Once the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced, our forum posters (many of whom are Hollywood insiders shielded by quippy aliases) let loose with their thoughts on the included and excluded performances. When it came to the feature film rosters, folks were particularly chagrined over the Best Actress omissions of Golden Globe nominees Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”) and Greta Lee (“Past Lives”). They were also quite taken aback by the complete “May December” shutout and took to arguing at length over its updated Oscars chances. In truth, these nominations didn’t trigger much positive celebration, but many users did glean joy from the surprise inclusion of “Ferrari” supporting actress Penélope Cruz.
Below is just a sampling of our readers’ savage SAG Awards reactions regarding the nominees in the six film categories. Take a look, then join the conversation if you dare. The film and TV winners will...
Below is just a sampling of our readers’ savage SAG Awards reactions regarding the nominees in the six film categories. Take a look, then join the conversation if you dare. The film and TV winners will...
- 1/11/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Dyan Cannon, ex-wife of Cary Grant, and actor Jason Isaacs spoke about the new series Archie and how they were both able to learn new insights into Grant’s life.
Cannon explained to uInterview founder Erik Meers that the series started when director Jeff Pope approached her ten years ago after reading her novel.
“He read my book Dear Cary,” she recalled. “And said let’s make a movie, let’s option your book. I said let’s talk about what that would be, we did. And it’s evolved into a four-hour miniseries because ultimately he felt that an hour and a half couldn’t capture the fullness of what this life was.”
Isaacs, who plays Grant in the show, shared that he learned Grant’s true character and how that is different from the public’s view of him.
“All those adjectives that have been applied to him,...
Cannon explained to uInterview founder Erik Meers that the series started when director Jeff Pope approached her ten years ago after reading her novel.
“He read my book Dear Cary,” she recalled. “And said let’s make a movie, let’s option your book. I said let’s talk about what that would be, we did. And it’s evolved into a four-hour miniseries because ultimately he felt that an hour and a half couldn’t capture the fullness of what this life was.”
Isaacs, who plays Grant in the show, shared that he learned Grant’s true character and how that is different from the public’s view of him.
“All those adjectives that have been applied to him,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
As this year’s hundreds of Critics Choice Movie Award-nominated creatives have spent the day celebrating their achievements, our forum posters (many of whom are Hollywood insiders hiding behind clever usernames) have unleashed their brutally honest opinions on the roster. In this case, their comments were much more reproachful than rapturous, with many criticizing the abundance of “Barbie” love as well as the exclusion of European productions “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest.”
Below is just a sampling of their cheers and jeers regarding this year’s Cca film nominees. Take a look, then jump into the discussion if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
Victor: Basic as always. Where are the non-English movies?
Atypical: No “Anatomy of a Fall” Or “The Zone of Interest” in Best Picture is glaringly short-sighted. Garbage.
Archie Leach: What even are these noms??? They should just change the name to American Critics Choice Awards!
Below is just a sampling of their cheers and jeers regarding this year’s Cca film nominees. Take a look, then jump into the discussion if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
Victor: Basic as always. Where are the non-English movies?
Atypical: No “Anatomy of a Fall” Or “The Zone of Interest” in Best Picture is glaringly short-sighted. Garbage.
Archie Leach: What even are these noms??? They should just change the name to American Critics Choice Awards!
- 12/13/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Fittingly for a series in which everybody seems to be engaging in some form of Classic Hollywood cosplay, the Rosebud moment in BritBox’s Archie is delivered by an actor playing comedy icon Danny Kaye.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
- 12/6/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The origin of one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars is a story stranger than fiction.
Cary Grant, who appeared in movies including “To Catch a Thief” opposite Grace Kelly, was born Archibald Leach in 1904 to an abusive father in the sleepy city of Bristol, England. While he was a child, Grant’s mother was secretly committed to a mental health hospital and publicly declared dead. The actor only found out she was still alive when he was 31 years old.
