Collectormania 19---2013

http://aboutactorcharlesdance.blogspot.fr/2013/01/charles-will-be-guest-for-cmk.html
 Saturday 25th - Monday 27th May 2013

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Little new about Thursdays in the Park project

http://aboutactorcharlesdance.blogspot.fr/2012/11/charles-mentionned-in-this-project.html

Actor Charles Dance has bought film rights to Thursdays in the Park, which he plans to write, direct, and star in through his production company Tavistock Dance Films.
 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quercus-signs-more-boyd-geras-ironside.html
not sure about the fact that he has a production company but...

 

http://www.tavistockwood.com/clients/

An interview from Telegraph about Got

As the third season of HBO’s fantasy epic Game of Thrones begins, James Lachno talks to Charles Dance about fanatical fans, apologising to Peter Dinklage, and what he thinks of his villainous character, Tywin Lannister. 

The battle is over ... we have won” proclaims Charles Dance in his contemptuous bellow at the end of the second season of HBO’s compulsive fantasy epic Game of Thrones.

His character, Tywin Lannister, had just ridden to victory at the Battle of Blackwater, keeping the Iron Throne securely in the brutal grip of his Lannister clan: spiteful, malevolent child King Joffrey, conniving Queen Regent Cersei, and their coterie of duplicitous advisers.

Adapted from novels by American writer George RR Martin, Game of Thrones has been a huge success around the world since it premiered in 2011. It’s secured two Emmys, a Golden Globe, wide critical acclaim, and a fanatical fan base hooked on its heady mix of gory battles, racy sex and slow-burning political manoeuvring.

Until now, 66-year-old Dance’s role in the series dubbed “the Sopranos of Middle Earth” had been an auxiliary one. But in the third season – which begins in the UK on Sky Atlantic on Monday 1 April – he’s to be far more crucial. As the newly-appointed “Hand of the King” – the King’s most important adviser – he'll assume the role of fearsome, all-powerful patriarch of a ruthless ruling family.

Dance is certainly well-equipped for the role. The British actor has the square-jaw and Received Pronunciation of strong aristocratic stock, and, from nefarious turns in the Last Action Hero (opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger) to Sky’s SAS drama Strike Back (via roles in Ali G Indahouse, Rebecca and Bleak House), he has had plenty of practice playing the villain.

As the third season of Game of Thrones gets under way, Dance spoke to Telegraph.co.uk about fanatical fans, why the series has been such a phenomenal success, and why he’s constantly apologising to Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) on set ...

Telegraph: How would you describe the role your character, Tywin Lannister?

Charles Dance: (Laughing). I have trouble enough remembering last week ... I don’t know. I sit around being mean to people and ordering their deaths.

Did your scenes with Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) show a softer side in season two?

CD: He’s a sweetheart really, beneath that granitelike exterior, he’s fudge-like in the middle (laughing). Softish ... but not too soft. He doesn’t want anything that will upset the status quo, or topple his position.

Do you like your own character?

CD: [Thinking] Hmmm, I spent a lot of time [between takes] apologising to Peter Dinklage [Dance’s on-screen son, Tyrion Lannister] because I treat him appallingly, I treat him like s---. But the quality of writing in the series is paramount. That’s probably why all of us are involved in this and all of us are quite so loyal to it, because we don’t have to expend a lot of energy trying to make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear. The quality of the writing is really good, and that’s what makes playing a character so enjoyable, whether he’s heroic or villainous.

The tag-line for the last season of Game of Thrones was Five Kings, One Throne. What does the series say about power?

CD: Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time – let’s call it medieval, feudal – people in power are dictatorial and don’t want their positions of power to be threatened. People like Tywin Lannister are very much victims of that system, and of that environment: ‘This is my place, don’t threaten it’. I don’t know how relevant that is to today. Politics is the most corrupt profession on earth, no matter where you are.

Have you read any of the books?

CD: I have to admit that I haven’t read any of the books and I don’t refer to them. Apart from anything else they’re about very thick [in size] and they frighten me. A terrifying prospect. Because [writers] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that’s what we work with. It serves no purpose to anybody for actors to come onto a set with a well-thumbed copy of the source material and start querying why this or that line has been left out of the script. It’s probably been left out for a good reason.

Do you still feel a difference between shooting movies and TV shows?

CD: The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras. On an independent film you’re lucky if you get one, but ostensibly the job is the same. There’s very little difference, apart from the knowledge that there’s a captive audience at the end of it – which you can’t always guarantee with a movie.

Have you come across any fanatical fans?

CD: There is a huge fan base, they’re very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished – before I started working on the series I didn’t know anything about Game of Thrones. I hadn’t heard of the books. When it started going out, people were coming up to me in the street saying [fake cockney accent] ‘oh, Game of Thrones, f------ wonderful’.

Have you been to any fan conventions?

CD: I’ve done a couple of fan conventions and [the fans] are legion. They’re rather like Star Wars or Star Trek fans. We’re very glad of the loyal fans – but it’s a strange way to spend your life, dressing up like Star Wars. At least we change our costumes – I don’t spend 40 years dressed up as Tywin Lannister.

Why has Game of Thrones been such a success?

CD: It starts with the writing – which is really, really good. And the production values are phenomenal. HBO and Sky have spent money on it, and you get what you pay for. This has money put into it properly – not lavish amounts – but as each season is successful, they maintain the money that’s being spent to maintain the quality.

Doesn’t that always happen with successful series?

CD: It doesn’t necessarily happen in this country. We get a successful television series or something, and next season they give you less time and less money, which is something I’ve never really understood. That doesn’t happen with Game of Thrones.

Do you have a favourite moment or scene you’ve acted in so far?

