In this ongoing and infinite-scroll news section you will find the latest news about Richard. The section is updated irregularly and includes a short summary of the respective news, links to news published online, and pictures of articles etc. if available. The latest news can always be found at the top of this page. The date in front denotes the time of latest update, not the date of publication. If you are looking for old items from a specific year, scroll to the bottom of this page where you will find links to separate news archives from 2009 to 2015. Notes and updates relating to the upkeep of RichardArmitageNet itself are printed in italics.
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19 January 2021
A belated happy new year, everyone. Catching up with the news, here are a few things from the last weeks, in no particular order.
At the end of last year news broke that the Korean sci-fi film that Richard worked on a couple of years ago, has been taken on by Netflix. It is due to launch February 6th. In this newest trailer, Richard can’t be seen – but heard. Listen closely to the trailer intro.
2020
30 December 2020
Good news: Uncle Vanya is being broadcast on BBC tonight. It will be made available for 2021 via the BBC Player afterwards. Note: Only accessible in the UK.
As the year comes to an end, here is a true blast from the past. Brit actor Tamsin Greig has posted a Diet Coke ad on her Instagram – and her scene partner there is a very young Richard Armitage. Check it out below:
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Also today: Theatre photographer Graham Michael has posted a compilation of images from Uncle Vanya that had been printed as a souvenir piece for the cast and crew of the play.
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29 December 2020
Here are some Instagram posts from set and costume designer Mike Lees. From Backstage-Astrov (with anachronistic wrist watch!) to more views of the magnificent set of Uncle Vanya. If you go to Mike Lees’ IG, keep scrolling back, there are amazing detail images of the set.
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5 November 2020
A piece of news on RAnet’s own behalf – please read! Continuing the regular donations originally instigated by RAnet’s previous webmistress, Ali, I have made a donation of ￡233 to LOROS via the much-loved memorial site for Mrs Margaret Armitage.
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31 October 2020
Red Production Company has now posted the full, unexpurgated podcast conversation with Richard and Shaun Dooley. The original, edited version was released on 6 March – scroll down to see. But here is the full-length chat, posted by Red on Vimeo:
There have been a few further BBC Radio interviews with Richard on the occasion of Uncle Vanya in the cinema, but unfortunately I have not got the links at hand.
28 October 2020
BIG news: A new project for Richard has been announced. He will return for another Netflix episodic thriller that is part of Harlan Coben’s multi-film deal with the streaming platform. Based on Coben’s novel of the same name, Stay Close will be produced by Red Productions once again and filmed next year in Manchester. Richard will play “Ray, [a] once promising documentary photographer, now stuck in a dead-end job pandering to celebrity obsessed rich kids”. You can read more about it in an article by Deadline.
23 October 2020
More radio with Richard. This morning, he was interviewed on “Midmorning on BBC Radio Cornwall”. Not sure how long this will be available on the website, but here is the link. The chat with Richard starts at 11:44. Some very intriguing hints there about a new Netflix show due to come out next year! And make sure you listen right until the end and hear Richard fumble with his overheating laptop.
22 October 2020
Less than a week to go until Uncle Vanya the film is shown. Richard has been busy talking to radio and press about the filmed play. Yesterday he spoke to BBC Radio Derby. His short chat is currently accessible via BBC Sounds; it starts around the 1:10 mark. Another conversation with Radio Nottingham to be released next Monday.
Today, however, there is a new interview with Richard in Metro. Much of the article talks about bringing Uncle Vanya back to be filmed. However, in the last paragraph Richard discloses some intriguing news about what he has been up to during the lockdown. Apart from audio book recording, he apparently has been writing a “crime thriller novel”!!!! (The article has been archived in our Interviews section.)
19 October 2020
The Times had a short but interesting interview-ish piece with Richard in last Saturday’s magazine edition (behind paywall). Richard gives some insights into why actors are well-prepared for lockdown, his reluctance to be invited to chat shows, and the first thing he does when he comes home from a journey. Thanks to Armidreamer for the shot of the article below. (Also archived in the Interviews section HERE.)
There’s also a short mention of Richard in the BBC’s review of the Uncle Vanya film, noting that Richard and co-star Rosalind Eleazar “create a desperately sad, sensual atmosphere, which both actors play with notable deftness.”
In other news, Julie Delpy made some very complimentary comments on Richard’s work in My Zoe in a recent conversation with The Mirror:
10 October 2020
Yet another Uncle Vanya trailer has dropped via the Uncle Vanya Cinema page on Facebook, promoting the October 27 showing of the filmed performance in cinemas across Europe. More scenes from the play in the clip below.
08 October 2020
And another interview with Richard has just been published. Richard talks to The Guardian on the occasion of Uncle Vanya’s transfer to cinema and also addresses the difficulties currently faced by the arts sector (in the UK) due to the global pandemic. The interview has also been added to the Interview section.
07 October 2020
Catching up with an interview that was already published on 22 September. Metro UK spoke to Richard about everything from reading and audiobooks, to lockdown and the future of theatre. Intriguingly, Richard also hinted that his greatest ambition is to write something before he dies. The interview has also been added to the Press > Interviews section.
06 October 2020
We now have a trailer for Uncle Vanya.
My Zoe released digitally yesterday, so we may see a few more reviews in the coming days. This one from Culturefly is particularly welcome: “[Armitage] is no stranger to villainous roles, but the extent of James’ cruelty, and his terrifying instability, is quite breath-taking. Armitage is mesmerising (…).” Find the review also in the newly established section for My Zoe reviews in the Press menu.
05 October 2020
Some long overdue maintenance is currently taking place on RAnet. Today two new reviews/articles sections were added to the Reviews section in the Press menu. You can now find reviews and articles pertaining to My Zoe and The Stranger under their own headings. Click on the links above or go to the drop down menus in the Press section in the main menu. – I have also begun to add new galleries for Richard’s recent projects. A new gallery with images from Uncle Vanya can be found in the Gallery from the main menu, within the Theatre subcategory. The Film section of the gallery has been updated with stills from My Zoe, too.
The plan is to add more images from other missing projects (Ocean’s 8, Brain on Fire, The Lodge…), too. Your help is appreciated in case you have images from those projects categorised and easily accessible – that makes it easier for me to upload them in the backend media library and then make them visible on the RAnet site (as I will otherwise have to search and download them from the internet myself). You can e-mail them to me at [email protected] or even just tweet them at me @RAnetTweets.
Thank you for your ongoing support!
03 October 2020
In advance of the October 5 digital release of My Zoe in the UK, a couple of new reviews from the Financial Times and The Guardian have come in. These are basically only listed here for completeness’ sake – the reviewers, especially from The Guardian, were not that impressed, unfortunately. For your convenience, the reviews can be read via screenshot below (linked to source via image).
The reviews have also been added to our new reviews section for My Zoe, found under the Press > Reviews & Articles section. I’m hoping to update the Press section for Richard’s recent projects (Uncle Vanya, The Stranger), too.
