dimanche 2 mars 2025

March 2025 - news - Charles Dance


Mr Dance and his other significant part were at a star-studded party in London, for new Netflix, Zero Day starring Robert De Niro, to be released on streamer on Feb 20.

Arts & antiques

Charles Dance talks to Carla Passino about Michelangelo, mentoring and why the Sistine chapel is like playing King Lear




lundi 3 février 2025

February 2025 - news - Charles Dance

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Britain's artists, have signed a petition warning the Government against allowing the tech industry to ignore copyright rules when training their A.I. models. cos it would threaten their livelihoods.

The day of the jackal is Peacock's most watched new original drama.

dimanche 1 décembre 2024

December 2024 - news - Charles Dance

Mr Dance was at the Emilia Perez reception at restaurant River Cafe in London. 

A-List stars including Dame Judy Dench, Charles Dance and Sharon Osborne, Joanna Lumley, Ricky Gervais, etc.... appeal to help them get trophy hunting banned in 2025. 
The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting has launched a Live Aid style push to urge the Labour Government to keep its promise and end the import of gruesome hunt mememtoes. 

     Full Q&A at Oxford Union



November 2024 - news - Charles Dance

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Mr Hamm was at the Booker Prize 
2024 winners... 

Gillian Anderson, Sara Pascoe, Sir Lenny Henry, Ruth Jones and TV historian David Olusoga were at the event.

Q&A in The Guardian

What is your greatest fear?
Never working again. 

What trait do you deplore in yourself?
Pomposity.

What trait you most deplore in others?
Any form of bigotry.

Your most embarrassing moment?
I saw a woman I knew across the room and thought, “Oh she’s having another baby.” I congratulated her and, of course, she wasn’t pregnant.

What is your most treasured possession?
A pair of handmade Spanish boots. They’re 35 years old and still incredible.

Describe yourself in three words
He works hard.

What would your superpower be?
To cure baldness.

What makes you unhappy?
Lack of sleep.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Bags under my eyes.

What is your most unappealing habit?
Snoring, I gather!

What was the last lie that you told?
Telling a restaurateur that everything was fine.

What is the worst thing anyone’s said to you?
“You can’t play Maxim de Winter with ginger hair.”

To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?
My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.

What does love feel like?
Comforting, uplifting, all consuming.

What was the best kiss of your life?
The first.

Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not meant it?
No.

Which words do you most overuse?
However, ridiculous and darling.

What is the worst job you’ve done?
Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.

If not yourself who would you like to be? Someone better.

When did you last cry, and why?
Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.

When did you last change your mind about something significant?
Often. I’m a Libran.

How often do you have sex?
Two or three times a week.

What’s the closest you’ve come to death?
I’m getting closer all the time.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
To still be working.

What keeps you awake at night?
My rational brain doing battle with my emotional brain.

Would you rather have more sex, money or fame?
A bit more money.

How would you like to be remembered?
As kind.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
It’s limited.

What happens when we die?
No idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/qa



lundi 21 octobre 2024

October 2024 - news - Charles Dance

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Mr Dance was at the  premiere of The day of the jackal in London. 

Mr Dance was at the screening of Rumours at the 68th BFI London Film Festival t South Bank..

mercredi 4 septembre 2024

September 2024 - news - Charles Dance

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Death of Maggie Smith..she was 89 years  old
Charles Dance is set to play Italian artist Michaelangelo in new BBC docu-drama “Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty. 
Dance’s casting in the three-part series came as the BBC unveiled its arts and culture slate across television and radio at a dedicated event in London on Wednesday evening. “Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty” is a co-commission with PBS exploring an era of violence and power politics that produced some of the Western world’s greatest works of art.