Jamie Dornan’s dream wardrobe only has 12 items

OHMYGOSSIP — Jamie Dornan’s dream wardrobe has just 12 items in it.
The 36-year-old actor admitted living in the countryside with his wife Amelia Warner and their two daughters, Dulcie, four and Elva, two, doesn’t really lend itself to being fashionable as anything he does wear quickly gets dirty.
In an interview with Britain’s GQ magazine, he said: “My dream scenario is opening my wardrobe and having just 12 things in it. I live in the countryside and I’m in Wellington boots a lot, which means style goes out the window.
“If I do spend money on something really nice, chances are it’ll be covered in mud and dog hair instantly, so we keep that stuff in boxes at our place in London.”
Although the ’50 Shades of Grey’ star loves wearing casual clothing and wellington boots, he also has a taste for luxury brands and is a fan of German fashion house Hugo Boss as well as French retailer Hartford.
He said: “I’ve always worn a lot of Boss. When I was modelling I did four campaigns for them, so we’ve always had a bit of an association.
“I also like Hartford. It does great shirts. It’s French, isn’t it? So it’s just cool. It’s also very accessible. You can wear it at the beach but you could also wear it to a fancy dinner.”
It’s not just clothing the ‘The Fall’ actor buys from the German designer – he confessed that although he’ll spend hours shopping for scents with his wife, he always opts for the brand’s signature fragrance.
He said: “We’ll spend hours at Selfridges or Liberty. She’ll make me smell something and I am instantly like, ‘No, no, no.’
“I think Boss the Scent is seductive. It’s masculine.”

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Rose McGowan slams ‘b******t’ MeToo movement

OHMYGOSSIP — Rose McGowan thinks the #MeToo movement is “b******t.”
The ‘Charmed’ actress unintentionally kickstarted the global campaign – which was set up earlier this year to support victims of sexual abuse in the work place – when she accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of rape last year.
But, although her decision to speak out encouraged the likes of Salma Hayek and Gwyneth Paltrow to share their own harassment experiences, Rose thinks they’re all just “lily-livered” “losers” who are using it as a “band-aid to feel better.”
On the subject of #MeToo, the 45-year-old actress told the Sunday Times newspaper: “I just think they’re douchebags. They’re not champions. I just think they’re losers. I don’t like them. How do I explain the fact that I got a GQ Man of the Year award and no women’s magazines and no women’s organisations have supported me? It’s all b******t. It’s a lie. It’s a Band-Aid lie to make them feel better. I know these people, I know they’re lily-livered, and as long as it looks good on the surface, to them, that’s enough.”
Despite her stance on the movement, Rose said earlier this year that a “new chapter” had begun now that Weinstein had been indicted on two sets of rape charges and a sex crime charge.
She said at the time: “INDICTED. FINALLY. I’ve been indicted by the media he’s bought out for years to trash me. Now it is a new chapter for both of us (sic)”
However, Rose previously admitted she was questioning if she should keep “fighting” Weinstein after she accused him of sexually assaulting her.
She explained: “I don’t want to keep fighting. But I also don’t know what it’s like, I’ve never not fought in my entire life. I don’t know what living looks like.
“All I know is this role you’ve taken on seems to be harming you as much as it’s helping you … so maybe you’re not supposed to carry it the whole way.
“It’s almost embarrassing to say I didn’t know trauma therapy existed, but I figure if I don’t know it, a lot of people don’t know it. It’s incredibly important to take time for yourself, when you have a cause and it’s a really good one and you’re compelled to change the world, it can leave you behind in the dust.”