15 September 2020
Richard sends a long video message to Ken Follett on the latter’s publication of his latest novel. You can see the video on Follett’s FB page or below. From what Richard is saying, it almost sounds as if he is trying to (or already has) option one of Follett’s books to turn into a film.
A special message from Richard Armitage
British actor Richard Armitage has sent in this lovely publication day message and he's already got his hands on a copy of The Evening and the Morning. You can buy your copy here: https://bit.ly/3jqXDDF
Posted by Ken Follett (official) on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
5 September 2020
Good news for all fans whose theatre visits for Uncle Vanya were cut short by the pandemic and those who were lucky to see it but wouldn’t mind watching it again: It has just been announced that the play was recorded last month and that it will be shown in cinemas and on the BBC. Transmission and release dates have not been confirmed yet, according to The Stage. But now we know why Richard did not cut his hair during the pandemic 😉
Also, finally some news on Julie Delpy’s My Zoe. After the rights for the UK had been bought, it now looks as if the film will be released this fall. A trailer for the UK is also available.
30 August 2020
Getty Images has some new (old) pictures on release. There is a whole new lot of pictures taken by photographer Aaron Richter at Sundance 2019.
25 August 2020
Spacesweepers is ramping up PR. Some behind-the-scenes footage was released in Korea, and screen shots have surfaced on Twitter, showing Richard as the villain of the piece – with a truly criminal beard.
More scene photos of Mr. Richard Armitage in the movie 승리호#SpaceSweepers#RichardArmitage pic.twitter.com/l5mpvr1ZHA
— Song Joong Ki, S A L U T E (@KiAnnyeong) August 25, 2020
22 August 2020
Happy birthday, Richard!
18 August 2020
News from Korea. The Korean sci-fi movie Spacesweepers is ramping up its promo. Today Richard took part in a press briefing via stream – and received some very nice compliments from director Cho Seong-hee. You can see more on the Korean website ext movie (Google translation available) HERE.
In the previous few days there were also announcements that Richard will be involved in another audio book for Audible. Reality and other stories is a collection of short stories by John Lanchester. It is due to be released on 1 October 2020. However, there are country restrictions and so far it appears to be only available for preorder in the UK and US.
According to Deadline Julie Delpy’s My Zoe has finally got a UK distributor. Picked up by Protagonist Pictures, the movie is slated for an October 2020 release.
5 August 2020
Photographer An Le is on a roll! After publishing six hitherto unseen images of RA from their photo shoot at the end of last year on 1 August and following up with six more pictures yesterday, today came another batch of six. You can see them all on the photographer’s Instagram page – embedded below:
28 July 2020
The first project in RA’s new home studio? The Bookseller has just announced that Richard will be among a number of high-profile performers who are re-recording the complete works of Beatrix Potter.
.@PRHAudio announce a special audio edition of Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales, "to bring Beatrix’s much-loved characters to life and enchant children and families everywhere", with an all-star cast including Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman and @RCArmitage: https://t.co/ExUygTxsK4 pic.twitter.com/e5CggBmdgi
— The Bookseller (@thebookseller) July 28, 2020
24 July 2020
Looks like Audible is gearing up for something big. After Audible UK’s fan video a couple of days ago, they tweeted and IG’d a series of previously unreleased photos taken at the same time as the BTS video of Romeo and Juliet: A Novel back in late 2016.
Hey #ArmitageArmy, which @RCArmitage are you?? pic.twitter.com/H0ReUZSjFX
— Audible (@audible_com) July 23, 2020
P.S. Just in case you don’t see your name, here’s a blank one to make your own ?? pic.twitter.com/dde2rIYMDb
— Audible (@audible_com) July 23, 2020
Digital Theatre has announced a series of videos called “Character Lock in”, where Richard and other actors role-play a lock-in scenario with a character of their choice. Aimed at educators, the videos will only be available on the DT+ platform. But DT says that extracts will be made available on social media for all.
? Our new series #characterlockin arrives on DT+ from 12th August!
Join @MissDumezweni @RCArmitage @4AlisonSteadman @PatsyFerran & #chukwudiiwuji as they each role-play being locked in a theatre, where their only company is a character of their choice. #drama #english #ELA pic.twitter.com/eBeoID3f0U
— Digital Theatre+ (@DT_Plus) July 23, 2020
21 July 2020
Audible UK’s promotion of Richard continues. The site has put together a compilation video of “iconic moments” and released it today.
26 June 2020
Good news for all Dr Who fans: Richard is going to be inducted in the Dr Who universe, by way of voicing Rassilon – the “father of time-lording” in an audio spin-off of the well-loved TV show. “I grew up with Doctor Who. The Daleks and the Cybermen were definitely my ‘hiding behind the sofa’ baddies. But I loved being frightened. Tom Baker was my Doctor Who. He had that voice. In a way, what I have tried to do with Rassilon is a little bit Tom Baker-esque”, said Richard in this Radio Times article. He sure has the look down to a tee already:
Manip: Big Finish
23 June 2020
And another lead role announced for Richard: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Richard is going to star in the LGTBQ+ drama “Now & Then”. The film is based on a novel and deals with a gay man coming to terms with his past and his relationship with his mother. Says Richard, “this is a beautiful script. The character of Chris resonated with me powerfully. I look forward to inhabiting the role and bringing this script to life.” No news yet on when the filming is going to take place and the finished product can be expected.
22 June 2020
A freshhhhhhh new ad voice over by Richard has appeared. Actually, there are four in total, all for the same UK supermarket chain. Here is the longest of the lot, with lots of lovely Armitage enunciation:
Also, it seems that The Man from Rome is still on. Hollywood Reporter reports that the film will start shooting next February in Spain.
04 June 2020
A magazine portrait of Richard appears in this week’s issue of German women’s magazine Brigitte, fellow fan Ellen has discovered. Here’s a shot of the article.
You can find the translation of and the article in our Interviews section as well as on Ellen’s blog linked above.
01 June 2020
Richard is cool. That’s according to The Leicester Mercury. Richard leads their list of “coolest people Leicestershire is proud to claim”. (He is in great company as other notables include David and Richard Attenborough…)
21 May 2020
What a twofer! The Radio Times publishes an article about Richard reading the Chekhov short stories for audio. And not only that, the article also contains a video message recorded by Richard, straight from his wardrobe home studio. He gives us a little tour of his recording set-up and talks about the Chekhov stories. The article has been screenshot and can be found here in our Interviews section.
18 May 2020
After the unfortunate news that the announced Poirot audio books will only be available in the US (due to copyright restrictions in other territories), Richard had already hinted at “a special something” via Twitter. That may be the collection of Chekhov short stories that have popped up as pre-orders on Audible today. The audio book is due to be released on June 11, 2020.
The photo of Richard on the cover appears to be of the long awaited new images from the photo session with Andy Gotts.
15 May 2020
Photographer Andy Gotts has posted a collage of photos from his shoot with Richard on his IG. Apparently a little practice for loosening up in front of the camera, the images are not quite the usual fare. Gotts’ little text to accompany the post contains some nice compliments about Richard as a collaborator.
