RUSSELL TOVEY - No.1277

I intend to live forever.

So far, so good.

A quote by Steven Wright

russelltovey: I'm trying to live forever.... So far so good... X

 
Solemani: more play rehearsals today, that's SATURDAY - they are working us hard  @AlmeidaTheatre hopefully it'll be worth it!

russelltovey: @Solemani I'm terribly excited!!!! :-) x

SayWhatSugar: @russelltovey @SineadKeenan hello! do you have any idea ifthe twitter name  @Lenora_Crichlow is legit? Thank you :) xx

russelltovey: @SayWhatSugar no it isn't x

russelltovey: Today I feel short... :-/ x

NaomiSheldon1: @russelltovey just wait until your standing next to me tomorrow....problem sorted. The delights of relativity. x

russelltovey: @NaomiSheldon1 haha! How did your art day go?? X

russelltovey: please welcome @NaomiSheldon1 my wonderful co-star in #sexwithastranger.. She's good!! X

russelltovey: RT @MaxineDiamond: think I'm a little bit in love with @russelltovey I would sit on his face and wriggle like a dog with worms!...too much? Lol x

russelltovey: @MaxineDiamond perfect :-) x

THEKERRYHOWARD: I have a rotten cold x

russelltovey: @THEKERRYHOWARD but a beautiful muff x

ARTWORKS:

RUSSELL TOVEY AS 

HENRY KNIGHT 

IN SHERLOCK

RUSSELL TOVEY AS 

HENRY KNIGHT 

IN SHERLOCK

“Sex with a Stranger” starring Russell Tovey runs from 1^st to 25^th February 2012

Time: 7.45pm (Thurs & Sat matinees 3pm)

Trafalgar Studios 2, SW1.

Prices: £12 - £25.

Grabbers at Sundance:

The Irish entry for Sundance in 2012 is the hilarious comedy “Grabbers,” a crazy mix between Gremlins and Tremors. The film was directed by Jon Wright, and the script was written by little-known Kevin Lehane. The comedy has its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 25th January 2012. There is talk that it may be up for further awards when the award season comes around. The cast are Richard Coyle (Prince of Persia, The Sands Of Time), Russell Tovey (from the TV series "Being Human") and Ruth Bradley (from the series "Primeval").

For attendees going to the festival, here is a list of locations and show times.

Sundance Screening Schedule:
Wednesday, January 25th at 6:30pm- Eccles Theatre, Park City
Thursday, January 26th at 9:00am- Eccles Theatre, Park City
Saturday, January 28th at 8:30am- MARC, Park City
Saturday, January 28th at 9:00pm- Salt Lake City Library, SLC

Synopsis – contains spoilers:

Constable O'Shea, the local policeman does his daily rounds on sleepy Erin Island. His daily routine basically consists of a trip to the local pub to drink freely with the charming eccentrics that populate his village. His life is firstly thrown out of kilter when Lisa an efficient and by-the-book policewoman is sent from the mainland to join his staff, but furthermore his daily routine is thrown into disarray when odd things keep occurring. 

O’Shea is faced with dead whales, decapitated fishermen and weird goings-on. He soon discovers that alien creatures or "grabbers" (giant squid-like aliens with tentacles, claws and a barbed tongue) are responsible for making mincemeat of the locals. On the verge of a new attack, O'Shea and Lisa discover that the only person who survived a “grabber” attack was completely drunk and that his blood was literally toxic to the monsters. Thus, there is only one thing to do: they need to let all the inhabitants drink in order to survive the night ... a task that the citizens accept with pleasure! But one person must remain sober for the first time in years - O'Shea has to face the enemy without taking a sip. When things do not go as planned, an extremely drunk Lisa and a very sober O'Shea have to reconcile their differences and somehow save the day.

EFFIE

Above: Russell Tovey, Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning working on the movie Effie which was partially shot in Venice in November 2011.

BBC3 'Being Human' begins early Feb in the UK and 25th Feb 2012 in America

Above: Russell Tovey and Sinead Keenan.

BBC America's BEING HUMAN premieres its fourth season on Saturday, February 25th as part of "Supernatural Saturday." 

In an old B&B in a sleepy seaside Welsh town, there lives a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost determined to live a normal human life while fighting off evil and bringing up a baby. But out there, lurking in every corner of society, there are vampires ready to rid the world of its humanity. The Old Ones are on their way and it's up to our heroes to fight for the right to live in peace. Not only are there vampires to seek revenge on, there's also a malevolent ghost on the loose and someone's trying to expose the existence of werewolves... Not to mention all the diapers that need changing. 

SYFY’S USA ‘BEING HUMAN’

HAD A HARD TIME GETTING PAST

RUSSELL TOVEY

It took a little convincing for one producer to embrace Sam Huntington

Jan-12-2012

It's hard to look at the cast of Syfy's "Being Human" and imagine anyone other than Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington and Meaghan Rath in the primary roles of roommates dealing with supernatural problems. That is, unless you are imagining the cast of the British version of "Being Human," which starred Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey, Sinead Keenan and Lenora Crichlow. In fact, there was one producer on the show that had a hard time imagining anyone other than Tovey being the show's werewolf ... at first.

"We showed up at a mix and match, and we just kind of knew that it had to be each other," Witwer, who plays the vampire Aidan in the American series, said at San Diego Comic-Con last July 2011.

A mix and match is where various actors audition with other actors, a way for casting producers to find chemistry between different people. When Huntington came up to audition, however, the actor -- best known before as Jimmy Olsen in "Superman Returns" -- impressed everyone, but there was still a single holdout on finalizing his casting.

"They all wanted Sammy, well, all except one guy," Witwer said, adding that this unnamed person is "wonderful to the show now" who helped get "Being Human" going. "He had a conceptual problem where he kept seeing Russell Tovey in his head, and Sammy is very different."

The goal for the American version was to capture the spirit that has found legion of fans for the British version, while still creating something unique.

"I think we are all pretty different," Huntington said. "Now that I have seen the [British] show, these characters are going through similar things during the day, but they are very, very different people."

"USA Being Human" returns for its second season Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Syfy.