Men of a Certain Age

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:33:57 GMT

Speaking of men in their seventies, here's another one. I've always thought Dustin Hoffman was as cute as all get-out.

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:17:06 GMT

Well as somebody has removed the dustcovers in here, I thought I'd better carry on!

Hello?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:42 GMT

Not sure how I got bumped from the group or whether I accidentally deleted it during a community purge, but wow, nobody looking good these days? No? Well, check this out:

shy cough Hello from newbies bearing gifts

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:50:36 GMT

This is a joint first post from myself and precious_rosie , :¬) (also x-posted to vintage_meat, in case anyone gets this twice. :¬})

Some of you may know the name, some of you may recognise the face - but this is probably the very first time that this particular actor has been featured in a dedicated picspam! ;¬)

And so, beneath the LJ cut (and some big pics, so dial-up users beware, and we apologise in advance) we present for you a man of similar vintage to Alan Rickman in years, having celebrated his 61st birthday in mid-July!, and one who we think is pretty damn hot. *blushes*

- Publicity shot from The Royal Hunt of the Sun (National Theatre 2006)

- With Paul Freeman in the BBC's When I'm 64 - an absolutely beautiful play about finding and falling in love in later life. :¬)

- From the RSC's production of Fashion, 1987 (with Brian Cox)

- Some of you might recognise this shot as being from Krull, which also starred Liam Neeson - and also featured Robbie Coltrane looking like a very disgruntled gay plumber...

- Again showing a penchant for chainmail and leather (no, we're not complaining...) as De Mornay in Braveheart (1995)

- ...And finally (for now, if that's okay with the rest of you! *blushes*), a shot of Alun displaying a fantastic smile as the adorable yet infuriating and geeky Brian Lane in a scene from BBC1's New Tricks.

Now if you'll excuse us, we're off (separately, I hasten to add) for a cold shower. :¬)

Tue, 29 May 2007 00:03:10 GMT

We saw PoC: At World's End today, and I was reminded of how much I adore Geoffrey Rush. You reach a point in life where someone might not have the most classically good looks in the universe, but damnit, talent is dead sexy. This happens to be a darn good picture, too.

As far as I'm concerned Geoffrey Rush's performance was the only thing that made the film worth seeing.

New Role for Denis Lawson

Mon, 28 May 2007 15:19:39 GMT

Denis Lawson plays Peter Syme

Denis Lawson plays Tom Jackman's close friend and confidant, Peter Syme. "A scientist who isn't what he seems at all, he's probably Jackman's closest friend and they are also colleagues and have been for a long time," says Denis. "I think they met when Jackman was a graduate and Syme taught him.

"Syme then joined a big corporation which deals in genetics and he took Jackman with him. Syme has quite a dry, throwaway, highly ironic humour which I love. I also found it very curious – I asked Steven the writer (perhaps egotistically!) whether he'd written the part for me as it fits me so well – and he hadn't which is really annoying!"

Denis just loved the scripts: "It was the writing that really attracted me to the part – I mean they are really exceptional scripts – very witty, really scary, sometimes both at the same time, which makes it a phenomenal drama.

"It's unusual when you get scripts not wanting to change things – I'm one of those actors who writers must hate as I'm always wanting to rewrite or swap bits about. But not this time – Steven's scripts are so skilled and the rhythm is fantastic – it's unusually brilliant writing."

Denis was also pretty impressed with James Nesbitt's performance: "It's quite extraordinary what Jimmy does with a minimum amount of change to the face. His transformation into Hyde is much more to do with the level of performance – it's fantastic to watch and to be with.

"One thing that's unnerving about Jimmy playing Hyde is that he wears black lenses so it takes the expression out of his eyes. For various reasons Hyde is very, very dangerous when he changes but for equally varied reasons I'm very pleased when he does – without giving anything away! I'm not what I seem, and that is what attracted me to the project."

He continues: "Syme is a genetic engineer and I have to give credit to my son Jamie who's doing a PHD in Evolutionary Psychology at St Andrews at the moment. So I rang him up and told him I was playing this part and he laid out the whole Institute for me – what I would do, how I would do it and so on.

"We talked about the fact that geneticists mess around with fruit flies, because they have such a rapid reproductive cycle you can get a whole stream of generations in very little time, and you can then breed them to have no legs, no wings, blind – and they do this again and again and this was very, very useful to me. In fact when I approach Jimmy's character, I think of him as a fruit fly!"

He adds, equally cryptically: "To an extent my character is the key to the jigsaw, although there is another key which is a real surprise. Steven fills the story with contemporary twists which keep on coming right up until the very last scene.

"I wasn't that familiar with the original novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, but it soon became clear that Steven has really just taken that as his starting point and has given us a very, very different take on it all.

"There are references to the original period piece – but because he has given it a contemporary setting, he's been able to put in these really interesting twists and turns to get a really fresh look at the whole thing – we're at the cutting edge of technology."

Denis was pretty impressed with the sets he filmed in: "We shot in a massive country pile in Marlow, and the Institute set was also amazing, really high-tech; we had a control room that we built in an abandoned office block – almost like a James Bond set with great production values. I mean they really pushed the budget to the maximum to get these extraordinary depths of field and design."

