Millie Court dropping engagement hints

OHMYGOSSIP — Millie Court has been dropping engagement hints to boyfriend Liam Reardon.
The ‘Love Island’ couple are happier than ever after a brief split and Millie admitted she has been sharing her engagement ring preferences with Liam, 24, in a bid to encourage him to pop the question.
Millie, 27, told MailOnline: “He’s the one in control of proposing and I’ve gave a little hint and showed him a ring that I would like.
“Not that it means he’ll do it any time soon but I thought better he knows now so when he does decide to, in the future, he knows what ring I like.
“He also knows what I would like proposal-wise as well, so where it would be and stuff.”
While the couple lived together before their split, they have maintained a long-distance relationship between Essex and Wales since reconciling and Millie believes it has strengthened their bond.
She said: “It’s amazing, he lives in Wales now and I’m in Essex so we’re doing long distance but it’s actually working really well.
“We managed to get that time together where I’ll come down to Wales for a week, he’ll come down to Essex, and it’s almost like it’s working because the time that we have apart we can crack on with work and solely focus on that.
“Then when we’re together we really look after our relationship and actually spend quality time together.”
Millie admitted that they struggled with the pressures of fame after ‘Love Island’ but believes their relationship is now stronger than ever.
She said: “I think coming off the show as many couples, it is a struggle to sort of navigate this new life as well as navigating a relationship.
“So having that time apart meant that we could really get to terms with this new lifestyle and everything sort of happening with that.
“We always wanted to be together, we knew that, it was just timing that was hard and it’s much better this time around.”

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Samantha Kenny exits Love Island

OHMYGOSSIP — Samantha Kenny has been dumped from the ‘Love Island’ villa.
The 26-year-old make-up artist has become the latest contestant to leave the TV show, after Grace Jackson chose to re-couple with her ex-boyfriend, Joey Essex.
After her exit was confirmed, Samantha said: “I was true to myself and didn’t feel like it was a waste of my time because I followed what I felt was right for me.”
Despite this, Samantha confessed to having some regrets about the time she spent with Joey.
Samantha suggested that Joey, 33, wasn’t really her “type” and that their romance was always doomed to fail.
She said: “When it comes to Joey, I think if I knew what I know now, I perhaps would have done things differently.
“Ronnie’s more my type than Joey was – but I feel like Ronnie didn’t pursue anything with me because he didn’t want to go up against Joey.”
Prior to entering the villa, Samantha admitted that she wears her “heart on her sleeve” and that she’s “very opinionated”.
The reality star also viewed the TV show as an “an amazing opportunity to meet someone that isn’t from [her] area”.
Asked about the type of man she’s looking for, Samantha explained: “I love a cockney boy so I’m hoping there is one in there for me.”
Although she comes from Liverpool, Samantha was eager to meet a southern man.
She shared: “If I want a night out, I go down to London as I love the boys down south. Tall, dark and cockney is my type.”

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Denzel Washington hints he’ll step away from acting

OHMYGOSSIP — Denzel Washington has hinted he’ll be stepping away from acting in the next few years.
The double Oscar winner made the revelation during an appearance at the American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach, Florida over the weekend (15-16.06.24) during which he opened up about his future plans and insisted he will be spending less time on screen.
He explained: “The things that are going on for me professionally behind the camera are as important to me now as in front of the camera. I think there’s less and less time I’ll be spending in front of the camera.”
During the talk, Denzel also opened up about working with his children on a Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’, which was co-written and directed by his son Malcolm Washington, stars his other son John David Washington and was produced by his daughter Katia Washington.
The actor – who produced the movie – joked: “After about two weeks [on set], I went home. I was like, there’s really nothing for me to do here, I’m just in the way.”
He added of Malcolm’s directing work: “I’m not saying this because he’s my son, but he’s very talented. He went to the American Film Institute. He graduated number one in his class.”
Denzel also credited his wife Pauletta Pearson with inspiring their children to take up careers in the movie industry. He explained: “They all got it from their mother’s side. As long as I’ve known her, she’s been a movie buff, she got those kids to watch movies.”
He placed a video call to Pauletta during the onstage chat, and she joked that he wouldn’t be getting anything for Father’s Day after putting her on the spot. She said: “Tomorrow’s Father’s Day so you can forget getting a gift!”
Denzel’s upcoming projects include a role in the ‘Gladiator’ sequel as well as Spike Lee’s crime drama ‘High and Low’.