Grant is now the subject of “Archie,” a four-part biopic from “Philomena” writer Jeff Pope, made with the cooperation of his ex-wife Dyan Cannon and daughter Jennifer Grant. The series charts the actor’s rise to fame, his struggle with his demons and his relationships with the most important women in his life.
“It was Dyan who told me in much greater detail than you can find anywhere about the whole thing with his mother,...
Cary Grant, who appeared in movies including “To Catch a Thief” opposite Grace Kelly, was born Archibald Leach in 1904 to an abusive father in the sleepy city of Bristol, England. While he was a child, Grant’s mother was secretly committed to a mental health hospital and publicly declared dead. The actor only found out she was still alive when he was 31 years old.
Grant is now the subject of “Archie,” a four-part biopic from “Philomena” writer Jeff Pope, made with the cooperation of his ex-wife Dyan Cannon and daughter Jennifer Grant. The series charts the actor’s rise to fame, his struggle with his demons and his relationships with the most important women in his life.
“It was Dyan who told me in much greater detail than you can find anywhere about the whole thing with his mother,...
- 11/23/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate the release of Archie, the new mini-series telling the story of Archie Leach, aka Cary Grant, on ITV, we sat down with the show’s stars to find out all about it.
Bristol 1911. After his father tells young Archie Leach his mother is dead, Archie finds a new ‘family’ in an acrobatic troupe. After travelling to New York to play vaudeville with them, Archie heads to Hollywood where his good looks gain him a new name – Cary Grant. All is going well until he receives an unexpected phone call from his father. By 1962, international movie star Cary Grant is on his third divorce when he starts to pursue a beautiful young actress. Dyan Cannon becomes his fourth wife and the mother of his only child Jennifer. Can fatherhood bring peace?
Chatting to Jason Isaacs (Grant) and Laura Aikman (Cannon), we chat about the challenges of bringing real-life people...
Bristol 1911. After his father tells young Archie Leach his mother is dead, Archie finds a new ‘family’ in an acrobatic troupe. After travelling to New York to play vaudeville with them, Archie heads to Hollywood where his good looks gain him a new name – Cary Grant. All is going well until he receives an unexpected phone call from his father. By 1962, international movie star Cary Grant is on his third divorce when he starts to pursue a beautiful young actress. Dyan Cannon becomes his fourth wife and the mother of his only child Jennifer. Can fatherhood bring peace?
Chatting to Jason Isaacs (Grant) and Laura Aikman (Cannon), we chat about the challenges of bringing real-life people...
- 11/23/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant is getting the small-screen treatment in Archie, a four-part drama from BritBox and Itvx. Deadline has more first-look photos of Jason Isaacs as Grant below.
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
- 10/11/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jason Isaac has been cast to take on the role of iconic actor Cary Grant in the biographical series ‘Archie.’
The four-part drama series will tell the story of Grant’s life, from his humble beginnings as Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, U.K. to the leading man he became in later life.
‘Philomena’ scribe John Pope has written the story that sees Paul Andrew Williams (“A Confession”) directing.
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“There was only one Cary Grant and I’d never be foolish enough to try to step into his iconic shoes,” said Isaacs. “Archie Leach, couldn’t be further from the character he invented to save himself. Jeff’s brilliant scripts bring to life his relentless struggle to escape the demons that plagued him, his obsessive need for control, his fears, his weaknesses, his loves and his losses.
The four-part drama series will tell the story of Grant’s life, from his humble beginnings as Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, U.K. to the leading man he became in later life.
‘Philomena’ scribe John Pope has written the story that sees Paul Andrew Williams (“A Confession”) directing.
Also in news – Kumail Nanjiani features in first look images for ‘Welcome to Chippendales’
“There was only one Cary Grant and I’d never be foolish enough to try to step into his iconic shoes,” said Isaacs. “Archie Leach, couldn’t be further from the character he invented to save himself. Jeff’s brilliant scripts bring to life his relentless struggle to escape the demons that plagued him, his obsessive need for control, his fears, his weaknesses, his loves and his losses.
- 8/9/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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