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Ashlee Simpson struggling to be working mom

OHMYGOSSIP — Ashlee Simpson is finding it hard being a “working mom.”
The 34-year-old singer has admitted she’s really struggling to find the balance between caring for her two children – Bronx, nine, whom she has with ex-husband Pete Wentz, and three-year-old daughter Jagger, whom she has with spouse Evan Ross – and recording music, filming her show and managing her fashion line.
Speaking on her reality TV series ‘ASHLEE+EVAN’, she said: “Music is a career by itself, having a clothing line is a career by itself, having a shoe line is a career by itself, being a mom is a career by itself. It’s definitely overwhelming.”
The blonde beauty even asked her own mother Tina how to find the balance.
Tina replied: “I think if you’re doing what you love and your passion shows through, that’s all that matters. The key to it is that you find what works for you and your family and then you’ll find that success.”
However, luckily, Ashlee is able to lean on her husband Evan for support.
He said: “It’s hard when both parents are working, ’cause we’re trying to find a way to both be there for the kids as well as work.
“I’ve had to change certain schedules during my day and so now I’ve gotta pick up the slack and go pick Bronx up from school…which is amazing ’cause, I’m definitely the youngest dad at his school. So I look swaggy.”
And the couple look set to have their hands full even more over the next coming months as Ashlee’s sister Jessica is pregnant with her third child.
The 38-year-old actress and singer already has daughter Maxwell, six, and son Ace, five, with her husband Eric Johnson, but revealed last month that the couple – who married in 2014 – are set to add a baby girl to their brood next year.

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Paul Whitehouse confirms Only Fools and Horses musical

OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Whitehouse has confirmed an ‘Only Fools and Horses’ musical is heading to the West End.
The 60-year-old actor will take on the role of Grandad in the show, which will take place at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket from February 2019, with Tom Bennett in the role of Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter, and Ryan Hutton will star as Rodney Trotter.
Paul – who has co-written the musical with Jim Sullivan, the son of the late, great ‘Only Fools’ creator John Sullivan – said: “This was the last project that John Sullivan was working on when he died – he was just starting to develop ‘Only Fools’ as a musical.
“So when writing it, Jim and I have remained very faithful to the feel and scripts of the TV series, but also highlight some contemporary issues.”
‘Only Fools and Horses: The Musical’ will incorporate some fan favourite moments from the classic TV show – which first aired in September 1981 and spanned seven series, 64 episodes and 16 specials – but Paul admits he and Jim are “conscious” of the programme’s legacy.
He added: “We’re very conscious of the ‘Only Fools’ legacy and that it’s so fondly remembered by people of almost all ages, so we’ve tried to incorporate everyone’s favourite moments from the TV shows and of course, all the great characters – but this time it’s with songs.”
The production will feature musical contributions from Chas and Dave – who recently lost one half of the duo, Chas Hodges, when he passed away aged 74 – and Paul has revealed Chas and John wrote a song together to kick off the project.
Speaking on Radio X, he said: “He [John] did some prep on it and he wrote one song with Chas Hodges, who tragically died recently. So, the project was left up in the air, and Jim wanted to honour his dad’s final wish.
“They wrote me in, the fools, and we’ve been working on it for the last two-and-a-half years off and on.
“It’s daunting, but quite an honour. I’ve written a couple of songs with Chas.”
‘Only Fools and Horses: The Musical’ will be directed by Caroline Jay Ranger and several of the classic characters from the series, Raquel, Denzil, Mickey Pearce, Nags Head landlord Mike, and the dreaded Driscoll Brothers will all be in the musical, which will feature 20 songs.
Sir David Jason played Del Boy in the original TV show with Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, and Lennard Pearce portrayed Grandad.

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Smacking Pumpkins reunion ‘made sense’

OHMYGOSSIP — Smashing Pumpkins’ comeback “made sense in every way”.
The band’s founder members Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin will release new album ‘Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun’, and they’ll be back in the UK next week for a special Wembley Arena show on October 16.
Opening up to NME, drummer Jimmy said: “We’d been talking about it for quite a while. It had taken on a life of its own and these things don’t really become real until dates are announced.
“There were never any disagreements with regards to anyone’s willingness or desire to play. It was just a matter of waiting for the market to come around to have something to sink our teeth into.
“The LiveNation offer came around and everything just seemed to be in alignment. It made sense in every way: with the music, the setlist, the timing, the venues. It wasn’t a matter of thinking about it too much. We were like, ‘Come on, let’s do it.’ ”
The musician is back with the group – completed by guitarist Jeff Schroeder and tourist bassist Jack Bates – with the founding trio reunited for the first since 2000.
Insisting there were no hard feelings in the meantime, he added: “It was never that big of a deal. We were still friends and mutually agreed that the band was not right for me at that point.
“I didn’t see myself fitting into that type of workload. I had young kids and just wanted to spend more time with them. That was the biggest part of it.”