9 May 2020
Audible uploaded a short trailer of Richard announcing another couple of audio books that he has recorded during lockdown. Both The Murder on the Links and The Mysterious Affair at Styles are Agatha Christie murder mysteries and set for release on October 6, 2020. Here is Richard straight from his wardrobe:
Dear #ArmitageArmy: you've been awfully good lately. Enjoy this special message from @RCArmitage ? https://t.co/YQJJL5qV0J pic.twitter.com/ucSl5i1psd
— Audible (@audible_com) May 5, 2020
Also: Apparently The Seville Communion is still on. Fellow fan Mooseturds has found the project listed at the very top of his film acting list on Richard’s page at United Agents. Hopefully filming can start once the current crisis is over.
4 May 2020
Another forthcoming audio book performed by Richard, is Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society, due to be released on 28 May 2020 also. Publisher Libro.fm has posted an extract of the book on YT.
Also, The Birmingham Repertory Theatre posted an old picture today of Richard in one of his first post-drama school roles. He played Bernardo in Hamlet in 1998.
Finally, we got to see Richard again – straight from his lockdown, Astrov mane still intact! Here he is in a little clip for the Roundabout Theatre New York, reminiscing about his time acting in Love Love Love in 2016.
1 May 2020
After Richard dropping hints about forth-coming audio work that he has recorded while holed up during the current quarantine, a new audio book has just been announced. Richard will be co-performing Alice Feeney’s book His & Hers, a thriller. The audio book is to be released on 28 May 2020. Some more information via The Bookseller.
Hoping everybody is safe and sound, wherever you are!
22nd March 2020
The news are coming fast. A beautiful back stage photo from Uncle Vanya appeared today on photographer Graham Michael’s Instagram. Who would have known that the performers can actually see through the curtain…
Also news for audio book fans: Author LJ Ross confirmed via her Facebook site that Richard is performing her latest bestseller Bedlam for audio.
* AUDIOBOOK UPDATE – DR GREGORY* For those of you who’ve been enjoying the bestselling Dr Gregory thrillers in audio,…
Posted by L J Ross Author on Sunday, March 22, 2020
21st March 2020
A new audio book is in the works. Announced by author Natalie Jenner, Richard has performed her novel The Jane Austen Society for Audible. It will be ready for download on the 28th May 2020. Check the taster excerpt here.
Also: Digital Spy posted a video compilation of (some of) Richard’s roles from 2001 to the present. 19 years, people – it doesn’t feel as long as that to me…
Richard Armitage's Career Transformation
From Robin Hood to The Stranger, Richard Armitage has been a UK mainstay for years! ? What was the thing you remember him for? ?
Posted by Digital Spy on Friday, March 20, 2020
16th March 2020
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15th March 2020
There is another fan question snippet, posted by Penguin Books on their Twitter.
What does a day in the life of an audiobook narrator look like?@RCArmitage answered fan questions, including the above from @ChristineLoy1, during his last visit to our studio. #AskRichardArmitage https://t.co/LuVaQiaZCc pic.twitter.com/HMarGbvtQf
— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) March 15, 2020
13th March 2020
Yesterday Penguin Books published a short video interview with Richard in classy black-and-white in connection with C.J. Tudor’s The Other People.
There’s also a short snippet here where Richard answers a fan question. Since a lot of fans sent in questions way back in February, perhaps there will be more?
Earlier this month, @RCArmitage answered fan questions in our studio ?
Here he replies to @sashih1, who asked which author (past or present) he'd most like to meet and why. #AskRichardArmitage https://t.co/LuVaQiaZCc pic.twitter.com/1RpWh3f0SX
— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) March 13, 2020
12th March 2020
In a new article with online magazine Long Island Weekly Richard mainly talks about The Stranger. However, there is an interesting little tidbit in there about future projects. The Man From Rome still appears to be on schedule; and then there was an intriguing hint to a new project which Richard names as Now and Then. You can read the article in our Interview section or via link above.
6th March 2020
Red Production Company – the makers behind The Stranger – published a podcast with Richard and Shaun Dooley yesterday. You can listen HERE or on RAnet’s Radio Clips page.
Red has also tweeted a little video clip from the interview.
We've got @RCArmitage and @shaundooley on the latest episode of the Red Production Company Podcast ?
Stars of @harlancoben's #TheStranger talk to us about their careers!
You can listen to the full episode on:
Spotify – https://t.co/6z0tjHbLBX
Apple – https://t.co/7I1y3jJwKJ pic.twitter.com/QTBxdmgnIC— RED Production Co. (@REDProductionCo) March 6, 2020
Also, Netflix yesterday released season 3 of Castlevania in which Richard voices vampire slayer Trevor Belmont.
4th March 2020
My Zoe will screen at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. There are currently three screen times on offer for the wider public. TFF takes place from 15 to 26 April 2020. 
2nd March 2020
RAnet continues to learn: Continuing with Ali’s original work of providing screen shots when available, a new gallery page for The Stranger has been added. This is a work in progress, i.e. you will find that at the moment the TS gallery only has promotional images and screen shots from episode 2. More to come. You can access the gallery via the menu and clicking through to “Television” or quick-link HERE. (Currently still working on including the link to the new TS gallery in the drop-down menu.)
27th February 2020
Theatre photograph Johan Persson – who also documented The Crucible back in 2014 – has posted a new theatre still of Richard in Uncle Vanya on his Instagram account. You can find a few more on Persson’s website HERE.
Also: Scanpix has a number of previously unseen (?) pictures of Richard leaving (?) press night of UV in a taxi. Click HERE and then on the link in the top right corner of the screen labeled “neste” to go through the other taxi pictures.
Bob Grey / BACKGRID
25th February 2020
Richard has answered fan questions for Audible. Some recognisable names from the fandom there. The video was released yesterday.
In a tweet, Richard informed us that he is wearing his favourite woolly jumper in the video – a garment that was bought in a charity shop on the occasion of a promo video filmed by Audible for his first Joy Ellis audio book in the summer of 2018.
22nd February 2020
After an issue with conflicting schedules, MagicCon has now confirmed that Richard will be present at MagicCon on 19 April 2020 for the Sunday only.
Thanks to armidreamer, we now also have the soundfiles for Richard’s appearance on Graham Norton’s radio show on 15 February 2020 and the Chris Evans Breakfast Show (30 January) in our archive. Go to the Radio Clips page to hear them.
21st February 2020
RAnet experienced some technical difficulties over the last 24 hours. Apologies for that. Thanks to our hosting provider, everything should be ok again.
In a catch-up with news, here is an interesting, in-depth article in Condé Nast Traveller that details the filming locations of The Stranger. The locations mentioned do not include the Price’s house but all landmarks and cafés etc. used in the show.
12th February 2020
The last couple of days have brought a few new pictures of Richard.
- His IMDb page has been updated with a new image, made by An Le.
- Audible has tweeted a picture of Richard in a recording booth. Apparently this was taken sometime last year during a recording session.
— Audible (@audible_com) February 11, 2020
- And Harlan Coben has tweeted a double portrait of himself and his lead actor for The Stranger.