CD: A lot, but especially the scenes I had with little Maisie [Williams, in season two], who’s phenomenally gifted. I think she was 13 at the time. Her understanding of the medium and what the character was about [was brilliant]. She’s just a joy to work with, really extraordinary.

What can we expect from season three?

CD: I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly – but skilfully – and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.

Finally, who wears the trousers in the Lannister family?

CD: I do.
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/game-of-thrones/9961779/Game-of-Thrones-Charles-Dance-interview-I-treat-Peter-Dinklage-appallingly.html

a video dedicate to Tywin

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Pic of the day

copyright to this guy from : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Game-Of-Throne-cast-signed-11x14-Kit-Harington-Emilia-Clarke-Lena-Headey-PROOF-/171015923707

More about the launch party and the A&Q

 

 

 

 

...................As I started walking up to the entrance to check in, I realised that I was next to Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) and immediately became a little flustered as he is possibly my favourite character in the series.
He broke an awkward silence with a simple “Hello there. How are you?”
Without thinking I immediately blurted out "I’m very good Mr. Dance. Can I just say before we go in, I loved you in Last Action Hero."
With a smile he said “I’m glad somebody did. I though it was very silly", shook my hand and walked on inside.
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Following on from the screening, everyone in the room was treated to a short Q&A with four of the show's stars including Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) and of course Charles Dance.

I keep only Charles parts...
 
M: Charles, what do you think makes Game of Thrones such a different experience?
Charles Dance: I think it’s down to the quality of the writing, the amount of money that HBO is prepared to spend and a pretty wonderful cast.


M: That was a pretty wonderful scene where you tore a strip off your son (Tyrion). How was that to film?
CD: I’ve spent most of my time with Peter Dinklage who is the most adorable man and a wonderful actor and after all of those scenes I apologised to him because I treat him like shit (laughs). I mean I say the most terrible things to him. But Dave and Dan are really wonderful writers and we spend a lot of time as actors trying to make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear because not all scripts are this good. But when you have writing of this quality you can put all your energy into making the character believable.


M: I loved the scenes you had with Arya (Maisie Williams). A beautiful dynamic between two people who shouldn’t get on. Can you tell me a little about that?
CD: Well Maisie was just over 13 when we shot those scenes and I’ve never worked with anybody with such knowledge of the medium, such an ability to concentrate for a very long time and an awareness of herself. She’s phenomenal and if anyone’s going to make it in this business it’s her and of course Isaac.


M: But Charles you haven’t had any sex yet. Are you quite by this?
CD: Yes (said with a big smile).

 Question: If you could be any character from the series, who would you be? 
 CD: Well I want to play Tyrion. He’s just the most wonderful part, he’s fantastic


Audience: Personally who do you think deserves the throne? 
 CD: I do (huge laughs around the room)

Audience: We’re used to seeing HBO shows with an American cast. How does it make you feel that Game of Thrones is primarily an English cast and why do you think that is?
CD: We’re cheap. Cheap-er (laughs).
from : http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2013/03/game-of-thrones-season-3-sneak-preview.html

More about Sacrifice movie project

http://aboutactorcharlesdance.blogspot.fr/2013/03/a-film-project.html
Sacrifice prepares for pre-production as lead cast members are announced.

Connie Nielsen, Charles Dance and Rupert Graves are to star in the Hollywood film adaptation of SACRIFICE, the debut thriller by British author, S J Bolton.
The full cast will include Cary Elwes, James Cosmo and Rachel Oliva.
Peter A Dowling will direct.
 SACRIFICE is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with three rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to an ancient legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books.


SJ Bolton said, 'I couldn't be more thrilled. Peter Dowling's screenplay is as dark and disturbing as I could have hoped and more than does justice to the book. The casting is perfect.'
SACRIFICE is expected to go into pre-production shortly. It is hoped that filming, mainly in Ireland,Shetland and Manhattan, will commence in late spring.
 http://www.sjbolton.com/news--events/hollywood-makes-sacrifice-.aspx

A video of the cast at the launch of season 3

 Charles at 01:17 mn
http://www.aol.co.uk/video/game-of-thrones-which-characters-do-the-cast-like-best/517725810/

 

 

 

update : add o youtube finally

from launch of season 3

"I spend a lot of time with Peter Dinklage and he's the most adorable man. After all those scenes, I apologise to him every time," said Dance, speaking at the UK launch of season three.
"I have to treat him like s**t. You've only seen a little snippet of the awfulness in episode one."
Dance claimed that the secret of Game of Thrones' success around the world stems from "great writing" and the "amount of money HBO are willing to spend".
"We spend a lot of time as actors trying to make a silk purse out of a pig's ear because not all scripts as are as good as Game of Thrones," said Dance.
"You don't have to waste time doing that on this show."
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s151/game-of-thrones/news/a468873/game-of-thrones-charles-dance-i-have-to-apologise-to-peter-dinklage.html#ixzz2OkXpeBb0

Pic of the day

at the launch of Got party...with Gwendoline Christie...a pic by Kegrand from Instagram

 

from :  http://instagram.com/p/XWqkCkN55U/

 

Got

Dinklage, who so often lends a lighthearted vibe to the series with his wit and snark, is involved in a poignant scene early on that has his Tyrion practically pleading with Dad (Charles Dance) for love and respect, only to be viciously admonished.
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/03/26/entertainment/story_b3a3ac13-2bee-4c25-a0a6-83b9300c035e.txt

  

Charles was at the launch of Got

the season launch of Got at One Marylebone on March 26, 2013....and there was a Q & A session
Why are there so many Brits on the cast of GameOfThrones?
"We're cheap", says Charles

he likes this scarf