King of the North will need to start using his head more than his sword. He's already sent his mother Lady Catelyn (Michelle Fairley) off to negotiate an alliance with King Renly (Gethin Anthony) in Highgarden, and he also has his captive, Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), at his -- and his direwolf Grey Wind's -- mercy. Yet, Robb Stark is still his father's son, and his honorable nature is something that actor Richard Madden says might get the Young Wolf into trouble. After all, fans of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" know that oftentimes, honorable men have no place in war. "Honor is a Stark trait, and it's going to be a real problem for Robb," Madden told HuffPost TV. "What I love so much about him is that he follows his heart in everything he's does. He's one of the only characters where everything comes from a sense of good, and being just and fair. But this whole situation has become much bigger than him just looking after his family. He's looking after 20,000 men, and they've all got mothers and wives and daughters and sons all behind them, so now he has 20,000 families to look after. He's got a great heart, and he cares about people a lot, but that will also end up causing him a lot of problems later." Madden also talked to HuffPost TV about what's to come for Robb Stark. Apparently, this means that viewers will get to see a bit more of Robb this season. First question: Team Robb or Team Jon? I'm only slightly kidding. [Laughs.] What about Team Theon? I think some people might be on his team too! Really? I don't think so. I think everyone would just like to see Robb and Jon [Kit Harington] reunite. I would love to have scenes with Kit again. I really would. I think there was a lot left unsaid between those two brothers, and I would love for them to meet again. I just don't see how it's possible. We're so far apart! Maybe we can do a spinoff series of Jon Snow and Robb Stark? I wonder if people would like that? "The Adventures of Jon Snow and Robb Stark"? Yeah, that would be cool. Or, what about "Beyond the Wall"? Yeah, that would be good too. When I talked to Kit, he said that, "The ones who are most suited for power are the ones who don't really want it." Even though he's King in the North, Robb doesn't want the Iron Throne. No, he wants to go home. He wants to have his family, bring them home and do what he is supposed to do, which is be Lord of Winterfell. But it's a responsibility that he's happy to take. There's this fantastic speech later on in the show where he talks about what that means to him. What I love is that even though that's what he wants to do, he can't because there are other factors playing, and he's not selfish in any way. For someone so young, he's such a man, especially in this season. He makes a lot of tough decisions, and he's acting like a man. But sometimes, the mask can drop and you're like, "My god, he's just a boy, acting like a man." This whole season, he's leaning by doing. Everything is a new experience -- a first time -- for Robb. Here at HuffPost TV, we do weekly power rankings, and I just wanted to let you know that Robb is currently No. 1. Yes! Awesome! Although, it's kind of funny, considering what happens, but I'll take it. But right now, he's making some good decisions. He has Jaime right where he wants him, and now Catelyn is off talking to Renly. Yeah, and he's won every battle. He's got a lot of power at the moment. I like that you've got power rankings. It's great. What's so good about it, though, is that I don't think Robb sees it like that. He's in that scene with Jaime in the cage, almost posturing this sort of arrogance and confidence, which he needs to, but he knows that this situation is unpredictable. He doesn't know what's going to happen. He doesn't feel like he's got lots of power. He needs to make everyone around him feel like he does, but he never feels like him and Catelyn are at the top of the list. He never stops working and trying to make things happen. You won't see Robb get complacent. Unlike, perhaps, King Joffrey, who I think everyone would like to personally kill at this point in the series. It's funny because Jack [Gleeson] is such a great guy, but he just plays that part so, so well. Joffrey is straight-up crazy, and no wonder, you know? Look at his mother and father! He's got problems. If people hated him in Season 1, just wait until you get to the end of Season 2. You're really going to hate this guy. A lot of people ask me, "Are you going to kill Joffrey? Are you going to slap him? I want to slap him!" I'd love to see Robb and Joffrey together. I think that would make for a great scene. I'm sure everyone would love to see that, especially after what he's doing to Sansa [sophie Turner]. Oh my god. If Robb knew half of that, he would tear Joffrey apart. Kit also said that he's read all of the books in the series because he wanted to know as much as he could about Jon Snow. Have you read all of them? Or do you go season by season? I go season by season. I don't like to preempt myself, and I feed on knowledge. That's why I like to engulf each book and really pull from it, and I know that if I read too far ahead -- which is hard to not do because all I want to do is just plow through them -- there's no element of surprise. It's nice to read the book and then read the scripts. Sometimes I'll be reading the books and Robb will make a decision that I never saw coming, and if it surprises me that much, I want the audience to be as surprised when they see it happening. [spoiler ALERT] But I'm sure your character's fate has been spoiled to you by eager fans. Oh yeah! Straight away. People are like, "Oh my god. Do you know what happens to your character?" On the street people are like, "Oh my god! Your character!" And I'm like, "I know, already! Okay? Don't tell me!" I know exactly what happens, and people have told me a lot of details about it, but I'm like, [Covers ears] "Be quiet! Be quiet! I don't want to ruin it!." I want to see it happen for myself and read it and feel it as I go along, rather than be spoiled. Of course, there are differences between the books and the series. Exactly! There are differences. We're not doing the books; we're doing the TV show. It is going to be different, so there will be some things that the book readers won't be familiar with, and that's exciting. It keeps us all guessing. The storylines do change, and what's funny is that what can start off as a small change, can actually end up being quite different from the books -- but it all stems from the honesty of the books. We're making a 10-hour movie every year, and things have to be different. I think fans will really like what we've done this season. Fans will probably enjoy seeing you on screen more than they thought because Robb really isn't in "A Clash of Kings" as much as you're in Season 2. Completely! I was like, "OK, this is great. We've been given another season. This is fantastic," and then I start reading, and I'm like, [Page flipping] Aw, this sucks! I'm not in this! What's going on? I'm just not in this." Thankfully -- and brilliantly --[executive producers] David [benioff] and Dan [Weiss] have given Robb a lot to do this year, and you get to see him because he's talked about a lot in the book. People will get to see Robb, and then there's a great story coming up for him about this woman that comes into his life. I've seen the first four episodes, and I was really happy to see that in Episode 4, we finally get introduced to your new lady friend, who goes by Jeyne Westerling in the books, and as book fans know, she plays quite a significant role in Robb's life. Oh, yes. Although, that's not her name in the show now. They've changed it, but Oona [Chaplin] is just fantastic. I'm so glad it was her that was cast in this part because we have such great chemistry. I've watched a couple of scenes back, and there's just something about when Oona and I get together that works really well on screen, so hopefully people will agree. It will also be the first time Robb has really been with a woman. Now, the sex scenes in "Game of Thrones" have been somewhat polarizing for the audience -- some people love them and some people think they're too much. But I think that in this show, sex is pretty much seen as currency. Yeah, totally agree. There are a lot of people who complain about the amount of sex and nakedness on the show, and you can see a bit of it and say, "Oh, wow, this is quite a lot of sex," but in their world, sex isn't taboo. It's just currency, and it's natural. People do have lots of sex in this show, and that's why I like it. I don't find it gratuitous. It's like, "Yeah, whatever, sex is sex." I like that David and Dan don't shy away from it. They're not throwing in lots of sex to make it sexy. They're doing it because it's just casual currency. It means nothing to a lot of these characters, or they're using it for certain reasons. It's not just, "Let's see more tits and ass." That's what's so interesting about the relationship between Robb and Jeyne because you do see genuine feelings there. That's what is so good about it. There is so much sex in the show, and it's really easy and sometimes, it just happens, or there's lots of women and one man [laughs] or whatever! But with Robb and this woman that's come into his life, I think that Robb's not really experienced in that way, and anything that happens between them comes out of their true feelings for one another. It's not just sex. It's not easy for anyone in Robb's position. This is the first time that he's ever had proper feelings for a woman, so as their relationship develops, things come from a really heartfelt place. Now, about those direwolves. They look pretty terrifying this season. We've done it a few different ways. We had real wolves, and then we had CGI wolves, and then we had some kind of weird hybrid, where we had real wolves, but they had CGI effects to make them bigger. I don't even know how it works now. I'm on set with a lovely big metallic ball on a wooden stick, that I can pretend to stroke and rub. So it's not really the same, but that's okay. In Season 1, it was good to have those scenes with the puppies, but then they grow up. I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real direwolf on set.

