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Father Brown star says Alec Guinness’ 1950s performance as character was ‘terrible’

BBC show’s lead shared brutal assessment of Oscar-winner’s take on character

The Independent UK

Mark Williams: ‘I browsed tractor magazines with Robbie Coltrane on the set of Harry Potter’

The star of The Fast Show and Father Brown – as well as the original Arthur Weasley – on friendly death eaters, famous Brummies and Chinese trains

The Guardian - UK

Sir Alec Guiness Gave Sir Ian McKellan Bad Advice (But For a Good Reason)

In a recent interview with The Guardian, McKellan revealed that Alec Guinness once advised him not to get too openly involved with advocating for gay rights. According to McKellan, he was recently reminded about this advice from the Obi-Wan Kenobi actor after watching the touring play Two Halves of Guinness,…

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Ian McKellen says ‘latent bisexual’ Alec Guinness begged him not to campaign for gay rights

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ star recalled ‘unseemly’ claim by Obi-Wan Kenobi actor during lunch meeting in 1989

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen Claims Star Wars’ Alec Guinness ‘Pleaded’ With Him To Withdraw From Gay Right Activism

McKellen described it as "advice from an older generation which I didn’t follow”.

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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’

The actor on dealing with disruptive drinkers in his pub, what he’d ask Shakespeare, and being urged by Alec Guinness to withdraw from Stonewall

The Guardian - UK

How to Make a Killing review – Glen Powell disappoints in this limp ‘eat the rich’ comedy

2/5 A stealth remake of the Alec Guinness classic ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’, yet devoid of any of its frosty charm

The Independent UK

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How to Make a Killing review – one man on a bloody quest for his inheritance is a remake too far

Glen Powell tries his best as a desperate serial killer in this update of Kind Hearts and Coronets, but it’s a mere pretender to the original’s throne

The Guardian - UK

77 Years Later, The Screwiest Crime Thriller Remake Delivers A Timely Update

Glen Powell is perfectly cast as a cutthroat social climber in 'How To Make A Killing,' John Ford Patten's loose remake of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets.'

Inverse

Missing The Night Manager already? You have to watch this classic BBC le Carré adaptation

COMMENT: The 1979 series of ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ is on iPlayer at the moment and not to be missed, says Patrick Smith – it’s the purest expression of the author’s vision ever made

The Independent UK

I Finally Watched Murder By Death, Which Everyone Compares To Clue, And I've Got A Take

Comparisons to Clue are just a red herring.

Cinemablend

The Ladykillers at 70: how one film turned British whimsy into a darkly comic masterpiece

Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) lives alone in a rickety Victorian house near London’s King’s Cross railway station. She rents a room to Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness), who claims to be a musician, and asks to use the room for practice sessions with his string quintet.

The Conversation

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition

The Guardian - UK

John Le Carre archive to go on display, including letter from Alec Guinness

Le Carre, whose real name was David Cornwell, wrote best-selling novels including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager.

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The Guardian - UK

‘David Attenborough on a tenner’: Guardian readers’ ideas for new banknotes

Bank of England has asked public for views before first major redesign of banknotes in more than 50 years

The Guardian - UK

Gerald Harper obituary

Stylish actor with a self-knowing comic touch who had a successful career on television and the stage

We Got This Covered

Which ‘Star Wars’ actors have died?

We're approaching a half-century of 'Star Wars.' Here are the iconic actors who are no longer with us.

The Guardian - UK

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

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John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold to be staged in West End

After a sold-out production at Chichester Festival Theatre, the stage adaptation will run for 14 weeks in London from November.

The Independent UK

Succession star Matthew Macfadyen to play George Smiley in fresh John le Carré adaptation

Actor will follow in the footsteps of Gary Oldman, Rupert Davis, Alec Guinness and Denholm Elliott

The Guardian - AU

Matthew Macfadyen to play George Smiley in new John le Carré TV show

Succession star lined up to play the famous spymaster in Legacy of Spies, a new small-screen adaptation that will draw on several of le Carré’s bestselling books

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson obituary

Debonair publisher known for his generous book advances whose stable of writers included Peter Ackroyd and Rose Tremain

The Independent UK

12 actors who admitted they hated other actors’ movies

THE LIST: From Golden Age feuds to a regretful Jedi, Kevin E G Perry reflects on a dirty dozen times actors have risked biting the hand that feeds

The Independent UK

New Star Wars trilogy reportedly in the works at Lucasfilm

The Star Wars franchise is the second-highest-earning film franchise of all time

The Independent UK

Star Wars: The Obi-Wan Kenobi revelation that would have altered entire franchise

It will change the way you watch the character’s first ever scene

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