Felicity Jones Blog

Chalet Girl -- HQ Photo & Trailer

2010-12-22T11:12:00.002-05:00

Felicity & Ed Westwick in The Chalet Girl, opening February 2011 in the U.K.

(Source: Glamour (UK).)

New Interview about The Tempest

2010-12-07T13:17:00.000-05:00

New Film! Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2010-12-01T13:49:00.002-05:00

Felicity is currently at work on a new period film, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding. Felicity stars as Dolly opposite Luke Treadway, and the movie is currently filming in Wiltshire.

Also in the cast are Mackenzie Crook and Elizabeth McGovern. The movie is being directed by Donald Rice based on a script by Mary Heneley-Magill based on Julia Strachey's 1932 novella of the same name.

The plot is described as the "hilarious consequences" of Dolly's decision to rely on a bottle of rum to get her through the morning of her wedding.

(Information from IndieWire.)

New Tempest Photo

2010-11-11T13:47:00.002-05:00

A new photo of Felicity as Miranda in The Tempest has appeared. Click to enlarge.

A photo of Felicity, Helen Mirren as Prospera & Djimon Hounsou as Caliban was previously posted here, and some more new photos of other characters from the film from the photo source here.

Trap for Cinderella - New Movie!

2010-11-03T13:50:00.004-04:00

Felicity and Imogen Poots have been cast as the leads in Trap for Cinderella, an adaptation of Sebastian Japrisot's novel by Iain Softley. The story revolves around a girl, Micky, "who wakes up with amnesia, terribly burned, after a house fire in which her childhood friend Do died. As she recovers, she begins to suspect that she may actually be Do, and involved in a plot to murder her friend."

It's unclear so far who is playing who.

This article also refers to Bill Nighy and Brooke Shields as being in the cast, but I think the writer made a mistake/or worded his article poorly, and is in fact referring to Chalet Girl.

Lots of new projects for Miss Felicity!

Edit: Here's the Variety article about Cinderella. They describe the plot as "two women, one wealthy and the other poor, who are trapped inside a beach house in a French resort when it is gutted by fire. Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia, unaware whether she is the heiress or penniless friend."

New Film! Hysteria

2010-10-22T15:11:00.002-04:00

Felicity has joined the cast of Hysteria, directed by Tanya Wexler. The film begins filming Monday in London, and features Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Ashley Jensen, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Jones and Anna Chancellor.

Reports:
The Hollywood Reporter
The Daily Mail

Tempest Premiere at NYFF

2010-10-03T17:39:00.005-04:00

Felicity (and co-star Russell Brand) at the premiere of The Tempest at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully, October 2, 2010.

(Photos: Zimbio.)

Felicity @ Mulberry

2010-09-21T13:30:00.003-04:00

Felicity at the Mulberry show at Claridge's, London, September 19, 2010.

(Photo: Fashion Windows.)

"I Am Your Simulacrum" Viewing

2010-09-14T09:36:00.001-04:00

Private viewing of Yi Zhou's I Am Your Simulacrum, 20 Hoxton Square, London, September 1, 2010.

(Photos: Getty.)

Fashion's Night Out

2010-09-12T23:26:00.003-04:00

Felicity attended some events for Fashion's Night Out in London on September 8, 2010. She was photographed at the Armani (top) and Mulberry parties. She's with Luke and Harry Treadaway at the Mulberry party.

(Photos: Exposay and Getty.)

New Play: Luise Miller (Summer 2011)

2010-09-06T13:01:00.003-04:00

Felicity will star as the title character in Luise Miller at the Donmar Warehouse, June 8 - July 30, 2011. It is an English language adaptation (by Mike Poulton) of Friedrich Schiller's Passion & Politics.

"Luise is a woman in love with a prince. 'But he has a very complicated relationship with an older woman, and he's the son of the king and not eligible to marry this girl, so you're completely wound up with how it's going to end.'"

The play will be directed by Michael Grandage, who also directed Felicity in The Chalk Garden in 2008.

Read more at The Daily Mail and Official London Theatre.

SoulBoy Premiere Photos

2010-08-23T12:36:00.003-04:00

Felicity with Shimmy Marcus (the director), Martin Compston & Nichola Burley at the premiere of SoulBoy Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, August 21, 2010.

(Photos: Demotix via Felicity Fix.)

First Still of Felicity in The Tempest!

2010-08-19T15:52:00.003-04:00

MQ still of Felicity as Miranda, Helen Mirren as Prospera & Djimon Hounsou as Caliban in The Tempest (2010).

(Photo: Stitch Kingdom.)

Tempest to Play at NY Film Festival

2010-08-02T00:06:00.002-04:00

The New York Times is reporting that The Tempest will be screened as part of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. The first showing will be October 2, 2010.

The Tempest to Premiere at Venice Film Festival

2010-07-26T14:06:00.002-04:00

CBC News reports that The Tempest will be screened out-of-competition at the closing night gala of the Venice Film Festival, September 11, 2010.

SoulBoy Release Info

2010-06-20T17:26:00.002-04:00

SoulBoy will be released September 3, 2010 in the UK, following showings at various festivals during the summer. More info at Britmovie.

New Project - Like Crazy

2010-06-18T12:45:00.003-04:00

According to the LA Times, Felicity has a supporting role in the film Like Crazy, which recently began filming in California. The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence and Anton Yelchin as "young college students who fall in love at first sight. They then go their separate ways for years, before a dramatic (and complicated) reunion."