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Tina Turner’s secret kidney transplant

OHMYGOSSIP — Tina Turner underwent a secret kidney transplant.
The ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ hitmaker has revealed she underwent the procedure – with her husband Erwin Bach as the donor – and admitted the pain was so bad when she had kidney failure that she wanted to end her life.
She shared: “By December 2016, my kidneys were at 20% and plunging rapidly. I faced two choices: either regular dialysis or a kidney transplant. Only the transplant would give me a good chance of a near-normal life. But the chances of getting a donor kidney were remote … [Dialysis] wasn’t my idea of life. But the toxins in my body had started taking over. I couldn’t eat. I was surviving but not living. I began to think about death. He said he didn’t want another woman, or another life. Then he shocked me. He said he wanted to give me one of his kidneys.”
Despite Tina being high-risk because of the heart damage she has from years of high blood pressure, they decided to go through with the operation last year.
Writing in her autobiography ‘Tina Turner’s My Love Story’, in a excerpt shared with the Daily Mail newspaper, she said: “I’m still here. We’re both still here, closer than we ever imagined.”

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Jason Blum’s Purge praise

OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Blum thinks it would be difficult for anyone other than James DeMonaco to write ‘The Purge’ movies.
Although ‘The First Purge’ is the first film in the horror franchise that creator DeMonaco has not directed he still wrote the script and acted as the producer and he says his contribution and influence to the lawless romps cannot be underestimated.
In an interview with Collider, Blum said: “I think in an ideal world the writer, directors would continue to write and direct in an almost ideal world, at least they write, you know? And like Leigh Whannell still writes the ‘Insidious’ movies and James is still writing ‘The Purge’ movies, I think if we were to do another one I think it would be very tough to have anyone write it. So I really like to have the people who create the movies that turn into franchises to be as involved as possible. Sometimes their schedule just stops permitting it or they just had enough. So I push for as much as I can get. But I still got a lot of James’ focus and attention on the movies, which is great, and the TV show.”
Blum’s Blumhouse Productions company has been responsible for bringing all four ‘Purge’ films to the big screen and he has vowed to continue to make movies with DeMonaco on his future projects because they have such a close working relationship.
The 49-year-old filmmaker said: “We just did this other movie that James wrote and directed, which had nothing to do with ‘The Purge’ and that was something that he really wanted to do. So the other thing that I do like to do is if we have someone who’s created a franchise for us, I like to support them in their other endeavors as well. So they don’t feel like they’re in jail, in franchise jail.”

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Nicola Roberts and Cheryl had ‘fun’ in the studio

OHMYGOSSIP — Nicola Roberts has had “so much fun” working with Cheryl on her new album.
The 32-year-old singer has been helping her former Girls Aloud bandmate write songs for her upcoming fifth solo LP and found it “really exciting” getting back in the studio with her.
Speaking to Closer magazine, she said: “It’s honestly been so much fun and it’s amazing that we get to work together. Not just being best friends but actually being able to create something together as well – it’s really exciting. Cheryl has full control of her record, she’s proud of what she’s done and I think it really shows in the music.”
However, Nicola refused to be drawn on the songs Cheryl, 35, has been recording, despite speculation she’s using her lyrics to deal with her break-up from former boyfriend Liam Payne, the father of her 18-month-old son Bear.
She said: “I can’t talk about Cheryl’s music before she talks about it, I’m sure that when the time is right she will reveal what that means.”
The ‘Sticks & Stones’ singer – who was also joined in Girls Aloud by Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh – has also been busy writing music for her own album and can’t wait to get the record finished.
Nicola said: “I’m a bit more than halfway through my second record now. I actually only started it last year. I’m really excited about the direction in which it’s gone.”
While Nicola didn’t want to talk about Cheryl’s music, it was recently her comeback single ‘Love Made Me Do It’ is very “edgy” an as well as her split from Liam, she has also drawn reference to her failed marriages to Ashley Cole and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini on the track.

