Stephen Poliakoff, on the set of Capturing Mary "If I'd know it was her first job, I certainly wouldn't have agreed to casting Arterton".
Stephen Poliakoff at a literary luncheon this week "Of course, I discovered the new Bond Girl"
Of course, she was in that, wasn't she?
Just to add: I was enchanted by Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter and Emily Blunt in particular; he certainly has an eye for up and coming acting talent, although I had seen Emily in My Summer of Love (alongside the equally talented Nathalie Press).
So it's Ruth Wilson, Emily Blunt and now Gemma Arterton!
Ruth Wilson [genuflects] had already knocked audiences out with Jane Eyre before she appeared in the Poliakoff stuff. It is amazing how many talented young female Brits there are around at the moment and how little work there is for them. It's horrible seeing Natalie Press in a bit part in movies with Scarlett One-Expression Johanssen in the title role.
shareShe was magnificent as Jane - I was one of the first on that board, but Miss Babs06 and I were told off for going O/T far too much!
It's horrible seeing Natalie Press in a bit part in movies with Scarlett One-Expression Johanssen in the title role.Agreed! Here are a few more talented Brits:
Anna Maxwell Martin reminds me of the young Emma Thompson. She's wonderful.
shareAmelia Warner is another one of my fave Brit actresses. She likes to avoid the Hollywood high life, and seems to want to distance herself from her brief ill-advised marriage to Colin Farrell when she was just 18.
Like Kate Winslet, she takes on projects that have a meaning for her, rather than just big-budget epic films that have just as much potential to flop as succeed, and of course, roles like that can typecast you and you'll forever after find yourself trying to recapture that same success.
Amelia Warner is another one of my fave Brit actresses.Lorna Doone, herself! Hardy loved R.D. Blackmore and it's fitting to have her mentioned on the Tess board.
I can see that. I'd like to mention the Devil's Whore herself, the enormously talented, Andrea Riseborough!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w1kSNT7PXak&feature=channel_page
And take a look at this (thanks to MissBabs):
http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/prison ergroup.img_assist_custom.JPG
Ruth and Andrea will be massive this year!