Drake Doremus is directing, based on his and Ben York Jones's script. Other actors in the cast include Chris Messina and Charlie Bewley.

SoulBoy @ Edinburgh International Film Festival

2010-06-16T13:03:00.003-04:00

SoulBoy is playing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which opened today. It's playing June 19 and June 26 -- the showing on the 19th is already sold out according to the website.

You can also watch the trailer on the EIFF website.

US DVD Release for Cemetery Junction

2010-06-08T13:05:00.002-04:00

Cemetery Junction will be released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray on August 17 (no theatrical release in the US). The extras are:

Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Material:
- Commentary with Writers/Directors Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
- Cast Commentary with Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan
- The Directors: A Conversation with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
- The Lads Look Back: The Stars Discuss Cemetery Junction
- Deleted Scenes
- Blooper Reel

Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Material:
- MovieIQ+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie
- Seventies Style: Production and Costume Design
- The Start of Filming
- Week 1
- Meet The Boys
- The Directors On Set
- Snow Dude (Easter Egg)

(Source: DVD Town.)

More Chalet Girl Set Photos

2010-05-26T09:51:00.002-04:00

More photos from the set of The Chalet Girl.

(Photos: Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm.)

Chalet Girl Poster

2010-05-17T13:05:00.003-04:00

According to Screen Daily, The Chalet Girl is now "in post[-production] for a first-quarter 2011 release by Momentum Pictures." Not sure if that's a US or UK release or what.

And here's the poster for Chalet Girl:

More on Set Photos from Chalet Girl

2010-05-16T13:33:00.002-04:00

A couple of pictures of Felicity on the set of The Chalet Girl, from Chalet Girl on Set (official blog).

Clips from Albatross to be Shown at Cannes

2010-05-14T14:14:00.003-04:00

According to Screen Daily, clips from Felicity's film Albatross will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. The producers are trying to find a distributor(s).

Chalet Girl - Behind the Scenes Picture

2010-04-28T16:00:00.003-04:00

Felicity, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy and ??? on the set of The Chalet Girl, April 4, 2010.

(Photo: Ed Westwick World.)

The Chalet Girl Photo Shoot

2010-04-26T11:27:00.005-04:00

Here we have full-sized photos from the photo shoot for The Chalet Girl. The pictures were taken April 20 in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany.

Thank you to Hello for sending me the link.

(Photos via Ed Westwick World.)

Chalet Girl Photo Call

2010-04-22T16:43:00.002-04:00

Looks like Felicity, Ed Westwick and a few other members of the cast of The Chalet Girl posted for pictures in Austria on April 20. You can see thumbnails of the pictures at Rex Features.

If anyone has accessed to the full-sized versions, please let me know! (almond262ATgmailDOTcom)

The Chalet Girl Currently Filming in Austria

2010-04-15T14:24:00.004-04:00

According to this Ed Westwood fan site, The Chalet Girl is currently filming in Austria (St. Anton). Apparently Felicity had never been snowboarding before she became involved with this project.

The cast list for Chalet Girl is pretty varied: Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy, Sophia Bush, Tamsin Egerton and Nicholas Braun.

An extra on set recounted his experience here.

And don't forget Cemetery Junction is now in theatres in the UK!

(Photo: F-J.org.)

Anne Frank on PBS this Sunday

2010-04-08T14:38:00.003-04:00

Don't forget The Diary of Anne Frank will be broadcast on most PBS affiliate this Sunday, April 11 as part of Masterpiece Classic. Felicity plays Margot Frank.

Felicity is mentioned in passing in this interesting article about the 2008 production.

Cemetery Junction Cast in Evening Standard Magazine

2010-04-08T14:33:00.002-04:00

Felicity, Christian Cooke and Tom Hughes were featured in the March 26, 2010 issue of the Evening Standard magazine. The text of the article is below -- anyone have scans?

"The Dream Team" by Hermione Eyre, Evening Standard Magazine. March 26, 2010.

Stephen Merchant on Felicity Jones

2010-04-04T21:49:00.002-04:00

Stephen Merchant has an article in The Guardian about Cemetery Junction, and he describes working with Felicity:

A lot of young actors are inexperienced, which means they lack confidence. Felicity Jones has been acting since she was nine and has done lots of film work, which means she is comfortable on camera and doesn't need a lot of hand-holding and mollycoddling, a great asset when you're working fast. Her character, Julie, has heard about women's lib and 60s permissiveness but is totally unaware that she is a caged bird, unwittingly controlled by a fiancé and a father who've mapped out her future as a good little wife. On screen, Felicity has a luminance that is hugely appealing, but also a retro quality that puts you in mind of the Julie Christies and Rita Tushinghams of yesteryear. That quality was hard to find because most young actresses seem very modern and knowing. Felicity can project a more old- fashioned mix of intelligence and innocence, and you can believe she's a smart woman blind to the realities around her.

New Film with Ed Westwick! "The Chalet Girl"

2010-02-11T16:02:00.003-05:00

"Phil Traill’s romantic teen comedy The Chalet Girl stars Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Christine Baranski and Bill Nighy. Written by Tom Williams and produced by Pippa Cross and Harriet Rees, the film is about a working class girl who finds herself in a glamourous ski resort and discovers her inner snowboarding genius as well as a taste for her boss’s son. Roxy/Quicksilver are providing the branding for the film." (Screen Daily)

Felicity and Ed Westwick in the same film!

