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Actor Spotlight

Actor Spotlight: Toby Stephens

11 May 2009

Toby Stephens became one of our favorite period drama actors after seeing him for the first time in Jane Eyre. Since then, we tracked his work and tried to see most of it. When we heard he was to play Prince John in BBC’s Robin Hood, we thought it might be the perfect excuse to [...]

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Actor Spotlight: Keira Knightley

17 November 2008

 

Born in March 26th 1985, Keira Knightley was a precocious little girl who demanded her own agent when she was just 3 years old. She had to wait till she was 9 to fufill her wish but, starting so early, it’s no shock that she became a big movie star before reaching twenty. Her first historical [...]

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Actor Spotlight: Richard Armitage

8 November 2008

Richard Armitage was born on August 22nd 1971. He seems to have decided early what he wanted to do as a grown up and at 17 left for Budapest to get his Equity card. He attended LAMBDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) and has appeared on stage on several productions of the Royal [...]

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Actor Spotlights

7 November 2008

 

Have you noticed how some actors seem to show up in every other period drama? Maybe because they have a preference for that type of work or maybe because physically they fit the bill and they mostly get these kinds of offers. The fact is that there are some people we keep seeing, and appreciating [...]

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