Take One Keeley Hawes tells us what it’s like to step back in time as DI Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes You’re going back to the ’80s for your role in Ashes to Ashes. It’s an interesting concept, isn’t it? I think it’s something people probably think about a lot, whether they could stop…Continue reading*The Western Mail: Don’t Mind Your P’s and Q’s (and Philip Glenister interviewed)
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As we prepare for the long-awaited premiere of Ashes to Ashes tomorrow night, TV Today caught up with its two principal stars, Philip Glenister (returning as DCI Gene Hunt) and Keeley Hawes, who plays newcomer Alex Drake. (Don’t forget our interview yesterday with supporting actors Marshall Lancaster and Montserrat Lombard as well.) As with yesterday’s…Continue readingThe Stage: Keeley Hawes and Philip Glenister interviewed
Throwback cop rises up from the ashes Life on Mars is one of the most talked about television shows in recent memory. Managing to satisfy both TV critics and millions of viewers, it achieved what few other programmes ever do. It ended after only two series leaving fans begging for more, but John Simm, who…Continue readingExpress and Echo: Throwback cop rises up from the ashes (Philip Glenister interview)
Sexist, bigoted DCI Gene Hunt of time-travelling cop show ‘Life on Mars’ is back — and his new sidekick is a woman. Has he met his match? Gerard Gilbert thinks so. The Sopranos was not the only concluding TV drama that left its devotees baffled last year. Also departing on an enigmatic note was BBC1’s…Continue reading*The Independent: Bang to Rights (Philip Glenister interview)
New mum Daisy Donovan’s movie career is starting to take off — at long last. Thankfully, Daisy Donovan is nothing like her screen persona. While TV Daisy thinks nothing about asking a politician rude questions, or making people look like total fools, real-life Daisy is sweet, polite and charming. The only thing the two seem…Continue readingThe Mirror: Daisy’s blooming (Daisy Donovan interview)
Telly drama relieves family’s amazing story of triumph over autism A Greenock family who battled to cope with autism will settle down to watch an amazing story on television this Christmas — their own. After Thomas, which stars Spooks actress Keely Hawes, Coupling‘s Ben Miles and Sheila Hancock, is the dramatisation of the Gardners’ fight…Continue reading*Evening Times: Share our Xmas tale of courage and hope
The big interview Spooks star Rupert Penry Jones is worn-out after new baby keeps him up Nerves are jangling on the set of Spooks as star Rupert takes his bad temper out on the hit TV show’s cast. He may project the image of an ultra-sophisticated MI5 agent but beneath the cool veneer Rupert Penry…Continue readingThe Daily Record: Lack of sleep is Spooky (Rupert Penry-Jones interview)
The role of the brooding Darcy in the 1995 TV version of “Pride & Prejudice” helped make Colin Firth a star. Will the big-screen remake opening tomorrow do the same for Matthew MacFadyen? The studio is banking on the chemistry between the film’s leads to bring in young filmgoers who have probably never picked up…Continue readingThe Boston Herald: Austen’s power: ‘Pride & Prejudice’ role could make Matthew MacFadyen a star
Pride and Prejudice star Matthew Macfadyen on his love for Keeley Hawes and role as pin-up Darcy. Pride and Prejudice star Matthew Macfadyen has revealed his anguish at falling for his actress wife — eight weeks after she married her first husband. The 30-year-old actor, who plays heart-throb Mr Darcy in the new film adaptation…Continue readingThe Mail on Sunday: Falling for a married woman was awful
How We Met: Keeley Hawes and Gina Bellman Gina Bellman (right) was born in New Zealand in 1965, but came to the UK with her parents at 11. She started her acting career at the National Theatre, aged 14, before appearing in Dennis Potter’s ‘Blackeyes‘. She currently stars in the BBC comedy ‘Coupling‘. She is…Continue readingHow We Met: Keeley Hawes and Gina Bellman