Mention in Harry Treadway Interview

2010-02-11T15:58:00.001-05:00

Felicity with Luke and Harry Treadaway,
After party for Over There, Royal Court Theatre, London, March 6, 2009.

Harry Treadway mentions Felicity in this new interview.

Cemetery Junction Trailer

2010-02-03T23:42:00.003-05:00

The trailer for Cemetery Junction, opening in the UK on April 14, has been released. It looks good, but wow, I almost need subtitles!

Anne Frank Gets a US Airdate

2009-12-28T19:14:00.002-05:00

The Diary of Anne Frank, the 2008 made-for-TV movie in which Felicity plays Margot Frank, will be aired on most PBS stations on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 9pm (as part of Masterpiece ~~Theatre~~ Classic).

PBS will also be re-airing Northanger Abbey as part of the Jane Austen series (another!) on February 14, 2010 (how appropriate).

Cemetery Junction Stills

2009-12-28T18:56:00.001-05:00

Two more photos of Felicity (in addition to the one posted previously) have emerged. In the second Felicity is with Christian Cooke.

A few more photos of the other cast members here.

(Source: About.com via FF.)

More Photos by Ben Rayner

2009-12-15T23:50:00.002-05:00

More photos from the photoshoot by Ben Rayer for Wonderland (November 2009). More photo from the shoot were previously posted here, and a video is here.

(Photos: GoSee.)

Wonderland/Ben Rayner Shoot (Video)

2009-11-09T22:06:00.001-05:00

The photos previously posted here are from that shoot.

Albatross Begins Filming

2009-11-03T22:34:00.004-05:00

Looks like Felicity is confirmed for Albatross, directed by Niall MacCormik based on a script by Tamzin Rafn. It began filming on the Isle of Man today (November 3, 2009).

The film also stars Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond and Peter Vaughn and is about "a failed writer, a beach house and a young woman."

Also, keep your eye out for Wonderland magazine -- Felicity is in the latest issue.

Photoshoot #2 (Part 1)

2009-10-22T16:28:00.002-04:00

(Photos: F-J.org.)

Albatross: Possible New Film

2009-10-16T15:15:00.002-04:00

Also from Baz Bamigboyle's column at The Daily Mail:

Julia Ormond, Sebastian Koch and Felicity Jones, who are in negotiations to star in a movie called Albatross, which will be directed by Niall MacCormick, who made the TV drama about young Mrs Thatcher, The Long Walk To Finchley, with Andrea Riseborough. Albatross is about a failed writer, a beach house and a young woman. Filming will take place on the Isle of Man. Mr Koch was in the award-winning film The Lives Of Others.

New Film! Hang-Up reading becomes a movie

2009-10-16T14:58:00.004-04:00

In May, Felicity and Harry Treadway did a reading of Anthony Minghella's play, Hang-up in London. (I posted about it here.)

That reading has now turned into a short film, directed by Treadway and starring himself and Felicity.

From Baz Bamigboyle's column at The Daily Mail (scroll down to near the end of the page):

Felicity with Luke and Harry Treadaway at the after party for Over There
Royal Court Theatre, London, March 6, 2009.

(Photo: Felicity Fix.)

New Photoshoot

2009-10-07T00:38:00.002-04:00

Felicity as photographed by Ben Rayner (?).

(Photos: Ben Rayner.)

"The Invention of Lying" Premiere

2009-10-02T20:36:00.002-04:00

Felicity at the premiere of Ricky Gervais's new film The Invention of Lying, October 1, 2009 in London.

Felicity in The Last Magazine

2009-09-29T15:45:00.002-04:00

Felicity is featured in the current issue of The Last Magazine (Lily Donaldson cover)!

Read the interview here.

More on Cemetery Junction

2009-09-19T14:41:00.002-04:00

Cemetery Junction now has a UK release date: April 7, 2010.

Felicity isn't specifically mentioned in these, but here Ricky Gervais compares the movie and Saturday Night Fever, and here is a behind-the-scenes featurette.

September 14 Reading at Donmar

2009-09-12T15:22:00.003-04:00

Felicity and Alun Armstrong, Alison Steadman, Denis Lawson, Obi Abili, Tom Riley, Tim Steed, and Una Stubbs are doing a reading directed by Jamie Lloyd of Tennessee Williams's play A House Not Meant to Stand on September 14 at Donmar Warehouse in London.

There will be a reading of Williams's The Fugitive Kind (different cast) the following evening.

More information here, and I hope someone can go!

First Cemetery Junction Publicity Still

2009-09-04T12:50:00.005-04:00

Felicity with Christian Cook, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan in a publicity still for Cemetery Junction.

Rotten Tomatoes also has a nice interview with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and about the film.

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes.)

"The Tempest" Delayed until Autumn 2010

2009-08-26T16:18:00.003-04:00

Apparently the release date for The Tempest has been pushed back ... all the way to fourth quarter 2010!

Ropes of Silicon reports: "Miramax has reached out to let me know Julie Taymor's The Tempest won't be ready until 2010 due to what I am told is a lot 'of special effects [work] going on with the film.'"

Autumn 2010 is a long time to wait.

