Evanna Lynch, well known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, will be taking the role of Bess, Harry Houdini’s wife and stage assistant in the new play Houdini. Houdini is a dramatic, darkly comic new play about two of the greatest performers the world has ever known – the Houdini Brothers: stuntmen, illusionists, magicians – will premiere at Stoke on Trent Repertory Theatre on September 9th before touring the UK throughout September and October. Featuring a dynamic script, sharply drawn characters and breathtaking live stunts, ‘Houdini’ was written by BAFTA award-winning actor (‘Risen’) and filmmaker Stuart Brennan who also stars as Theo Weiss.
From May 6th – tickets for Stoke on Trent can be obtained from Cafe Divine, 493-495 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6AA – Cafe Divine will also have an exhibition of the concept artwork from the WETA Workshop (see above) Tickets are priced from £15 to £20 and can be purchased by calling 020 7378 7840, online www.houdinitheplay.com or directly from Cafe Divine
The first clip of Evanna Lynch in the Sky miniseries Sinbad has been released online. The clip is from the final episode, airing on September 23rd in the UK. The 12 part series follows the adventures of Sinbad and will air in the US on SyFy in April of 2013.
Evanna stars as Alehna, Taryn’s daughter, who Sinbad and the crew meet in the season finale, but Harry Potter fans will recognise her as Ravenclaw student Luna Lovegood, who appeared in four of the Harry Potter films.
A teaser trailer for Apex, a new short film starring Evanna Lynch, has appeared online. The film is the story of how 5 friends survive in LA as a human evolution-changing virus spreads across the states. According to Hypable, “while Apex is currently a feature film, the team have hopes to turn the project into a TV series with the film serving as a pilot.”
Follow the film’s Twitter account, @APEXthefilm, to stay up to date!
Jessie Cave talked with Digital Spy about her new show, Bookworm, as well as her upcoming film Great Expectations. Bookworm will be at Underbelly Cowgate at the Edinburgh Fringe from August 4-26. Tickets are available now by clicking here.
What’s Bookworm all about?
“The idea is that it’s the launch of this book club that I’ve made and everyone in the audience are members. It’s the big day, it means everything to me. It’s about introducing the idea of Bookworms United to all these people.”
Do you feel prepared for a month-long onslaught at Edinburgh?
“I do feel prepared, I’ve planned this to the last minute detail since I decided I wanted to go up in September, and it means organizing everything. Everything on Pindippy is stuff I’ve done, and I do absolutely everything. That’s not going to change with Edinburgh.”
You worked with your sister on Great Expectations – was that something you were a bit hmmm… about?
“Bebe got the part because of me. Bebe comes everywhere with me. All of my sketches… she’s in Bookworm, she’s my sidekick. There’s a joke in my play about I bred her especially to be my bookworm and it’s true! I have three brothers and I said to my mom and dad, ‘You’re having another baby!’ I just prayed and prayed to have a sister and I did. She was the best gift ever.”
She has also released a new video in the series with Evanna Lynch where Jessie asks Evanna to join her book club.
Evanna Lynch and Gary Oldman have joined Dominic Monaghan and Joanne Whalley in Monster Butler, a crime thriller that will be shooting in Scotland starting this week. The film tells the true story of Roy Fontaine, a bisexual jewel thief, con man AND serial killer. According to The Hollywood Reporter:
Evanna will be playing Fiona Carrick-Smith, who is intrigued by her upper class family’s new and seemingly all-knowing butler. Seeing him as an older, wiser confidant, she confesses her misgivings for her upcoming marriage and her longing for dangerous excitement. She soon acts on her desires with acts of reckless behaviour that lead to betrayal and tragedy.
Gary Oldman will be Wiggy, “a taxidermist with anger issues and business on the side who partners with Fontaine on a number of crimes before things get heavy.”
JustJared.com has posted a new interview with actress Evanna Lynch who had her breakout role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. In the interview Evanna talks about an upcoming role as well as much more! Some snippets from the interview may be read below. She also did a photoshoot and behind the scenes video for the site which you can see here (scroll down).
“I have a guest appearance on a TV show that’s premiering this summer,” the 20-year-old Irish actress teased to us. “I’ll be in the finale episode and hopefully it’ll turn into a more regular role. I’m just really excited about that. It’s a great series and has an amazing cast.”
JJ: How did shooting TV compare to your film experiences? EL: I was excited and nervous because it was the first thing I did since Harry Potter, so it was the first thing I kind of felt like, you know this is job. Harry Potter was my childhood and it felt very safe and this was something I was excited about. I wanted to work and meet new people.
JJ: You have a Michael Jackson tattoo… EL: Yeah, I’ve had that for a while. I got that on my 18th birthday. I just always wanted a tattoo and it’s a place where I don’t see it so I don’t ever get tired of it. I think it’s fun because people don’t expect it of me.
JJ: I know you like Disney. Who is your favorite princess? EL: I love Ariel. I got her autograph. (laughs)
JJ: That would be an awesome movie, right? EL: Yeah, absolutely yes! I think they should do like a dark one, like how they’ve done Snow White. Maybe they could do the real fairytale. The real fairy tale is where she dies at the end and he doesn’t love her in return.I think there’s sort of a message in there like wasted opportunities. Like she always wants to be this something. It is sad, but I think it would be interesting.
JJ: Would you dye your hair red? EL: Absolutely, yeah. I can’t swim, though, so that’s a problem.
JJ: Do you have any secret hobbies? EL: I do a lot of yoga…I’m training to be a teacher. I enjoy it. It keeps me calm. I like art. I go to art galleries a lot.
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