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Absolutely Fabulous cast reuniting for documentary

OHMYGOSSIP — The cast of hit sitcom ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ are reuniting to take a look back at the show in a new documentary.
Jennifer Saunders and Dame Joanna Lumley starred in the show about a pair of boozy fashionistas which debuted in 1992 and ran for five seasons and now they are getting the old gang back together for a deep dive into the past sharing anecdotes and behind-the-scenes secrets in a new film for UKTV channel Gold.
Jennifer – who wrote and starred in the series as PR guru Edina Monsoon – said of the documentary: “I loved making ‘Ab Fab’, but I can’t remember a great deal, so much of this retrospective is a revelation to me.”
Joanna – who played fashion magazine editor Patsy Stone – added: “It was a fabulous wander down memory lane by actresses who only have the faintest grip on reality.
“Really thrilling, and I hope vastly entertaining. I loved every second.”
Show commissioner Kirsty Hanson said: “‘Absolutely Fabulous’ captured the imagination of a whole generation of viewers and helped break the mould for female-led comedy TV forever.
“Fans of the show are in for a real treat … ”
The news comes after Joanna previously revealed she had to stop Jennifer from killing off their characters when ‘Ab Fab’ came to an end.
She told My Weekly: “I utterly adore Patsy and the thing is, she can’t be destroyed. I hope I’m not saying anything out of turn, but Jennifer said at one time, ‘Shall we just kill them off and bury them?’
“I wrote back the fastest email return I’ve ever written. I said, No, we’ve promised the world we will never die! And to be honest if all that vodka and Champagne they’ve necked over the years hasn’t done the job, then why on earth would their creator be able to do it?””
The documentary is due to air later this year.

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Mel Gibson vows to finish long-awaited fifth and final Lethal Weapon movie

OHMYGOSSIP — Mel Gibson has vowed to finish the long-awaited fifth and final ‘Lethal Weapon’ movie.
The 68-year-old actor has provided an update on the flick, which will not only seen him reprise his role as LA police officer Martin Riggs in the buddy cop franchise, but also take the helm following the passing of original director Richard Donner in 2021 aged 91.
Appearing on the ‘Inspire Me’ podcast, he spilled: “I’m going to direct the fifth film in the Lethal Weapon series.
“Richard Donner, who did the other four, sadly passed away and he was a good friend. He kind of tasked me with carrying the flag home on that one so it’ll be an honour for me to do that.”
They’ve been working from the unfinished script Donner left behind.
The ‘Passion of the Christ’ filmmaker said: “We’ve used what was there and we kept kind of poking at it and working at it. I’m pretty happy with it. It’s good, I had a lot of fun doing it.
“It’s funny, but it’s pretty serious too. It tackles a couple of hard issues. I’m looking forward to it.”
In 2022, Gibson revealed that changes behind-the-scenes at Warner Bros. led to delays on the new film, which will also see Danny Glover return as cop Roger Murtaugh.
The ‘Braveheart’ star told Screen Rant: “The only delay is now with all the shake-up at Warners, with Discovery coming in and the new boss, and they chop everyone else up and throw them away and get new people.
“It always takes time for these companies to regroup, so that’s been a delay, but I’m pretty confident we’ll get this one up on its feet, probably shoot it in the first quarter of the New Year.”

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The Traitors ‘won’t return until 2025’

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Traitors’ is reportedly coming back next January.
The BBC One reality game show – which sees contestants try to weed out the Traitors while avoiding getting ‘killed off’ by them – is returning in what will become its regular slot after rumours the Claudia Winkelman-fronted murder mystery phenomenon’s third season would hit screens in December this year.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Things have all gone a tad quiet on ‘The Traitors’ front recently.
“That’s a sure sign that the Beeb and production company Studio Lambert have been clamping down on any information getting out while they’ve been making the show.
“Now it’s in the bag, talk has inevitably turned to when we devotees can see the finished product.
“From now on they will stick to the pattern of filming every spring with the completed series dropping at the start of the following year.”
Deadline recently reported that the show – which experienced a staggering 300,000 applications to compete on the UK edition of the show and stay at the iconic Ardross Castle – would get a celebrity edition after the success of the US star-studded version hosted by Alan Cumming, 59, which is expected to begin filming in 2025.
This came after the programme’s boss Stephen Lambert told ‘The News Agents’ podcast that it was “obviously a possibility”.
Claudia – who has three kids, Jake, 21, Matilda, 18, and Arthur, with her film producer husband Kris Thyker, 52 – admitted that she was “reluctant” to do any more of the show following its debut in December 2022.
The 52-year-old star told ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ back in April: “I was reluctant to the second, and now I’m extra reluctant to do the third.
“Like, ‘guys, just leave it! It did OK, leave it’. And they just say no. The head of the BBC, she just leant forward and took my temperature.”