8/27/09 Edit: A commenter (see below) says the film was always scheduled for 2010. Regardless, it's a long time to wait!

Television Workshop in Danger of Closing

2009-08-25T12:45:00.002-04:00

Television Workshop, the theatre program Felicity participated in as a child, is in danger of closing due to lack of funds. The Birmingham workshop, which is the branch Felicity presumably participated in, was closed last month and the remaining workshop in Nottingham is in poor financial health.

Other Television Workshop alumni include Samantha Morton, Jack O'Connell and Eliot Otis Brown Walters.

Cemetery Junction (2010)

2009-08-21T13:57:00.004-04:00

Genre: Film, Comedy, Romance

Writers: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

Directors: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

Synopsis: "... [T]he funny, touching and universal story of being trapped in a small town and dreaming of escape. In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls.

Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is.

When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart, Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever." (RickyGervais.com)

Felicity's Role: Julie

Other Cast Members:
Christian Cooke as Freddie Taylor
Tom Hughes as Bruce Pearson
Jack Doolan as Snork
Ralph Fiennes as Mr. Kendrick
Emily Watson as Mrs. Kendrick
Matthew Goode as Mike Ramsay
Ricky Gervais as Len Taylor

Status: Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray release on August 17, 2010. No US theatrical release.

UK theatrical release on April 14, 2010.

Filming began June 15, 2009.

Links:
Cemetery Junction photos
official trailer on Youtube

also see:
IMDb

Photoshoot #1 (Part 3)

2009-08-21T13:37:00.002-04:00

Other photos from this shoot were previously posted here and here.

(Photos: F-J.org)

2008 Olivier Awards

2009-08-14T10:50:00.002-04:00

Oliver Awards (after-party?), London, March 8, 2009.

(Via Felicity Fix.)

Photoshoot #1 (Part 2)

2009-08-03T09:48:00.003-04:00

The first batch from this shoot were previously posted here.

(Photos: F-J.org.)

Headshot

2009-07-31T00:16:00.000-04:00

Seems like this is Felicity's "official" headshot.

Felicity participated in a reading of Anthony Minghella's radio play, Hang Up with Harry Treadway on May 3, 2009 at HighTide in London, and this was the photo they put with her bio.

(Via Felicity Fix.)

Vogue Secret Address Book Launch

2009-07-28T00:12:00.003-04:00

Felicity (and Polly Stenham) at the launch party for Vogue's Secret Address Book, One Marylebone Road, November 3, 2008.

(Via Felicity Fix.)

First Look at Cemetery Junction

2009-07-12T17:23:00.003-04:00

The BBC interviewed Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Felicity on the set of Cemetary Junction. Felicity is first shown around the 1:00 mark.

(Via The Playlist.)

Cemetery Junction Teaser Trailer

2009-07-09T13:45:00.003-04:00

The teaser trailer for Cemetery Junction has been released, with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Ralph Fiennes.

No Felicity, and it tells absolutely nothing about the movie's plot, but funny all the same.

Watch it here.

Cheri Production Stills

2009-06-28T12:44:00.003-04:00

Click to enlarge.

Felicity as Edmée in Cheri (2009)

(Photos: Felicity Fix.)

Photoshoot #1 (Part 1)

2009-06-26T13:24:00.003-04:00

Looks like a fairly recent photoshoot, maybe from last year before Felicity cut her hair.

(Photos: F-J.org.)

Cemetery Junction Begins Filming in London

2009-06-20T22:05:00.004-04:00

Cemetery Junction (previously Men at the Pru) began filming in London this week. In addition to Felicity and Ricky Gervais, the lead cast now consists of:

Ralph Fiennes
Emily Watson
Matthew Goode
Christian Cooke
Tom Hughes
Jack Doolan

And the plot:
"CEMETERY JUNCTION tells the funny, touching and universal story of being trapped in a small town and dreaming of escape. In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls.

Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Tom Hughes) and lovable loser Snork (Jack Doolan) are happy with life the way it is.

When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie (Felicity Jones), the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever." (RickyGervais.com)

The movie's already been picked up for distribution (Warner Brothers and Universal) and is scheduled for release in 2010.

Cemetary Junction to also be a TV show

2009-06-12T22:38:00.002-04:00

From Digital Spy:

It's unclear who amongst the cast will be in the show:

Gervais conceded that he may not be able to use all the movie's cast for the TV show, saying: "We want to use the main characters from the film. Except they'll have become bigshots and they won't return my calls. I'm like Simon Cowell. I get 50% of their wages forever now."

Felicity Says She's a Rebel

2009-06-01T00:14:00.001-04:00

"I'm a complete rebel," she tells Mandrake. "Well I used to be a lot more than I am now. I started acting at 12 and so at a young age I had all this independence and I think I didn't know how to channel is properly. My mum and I came to blows a few times but we are very close now."

The actress admits that playing conservative characters has its uses.

"It is a good cover," she explains.

(From The Telegraph)

Filming for Cemetery Junction (fka Men at the Pru) Starts in June

2009-05-17T16:14:00.003-04:00

From Empire Online:

But [Ricky Gervais] was all up for discussing his next projects, which include his directorial debut The Invention Of Lying and Cemetry Junction, which is fast becoming Brideshead Revisited 2, having recently cast Matthew Goode and Felicity Jones for the 70s insurance dramedy: “We are in pre-production now and start filming the first week of June. It’s myself, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode and a whole new cast. It’s about a group of twenty-somethings, so we’ve started again like we did with The Office and we’ve found this great new talent: that’s the most exciting bit for me really. I play the romantic lead’s dad. It’s gotten to that point already. I missed out on the bit where I was romantic lead and jumped straight to old codger.”

