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Here’s an interesting article/interview on Spring 41:
‘We know all the horrors that surround these stories, and sometimes you can get to the truth more through fiction than through fact,” says Joseph Fiennes, the celebrated British actor best known for his starring role in Shakespeare in Love, who is attending the 24th Haifa International Film Festival to present his latest film, Spring 1941.
The movie, which was made by Israeli director Uri Barabash (Beyond the Walls), is based on an Ida Fink story and tells the story of Artur, a Jewish doctor in Poland (played by Fiennes) who goes into hiding with his wife and family during World War II. They are taken in by a Polish peasant woman and Fiennes’s character becomes involved in a complex romantic relationship with his host.
“I’ve been riding since the age of 16, but only got my full licence about three years ago,” he said. “I love the new BMWs and was really intrigued by them — especially the technical brilliance, wizardry and German engineering. I’m really excited about this bike and am looking forwards to getting out of town on it. I’ve got a couple of friends and we’re intent on touring the north of Italy and riding across the Alps into Switzerland. We’d also like to ride around the British Isles, which would be a great way to discover my own ‘back yard’.”
Although he comes from a large and successful family — Joseph is the brother to actor Ralph Fiennes and cousin to Sir Ranulph Fiennes (described in the Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s greatest living explorer”) — the 38-year-old is the only motorcyclist in his family, despite having five brothers and sisters. He certainly shares a sense of adventure with Sir Ranulph though, having travelled extensively in Africa, India and the far east, and he has the utmost respect for fellow actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and their Long Way Round achievements to date. Read the rest of this entry »
2,000 Feet Away, the debut drama by Anthony Weigh, which stars Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart and Phyllis Logan, has extended its run at the Bush until 19 July.
The extra week of performances has been added due to popular demand, and extra tickets have been made available for all forthcoming performances.
Source: Official London Theater
Here’s a brand new interview with Joe:
Still best remembered for playing the frilly-shirted Bard in Shakespeare In Love, Joseph Fiennes plays Lenny, a taciturn hard nut who joins Brian Cox’s gang to bust out of prison in low-budget British thriller The Escapist, which is released this week. The 37-year-old can also be seen in the flesh in Anthony Weigh’s 2,000 Feet Away at London’s Bush Theatre.
What attracted you to the tough-man role in The Escapist?
I just thought the whole episode with him getting involved in a gruesome, gruelling fight to attain one tiny bit of equipment to help their escape – which was a diamond set in the tooth of a Celtic warrior named Two Ton – was fantastic.
Times Online has a new interview with Joe! He talked about The Escapist, his brother Ralph and even the crisis in Burma! Take a look:
When Joseph Fiennes was six years old he told a bunch of Irish nuns to “f*** off!†He was swinging on a statue of the Virgin Mary at the time, and the nuns were his teachers, near the Kilkenny home of his soon-to-be-famous family – including brother Magnus (now a composer), sister Sophie (now a film-maker) and eldest brother Ralph (an Alister). Fiennes was beaten with a bamboo stick for his indiscretion. The punishment was savage, he says. The bamboo broke on his body. Yet he tells it today, in the corner of a busy West London members’ bar, with a glimmer of pride in his eyes. “It was a good thrashing,†he says, with a slow blink of his trademark Bambi lashes and a half-smile of his beautiful bestubbled face. If he didn’t quite like it, then he certainly appreciated it.
After decades of war-related silence and shame, Germany proudly celebrated a military hero last night, rolling out the red carpet for “Red” Baron von Richthofen.
The new attitude was on display as stars and celebrities, including British actor Joseph Fiennes, were due to gather for the Berlin premiere of a new film about the Baron.
What did we discover about the chap who sucked a quill in Shakespeare In Love? 1) His beard covers his surfing scars. 2) He nearly froze to death on a mountain. 3) He’d rathertalk bikes than girls, if you don’t mind
Nine in the morning on a Monday in Fulham, London.
The rain is so torrential that the Live crew waiting for Joseph Fiennes are more concerned with drying their clothes than whether the star of Shakespeare In Love will turn up.
He’s supposed to be a difficult interview and a thunderstorm is all the reason some actors need to stay in bed.
It looks like a wasted day when a motorcyclist pulls up outside the studio’s glass front, kills his engine and strides in, water streaming from his leathers.
A courier, everyone assumes, until he takes off his helmet and there’s Shakespeare himself, forming a large puddle and asking for a hand getting his bike out of the rain.