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James Bond will never be played by a woman

OHMYGOSSIP — James Bond will never be played by a woman.
Producer Barbara Broccoli has insisted that the franchise featuring the suave spy will never be rebooted with a woman taking on the leading role.
She told The Guardian: “Bond is male. He’s a male character. He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male.
“And that’s fine. We don’t have to turn male characters into women. Let’s just create more female characters and make the story fit those female characters.”
And she also admitted that Bond will never be seen as feminist because people “reference those early movies. It was written in the 50s, so there’s certain things in [Bond’s] DNA that are probably not gonna change”.
She added: “But look at the way the world has changed. And I think Bond has come through and transformed with the times. I’ve tried to do my part, and I think particularly with the Daniel [Craig] films, they’ve become much more current in terms of the way women are viewed.”
While Bond will never be a woman, Barbara has been praised for ensuring safety on her sets for women.
‘Die Another Day’s Rosamund Pike previously said: “I look back over my experience and think: ‘My goodness, Barbara Broccoli was way ahead of all this #MeToo movement. There wasn’t an ounce of feeling uncomfortable while I was on that set.”
Barbara explained: “I was allowed to – encouraged to – grow within the company and felt very supported by my father and my brother, Michael. So I always said what I thought if I didn’t like something.
“I’m acutely aware of what actors have to go through. They have to expose the most vulnerable parts of themselves. I think you have to create an environment where people feel free to experiment and not be ridiculed.”

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George Michael dance album set for release

OHMYGOSSIP — A George Michael dance album is reportedly set for release.
The late singer/songwriter – who died at the age of 53 in 2016 – started working on the album in 2011 and it is being prepared for a posthumous release.
George’s friend and creative partner David Austin, told the Daily Mirror that it will “definitely see the light of day”.
He added: “There are dance tracks he recorded and there are some finished products. There are some beautiful finished masters there.”
Speaking about the dance album in 2011, George said: “For this album I’m going to be working with either gay or gay-friendly artists, and it’ll be a mixture of tracks sung by me and others by young gay artists – possibly unknown ones.
“And I’ve lined up some really great dance producers to work on it too, so it’ll be a pretty stunning record. I have to say that gay men’s relationship with dance music probably doesn’t end at the same time as straight people’s does!”
Last year, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, Rob Stringer, revealed that new music from George could be released, but only if his family agreed.
A release date for the new dance album has not yet been decided.
Meanwhile, George’s former collaborator Mutya Buena, who worked with the star on 2006 track ‘This Is Not Real’, recently praised him as a “beautiful soul”.
She said: “He was a beautiful soul and it really upset me when people were talking bad about him.
“So it’s only until you die that people start acknowledging you. He’s just a beautiful person and his music will be played forever.”

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Tess Holliday silences haters who shunned her

OHMYGOSSIP — Tess Holliday was told she “would never model” high fashion clothing by a member of her own team.
The 33-year-old American plus-size poser made history last month by becoming the first ever size 22 model to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, however, the rising star revealed she fired “someone in her team” at the start of the year when she set out that one of her goals for 2018 was “to do high fashion” and got the reply that her ambition was “impossible”.
Speaking in a video for Cosmopolitan.com, Tess said: “Someone on my team, at the beginning of this year, emailed me and asked me what my goals were for 2018, and I said I wanted to do high fashion. They responded with saying that it was impossible, and that if the designers aren’t making clothing in my size, then there’s no point in asking the designers.”
“Since I’ve fired them, I’ve done two high fashion shoots. I’ve shot two major covers, I am continuing to do even cooler stuff in the high fashion world, and basically prove them in like, four months.
“When I prove people wrong that said I could never do high fashion or my critics that don’t believe in me, it feels really damn good.”
Tess is the creator of the #effyourbeautystandards Instagram campaign that encourages body positivity among her 1.6 million followers on the social media platform.
Tess was always put down by “people in her life” who told her she was “crazy” for pursuing modelling and she is so proud of herself for proving the haters wrong.
Tess added: “There were a lot of people in my life who thought that I was crazy for going after my dreams. I was told that I would never model in the first place. I couldn’t get an agent, no one was interested in representing me, no one was interested in hiring me.”