Chéri Premiere Video

2009-05-12T21:12:00.001-04:00

Brief interview with Felicity at 1:00.

Chéri Premiere Photos

2009-05-08T10:02:00.002-04:00

Felicity with co-star Rupert Friend, director Stephen Frears and writer Christopher Hampton at the Chéri premiere, Cine Lumiere, London, May 6, 2009.

Click to enlarge thumbnails.

Much improved look from her first red carpet appearance. Her hair looks great now the bangs have grown some.

(Photos: The Fashion Spot and Empire Online.)

Felicity on Cemetery Junction

2009-05-08T09:55:00.003-04:00

on Cemetery Junction (aka The Men at the Pru): “Ricky and Stephen are very funny, as you would expect. I just thought 'I’m not going to focus on the fact that I am auditioning for the comic geniuses of our time'. You sort of go into this strange mode of survival, and there is no point in feeling nervous; you’ve got to use those nerves, otherwise you don’t do the best that you can do.”

on Michelle Pfeiffer: “She’s brilliant. She is special because I think people underestimate her comic timing. She’s an incredible wit as well as being this beautiful woman and a good actress.” (Empire)

Felicity on filming Cheri

2009-05-08T09:38:00.002-04:00

on Michelle Pfeiffer: "She is amazing, she's so cool, just totally open and very straight forward and very friendly. We had a scene with Rupert (Friend) and we all had to come back later to finish an eye line off and we were all there crouched behind the camera (together) and she is a really good sport."

on filming on location: "It was very sort of intimate because we were filming in this chateau just outside Paris and there were big grounds and it was really sunny so we would all go round walking and it was all very easy, even the people in the house were always cooking things for us so it was all very relaxed and intimate."

on Rupert Friend: "It was quite fortunate that he's so wonderful and friendly, it made it easier to do such horrible scenes where he's pretty mean to me throughout the whole film, luckily off camera it was much more friendly." (Press Association)

Felicity on Russell Brand & The Tempest

2009-05-08T09:35:00.002-04:00

on Russell Brand (who plays Trinculo in The Tempest): "He is completely insane but he is great. We did one day together and, as ever, he entertained everyone - I am sure he must be exhausted when he gets home because he is very funny."

on The Tempest: "The main change is that obviously Prospero is now Prospera who is a woman. It does sort of change some of the themes in a way because obviously it shifts the characterisation a little that it's the relationship between the mother and the daughter and obviously it does make a difference when it's not the father and the daughter. But essentially it is very faithful to Shakespeare's text." (This is Bristol.)

More on "Men at the Pru"/"Cemetary Junction"

2009-05-07T16:00:00.003-04:00

It's being reported as both Men at the Pru and Cemetary Junction -- not sure which one is the latest title.

(CHUD.com.)

Chalk Garden Press Night Photos (2008)

2009-04-29T11:21:00.003-04:00

Felicity and co-stars Margaret Tyzack and Penelope Wilton at the press night for The Chalk Garden, June 11, 2008, Convent Garden Community Centre, London.

(Photos via Felicity Fix.)

New Movie! The Men at the Pru

2009-04-17T15:38:00.005-04:00

Felicity will star in Ricky Gervais's new film, The Men at the Pru. From the Hollywood Reporter:

Felicity on The Archers + Cheri

2009-04-10T09:36:00.002-04:00

Felicity recently spoke with Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail. Here's the relevant bit:

("Ambridge was never like this!," April 9, 2009.)

"Over There" Premiere Party

2009-04-09T14:30:00.003-04:00

Felicity with Luke and Harry Treadaway at the after party for Over There, Royal Court Theatre, London, March 6, 2009.

(Photos: FelicityFix.)

Cheri!

2009-03-23T21:13:00.002-04:00

The official site for Cheri is live at www.cherithemovie.co.uk. You can watch the trailer there -- there's only one, very short scene with Felicity shown in profile.

Here's the official poster:

And the second official still of Miss Jones as Edmée:

"'Tis Pity She's A Whore" in Baltimore?

2009-03-10T09:24:00.005-04:00

The website for Centerstage in Baltimore is listing a Felicity Jones for Hippolita in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, running March 11 - April 5, 2009.

It seems kind of random for Felicity to pop up in Baltimore, but it would be even odder (not to mention inconvenient) for there to be another actress named Felicity Jones registered with Actors' Equity.

We shall see.

[Edit: We seem to have established that this is fact another Felicity Jones. See the comments. Thanks for your help!]

Some Cheri Release Dates

2009-02-25T16:38:00.002-05:00

Release Dates for Cheri, per IMDb unless otherwise noted

March 25, 2009 -- Belgium
April 8, 2009 -- France
May 8, 2009 -- UK (per Pathé)
June 19, 2009 -- USA (limited)
June 25, 2009 -- Netherlands

It was reported during the Berlinale that the rights for the Nordic region had been picked up, so we should see dates for Scandinavia and Finland soon.

Felicity's "Flashbacks" Scene

2009-02-12T19:38:00.002-05:00

as young Ruth, and with Harry Eden as young Joe, Flashbacks of a Fool (2008).