Photo @RCArmitage and I did for #TheStranger promo. Also I guess our folk album drops soon. pic.twitter.com/J5SWVdvBD7
— Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben) February 12, 2020
There was also a new interview with the cast of The Stranger by Next Rush Magazine, with Richard commenting on his ball game abilities. “I’m rubbish at football and only managed to save three goals out of hundreds. I begged Daniel O’Hara to make me look better than I am, or I’d face public shame again – I had to play rugby in Ultimate Force and was equally rubbish!” You can also find it in our Interviews section here.
11th February 2020
Thanks to fellow fan armidreamer we now have some of the recent radio interviews as audio clips on file. A new “Radio Clips” section has been added to the “Press” category. Moreover, the “Fans” category now also has a guestbook where you are welcome to leave comments..
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7th February 2020
BT has published a fun interview of 7 Questions with Richard Armitage. The questions refer to what he liked about the story and the character of Adam Price in The Stranger.
6th February 2020
Here’s a wonderfully light-hearted interview for Netflix UK & Ireland with Richard and Jennifer Saunders.
Interesting: Apparently Richard did not have to audition for the role of Adam Price but was offered it straight away, according to this Buzzfeed article.
“Armitage gives an incredibly grounded central performance as Price and you fully believe and invest with his character right from the start. He has a strong on screen presence which lends considerable weight to his scenes. At the same time, he is able to be very unassuming when required, being quite believable as an average dad leading a normal life. Armitage shows his versatility in the role and it makes for a gripping watch.” – Great praise for Richard in this review of The Stranger on Cultured Vultures.
5th February 2020
For those of you who are interested in filming location, here is an online article in The Tab about the locations used for The Stranger. The Price family home is a £1.45m mansion in a leafy suburb of Manchester.
On the 4th of February, Richard appeared on the BBC’s “Afternoon Live”. Anchor Simon McCoy published the interview in its entirety via Twitter.
For those of you missed my interview with @RCArmitage on #AfternoonLive yesterday here it is in full. pic.twitter.com/t7ftfNh1Nn
— Simon McCoy (@BBCSimonMcCoy) February 5, 2020
The Stranger has received a lot of positive feedback since release, trending on Twitter and making the top spot on the Netflix show ranking.
31st January 2020
In the wake of the release of all eight episodes of The Stranger on Netflix, these are some of the reviews of the show which also make a point of mentioning Richard. (There are plenty more reviews out.) “As Adam, Armitage provides the closest thing we get to a still centre in the shifting plot”, says The Guardian, advises not to make any evening plans, but gives (only) a 3-star rating. The Independent finds “Armitage and Dervla Kirwan are convincing as the professionals harbouring dark secrets” and awards 3 stars. “Armitage, best known to American audiences for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, gives a solid performance as the driven but somewhat dull Adam”, says CBR.com. Den of Geek calls Richard “a strong lead”, one of the “highlights in the cast” and recommends the show. Salon commends Richard for playing Adam with “more sorrow than anger”. Heaven of Horror thinks “Richard Armitage is really good in The Stranger”. Jenny on Twitter has scanned an article for us from The Daily Mirror that features a big picture of Richard in action.
More spoken word promo via radio interviews for The Stranger as well: Richard and Hannah John Kamen were on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show and a clip can be seen on YT:
Richard was also interviewed by old favourite Lorraine Kelly. Here is a clip.
Lastly a straggler from the UV reviews, this is a piece by Matt Wolff for the NYT. Wolff was the journalist who interviewed Richard on stage for The Crucible.
28th January 2020
Richard and The Stranger co-star Hannah John Kamen were interviewed on BBC Radio. Not sure whether these links will be available forever, but for the moment you can find the interview with BBC5 “Must Watch” HERE. It starts one minute in and goes to 13:00. The other interview is with BBC Radio Kent, HERE. It started at 18.10 and finished around 18.16.
In a long “quickfire interview”, Richard gives The Irish News insight into Adam Price, his own prep for the role, and what he thinks the audience will take from the drama. Richard is also quoted in a Newsweek article about the forthcoming show.
“Richard Armitage perfectly embodies Astrov’s fervour with a physicality that inevitably attracts both Yelena and Aimee Lou Wood’s Sonya while charting his own steady irreversible decline.” A five star review from BritishTheatre.com.
27th January 2020
The reviewer for The American describes Armitage’s Astrov as a “Byronic presence” but is altogether not very enthusiastic about UV.
The Manchester Evening News has an article about the filming locations of The Stranger in Manchester. The article also embeds a selfie by Richard and some other images with him. The following map marks all the places as noted by Harlan Coben.
26th January 2020
A small article in the Mail on Sunday Event Magazine, but with a big picture of Richard from The Stranger. (Thanks to Jenny)
25th January 2020
Trapdoors, dead ends and action – can be expected in The Stranger, according to Richard in a full-page article in today’s Saturday Mirror TV mag. (Thanks to Jenny on Twitter for the scan)
24th January 2020
Last night’s press night of Uncle Vanya has resulted in a flood of reviews today. While RAnet is still grappling with the Reviews section on this site, Here are the links – some with notes on content – to the reviews.
- The Times gives the play four stars.
- Richard Armitage plays “with an ardour that is metabolised fully into character”, says The Guardian and awards five stars.
- Armitage is “forceful if one-dimensional”, according to the Evening Standard (four stars).
- “Astrov, played with a faded nobility by Richard Armitage” – three stars from The Independent.
- An entertaining, more contemporary play, finds the British Theatre Guide.
- Funny misspelling of Armitage’s surname in the review by North West End (four stars).
- “Armitage is a charming drunk”, says The Up Coming (three stars).
- Enthusiastic five stars from Broadway World.
- “Armitage brings the same finesse to his portrayal of Astrov.” Five stars from Whats on Stage.
- London Theatre awards four stars, has Richard Armitage headlining the review and includes Richard in the “three leading performances that unassertively each glow with crushed, repressed feelings that they dare to expose”.
- “Armitage is convincing as a warmly needy, 19th-century provincial doctor who’s all too in love with the bottle”, concludes The Daily Mail (four stars).
- Time Out calls Armitage “strapping” and gives the production four stars.
- “Richard Armitage’s slightly underpowered Astrov” – four stars from The Stage
- The extensive review by The Arts Desk mentions Astrov as “played with haunting, lean intensity by Richard Armitage”.
Pictures from the star-studded after party with Richard sporting a green and brown check ensemble are available on Getty Images.
In a long chat with the Bristol Post Richard shares more about his character in The Stranger and his way of inhabiting Adam Price. (Screenshots via Mooseturds on Twitter)
23rd January 2020
Another short interview clip from the round of promo for The Stranger, published by AP. Richard talks about the stranger’s method of uncovering secrets.
“Everybody has something that they don't want revealed,” says Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage). He stars in the Netflix series “The Stranger,” about someone who uncovers secrets by tapping into digital footprints. pic.twitter.com/X5yGE69SPH
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) January 22, 2020
22nd January 2020
Glamour Magazine (UK) has an article about upcoming The Stranger that includes an IG post by Richard from last week. A much longer article is featured in Total TV with Richard as Adam Price running straight at us. Richard enthuses about his cast and crew mates and would love to come back to film more in the same set-up. Thank you to Jenny for the scan.