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Bad Education axed to ‘make room’ for new shows

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Bad Education’ has been axed by the BBC with “no plans” for a return.
The BBC Three sitcom – which initially starred Jack Whitehall, 35, as hapless secondary school teacher Alfie Wickers taking on a class of teen terrors over three series from 2012 to 2024 – was rebooted for two seasons in 2023 and 2024 as former pupils Stephen Carmichael (Layton Williams) and Mitchell Harper (Charlie Wernham) returned to teach, but the show has been cut by the public broadcaster to “make room” for fresh ideas.
A spokesperson told the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column: “We are very proud of ‘Bad Education’, but in order to make room for new comedy shows, sometimes difficult decisions have to be made, and we currently have no plans for another series.”
Layton – who became one of the show’s breakout stars as Stephen from the very beginning, and then finishing as last year’s runner-up on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – recently teased that the show was ending as he was “too busy” with his other projects after starring in West End shows such as ‘Everybody is Talking About Jamie’ and his turn in the BBC One Latin and ballroom competition.
The 29-year-old actor told Digital Spy: “I don’t know how much I can say on this, but I will say it’s been a bad time. We usually film in the summer. I’m a little bit busy, so you can probably connect the dots.
“I will look back on ‘Bad Education’ memories so fondly. I feel so lucky that I got to revisit that show for a couple of years and put my own spin on it and lead a company.
“I’ve led a West End show or a musical, but I’ve never been a frontrunner when it comes to a TV show. So that was a big tick for me.”

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Leigh Francis blames ‘comedy landscape’ and family for Celebrity Juice ending for good

OHMYGOSSIP — Leigh Francis thinks Keith Lemon hosting ‘Celebrity Juice’ is done for good.
The 51-year-old star – who fronted the iconic and outrageous X-rated game show from 2008 to 2022 – insisted the way comedy works has “changed” too much with comedians having to watch what they say.
He told the ‘How To Be In The Spotlight’ podcast: “The comedy landscape has changed. You can’t say things that you used to say.”
Leigh admitted being a father has also impacted his own goals, and he has grown up “a little bit” when it comes to the material he wants to present in public.
He explained: “Also, I grew up a little bit, I’ve got kids – it’s embarrassing when you go to do the school run when the night before you were running about in a studio with your big fat d*** out.”
Between a changing world and Leigh’s own personal growth, he believes the door is closed on ‘Celebrity Juice’.
He added: “I don’t think it will come back.”
The star has become known for his controversial comedy through his shows, but he previously insisted that any harsh jokes that may come across as “offensive” are never meant in such a way and he sees them as a compliment instead.
Speaking on the ‘White Wine Question Time’ podcast, he told former ‘Loose Women’ anchor Kate Thornton: “It doesn’t come from a place of malice, it comes from a place of childish silliness.
“When I’ve lampooned anyone it’s because I like them. What a weird compliment, though – ‘I like you and now I’m gonna make a fool out of you!'”
Meanwhile, Leigh recalled hosting a short-lived show called ‘Buzz’ early on in his career which caught the attention of talent agent John Noel, who told him that there should be “no such thing” as Leigh Francis and he should focus on presenting as his characters instead.
He said: “He saw me presenting a show called ‘Buzz’ and he said ‘I saw that ‘Buzz’ programme you did, I thought you were (rubbish) but I like the characters!
“‘How about there’s no such thing as Leigh Francis and we just do the characters?’
“I was very young and said, ‘Yeah, that sounds ace!’
“So I went along with it and just decided that I didn’t exist on television. It worked, though. He was right!”