Anya Hindmarch Party

2009-02-06T13:03:00.002-05:00

According to Fashion Week Daily, Felicity attended a party at the Anya Hindmarch store in West Hollywood on Wednesday night. She's not in any of the press photos from the evening though.

First Cheri Still!

2009-02-04T21:13:00.005-05:00

Cheri (2009), with Rupert Friend.

(Source: The Fashion Spot.)

Felicity Mentioned in Nichola Burley Article

2009-02-03T14:20:00.003-05:00

From Interview: Nichola Burley from The Guardian, February 2, 2009.

Souled Out

Cheri News

2009-01-15T15:51:00.000-05:00

Cheri will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival (in competition), which runs February 5-15 this year. Let's hope Felicity walks the red carpet!

More information is available at the Berlinale website.

The Diary of Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank (2009), with Iain Glenn and Tamsin Greig.

(Photo credit: The Telegraph.)

Diary of Anne Frank News

2008-12-16T20:51:00.001-05:00

The Diary of Anne Frank, in which Felicity plays Anne's older sister, Margot, is set to air on BBC1 every night for a week at 7pm starting January 5, 2009 (Monday). There are five installments. You can see the BBC press pack here.

A tie-in edition of the book will be released by Penguin in January 1, 2009. (Thanks FelicityFix.)

Wikipedia has the DVD release date (Region 2) as January 26, 2009.

Felicity and Helen Mirren On-Set

2008-12-16T20:47:00.001-05:00

Miss Felicity and Helen Mirren in costume on the set of The Tempest in Hawaii.

Click to enlarge.

(Photo credit: The Sun.)

Another Photoshoot from 2007(?)

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More after the jump. I had previously posted another photo (no watermark) that ran in The Daily Mail from this same shoot here.

(Credit: The Fashion Spot)

Filming "Northanger Abbey"

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Felicity with JJ Feild and Catherine Walker in Ireland, filming Northanger Abbey (2007). Click to enlarge; more after the cut.

(Credit: JJ-Feild.com)

Tempest/2007 Photo Shoot

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Tempest News
Chris Cooper has joined the cast and will play Antonio. Filming begins next week.
(Source: Playbill)

Photo Shoot (2007?)

4 more after the cut. Click to enlarge.

(Credit: The Fashion Spot.)

Interview @ Brideshead Premiere

2008-11-05T18:37:00.000-05:00

Felicity was interviewed at the premiere of Brideshead Revisted in London, September 29, 2008.

(Clip via Felicity Fix.)

Evening Standard Award Nominations!

2008-11-05T13:04:00.000-05:00

Many congratulations to Miss Felicity, as well as her Chalk Garden co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack on being shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards! Felicity is up for the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer and Mss. Tyzack and Wilton are up for Best Actress.

The awards will be presented November 24 at the Savoy. (We should get some good pictures!)

Full list of nominees here.

"Flashbacks" on Region 1 DVD

2008-11-04T14:02:00.000-05:00

Flashbacks of a Fool is now available on DVD in the US. Click here to get it on Amazon.

Photo shoot (2007?)

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The first one is untagged. Hopefully we'll get the others untagged soon too.

Click to enlarge. Three more after the jump.

(Credit: The Fashion Spot.)

Felicity Doing a Reading in New York? Plus 'Tempest' Locations

2008-10-31T19:12:00.000-04:00

The Conversion of Ka'Ahumanu (reading)
According to Playbill, Felicity Jones, Jacquelyn Pualani Johnson and Elisabeth Waterston will be doing a reading of The Conversion of Ka'Ahumanu by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl at 8pm on November 13, 2008 at the Public Theatre in NYC.

Since we know already Felicity will be in the States during November/December for The Tempest, and she'll be in Hawaii (where this play is set), I'm inclined to think this is our Felicity Jones, even though I don't think she's done any readings in the US before.

The Tempest
After three weeks of filming on Lanai, The Tempest is expected to start filming on the Big Island (Hawaii) on December 10. Locations are expected to include: McKenzie State Park, Isaac Hale Beach Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park plus a beach location on the western shore (for a chase scene). (Source: Tim Ryan's Reel Hawaii)

Flashbacks has limited US release

2008-10-16T13:19:00.000-04:00

Flashbacks of a Fool is now playing at a few theatres in LA and NYC -- Music Hall in LA and Cinema Village 12th Street in NYC. No word on a wider release or a Region 1 DVD release yet.

Sunday Times Scans

2008-10-15T14:34:00.000-04:00

These ran in ~~The Guardian~~ Sunday Times on September 28 (with this article).

(Photo source: Felicity Fix.)

Tempest to film on Lanai and Hawaii

2008-10-11T12:58:00.000-04:00

It looks like The Tempest will film for three weeks on the Hawaiian island of Lanai and two weeks on the Big Island itself in November.

More here.

The Tempest (2010)

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Genre: Film, Romance

Writer: Julie Taymor based on the play by William Shakespeare

Director: Julie Taymor

Synopsis: Prospera (Prospero in the original play), a magician and the rightful Duke of Milan, creates a storm that brings her usper brother and his cohort, the King of Naples, to the island on which she is marooned with her daughter, Miranda.