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Peter Dinklage praises ‘beautiful’ Game of Thrones ending

OHMYGOSSIP — Peter Dinklage thinks his ‘Game of Thrones’ alter ego has a “beautiful” ending.
The 49-year-old actor has wrapped shooting his scenes as Tyrion Lannister for the final season of the HBO drama and he has praised showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for the “brilliant” final episodes of the fantasy saga, as he’s particularly satisfied with the final storylines he was given as the Hand of the Queen.
He told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “There are no better writers in television than [showrunners] Dan Weiss and David Benioff. They ended it brilliantly. Better than I could have imagined and you people are in for it.
“It ends beautifully for my character whether it be tragic or not.”
Peter recently admitted he had found it hard to say goodbye to the show because he had “developed deep roots” in many of the areas he shot the drama in because it was so far away from the home he shares with wife Erica Schmidt and their two children.
He said last month: “I had my last day on set in July, just over two months ago now and it was very sad.
“This is not only a great TV show to be a part of, but it was an enormous family to be a part of.
“I’m sure you’ve heard that before from actors but in this case I was far from home, I live in New York and we shot the show in Europe, so many times I had to stay there and couldn’t go home on the weekends and I really developed deep roots in the community of Ireland and some of the other countries we shot in.
“It was definitely hard to say goodbye, because it wasn’t just saying goodbye to the show, I was saying goodbye to a life over there.”

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Rita Ora is single

OHMYGOSSIP — Rita Ora has split from her boyfriend.
The ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ singer had been dating Andrew Watt for the last year but has confirmed they have gone their separate ways and she’s looking for love again.
Talk show host Jonathan Ross revealed the news as he interviewed Rita alongside ‘First Dates’ star Fred Sirieix.
He said: “You’re single at the moment. Fred from First Dates here is known for fixing people up on dates. Fred you must have a nice young guy we can set Rita up with?”
But Rita insisted she didn’t need any help.
She said: “I think I’m fine… ish. I’m blushing!”
The 27-year-old singer then described her perfect man, admitting she looks for the “whole package”.
She said: “Well, I’m very big about personalities. I’m also a bit about attire and the looks and the whole package.”
Rita admitted she can be a “fiery” girlfriend and though she doesn’t have any “trust issues”, she hates missing out on doing things with a partner.
Speaking about her new single, she said: “‘Let You Love Me’ is basically a song that I really wanted to involve my experience in love so far in my life and I thought that I always make it very difficult for myself and so ‘Let You Love Me’ is a song of frustration and growth within myself, being like ‘I just I could just let you love me for once.’
“I question everything, doubt everything and accuse everything! I’m Albanian so I’m really fiery so everything I do has to have a reason. I don’t have any trust issues, I’m more like ‘What did you do last night? Why didn’t you invite me?’ I suffer severe FOMO.
“I want to experience everything with that person. I love really hard.”
Later in the interview, the 27-year-old singer also referenced her year-long romance with Calvin Harris – who she dated until January 2014 – and admitted she had the “best time ever” with the DJ.
She said: “I have also dated a Scot before and I had the best time ever with him.”
The full interview with Rita airs on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ on ITV at 9.50pm on Saturday (06.10.18).

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Danny Miller ‘lucky’ to have become ‘so close’ to Ryan Hawley

OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Miller admits it can be “difficult” leaning in to kiss Ryan Hawley on ‘Emmerdale’ – but feels grateful they have become “so close” off-set.
The 27-year-old star’s character Aaron Dingle is set to marry Ryan’s alter-ego Robert Sugden tonight (05.10.18) after a four-year on/off relationship, and Danny counts himself as “lucky” to have become such good pals with his 33-year-old co-star.
He said: “When Ryan and I began this journey I don’t think either of us knew where it was going to go. It was a kiss on a country lane and we didn’t know whether it would turn into an affair that was never going to go anywhere. Four years later we’re now tying the knot and making it official.
“It’s strange because me and Ryan are so close now. He’s a really good friend of mine, and we get on so well on set. It helps because it can be difficult leaning in for a kiss with a beard.
“He’s great and I’m lucky to work with such a good lad.”
Robert and Aaron had an unofficial wedding ceremony last year, but they will tie the knot legally this time, and Danny hinted fans shouldn’t prepare themselves for much of a drama-hit nuptials.
He said: “There’s no legal binding contract, so I think that was the idea of the producers that they wanted to have the happily ever after and do it officially.
“I’d love to tease you and say there’s drama but it’s just two best friends are getting married, and the village are there to watch it.”
The pair’s characters have become known as Robron by soap super-fans, and Danny admits the nickname is much better than when Aaron was going out with Jackson Walsh (Marc Silcock).
Speaking on ‘This Morning’, he added: “The fans have kept pushing for them. The fans are amazing.
“Years ago I had a relationship with a character called Jackson and it was Aar-son. Not the best name is it?
“The fans have put them together as Robron, so it’s become a bit of a talked about subject on Twitter.”