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Meet Cinderalla's New Prince Charming http://www.homorazzi.comDirector Kenneth Branagh (Thor) finally has all three major players in his upcoming live action adaptation of Disney’s Cinderella all secure. Richard Madden joins previously announced Cate Blanchett and Lily James who are playing Cinderella’s evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine, and the titular princess respectively. The 26-year-old Scottish actor has been tapped to tackle the lead male role aka Prince Charming. Madden is best known for his role as Robb Stark in the hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones. His previous on-screen credits include the Eddie Redmayne-led TV drama Birdsong and Channel 4′s short-lived Sirens where he played a gay character.

RICHARD MADDEN Richard Madden (born on June 1986) is a Scottish stage, film, and television actor who has portrayed of Robb Stark in the fantasy TV series, Game of Thrones Madden grew up in Elderslie, Scotland. His mother, Pat, is a classroom assistant, and his father, Richard, is in the fire service. At the age of 11, he joined Paisley Arts Centre's youth theatre programme to help overcome his shyness. He was soon cast as young Andy in the film adaptation of Iain Banks's Complicity, followed by his being cast in a lead role as Sebastian in the television series Barmy Aunt Boomerang, for which he filmed 6 episodes that aired from 1999 through 2000. He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2007. While at RSAMD he worked with the Arches and Glasgow Repertory Company, followed by Franz Xavier Kroetz's play Tom Fool at the Citizens' Theatre, which was so well received that it transferred to London, where Madden was spotted by a team from the Globe Theatre. In his final year with RSAMD, he was cast as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre which, after a run in London, toured in open-air stages during the Summer of 2007, being the Globe's first-ever tour. He also played Callum McGregor in the stage production of Malorie Blackman's 'Noughts and Crosses' in 2008. He later gained the lead role of Dean McKenzie in the 2009 BBC series Hope Springs, followed by his roles as Ripley in the 2010 film Chatroom, and as Theatre of Hate singer Kirk Brandon in the 2010 film Worried About The Boy. Since 2011, he has starred as Robb Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based upon George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, the Channel 4 series Sirens and in the BBC series Birdsong. In May 2013, Madden is the first pick to portray the Prince in the live action Disney film Cinderella. (Wikipedia)

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