Shocker? #RichardArmitage GetReel Interview

here The shocker is that Richard Armitage informs that his collaboration with Yaël Farber for the London stage next year is Shakespeare – and not Oedipus-Antigone. Wow. Well. Which? Lot of fans would like to Richard III. I imagine some, like me, are praying it isn’t King Lear – so whaddaya think? As to the rest of the interview . . .

More of the same as in previous interviews. A complete mishmash over his character and whether he is or isn’t violent or a villain. And, a quite obvious mistake, or maybe an error in the transcription, but he claims that Robin Hood took place later than Pilgrimage.  Not possible. Richard I ( the Lionhearted) was King during Robin Hood. Prince John was a baddie. But that same Prince John is the King during Pilgrimage. Oh well. This came up in his answer in which he says he never played a role in that period – I guess three years on RH didn’t count.

Anyway, I give him leeway where possible in these interviews – especially those at he end of the cycle, because it’s amazing that he’s even able to come up with some fresh material.

Collider Interview with #RichardArmitage

New Richard Armitage interview with Collider here with lots of information. I know the director said they gave actors back stories for Pilgrimage, but I just don’t agree that Raymond is any sort of religious extremist in this film. Just about everything about him casts doubt on his belief, in my opinion. What do you think?

I would describe Raymond as a [religious] extremist, which is a hot word, but he is. He’s prepared to kill and slaughter and commit genocide to push forward his religious agenda.

#RichardArmitage rightly deemed underrated – #Pilgrimage Review

In this review of Pilgrimage

Richard Armitage is clearly having fun as the scene stealing French villain called Raymond De Merville who is immediately threatening as soon as he comes on screen. His accent is pretty spot on too proving that he remains one of the more underrated actors working today.

Yup. Not much meat in the review, except he agrees with me that it could have been longer ( to explain better).

And – always thrilled to see Richard Armitage’s name in the New York Times calling it gutsy with dark rewards.

#RichardArmitage Latest Interview

here    My Zoe description is a little puzzling at this point. Not sure if the word fiction after science was omitted by accident, but we’ve heard a few different plots at this point. He sure likes his exclamation points!!!!

It Showed! #Pilgrimage Scriptwriter On Historical Fiction

here

A bit infuriating, but it cemented what I got from him during the Q & A. But hey, the film seems to be very popular so far, so who cares, I guess?

New Poster/Promo Pic for Pilgrimage #RichardArmitage

IDK, the captions on these posters/promos don’t really synch with his role/plot line, but I like the image.

Pilgrimage: At least someone was . . .#RichardArmitage

Pilgrimage writer on working with Richard Armitage: 'he's big into research' @RAnetdotcom @RA_Central #RichardArmitage Out July 14th! pic.twitter.com/zerT3hLEOf

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