Felicity's Role: Miranda

Other Cast Members:
Helen Mirren as Prospera
Jeremy Irons as Alfonso (King of Naples)
Ben Whishaw as Ariel
Djimon Hounsou as Caliban
Russell Brand as Trinculo
Alfred Molina as Stephano
Reeve Carney as Ferdinand

Status: Release expected in 2010 (possibly fourth-quarter 2010). More here.

Filming began November 2008 in Hawaii.
Links:
The Tempest photos

also see:
IMDb
Hollywood Reporter article announcing the production

New Movie! "The Tempest" with Helen Mirren

2008-10-08T09:47:00.000-04:00

Felicity will play Miranda in a new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The cast also includes Dame Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou and Russell Brand. Geoffery Rush is in negotiations to join the cast.

The main character of Propero has been changed to Prospera so that Dame Helen can play it. (Miranda will still be her daughter.)

Julie Taymor (director of Frida) wrote the screenplay and will direct.

Prospera: Helen Mirren
Miranda: Felicity
Alfonso: Jeremy Irons
Ariel: Ben Whishaw
Trinculo: Russell Brand
Caliban: Djimon Hounsou
Stephano: Alfred Molina
Gonzalo: possibly Geoffrey Rush

More: BBC News and In the News

More Brideshead Premiere Pics

2008-10-01T20:59:00.000-04:00

Felicity, Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Haley Atwell and Ben Whitslaw at the London premiere of Brideshead Revisited, September 29, 2008. The premiere was held at Chelsea Cinema and the pre-drinks party at Bluebird.

Click to enlarge the thumbnails. A few more after the cut.

More photos from the premiere were previously posted here.

(Photo credit: Celebutopia, via Felicity Fix and Getty.)

Brideshead London Premiere Pics

2008-09-30T23:42:00.000-04:00

Felicity, Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Haley Atwell and Ben Whitslaw at the London premiere of Brideshead Revisited, September 29, 2008. The premiere was held at Chelsea Cinema and the pre-drinks party at Bluebird. (Is "pre-drinks party" a real Briticism or did Getty make it up?) Getty IDed the guy in the red sweater as "a friend."

The dress is a big improvement over her last red carpet appearance, but her bangs are about an inch too short. I hope she has fast-growing hair!

Masses more after the cut. Click to enlarge.

(Photo credit: Getty.)

Article: "Felicity Jones: Ambridge goes to Brideshead"

2008-09-28T12:35:00.000-04:00

Great new interview in The Times in anticipation of Brideshead Revisited UK release on October 3.

"Felicity Jones: Ambridge Goes to Brideshead"
by Lesley White, The Sunday Times, September 28, 2008

Where other young actresses of the moment might have in tow a brooding boyfriend or a flapping agent, Felicity Jones travels alone, merely pulling a bulky black suitcase behind her, all ready and neatly packed (you just know it) for her journey to Stoke-on-Trent. This trek to the Midlands and back to London has shaped her life for the past three weeks while she is shooting a northern-soul love story called Souled Out in Stoke’s Kings Hall, which still keeps the faith with revival nights. The original temple, the Wigan Casino, burnt down in 1982. “That was tragic,” she says with feeling. “It was where people came at weekends to live their whole lives.”

Conservatively – almost primly – dressed in high-necked jumper and black trousers, she is an unlikely girl to be bemoaning the end of a working-class youth culture. Right now, however, she is in flight from her own rounded vowels, and Shimmy Marcus’s film is a temporary passport to a different sort of performance. “You can get trapped in middle-class drama,” she says. “Actually, it’s a shame that all the gritty stories seem to be about the working class. There’s not that much contemporary stuff about middle-class life.” What she likes about the movie – apart from the fact that the really gruelling dance moves were reserved for the boys – is that her character, Mandy, falls for the brilliant dancer, rather than the other way round. “He takes on that traditional feminine role of being the desired object, and she is just watching him.”

Jones talks like any 24-year-old about the new Duffy and Moloko videos featuring northern soul – though, with her precise diction and unusual poise, you can’t imagine her twirling on a talc-strewn dancefloor (twirling a parasol, maybe), wired on American dance music and ampheta-mines. Then again, to millions she is the scarlet woman of Ambridge, Emma Grundy (or Emmurrr, as she calls her, sliding into her rural burr), so she’s more than capable of it. “I was never extrovert as a child,” she says, never a performer or a show-off, and still isn’t. She has the startling prettiness of a girl not trying: long straight hair, elfin features, leaf-green, almond-shaped eyes, just the sort of beauty to have made those clodhopping Grundy boys fools for love.

In person, she seems knowing and smart, mature beyond her years, even while looking as fresh as a child; she has often been cast as younger characters brimming with teenage passions and ideals. In last year’s ITV Northanger Abbey she played Catherine Morland, the shy romantic country girl unleashed on Bath society; and in Julian Jar-rold’s new film of Brideshead Revisited she is batty Lady Cordelia Flyte, pious as a morning prayer. Andrew Davies, who scripted both projects (the latter with Jeremy Brock), has fallen under her spell, though he jokes that he was disappointed by her educated sophistication, her unusual grown-upness, when they met.

As the scheming Edmee in Stephen Frears’s new film of Colette’s 1920 demimonde novel, Cheri, she plays the woman the eponymous hero marries while still obsessed with the older courtesan Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer). “She’s not terribly likeable, really. But I admire the way she subtly takes this man and undermines his relationship with the older woman.” Was she thrilled to work with Frears? “The great thing about Stephen is his humility. He spends a lot of time saying, ‘I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing’, when of course he does really.” And Pfeiffer is recalled only as “a very nice sort of woman” with whom she shared a scene and a restroom in Paris where they filmed, and where Jones plans to move one day.