He adds: "Working on Jekyll required a lot of concentration and energy. The script is written in a very filmic way most of the time; unusually for television there are a lot of descriptive pages, tiny little fragmented scenes with no dialogue but huge energy.

"Then Steven will hit a big set scene and it will be six to eight pages long and that's quite unusual too and they're great to play as there's all that humour going on."

Denis concludes: "I see Jekyll as a very scary comedy thriller, partly because Hyde is violent and frightening as a character but at the same time he's very funny – and that's quite an achievement."

For the rest of the press pack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/23/jekyll.shtml

Michael Kitchen-Mobile

Tue, 22 May 2007 18:37:53 GMT

I recorded MOBILE a while back and have only just got around to watching it. Michael is one of my favourite MOACA and I know some of you like him just as much. So I thought i'd post a few screen caps from the drama. I have to say in my opinion Michael far out shone the rest of the cast.

It's been very quiet in here........

Tue, 01 May 2007 12:37:39 GMT

There are masses of new Rickman pix around this past weekend, so I thought we'd try and get a bit of interest in m_o_a_c_a again.

He's got no right looking that good at 61, has he?

Mobile on ITV

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:24:58 GMT

My main moaca will be appearing in a new mini-series on ITV starting on Monday, March 19, at 9.00pm. Michael Kitchen, that is, of course. His character's story will be told in episode 3 (probably April 2.) Keith Allen (Bodies, Robin Hood) also qualifies as a moaca. He's definitely improved with age!

Simon Dutton - my crush du jour :-)

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:49:58 GMT

I got the first DVD of 'By the Sword Divided' (a BBC drama set during the time of the English Civil War) for Christmas. I'd recommend it as an enjoyable drama, but particularly for Simon Dutton, who plays Will Saltmarsh. The hotness!! He's about 49 now [not quite 50, but nearly enough to justify posting pictures of him here, I hope!!], I think, and married to one of Laurence Olivier's daughters. I struggled to find decent Google images of him, but here are four from different stages of his career :-

[By the Sword Divided]

[Robin of Sherwood]

[The Saint]

[theatre production of 'Nothing', also starring Sophie Ward]

Grammys are on here.

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:59:28 GMT

So I figured this was a good one to post.

I just didn't see much point to those other two blokes on stage with him. Never did see much point to them, if it comes to that. :-)

photo story

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:31:08 GMT

i forgot to put the link up on the last message..doh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x-gMKgJqiI

My photo story

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:28:37 GMT

Bleak House (Jarndyce..Denis lawson) let me know what you think..its just for a laugh right down to the song i chose. hee hee

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:05:29 GMT

Surely I'm not the only one who finds Derek Jacobi irresistible. Gods, I've had a crush on him since I was seventeen!

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:34:22 GMT

Jeremy Irons has a new film coming out this month. The Inheritance Trilogy is quite exciting, having been written by a teenager, whom I have actually met. Chris Paolini is a very personable and engaging young man, and I wish him the best of luck. As if he needs it.

My younger daughter is going to see the boys. The older daughter and I can't wait to see Jeremy Irons, who was also the main reason for seeing Kingdom of Heaven. Oh, and Liam Neeson was another main reason. And Edward Norton. And David Thewlis.

Oh, look! Here's Jeremy Irons!

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:18:43 GMT

Mr. Neeson contributes to the current kilt theme:

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:49:11 GMT

Somewhere along the way, Liam Neeson has gotten to a certain age. Rawr.

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:35:40 GMT

I thought if i post some pics..get the conversation going again.

Hello

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:24:07 GMT

Does anybody post to this community anymore?

Hello?

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:51:10 GMT

HI,
Is somebody still visiting or writing something on this livejournal.. seems like everybody has left or is gone... :(

Yahoo Group

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:01:28 GMT

A new yahoo group only for Fans of Jarndyce actor - Denis Lawson
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Denislawson/

Voice

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:18:53 GMT

Hi,
If you want to listen to his voice, click on the link and scroll down:
http://www.conwayvangelder.com/artists.php?new=yes

Short Movie

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:57:40 GMT

HI,
I found a short movie of Denis, which was never released... made some screencaps...

TheAccident-ShortMovie.zip (238 KB)

My screencaps

Yahoo Group

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:32:22 GMT

Hi,
This is a great group... where I post mainly my pics or photos I find of Denis.
I will also post a little short form of the biography I wrote about Denis.
If you want to join: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/TomCampbellGoreRules/?yguid=163716592

Denis

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:30:06 GMT

Hi,
Some pics... to enjoy :)

Men of a Certain Age

Hello?

*shy cough* Hello from newbies bearing gifts

New Role for Denis Lawson

Michael Kitchen-Mobile

It's been very quiet in here........

Mobile on ITV

Simon Dutton - my crush du jour :-)

Grammys are on here.

photo story

My photo story

Hello

Hello?

Yahoo Group

Voice

Short Movie

Yahoo Group

Denis

shy cough Hello from newbies bearing gifts