David Thomson: does death at a young age – as was the case for Heath Ledger and James Dean for example – spare actors the risk of becoming typecast or enduring a long, slow, career decline?
In career terms early death may be a mercy for a young actor. James Dean died with three performances in [...]
Riddle me this, does death save an actor’s career?
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 20 October, 2009 to the movies subset
Actually these days I’m a supporting artist, oh ok, a film extra
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 15 September, 2009 to the movies subset
An exposé into the life of a film extra, or supporting artist, as they are now referred to. Despite their relatively minor role in films they can nevertheless go someway to making or breaking a movie:
The chariot race in Ben Hur, MGM’s 1959 Roman epic, will go down in history for two reasons. First, [...]
A photographic tribute to Marilyn Monroe
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 29 June, 2009 to the photography subset
For fans of Marilyn Monroe, a fantastic tribute site dedicated to the iconic actor: Remembering The Real Marilyn Monroe.
What better way to describe her than to let her speak for herself?
Precisely.
Live long and do not become typecast, Mr Spock
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 7 April, 2009 to the movies subset
Zachary Quinto seems to have some of the same reservations playing the role of Star Trek’s Mr Spock, as did the original actor, Leonard Nimoy.
“Having to shave [the eyebrows] every day, having my hair in this horrible bowl cut, I felt sort of alienated from myself and alienated from other people,” Quinto says. “I never [...]