But it is as Emma that 4m Archers fans love and loathe her, a young woman the Horlicks brigade wrote in to denounce as a strumpet. “That was quite hard to take,” she smiles. For the uninitiated, Emma married decent Will the gamekeeper, having slept with his wild-child brother Ed on her hen night, then ditched Will, then Ed, then won Ed back. She laughs. “You never know what’s going to happen next to Emma. I like her.” Jones was picked for the role as a schoolgirl – auditioning and chatting to the producers in a bumpkin accent that fooled them – and continued while an undergraduate at Wadham College, Oxford. She turned down parties to rise at dawn and travel to the BBC’s Birmingham studios, but never let it interfere with her Bodleian assignations. “My friends would be going out, but I’d have to say, ‘Sorry, guys, I have to get up early tomorrow.’ It wasn’t a problem.” Were they impressed? “Not really – but their parents were.”

Jones was brought up in Birmingham. She started acting at 11 at the suggestion of her father. “The choice was that or going to football with him and my brother.” At 12 she was cast in The Treasure Seekers, an ITV adaptation of E Nesbit’s sequel to The Railway Children, and over the next five years the idea of acting “crept up” on her, encouraged by the example of her uncle, the actor Michael Hadley. What advice had he given her? “Try not to please other people with your decisions about what you do. It’s the hardest thing.”

She is not actually as posh as she seems. She attended a local comprehensive, then grammar school for sixth form, but took long breaks for filming, which must have nurtured her fierce independence; she was also tutored on set, cramming between shooting scenes of the children’s series The Worst Witch, in which she played Ethel Hallow, the spoilt goody-goody. In the run-up to her A-levels, she was living in a flat in Richmond – “I was 17, old enough to look after myself” – filming its sequel, Weirdsister College, and relying on a tutor. Such scenarios rarely lead to academic distinction, but Jones describes her “strange diligence”, her determination that she would do well in both arenas. “I don’t know why I’m like that,” she laughs, “nobody else in my family is.” Nor does she understand why acting became so important: “It’s a complex thing why I want to spend my Brideshead Revisited opens on Friday life being other people. I think about it. I just don’t know.”

Certainly, Waugh’s tale of unhinged Catholic aristocrats is far from the West Midlands professional classes: Jones is perfect as the deeply good Cordelia, with her plaits and earnest questions about the modern world, and doesn’t mind a bit that she appears only glancingly in her first film. “It was nice to do something so small, to have a ‘dip-your-toe-in’ experience.” The novel’s atmosphere of languorous picnics on the banks of the Cherwell filled her with “a quite horrid nostalgia for Oxford”, where she read English and nobody vomited through her study window. Who would dare? “The nugget of Waugh’s Oxford is still there. It’s so beautiful, you have to pinch yourself. I remember one morning, walking through the snow past one of the chapels, I was so happy, so lucky, to be there. It was my Oxford moment.” But her real literary heroes are the Russians, especially Tolstoy, for the huge sweep of history and politics. Would she like to play Anna Karenina? No, she replies, precisely: too passive.

Despite her friendliness, there is something distant about the charming Miss Jones. Maybe it’s not having arrived with a drama-school group for company. “If you don’t go to one,” she agrees, “I guess you are a bit on your own.” But I think her self-reliance goes deeper. Her parents divorced when she was young, involving a sadness that has made her, as an actress, more than just a talented, clever girl who has enjoyed good looks and better luck. “When you have an experience like parents splitting up, it stops your life developing in the normal ways. You see things differently when you don’t have the security of two parents, even though mine have been totally committed and loving. Not having the most secure childhood makes you aware of – it sounds a bit grandiose – a sadness in human experience.”

In her real life, which doesn’t sound remotely sad, she shares a London flat with “nonactors”; at weekends she pulls on her wellies and strolls across Hampstead Heath with her artist boyfriend. “It’s quite a London thing to do, isn’t it?” she smiles, as if still enchanted by the idea of living in the big city. And she has confidence. When the Don-mar’s director, Michael Grandage, auditioned her to play the precocious 16-year-old Laurel in last summer’s hit revival of The Chalk Garden, he simply asked if she had it “in her” to do a part driven by complex, intricate language and requiring expert timing. She looked him straight in the eye and in her quiet voice – she gulps in recollection of the nerve it took – replied that, yes, she did, absolutely.

Working so closely with the two veteran actresses Marga-ret Tyzack (who proclaimed Jones a “ripe” young star) and Penelope Wilton was like being at a particularly elite and exacting drama school. “It felt like a two-year course crammed into two and a half weeks. Maggie Tyzack would come offstage and say, ‘Now wait, just give it an extra beat before you deliver the next line. It’ll give it an extra push.’ She was always right.” In the past, Jones has claimed her heroine is the consummate fragile beauty Vivien Leigh, whom she rather resembles, except that she is the sanest actor you ever met. But today she picks another inspiration, Julianne Moore, whom she has been studying closely in Boogie Nights. “I just love her... it’s the quietness.” And for the younger, equally restrained and thoughtful actress, you can see just where the attraction lies.