Geraldine somerville filmography brad
•
'She’s a terrible snob & I’m a terrible @*#*$!'
As the Titanic sinks in Julian Fellowes’ new ITV drama, actresses Geraldine Somerville and Maria Doyle Kennedy go head to head as a snooty Louisa, Countess of Manton and the embittered Muriel Batley.
These two certainly have history. Downton Abbey fans will recognise Maria from her role as Mr Bates’ late wife, Vera, while Geraldine has also done her fair share of period dramas, from Gosford Park to Aristocrats. The latter has even narrated our exclusive serialisation of a Titanic survivor’s memoir, currently available here.
But what drew them to this latest telling of the Titanic tragedy? And indeed what was the appeal of playing, dare we say, such abrasive characters?
Geraldine sighs, ‘The director said to me, “You two have the hardest job. Everyone else is fi ne, they’re poor and have problems, but you two are rich, so how are we going to like you? You’re a dånande snob!” It was really hard, because
•
Janet McTeer
English actress (born 1961)
Janet McTeerOBE (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama.
McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984, and was nominated for the 1986 Olivier Award for Best Newcomer for The Grace of Mary Traverse. She received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in A Doll's House in 1997. For her roles on Broadway, she received two other nominations for Mary Stuart in 2009 and Bernhardt/Hamlet in 2019.
McTeer has also gai
•
”HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE” (2009) Review
When the producers of the sixth installment of the HARRY POTTER movie franchise had announced their intentions to push back the movie’s release date from November 2008 to July 2009, a relative of mine had expressed disappointment. My own disappointment was muted by the possibility that the movie required further retakes for improvement. After I had first saw ”HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE”, I began to wonder if any retakes had ever been made.
Judging by my words, one would assume that I harbor a low opinion of ”HALF-BLOOD PRINCE”. Well . . . that person would be right. Because I do have a low opinion of the movie. I am almost inclined to declare ”HALF-BLOOD PRINCE” as the worst HARRY POTTER ever made. But I believe that it would receive stiff competition from 2005’s ”GOBLET OF FIRE” for that particular title.
Not all of ”HALF-BLOOD PRINCE”