Production company Neon has released a new trailer for The Lodge. The horror film by Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala is opening in the US this year. Richard appears briefly at the beginning of the clip.
21st January 2020
The promo for forthcoming Netflix drama The Stranger is ramping up. There are various features about the show in UK and US TV mags. Here is a double spread in UK’s TV&Satellite Week which also features Richard on the cover. (Thank you to mooseturds on Twitter)
Another article here in TV Times with Richard talking about his character Adam Price and the show in general.
This article in the Jan 25-31 issue of Heat (UK) also has a short mention of Richard.
19th January 2020
The Sunday Express carries a long interview with Richard about The Stranger which also touches on some questions about his career etc.
Digital magazine Digital Spy delves into the writing for The Stranger and reveals that some of Richard’s ideas for his customary character biography made it into the show. Some more on Richard’s approach to the role in this article on BT which is accompanied by a two-part cast interview with Richard and his co-stars Hannah John-Kamen and Siobhan Finneran.
16th January 2020
Big news. The trailer for Netflix’ The Stranger has dropped, with Richard featuring front and centre. The show will air from 30th January.
6th January 2020
An in-depth interview with Richard by Jane Mulkerrins appeared in the Sunday Telegraph. Richard speaks at length about his upcoming roles in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theater and The Stranger on Netflix. There are also some insights into his personal life, as well as an outlook to the future – where Richard envisages a role *behind* the camera rather than in front.
2019
23rd Feb: A donation of £609.82 has been made to Childline. Thank you to you all for continuing to use the links on this site.
2018
9th Aug: A donation of £406.24 has been made to LOROS. Thank you to you all for continuing to use the links on this site.
1st Jun: A donation of £437.10 has been made to LOROS, with condolences to Richard and his family. Thank you to you all for continuing to use the links on this site.
4th Feb: A donation of £542.19 has been made today to Barnardo’s, one of the charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for shopping at Amazon US, UK and Amazon DE using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
20th Dec: A donation of £340.10 has been made today to Shelter, one of the charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for shopping at Amazon US, UK and Amazon DE using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
22nd Oct: A donation of £262.15 has been made today to the Anthony Nolan charity, one of the charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for shopping at Amazon UK and Amazon DE using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
9th July: A donation of £276.64 has been made today to The Salvation Army, one of the charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for shopping at Amazon UK and Amazon DE using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
A donation of £494.38 plus gift aid has been made today to Young Minds, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for shopping at Amazon UK and Amazon DE using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
1. Deadline have reported that Richard has been cast in Julie Delpy’s new film My Zoe, also featuring Daniel Brühl, Lior Ashkenazy, Gemma Arterton and child actor Sophia Ally. The film has been written by Julie Delpy and she will also direct and star in the film. Richard will play James, the ex-husband of Delpy’s character Isabelle. Variety have reported that filming will begin this spring in the UK, so presumably Richard will film his scenes for this film before filming starts on Berlin Station series 2.
2. Thanks to Guylty for passing along this German article about Berlin Station and an English translation. The article refers to a panel discussion from last weekend at the Berlinale film festival. Richard is mentioned first in the cast list and the article gives some insight in the production team’s work and creative decisions.
3. Pilgrimage has been acquired by RLJ Entertainment for distribution in US movie theaters – let’s hope an international release will be forthcoming! This news via The Hollywood Reporter.
4. The name of Richard’s character in Ocean’s Eight has been revealed – he will play Claude Becker (source: IMDB), although it is not yet clear if this is a cameo or a more substantial role.
Pictures of Richard filming with James Corden have been published on Just Jared and here is a video showing James Corden with a suitcase malfunction! (Thanks to jico_s on Instagram).
5. IndieWire have reported that Brain on Fire has been bought by Netflix, indeed you can now add the film to your queue (this might be US residents only at the moment). Sadly the film will not get a theatrical release according to the article.
“Brain on Fire,” starring Chloe Grace Moretz, debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival to mostly withering reviews and then sold straight to streaming platform Netflix, with no theatrical release.
Keep your fingers crossed for a DVD release!
6. Two videos have been released by Audible to promote the audiobook Romeo and Juliet: A Novel. A 24 minute discussion between Richard and the author David Hewson is here on YouTube, which is a very interesting discussion on the writing and recording process. And there is also an interview with Richard about the audiobook, on the Audible site (with a large picture of Richard which you can click to enlarge and save below – hello new desktop background) and also on YouTube.
7. Richard’s narration of David Copperfield has been nominated for a 2017 Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics. The winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on 1st June at the French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York.
Deadline have announced that Richard has been cast in Ocean’s Eight, which is currently filming and is set to be released in June 2018. The film’s stars include Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. Richard’s role in the film has not been announced yet.
A trailer for Brain on Fire has arrived! Watch it here. Richard plays Tom Cahalan, the father of Susannah Cahalan who wrote the best-selling book “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness”. Filming took place from July to August 2015 and although the film was shown at the Toronto Film Festival in September last year there is still no information concerning worldwide release dates.
Richard has announced his next project on Twitter with a link to his Instagram account. Here is a link to the Vimeo short film which inspired the film. An announcement about the film Miles, written and directed by Oliver Daly, appeared in Variety on 28 April last year and includes the following synopsis:
“Miles” centers on an 18-year-old searching for a way out of his small California town. He stumbles upon M.A.X., an escaped prototype of an advanced robot, and finds himself in an unlikely friendship. He soon becomes the target of a massive manhunt that puts him and everyone he cares about in danger.
According to IMDB the release date is set for 12 November 2017.
Update: Richard has now deleted all posts relating to this project from his social media, so his involvement is now in doubt.
Here is an interview with Richard in the Israeli magazine, Pnay Plus, published 15th December, in which he discusses working on The Hobbit, Hannibal and Berlin Station and not wanting to attend fan conventions. At the end of the interview Richard states that he is looking to move back home to England. Thank you to Sonya (@soneekk1 on twitter) for scanning the article and providing the translation. The title of the article is “Richard the First”. Click the thumbnails to enlarge. English translation here.
A donation of £310.29 plus gift aid has been made today to Childline, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you for shopping at Amazon using the links on the home page of this website. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!
Richard has sent his annual Christmas message via Facebook. All archived messages are on the RA messages page – read the introduction at the top for a brief history of RA’s messages to his fans.
The Berlin Station gallery has been updated with promo images from Epix HD press site. Episode 4 is due to air in the US tomorrow (Sunday) at 9pm ET/6pm and Richard will be live tweeting alongside the broadcast as announced on his twitter feed here. Berlin Station has been sold to Greece and Israel so far, further international distribution is expected soon.
Richard Armitage and Michelle Forbes were interviewed about Berlin Station by Build Series NYC and it was broadcast live today at 1pm Eastern time. You can watch the whole interview here. I don’t know how long this will be available but no doubt it will appear on youtube soon as well.