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Will Smith to play lead role in sci-fi film Resistor

OHMYGOSSIP — Will Smith is to lead the cast of the sci-fi film ‘Resistor’.
The 55-year-old actor is attached to star in the movie that is based on Daniel Suarez’s book ‘Influx’.
Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Tony Shaw are producing the film for Escape Artists while Eric Warren Singer penning the latest draft of a script that was initially written by Zak Olkewicz.
Suarez’s 2014 novel is a sci-fi thriller that centres on physicist Jon Grady and his team after the discovery of a device that can reflect gravity – a triumph that promises to revolutionise physics and change the future.
However, Grady’s lab is locked down by a covert organisation known as the Bureau of Technology Control (BTC). The bureau’s mission is to suppress the truth about technological innovation and the social upheaval it would cause.
When Grady refuses to join the BTC, he’s thrown into a nightmarish high-tech prison with other rebellious intellects.
As the last hope of helping humanity escape from its artificial dark age, Grady and his fellow prisoners must expose the secrets of an unimaginable enemy with a powerful technological advantage.
Escape Artists have been working on the picture for some time and the studio and producers viewed it as the ideal star vehicle for Smith – who is fresh off the box office success of ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’.
Meanwhile, Will recently discussed how improvements in the TV industry have made it harder to make a hit movie.
Speaking on the latest episode of Hot Ones, Will said: “The definition of a hit is still pretty much the same. Essentially, it’s just harder to get one.
“You used to be able to put some explosions in the trailer and a couple of good jokes and people were there. And television is so good, there are things that people just aren’t going to leave their house for. There’s definitely a higher demand for a certain type of film for people to leave their homes.”

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck cast in RIP

OHMYGOSSIP — Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are to star in the thriller ‘RIP’.
The pair have boarded the cast of the picture that is being written and directed by Joe Carnahan with Damon and Affleck’s company Artists Equity producing.
Plot details are yet to be revealed but the project is being described as a crime thriller and is expected to shoot later this year.
‘RIP’ has come together rapidly in recent weeks as Matt and Ben were searching for a new film for Artists Equity after releasing the movie ‘Air’ in 2023.
Carnahan has previous in the crime thriller genre with movies such as ‘Narc’ and ‘Smokin’ Aces’ (which Affleck featured in).
Matt and Ben have been close friends since childhood and founded Artists Equity in 2022 with a promise to focus on smaller dramas rather than the “assembly line process” of filmmaking that is used by corporations such as Netflix.
Speaking at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit, Affleck said: “If you ask (Netflix co-CEO and chairman) Reed Hastings… he’d say, ‘Hey, we went for quantity to establish a footprint.’
“I’m sure there’s wisdom in that and I’m sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, ‘How are we going to make 50 great movies? How is that possible?’ There’s no committee big enough. There aren’t enough – you just can’t do it.”
The ‘Deep Water’ star continued: “It’s a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process.
“(Netflix’s head of original films) Scott Stuber is a really talented, smart guy who I really like… but it’s an impossible job.”

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Grantchester will return for 10th series with future confirmed

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Grantchester’ has been renewed for a 10th season.
The long running detective drama series – which airs in both the US and the UK – has been commissioned for another run with Robson Green returning as DI Georgie Keating.
Masterpiece executive producer Susanne Simpson said: “I couldn’t be happier to recommission Grantchester for a 10th season.
“This is hands down one of our most popular series, and I know the fans will be thrilled to see it continue with the outstanding Robson Green and Rishi Nair back for more crime solving.”
Season nine – which is currently airing in the US and coming to the UK at a later date – will mark the end of Tom Brittney’s time on the show as Will Davenport.
Instead, Rishi Nair’s Vicar Alphy Kottaram – who first appeared in the ninth series – will take the lead with Robson.
As well as Rishi and his co-star, other returning stars include Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth, Oliver Dimsdale, Tessa Peake-Jones, Bradley Hall, Nick Brimble and Melissa Jones.
Writer and executive producer Daisy Coulam commented: “This show is a testament to our lovely team — the cast and crew.
“I’m so grateful and proud that we get to come back together for our 10th season and another glorious summer in Grantchester.”
Robson previously admitted he was amazed to find out the ITV show is so popular around the world.
Back in December, he was quoted by the Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: “I just came back from doing a fishing show in Australia. In the outback I was with what I’d call really stereotypical Australian blokes, who told me ‘Grantchester’ was their favourite show!
“Wow. I feel honoured and privileged to be part of something that is enjoyed around the world.”