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Vincent D’Onofrio wants Kingpin role in Spider-Man

OHMYGOSSIP — Vincent D’Onofrio would love to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as ‘Spider-Man’ villain Kingpin.
The 59-year-old actor appeared as Wilson Fisk and his villainous alter-ego during the first season of Netflix show ‘Daredevil’, but after being imprisoned at the end of the season, his role was significantly reduced for season two.
Fisk is due to return in a bigger capacity in season three – which airs on Netflix later this month – and following his larger role, Vincent has said he would love to take the criminal mastermind over to Marvel’s blockbuster ‘Spider-Man’ movie franchise, as the character was originally a nemesis of the web swinging hero.
Vincent made the admission after responding to a fan who said they felt disappointed they’d “likely never” see the former ‘Law and Order: Criminal Intent’ star gracing the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise.
The fan wrote: “DAMN. Seeing the new Daredevil trailer just makes me endlessly, endlessly sad we will likely never see @vincentdonofrio as the Kingpin in a Spider-Man movie. What absolutely PERFECT casting.”
And Vincent simply replied: “Who says?”
If Kingpin is to appear in a ‘Spider-Man’ movie, it won’t be for some time, as Marvel’s follow up to last year’s ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ – subtitled ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ – is already in development for a 2019 release.
Plot details for the new movie are unknown as of the time of writing, but Tom Holland will reprise his role as the titular hero, alongside Michael Keaton as villain Vulture, Jake Gyllenhaal as the evil Mysterio, Zendaya as MJ, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is scheduled to be released on July 5, 2019.

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Emma Stone ‘shocked’ by royal history whilst working on The Favourite

OHMYGOSSIP — Emma Stone was “shocked” when she discovered how “violent and sexual” British royal history is whilst working on ‘The Favourite’.
The 29-year-old actress stars as Baroness Abigail Masham in the upcoming drama film that centres around the court of Queen Anne (played by Olivia Coleman) in the early 18th century, and has said she and her fellow co-stars were “mutally shocked” to discover the history behind the British royals.
She said: “[We were] mutually shocked. Your royal history wasn’t so picture perfect! Henry VIII beheaded his wives. And there were certainly things going on during other reigns that were violent and sexual.”
The film focuses on Emma’s character and her on-screen cousin Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, played by Rachel Weisz, as they engage in a bitter rivalry to become court favourites of Queen Anne.
And in order to get them prepared for their roles, director Yorgos Lanthimos allowed the trio to get up to some raucous antics, which Emma found an “interesting” way to get close to her co-stars.
She added: “It was a unique rehearsal process, where we were being ridiculous with each other … for two weeks. It was an interesting way to learn that we’d be safe with each other.”
Emma wouldn’t divulge any further details on the antics, but director Yorgos insists the characters in the movie are “complex and complicated” roles to take on.
He said: “[These characters are] complex and complicated, and at any given time in the film they can be doing things you don’t necessarily expect from them.”
The movie was partly adapted from things referenced in the scholarly biographies of the late monarch, but Yorgos admits some things were added for dramatic effect, including the decision to give Anne one pet rabbit to represent every child of hers that died.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, he said: “I’ve forgotten some of the things we invented. Except Anne didn’t really have any rabbits.
“We tried to make these women not one-dimensional, and you understand that they’ve been through a lot – and then go through a lot more.”

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