Ellie Bamber graces the cover of Rollacoster’s Autumn/Winter 2018 issue, available now to pre-order.
Here’s what the 21-year-old The Nutcracker and the Four Realms actress had to say…
On her favorite actresses: “Definitely Nicole Kidman. Moulin Rouge was one of those films that I watched as a kid and was like ‘Oh my god, that’s what I want to do.’ And I love Emma Stone, I think she’s a really amazing actress.”
On her upcoming Les Mis mini-series: “The funniest thing is that I was in the musical version of it at my school when I was younger. I really like re-imagining the classics and looking at all the different adaptation. With our version of Les Mis, it’s very much based on the book – which is wonderful because there’s so much detail in it. It’s 1500 pages!”
On her acting journey: “I think I can be very self-critical, for sure. I’ve still got tons to learn. But it makes me really, really excited, I think you can probably hear that. I don’t know much at all, so I’m looking forward to being challenged more and learning more from my peers and directors. I’m always ready. I just want to be as open to that as I can possibly be.”
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High Resolution, Ellie’s new movie is being shown on Showtime. The official release is at the beginning of 2019 in some cinemas / in VOD and internationally by 20th Century Fox.
HIGH RESOLUTION
Rated TVMA • 96 minutesTwo young New York writers fall in and out of love amidst a whirlwind of drugs, parties, technology, and travel. As one relationship collapses, another blooms for Erin, swept into the world of Paul Chen, a mysterious, charismatic author. When he proposes documenting every aspect of their new romance in an epic laptop-filmed “documentary”, the couple enters into a performative bad romance, fueled by substances and sleepless nights.
Watch ‘High Resolution’ here.
Worldscreen: Actress Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals, The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, The Seven Sorrows of Mary), Dominic West (The Affair, The Wire, Appropriate Adult) and David Oyelowo (Selma, Gringo, Spooks) are among the stars of the new epic adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 19th-century classic Les Misérables that are heading to Cannes to launch the drama to the international market.
Screenwriter and executive producer Andrew Davies (War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice) and director Tom Shankland (The Missing, Ripper Street) will be on hand as well. Also in attendance will be Faith Penhale executive producer for Lookout Point; Bethan Jones, executive producer for BBC Studios; and Rebecca Eaton, executive producer for Masterpiece.
Les Misérables is produced by Lookout Point and BBC Studios for BBC One and Masterpiece.
Paul Dempsey, president of global markets at BBC Studios, said: “With Dominic West and David Oyelowo leading an all-star cast and with Andrew Davies’ at the helm of another remarkable adaptation of an all-time classic, Les Misérables will be a bold, refreshing and modern take on one of the most famous and epic stories of all time.”
Penhale said: “We’re thrilled to be bringing to MIPCOM some of our incredibly talented cast and the two brilliant creative minds behind our adaptation, Andrew and Tom. Together they have created the definitive Les Misérables for a new generation and we can’t wait to share it with the world.”
Mipcom takes place between 15 and 18 October in Cannes, France.
All Clara wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
Starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Eugenio Derbez, Miranda Hart, Jack Whitehall, Misty Copeland, Ellie Bamber, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren, the film is released in the UK and the U.S. on November 2.
Ellie’s new movie ‘Taipei‘ is now called ‘High Resolution‘. The feature film directed by Jason Lester will debut in November. See the movie poster below.
The first trailer will be released in a few weeks.
An adaptation of Tao Lin’s beloved cult novel “Taipei”. As one relationship collapses, another blooms for Erin, swept into the world of Paul Chen, a mysterious, charismatic author. When he proposes documenting every aspect of their courtship in an epic laptop-filmed “documentary”, the couple enter into a performative bad romance, fueled by substances and sleepless nights.
High Resolution is the feature-length adaptation of Tao Lin’s novel “Taipei“, starring Ellie Bamber & Justin Chon, & written & directed by Jason Lester. It will be released in Nov. 2018 in select theaters and on VOD.