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Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe would have done one more series for the money

OHMYGOSSIP — Kiell Smith-Bynoe would have done “one more” series of ‘Ghosts’ to pick up another payday.
The ex ‘Stath Lets Flats’ star admitted despite moaning about the “cold and dusty” Surrey manor West Horsley Place – which was named Button House for the BBC One comedy – he might have taken his money “for granted” now the show ended in 2023 after five years on air.
The 35-year-old actor told Nick Grimshaw, 39, and Angela Harnett, 55, on their ‘Dish’ podcast: “I could have done one more… financially speaking. Could have done another one.
“You take those things for granted when you’re doing it and you complain about how cold and dusty the house is.
“But then when it comes around to the next January and you’re not working and you wish to be back in that cold, old house.”
Kiel – who has also appeared the likes of ‘Taskmaster’ – recently confessed he was confused after being named as Sara Pascoe’s replacement as the host of ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ alongside judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant.
He told the i newspaper: “I thought, ‘Are they asking me to come back on? And if they are, why is it coming through a DM from Patrick Grant rather than a formal offer to my agent?’ And he was just like, ‘Would you come back and do the main gig?’
“I am flattered that they asked, but I really don’t understand why. Still don’t.”
The ‘Dreamland’ star – who was a contestant on the Channel 4 show’s star-studded Christmas special in 2021 – dubbed it “different” to similar shows because of the family feel and how the competitor’s form a close bond with each other.
He said: “It’s really different to some other competition shows. Like, the contestants really love each other, immediately, and they’re all like a family, and they’re so sad when someone else goes.”

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Joel Dommett ‘could not stop crying’ at Davina McCall workshop

OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett “could not stop crying” at Davina McCall’s “breath work workshop”.
‘The Masked Singer’ host lent into his inner wellness influencer when his 56-year-old co-star – who is a judge on ITV’s mystery talent show – invited him round for a bit of mindful breathing, and he found the whole thing very emotional.
The 39-year-old comedian told Russell Howard, 44, on his ‘Wonderbox’ podcast: “I went to Davina’s last weekend for a breath work workshop.
“It was two hours. You do this breath work thing, and then you breathe normally.
“The whole way though I’m thinking, ‘This isn’t for me, I’m not into this at all’, but as soon as we started breathing normally, people started bursting into tears.
“Suddenly I felt this tear fall down my cheek – I went full Kourtney Kardashian, I could not stop crying. Everyone was crying.”
Joel is adjusting to life as a new parent after his wife Hannah Cooper gave birth to their son Wilde in September 2023.
He recently admitted he took full advantage of the extensive menu at the swanky private hospital where she was in labour.
He told Nick Grimshaw, 39, and Angela Harnett, 55, on the ‘Dish’ podcast last month: “We were in this lucky scenario where we did it privately – by that I mean medically, not alone. All you need to know about the story is, is I’m unbelievably tight, like I really… this is the most money I’ve ever spent on anything in my life.
“There was this point about eight hours in, this lady came in with a piece of paper and I said, ‘Oh, hello what’s that?’ And she said, ‘Oh, it’s a menu.’ And I said, ‘Is it included?’ And she said, ‘Yes, of course it’s included,’ and I was like, ‘oh my God, amazing’.
“And I then went across the menu and tried to sort of order what I thought looked to be the most expensive. As much as I could for money, and I pick what I thought my wife wanted at that point.”
He even ended up tucking into “duck with a red wine jus” while his wife was “in the throes” of her contractions.
He added: “I’m trying to eat this duck with a red wine jus as quickly as possible because I’m not going to get rid of it. And she’s like, ‘What did you get for me?’ And I say, ‘A ham sandwich.’ I got her a ham sandwich.
“And I give her the ham sandwich, I eat the duck with red wine jus, and then the birth ended up being very long.”

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Shirley Ballas insists ‘truth will come out’ as she backs Giovanni Pernice

OHMYGOSSIP — Shirley Ballas has claimed “the truth will come out” about Giovanni Pernice.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge has defended the professional dancer – who will not be part of this year’s lineup amid allegations of “threatening and abusive behaviour” towards his former partners on the show – and described him as a “perfect gentleman”.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “He has always been to me, and I will make that clear, to me, a perfect gentleman.
“My feeling for Giovanni is, let them do this investigation or whatever it is they are doing and the truth will come out.
“I have never ever, ever experienced any ill will or bad feeling or bad sportsmanship or rudeness from him.”
The 63-year-old dancer admitted she can only reflect on her “own perspective”, and she refused to pass judgement until she knows “100 percent it is true”.
She said: “You know, I can only talk from my own perspective. I have known Giovanni for 10 years. I know he is a hard worker. He wants the people to do the very best that they can do.
“Obviously in my life I was bullied a lot. I don’t condone bullying on any path but also I don’t believe gossip because things get escalated and they are blown way out of all proportion and it can turn into a great big snowball.
“So we don’t judge anybody until I know absolutely 100 percent. I won’t pass on the gossip unless I know 100 percent it is true. He will be missed.”
Earlier this month, the BBC unveiled the list of professionals who will take part in the upcoming series – which is due to air from September – and it included Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola.
Giovanni has rejected all the claims made against him and said he “looks forward to clearing [his] name” as the BBC continues to investigate the allegations.
The dancing champion first took part in the series in 2015, when he and ‘Coronation Street’ actress Georgia May Foote finished as runners up and in 2023, he competed with ‘Sherlock’ star Amanda Abingdon, but their time on the show was short-lived when she left and cited “personal reasons” as the reason behind her early exit.