1. The first preview performance of Love, Love, Love took place on Thursday evening and with two performances now down, it appears Richard is greeting audience members outside the theatre in New York after each evening performance as he did during The Crucible run two years ago. Here is a collection of photos and videos via twitter, with many thanks to all those who shared.
Thursday evening
- Photos from Glady: picture 1, picture 2, picture 3, pictures of the set
- Photo from nycpat838
- Photo from Caffe_B
- Photos from Julie of RA_Central: picture 1, picture 2
- Video from animejunki71
Friday evening
- Photos from Steph on FB, via MatiasFmatias
- Video from Roxy
Future photos can be accessed via twitter using a #RichardArmitage search. You do not have to be a member of twitter to look for photos and news of Richard.
2. UPI.com interviewed Richard in the light of his new theatre role: Richard Armitage on living in NYC…
A donation of £302.73 plus gift aid has been made today to Barnardo’s one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to make your purchases. Referral fees are earned for free for every item you buy. Details here.
The Berlin Station premiere has been confirmed – it will take place in Los Angeles on Thursday 29th September and Richard will be attending. This corresponds with the dates that Love, Love, Love is not scheduled to perform in New York.
1. The Berlin Station twitter account has posted a video showing behind the scenes filming of Richard as he cycles around Berlin, including clips of Richard talking about Freygeist bikes. According to Richard on twitter, there is a clue about where his character Daniel Meyer keeps his bike in episode 1, although what he means is a mystery to me!
2. The latest donation to charity made on 1 September has resulted in a total donation of over £10,000 in referral fees, as a result of your shopping via the Amazon links on this website. This is an incredible amount and it’s wonderful that so many of you continue to use these links to shop at Amazon. Payments accrued from Amazon US sales from January – June 2016 should be deposited this week so stay tuned for another huge amount going to one of Richard’s nominated charities very soon. Thank you, thank you!
A donation of £324.59 plus gift aid has been made today to Shelter, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com, as a result of orders made via Amazon UK and Amazon DE from April to June 2016. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to order your shopping!
Yesterday, apart from being Richard’s birthday, was also the first day of rehearsals for Love, Love, Love, the Mike Bartlett play showing from 22nd September at the Laura Pels Theatre in New York (see announcement in the news 14 July). The cast and production members met the press for a photocall and articles appeared in Broadway.com, Broadwayworld.com and theatermania.com.
Thanks to Veloce for finding lots of extra large HD versions of the photos: group photo, group full length, group full length 2, Richard and Amy Ryan, Richard and Amy close up. If you click on the pictures it will zoom in further.
1. The birthday message page is now closed but you can see all the messages here. As this is the last birthday page on this site, I’ve made all the previous pages available so you can have a browse down memory lane if you wish. Click on ‘Birthday Messages 2016’ in the menu top left and a submenu will appear showing all previous pages. Thanks to all of you for taking time to visit the site and leave a message.
2. Richard has recorded another audiobook for Audible and similar to Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel, this audiobook is also a novelisation of a Shakespearean play. Romeo and Juliet: A Novel will be available on 6th December this year. Here is a link for Audible.com.
3. Great news that Brain on Fire will be played at TIFF, the Toronto Film Festival which runs from 8th to 18th September! This announcement on The Playlist features two new pictures of Richard, who plays Chloe Grace Moretz’s father Tom, in the film.
1. A reminder that the birthday page will close for new comments at 9pm on Sunday (UK time). This will be the last birthday page on this site. Now that Richard is active on social media via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, I feel that you will be more inclined to want to leave him a message directly via those sites – plus I expect he is more likely to read them there! So a heartfelt thank you to those who have left birthday messages to Richard on this website over the past 8 years, I have really enjoyed reading them. I’m grateful that you chose this site to leave your birthday wishes, but now it’s time to move to social media and call it a day. Thank you! Ali xx
2. New Berlin Station promo videos from Epix:
- Only 15 seconds, but boy is it worth it!
- A 2 minute video with cast/writer interviews and new clips from the series
Richard has created a Facebook page and an Instagram page. Click the links to read his posts.
Once again I’ve created a birthday message page for you to leave messages for Richard. This is the 8th year I have done this and usually people ask if Richard will read the messages – sorry I have no idea about that, I simply pass a link to the page to Richard’s agent. Here is the page with a summary of Richard’s projects in the past 12 months with a link to the charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving. The page will close for comments at 9pm UK time on Sunday 21st August. Thank you!
1. Richard has posted another selfie on Weibo from the EPIX party in Los Angeles. The other selfie is the same one that was posted on twitter on 30 July. Click the image below to read the post on Weibo. The new selfie is in the Berlin Station Promo gallery.
2. Yesterday I posted links to various photo press agencies in the first bullet point. The Getty link has updated with a new picture of Richard taken by Maarten de Boer in the Portrait Studio at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
3. I have created a new poll to ask whether many RA fans are going to see the play Love, Love, Love (see announcement in the news 14 July). Thanks to @sahraobsessed for the suggestion. To vote, scroll down on the left until you reach the poll. The previous poll result is here.
Further news items, photos and video clips were posted overnight from yesterday’s EPIX party and presentation for the forthcoming series Berlin Station. Here is a round-up:
- Two new promo shots of the series from Access Hollywood (the first picture was found via Indiewire yesterday). I have added the ones featuring Richard to the Berlin Station Promo gallery. If bigger pictures are released then I will replace these images.
- Two photos of Richard and co-star Rhys Ifans were taken by photographer Chris Pizzello yesterday and are available via the app FirstLook: photo 1 and photo 2. These are also in the Berlin Station Promo gallery.
- Richard tweeted this photo of himself in front of a promo image at yesterday’s EPIX presentation.
- Here is another picture from EpixTV on Snapchat, showing Richard with co-stars Mina Tander, who plays Esther Krug and Rhys Ifans who plays Hector DeJean. A video was also posted.
- Diane Gordon, a freelance journalist for Variety, compiled a list of tweets after the EPIX presentation: click here to open her twitter feed and then click the link to browse the tweets.
- Ayzenberg.com, creators of the Berlin Station Interactive 360 Web Experience, have a photo of the cast on their home page. This image is now in the Berlin Station Promo gallery.
- The Hollywood Reporter ran a story following writer and exec producer Olen Steinhauer’s comments that Berlin Station is a more accurate portrayal of the intelligence community than shown in Homeland, whose most recent season was also set in Berlin. Richard’s follow up tweet on this is very amusing. Click the image below to enlarge (in case the tweet disappears).
- Deadline have also quoted Olen Steinhauer on the comparisons between Homeland and Berlin Station with more details about the importance the city plays in this series.
1. The first scene from Berlin Station is now available on YouTube, which means it no longer has the Entertainment Weekly logo in the corner. So, I have recreated the screencaps and they are much better quality too. Click here for the gallery.
There is a Berlin Station career page on this site now, where you will find all the news, links and information for the show so far.
2. Today in Los Angeles Epix will feature in the Television Critic Association’s press tour schedule. Richard has already stated that he is in LA to do press for Berlin Station so stay tuned for news and/or photos that may emerge from that event.
