Sir Tom Stoppard and Benedict Cumberbatch by Matthew Lloyd
nice find! apparently it’s for LA Times
American Cinematographer, February 2013. fascinating piece about Parade’s End behind the camera. open each in new tab to read properly.
Benedict and Tom’s Acceptance speech for Parades End win at the South Bank Show Sky Arts Award.
Thank you! :)
yay congrats!
New interview http://www.cobra.be/cm/cobra/film/130314-sa-paradesend
(thanks to @yassammez for the earlier heads up)
Photos of Benedict Cumberbatch from the new HBO featurette on Parade’s End.
download: http://pdl.lv3.hbo.com/av/progressive/series/parades-end/featurette-362315-9_1.mp4
“Sherlock” fans waiting impatiently for Benedict Cumberbatch to return to TV can tide themselves over with HBO’s miniseries “Parade’s End,” premiering in February.
The British actor has been on a roll lately, co-starring in “The Hobbit” and the upcoming “Star Trek Into Darkness,” but made time to appear via satellite from London at the Winter TCA press tour to promote his work in “Parade’s End.” The miniseries is a co-production between HBO, the BBC and Flemish network VRT and premiered on the BBC back in August to strong reviews and solid ratings.
Based on a classic series of novels by Ford Madox Ford set in the years prior to and during World War I, the story centers on Christopher Tietjens (Cumberbatch) — a virtuous man torn between two women: his manipulative wife Sylvia (Rebecca Hall) and kindly young suffragette Valentine (Adelaide Clemens). The five-part miniseries is written by Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”) and directed by Susanna White (“Bleak House”).
Cumberbatch says the experience of making “Parade’s End” fits with the incredible run he’s been on lately. “It’s a big smile and a laugh really,” Cumberbatch says when asked to reflect on his recent opportunities. “It’s been an amazing year. It’s been fantastic because of what I’ve been asked to do. It’s a tricky thing to comment on. Embarrasment of riches is the headline on that.”
Although Tietjens and Holmes are both fiercely intelligent characters, Cumberbatch is quick to point out their differences. “I think intelligence as a braket is quite a wide one, they’re very different people,” he explains. “Christopher is a man with huge heart and empathy to all who need him. He’s a very generous big-hearted, sentimental man. He’s very sensitive in comparison to Sherlock. There’s an emotional depth or resonance that’s very different to the far more sociopathic Sherlock. But like Sherlock, he doesn’t suffer fools gladly. And he’s always on the side of the angels. In my opinion he’s a heroic character.”
Hope there’s a video soon. I can imagine how charming and fiercely articulate he was.
“Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch stars in “Parade’s End” miniseries for HBO this February.From Edwardian England to the chaos and destruction of the First World War, the early 20th century was a defining era in history, a time of unprecedented change, when old certainties were being torn down.
From HBO
The long golden afternoons of the pre-war years would be shattered by the most destructive war the world had ever known, and countless lives would be changed forever.
Set against this backdrop of impending catastrophe is the story of English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens, trapped in a marriage to an unfaithful wife, and caught between his commitment to the values of Toryism and his unspoken love for a fearless young suffragette.
Spanning the glittering, shallow world of London high society, the trench-scarred battlefields of France, and the breathtaking English countryside, the sweeping five-part HBO Miniseries presentation Parade’s End debuts Tuesday, Feb. 26 (9:00-11:05 p.m. ET/PT), Wednesday, Feb. 27 (9:00-11:05 p.m.) and Thursday, FEB. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.), exclusively on HBO. Adapted from Ford Madox Ford’s groundbreaking novels by Sir Tom Stoppard (Oscar®-winner for “Shakespeare in Love”), the drama was directed by Susanna White (HBO’s Emmy®-winning “Generation Kill”).
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Adelaide Clemens star in PARADE’S END, a Mammoth Screen production for the BBC in association with HBO Miniseries and Trademark Films and BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point; co-produced with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Fund and Anchorage Entertainment; filmed with the support of the Belgian federal government’s Tax Shelter Scheme. The executive producers are Michele Buck and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, Ben Donald for BBC Worldwide, Simon Vaughan for Lookout Point TV, Judith Louis for ARTE France and Tom Stoppard. David Parfitt and Selwyn Roberts produce.
The miniseries also stars Roger Allam (“The Queen”), Anne-Marie Duff (“The Virgin Queen”), Rupert Everett (“The Importance of Being Earnest”), Stephen Graham (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Janet McTeer (“Albert Nobbs”) and Miranda Richardson (“The Lost Prince”).
Parade’s End US premiere dates:
Feb. 26 (9:00-11:05 p.m. ET/PT), Wednesday, Feb. 27 (9:00-11:05 p.m.) and Thursday, FEB. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.) on HBO.
Time for Parade’s End panel. Sadly, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Stoppard will be here only via satellite.
“Very humbling,” said Benedict Cumberbatch when asked when it’s like to act out words written by Steven Moffatt and Tom Stoppard. #TCA13
Daniel Fienberg @HitFixDaniel
We have Rebecca Hall and Adelaide Clemens in person. I like them both. So that’s OK. #TCA13
Cumberbatch says Sherlock Holmes & Christopher Tiejens are alike in that they are both heroic & don’t suffer fools. #TCA13
the cast includes #BenedictCumberbatch, who, as an #HBO exec just noted,”has now played the two smartest men in England.”
Stoppard knew immediately that Cumberbatch would be perfect for the lead role in #ParadesEnd. #TCA13 #hbo
Benedict Cumberbatch on the success he’s had in the last yr “Embarrassment of riches is the headline, a real embarrassment of riches” #TCA13
“It’s been an amazing year,” says Benedict Cumberbatch on his accomplishments. He’s humble. Unsurprisingly. #TCA13 #HBO
Tom Stoppard re his #ParadesEnd star Benedict Cumberbatch’s string of successes: “We didn’t exactly pluck him from the chorus.” #HBO #TCA13
I think Benedict Cumberbatch is nodding off in the middle of this press conference. It’s late there, Benedict! It’s okay! #tca13
Stoppard met Cumberbatch in costume on the War Horse set; says, in that moment, he *was* “Parade’s End’s” Christopher Tietjens.
#tca13 HBO PARADE’S END panel Benedict Cumberbach wearing very British gray cardigan sweater w/ leather covered buttons & gray t-shirt
You know you’re the only lesbian in the room when everyone else is tweeting Benedict Cumberbatch’s every move. #TCA13
#RebeccaHall doesnt exactly come across as Britney Spears either. This must be the most articulate group of folks of the past 48 hrs. #TCA13
“You’re stepping into a bit of dug earth that’s the same depth as your grave.” Benedict Cumberbatch’s Day Brighteners. #tca13damianholbrook
“they have the same sky in common,” says Cumberbatch of #ParadesEnd’s separated lovers. Like Fievel! #TCA2013
You know you’re the only lesbian in the room when everyone else is tweeting Benedict Cumberbatch’s every move. #TCA13
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HBO Winter 2013 TCA Panel at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on January 4, 2013 in Pasadena, California.
Writer Tom Stoppard and actor Benedict Cumberbatch speak (via satellite) during the HBO Winter 2013 TCA Panel at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on January 4, 2013 in Pasadena, California.
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