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Bryce Dallas Howard urges future Jurassic World stars to remember young target audience

OHMYGOSSIP — Bryce Dallas Howard has urged the stars of the new ‘Jurassic World’ movie to remember that the franchise is aimed at younger viewers.
A new movie in the dinosaur series is set for release in 2025 and Bryce – who will not be returning as Claire Dearing – has urged newcomers such as Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey to think of the children when making the flick.
Speaking to Collider, the ‘Argylle’ star said: “I would say the one thing which I know that they know is that this is just incredibly meaningful for kids.
“Dinosaurs are a big deal and they’re special interests for a lot of young people and that stays with some of us as we get older. I have wallpaper in my bedroom of dinosaurs. I’m 43.
“And so, I think that, if they don’t already know it, they’ll immediately see it and sense it and it’s such an honour to get to be a part of the dinosaur franchise.”
Bryce expects the upcoming movie to be a success with the talented cast and crew that are involved.
She said: “David Koepp wrote it, he wrote ‘Jurassic Park’. Scarlett Johansson is in it. Gareth Edwards is directing it. He directed ‘Rogue One’, ‘Godzilla’.
“This is gonna be a great movie. And so I would have no advice for anyone who’s part of that team because they’re gonna nail it.”
Bryce has moved into directing by helming episodes of the ‘Star Wars’ spin-off ‘The Mandalorian’ and addressed the possibility of getting behind the camera on a ‘Jurassic World’ flick.
She said: “Oh, of course, of course. But, that might not be right. You know what I mean? It’s just really might not be right. ‘Jurassic’, the idea of ‘Jurassic’ is so huge, and I played a very specific character, and now I can take off that hat and put on the director’s hat.
“But I think it’s important for there to be new storytellers in this legacy of this incredible science fiction conceit that Michael Crichton came up with.”

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‘The hardest one that I’ve done’: Jodie Comer struggled with Chicago accent needed for The Bikeriders

OHMYGOSSIP — Jodie Comer found it hard mastering a Chicago accent for ‘The Bikeriders’.
The 31-year-old star has shown a flair for accents through her work on the TV series ‘Killing Eve’ but admits that it was a challenge to perfect the tones of her alter ego Kathy in Jeff Nichols’ picture that is based on a photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon.
Jodie told The Hollywood Reporter: “I would say that Kathy’s accent is probably the hardest one that I’ve done. I was given 30 minutes with the real Kathy being interviewed by Danny Lyon, and I was so struck by how singular and unique her dialect and cadence was.
“So I started working with a dialect coach, Victoria (Hanlin), and she told me, ‘All the vowel sounds are a contradiction. This is something that is entirely her own.’
“And I said, ‘I want to get as close to the audio as I possibly can.'”
Jodie features in the film opposite Tom Hardy’s motorcycle club leader Johnny as she attempts to protect her husband Benny (Austin Butler) from his influence and was wowed by the ‘Venom’ star’s “unpredictable” approach to acting.
The ‘Free Guy’ star explained: “I would say that he’s quite unpredictable and very spontaneous. He has a real technical awareness that I’ve not seen before. He has this innate understanding of the camera and the lens, and what it needs and what will work for it. So that’s something really cool that I hadn’t seen before.”
Jodie is also set to appear in the horror sequel ’28 Years Later’ and is grateful for the chance to collaborate with director Danny Boyle.
She said: “It’s a brilliant script. It’s just so brilliant to be working with Danny and Alex (Garland, screenwriter) and being on set with Danny and the crew. They’re all so innovative and excitable and playful.
“I feel so fortunate to be working with Danny. I would work with him for the rest of my life if I had any say in that.”

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