3. Following on from our news above, here are the latest tweets, clips and pictures from Los Angeles from the last few hours:
- This image was posted via EpixTV on Snapchat
- Two video clips posted on Snapchat: video clip 1 ~ video clip 2 Videos on snapchat can only last a maximum of 10 seconds and are automatically deleted after 24 hours, but these links are saved to twitter so will not disappear. The @EpixHD twitter account said they would post pictures and video later, but I will keep these links on the site just in case.
- Richard posted a new selfie on twitter and announced that a surprise is coming from Epix television.
- This video clip was originally posted on Snapchat but then deleted. Thank you to @gomgomi03 on twitter for saving it.
- @BerlinStation on twitter posted this video of Richard talking about the new series
- A new image of Daniel Miller (click ‘original image’ for full size) via this interview on Indiewire with Epix CEO Mark Greenberg, who says “We wanted to make sure that out of the gate we were making what we felt were meaningful shows…You do try to find things that are hopefully going to be in the zeitgeist to what’s going on in the world and maybe provide some relevance to what’s going on.”
1. Promotion for Berlin Station has begun, with interactive content on www.berlinstation.com, a new trailer and an exclusive first scene published by Entertainment Weekly (click here for trailer and first scene). I have added a gallery of screencaps from the two trailers released so far and the first scene from the series, plus other behind the scenes pictures gathered over the past few months. Click here to view the gallery.
The new trailer is also available on YouTube without the EW logo!
2. A behind the scenes photo of Paul Michael Chan and Richard on the set of Berlin Station has been published on mysteryplayground.net. This photo is also in the Behind the Scenes gallery. Thanks to @verdandi21 on twitter.
1. An official press release from the Roundabout Theatre Company has confirmed that Richard will star in Love, Love, Love, a play by Mike Bartlett and directed by Michael Mayer. It will be shown at the Laura Pels Theatre, part of The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theater building in New York City. Previews begin September 22nd and the last performance will take place on December 18th. Here is a link to buy tickets from the Roundabout Theatre Co.
The news has been reported by several media outlets, here’s a few examples:
2. Thanks to Kat for letting me know that the Clarissa link was broken. I’ve updated it so that you can download the entire broadcast in a zip file on this downloads page, or the Career page.
Richard has tweeted that he is no longer involved in his current project due to lack of time before his next commitment. We can assume the project he is no longer working on is Midlife Crisis, a British film that Toby Stephens has unfortunately also had to leave due to delays in production (Toby Stephen’s tweets here and here). We know Richard has been in London recently and a couple of days ago he unfollowed the film’s twitter account.
Here are Richard’s tweets on this subject:
Update: Richard is no longer working on this project. 1. There is no official confirmation yet, but it is clear from various tweets and twitter pages that Richard is has just started filming in London, working on a film called Midlife Crisis. Fellow cast mates include Toby Stephens, Colin Salmon and John Thomson, so I think we can assume this is going to be very entertaining and probably quite funny. Richard tweeted a selfie on his way to work the other day but it was soon deleted – you can find the selfie if you search the internet with little difficulty. The offical twitter page for the film is here – check out their ‘follows’. Incidentally, Richard and Toby last worked together on Robin Hood series 3, released in 2009.
2. Richard’s annual statement for the Cybersmile Foundation is here.
1. A donation of £270.59 plus gift aid has been made today to the Anthony Nolan Trust, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com, as a result of orders made via Amazon UK and Amazon DE in February and March 2016. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to order your shopping!
2. Two photos showing the cleft lip prosthetic worn by Richard for the role of Francis Dolarhyde in Hannibal have been posted on Instagram by Tenille Shockey, prosthetic and makeup effects artist based in Toronto. Click these links to see the very impressive prosthetic work: picture 1, picture 2 and read the notes for details.
Richard narrated the documentary Jutland: WW1’s Greatest Sea Battle on Channel 4 (UK) last night. I have recorded a clip and uploaded it here. Apologies that the quality isn’t perfect but this is the best I could do. Programme information is on Channel 4’s site.
The first trailer for Berlin Station is here on YouTube, released by the Epix channel. This 10 part series will be released this autumn.
Richard’s character in Alice Through the Looking Glass is King Oleron, according to his IMDB page. Richard said this was a cameo role at the end of this video interview with Digital Spy, however in this radio interview with Irish radio programme ‘Newstalk’, recorded just after The Crucible finished its run in September 2014, he said he had a small part in the film (8m 36s).
Here is a picture of Richard in his cameo role in the forthcoming film Alice Through the Looking Glass, released in the UK and US in a few weeks time on 27 May. The picture was taken from a featurette about the costumes in the film. Watch the full video here on Vimeo.
Click to enlarge:
The director of Urban and the Shed Crew, Candida Brady, has released a video interview with Richard about working on the film. You can watch it here on YouTube. Still no news on release of this film I’m afraid. Candida posted this on twitter on Tuesday.
1. A donation of £339.50 plus gift aid has been made today to The Salvation Army, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com, as a result of orders made via Amazon UK and Amazon DE in December 2015 and January 2016. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to order your shopping!
2. More reports and photos have been posted of the Berlin Station filming on La Palma on 11 April 2016.
- 20 photographs courtesy of Jose Fernández Arozena’s Facebook page.
- Richard and members of the Enróllate Films team, a film company based in La Palma
- More pictures of Richard and the team
- TV La Palma video of the filming on YouTube
- Slightly shorter video by TV La Palma on YouTube
Richard filmed scenes for Berlin Station on the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands today. News reports, pictures and video have been posted on twitter as follows:
- This photo of Richard with officials from the town is courtesy of Cabildo de La Palma (@CabLaPalma). Click to enlarge.
- A slightly different version of the above photo from eldiario.es: “Anselmo Pestana greets actor Richard Armitage during filming in La Palma in the series ‘ Berlin Station'”. Mr Pestana, on Richard’s left, is the president of the Cabildo de La Palma the governing body of La Palma.
- Cabildo de La Palma (@CabLaPalma) also posted this short video of Richard during filming.
- More photos posted on the Santa Cruz de La Palma government Facebook page.
- Behind the scenes video of filming, thanks to Sebas Media Prod (@sebasmediaprod), showing Richard doing a lot of walking around the town! Watch on youtube.
- A short report and a different photo from rtvc.es: “Santa Cruz de La Palma becomes Panama”
The first official pictures from Berlin Station have been released, via the German news outlet Berliner Zeitung, two of which show Richard as Daniel Miller. Many press outlets are still referring to his character as Daniel Meyer, as this was the name given on the original PR release, however Richard and the writer have since confirmed on twitter that the character is called Daniel Miller.
Here are the two new photos – click to enlarge. I will create a Berlin Station gallery on this site when more pictures are released.
The article refers to the German actress Victoria Mayer and her role as Ingrid Hollander in the US drama, and so there is no information about Richard or his role, except a small reference to her character’s interaction with Mr Miller: ‘For me it is more about Ingrid’s conflict with the agent, who is played by Richard Armitage, and her confrontation with the American secret service’. Here is a rough English translation of the article.
