jeudi 6 septembre 2012

Charles at the aftershow party for The End of the Line in 2009

Greta Scacchi, held a private screening of the film and a party at a City restaurant as she launched a campaign for sustainable fishing, inspired by the documentary.
http://endoftheline.com/blog/archives/484

                                                Vivienne Westwood and Greta Scatchi

Charles at Bad sex award in Dec 2009

"...this year, it was actor Charles Dance. Though clearly his (aging) sex symbol status was why he’d been called upon, in true actor style, after years of smoldering his way through movies like White Mischief, Plenty, and Gosford Park, he bristled at the idea of being a sex symbol. “I don’t have anything to say about that… what does it mean… I mean… I suppose it’s not a bad thing… I suppose you could say, ‘It’s better to be looked over, than overlooked.” Even though I had collared Dance in the name of reporting, it was rather humiliating to add my number to the throngs of literary lovelies who were mobbing him. London is quite short on devastatingly attractive male writers, or at least ones that would be seen dead at a Bad Sex party, so Charles Dance and Jeremy Irons are to the literary circuit what Robert Pattinson is to the rest of the world.......
The awards have no golden statuette or fat check—only a plaster foot—reminding all writers that they have feet of clay. However, there seems to be something quintessentially British about celebrating the slap and tickle of bad sex, rather than good. Charles Dance was outraged at this suggestion. “Not at all,” he purred. “I think the English like to celebrate good sex. It’s just the Literary Review who’ve got this obsession.” 
Actor Charles Dance, presented the award but added testily: "I have no experience of bad sex. There is no bad sex with me. Here, you can be in the photograph, it’ll serve you right for asking cheeky questions."

with Jonathan Little editor and the prize

Charles narrator of The cat connection documentary in 2002

broadcasted as part of  BBC Natural World series 


lundi 3 septembre 2012

Charles on Ronna and Beverly on Sky Atlantic in September

It was on Monday 2nd July 2012 to Tuesday 3rd July 2012
where : The London Studios, Upper Ground, London 
About the event:
Sneak preview of some of the great guests appearing on Ronna & Beverly over the next couple of weeks. There are still tickets up for grabs, but be quick! 
Monday 25th June Alan Cumming, star of stage and scr...een & Rhys Darby from Flight of The Conchords.
Tuesday 26th June actor Simon Bird, star of The Inbetweeners & Ashley Jensen, star of Extras and Ugly Betty.
Monday 2nd July actor Charles Dance OBE from Game of Thrones & Les Mis star, Alfie Boe.

In this first installment, comedian Frank Skinner, singer Alfie Boe and Game of Thrones actor Charles Dance gamely face the probing questioning of Ronna & Beverly.
date : Mon 10th September 2012
time : 11:00pm
channel : Sky Atlantic
"Sky comedy is hitting its stride, but this vehicle for Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo's bickering Jewish matriarchs feels like a sideways step. The comic chat-show is fast resembling a dead-end format, it's a schlep at an hour and the so-so line-up for this opener doesn't help. That said, there are a few belly laughs, and kudos to the hosts for making an old pro like Frank Skinner look truly uncomfortable at the sex-obsessed, scatalogical line of questioning. Dirty old cove Charles Dance, meanwhile, positively revels in the prurience, and Alfie Boe looks shellshocked when he isn't hooting with bewilderment. The ad libs are delivered with more conviction than the scripted stuff (and enough with the 'outrageous' Holocaust gags), but there's certainly something to work with here; the prospect of Will Arnett next week is delicious."
Gabriel Tate, Time Out, 10th September 2012
Who have been your favourite British guests on Ronna & Beverly?
Jamie Denbo (Beverly): Charles Dance was probably our favourite. We also loved Claudia Winkleman, Sue Perkins, Alan Cumming, Frank Skinner and David Walliams. And we were excited to meet Stephen Mangan — I'm a huge Episodes fan. He's made a career out of being a sort of delightful, shell-shocked character who has a lot of chaos around him.

pic of the day : September 3


vendredi 31 août 2012