1. Richard has recorded a new advert for Sky’s new fluid viewing service, Sky Q. Watch it below or on the Voiceovers 2015-2016 page.
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2. A donation of EU 365.00 has been sent to berliner-stadtmission.de following this tweet after Richard’s visit to the refugee centre in Berlin, and as a result of the positive replies I received on twitter to this idea. I have donated the Amazon US referral fee earnings received for the period September – December 2015. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to order your shopping!
1. New poll on the site – Richard has been involved in the making of five films and one TV series that we haven’t seen yet – which one are you most looking forward to watching? Vote on the left-hand side. Previous poll results are here.
2. The biography page has been updated and a new page for Sleepwalker has been created, summarising all we know so far about this film.
1. Berlin Station has received funding from the German Motion Picture Fund, and Richard was photographed with Parliamentary State Secretary Iris Gleicke, as you may have seen from Richard’s twitter feed yesterday.
2. Today is the release date for a new audiobook by Audible: Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. It is narrated by Emma Thompson, with a prologue read by Richard Armitage. You can order it from Audible US or Audible UK or use one of the Amazon links on the home page of this site, search for the book including the word Armitage and the audiobook will appear, plus you will earn commission for charity if you order it.
I’ve noticed that Amazon UK are selling the audiobook for a cheaper price than Audible UK, unless you buy it free with a free trial subscription of course.
1. Articles about Richard’s visit to the refugee centre in Berlin last weekend have appeared in two Berlin newspapers this week. Click to enlarge the images.
This article appeared in the Berliner Kurier, dated 10th March:
English translation – thanks to Servetus.
And here is the article in BILD-Zeitung Berlin, dated 8th March.
English translation – thanks to Servetus.
Many thanks to the German RA Board for sending these articles to me.
2. Emmy spotlight: Cower before Richard Armitage (‘Hannibal’), the great Red Dragon: this article makes a compelling case that Richard Armitage should be included in the Emmy nominations for his role as Francis Dolarhyde in NBC’s Hannibal, and who are we to argue? Click the link to read the article, which includes the following:
“…like his co-stars, Armitage gives a performance all his own. It’s a carefully balanced turn: Dolarhyde has a split personality, one half an insecure wallflower and the other half a monster out of nightmares. But Armitage makes us believe that both personas could exist in one man — more than that, that each persona fuels the other.”
3. Hariclea attended the Crucible screening at the Barbican Cinema in London on Wednesday 9th March, which also included a Q&A with cast members Zara White (Mercy Lewis), Anna Madley (Elizabeth Proctor) and Marama Corlett (Betty Parris), as well as Digital Theatre’s Robert Delamere, who directed the performance. Click here to read her blog of the evening, an account which I feel is well worth a read for insights into the production and a trip down memory lane for those of us who were lucky enough to attend the mesmerising performance of all involved in this intense version of Arthur Miller’s classic. It was also interesting to hear that Robert Delamere met the playwright many years ago. Thank you for sharing Hariclea!
On Saturday 5th March, Richard visited the Berliner Stadtmission to spend some time with refugee families. He wrote about the experience and posted the pages on twitter yesterday evening. Here is the original tweet and below are the 3 pages as thumbnails – click to enlarge.
1. In a podcast from the New York Times, Richard talks about recording the David Copperfield audiobook for Audible, as well as recording his first audiobooks for the BBC Robin Hood series and reading some of Georgette Heyers’ work. Click here for the link (or here for a direct link to the podcast). Richard appears at 35mins 25seconds.
2. Thanks to Summer for the information that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel is availabe for $5.95 from Audible.com until 6 March! Click here for details (note – this link will redirect if you are outside the US).
Congratulations to Richard for his 2016 Saturn Awards nomination for Best Supporting TV Actor! Watch the nominations here on YouTube (Richard’s nomination is at 3:45). Last year, Richard won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Here is his acceptance speech.
1. I have added 3 more photos to the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg gallery showing Richard at this event on 13th February. Sources: schroewiggate via @MatildRAs on twitter and RedCarpetReports.de.
2. A donation of £223.38 plus gift aid has been made today to Young Minds UK, one of the eight charities Richard has nominated on JustGiving.com, as a result of orders made via Amazon UK and Amazon DE in November 2015. Thank you so much for continuing to use the Amazon links on my home page to order your shopping!
Richard attended the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg reception at Berlin’s Ritz-Carlton hotel last night, to celebrate European talent in the film industry as part of the Berlinale film festival. More information about the event is here on Variety’s site. Five photos of Richard with his Berlin Station co-star Richard Jenkins have been found on the event’s facebook page photo 1 and photo 2 and also three photos from Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, a regional news site: photo 1, photo 2 and photo 3. These photos are now in the gallery.
Update: thanks to Veloce for finding larger versions of the last 3 photos from the pnn.de site: click to open gallery.
Richard is currently filming Berlin Station in Berlin, playing the lead character Daniel Miller. Filming started in November 2015 and is expected to continue until March/April 2016.
2. Beginning the news catch-up (you’ve seen this on FB and twitter, but now I have time to update my site, so here goes…), Michelle Forbes, co-star of Berlin Station tweeted this rather endearing photo on 28 January and this picture on 29 January of Richard and other co-stars.
3. Articles and audio interview clips with Richard about his reading of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield, which was released from Audible on 9th February. If you order the audiobook from Audible via Amazon, using my Amazon links on the home page, you will earn commission that I will pay to one of Richard’s nominated charities.
- Business Wire announced the release of the audiobook, with quotes from Richard:
“I think David Copperfield is Dickens’ broadest, most humorous and moving epic novel. His treatment in this work of birth, life, love and death had a huge impact on me the first time I read it. It gave me immense pleasure to attempt to bring these vivid characters to life…I’m very proud to have been asked to read this beloved book. I hope you enjoy listening.”
- Interview with Richard on YouTube in the Audible studios about recording David Copperfield
- On Dickensian sentence structure
- On discovering Dickens, on the production’s challenges, surprises and rewards and on the book’s title character
4. Richard’s 2015 performance of Classic Love Poems, published by Audible Studios, was one of the bestselling audiobooks of the year and is a finalist for a 2016 Audie Award in the “Best Male Narrator” category. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 11 May at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Good luck Richard!
1. The Critics Choice Movie and TV Awards take place in Santa Monica, California this evening at 5pm (PT)/8pm (ET). Richard is nominated in the Best Guest Actor/Actress category for his role as Francis Dolarhyde in Hannibal. Richard confirmed today that he is unable to attend.
2. Richard has been nominated as Best TV Supporting Actor in Hannibal by the US film magazine Fangoria. The magazine is asking for the public to vote for film and TV categories in the horror genre. If you’d like to vote, click the link and email your choices before 13th March.
Richard Armitage has been voted ‘People’s Choice’ for villain of the year with his portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde in Hannibal by readers of IGN! The entertainment site voted David Tennant as their winner, but Richard got the people’s vote. Click here for more information.