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Post by althea on May 19, 2010 20:04:31 GMT -5
One or more of these pictures was used by The Sunday Times in August 2001. I have recently been told by a little bird, that these photos were taken by Toby Merritt, anyone know for sure .. ........ ... Thumbnails for the larger versions ............... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Post by evakub on May 20, 2010 10:51:34 GMT -5
I´ve also heard rumores that one or another of these pics were used for Sunday Times but I cannot vouch for 2001.If this is the right date though we must abandon the thought that these photos were shot around 2005. as far as know this pic was used for sure in Suday Times Uploaded with ImageShack.usand that this photo is from Toby Merrit too Uploaded with ImageShack.usand I think it`s interesting given that all these photos were shot 2001 or even earlier that James and Holly were still together,and her hubby to be was the photographer
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Post by althea on May 20, 2010 18:39:23 GMT -5
Hmmm my little bird when questioned can't remember why she thinks they were taken by Toby Merritt. I found the larger versions of the pictures on a site earlier this year, which unfortunately has now been protected by a password - duh and they were dated 2001 - Sunday Times article so the mystery lingers. I still think the group photo is more likely to be 2005, where's Reveuse when she's needed, she always new these sort of things
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Post by cat on May 20, 2010 21:29:46 GMT -5
Althea and everyone, it's so good that you are posting all these pictures for archival purposes! Since we had that once, and now we will have it again... Wonderful!
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Post by althea on May 21, 2010 2:42:05 GMT -5
Althea and everyone, it's so good that you are posting all these pictures for archival purposes! Since we had that once, and now we will have it again... Wonderful! It's lovely to hear your news sister, just log on when you can ;D I have a lot of James' photos and articles saved from LJ days, posting them keeps things buzzing, Eva and I are having fun dated them I know Patri & Nada have most of them between them, but as you said, nice to have our own archives When I was trawling through a site for Toby Merritt, I saw this one also credited to him, I have no info on this picture at all so ................
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Post by evakub on May 21, 2010 10:06:55 GMT -5
I´so sorry to disappoint you althea but this pic is not from Toby Merrit but from a carole Latimer as you can see Uploaded with ImageShack.usand the group photo and my avatar pics series as i call them must be shot at the same occasion,look at Jamses`s hair,I don´t think it is possible to style it identical several years apart. Uploaded with ImageShack.usUploaded with ImageShack.usand I somewhat doubt that Toby Merrit made this photo and the avatar series.they look very similar,but Toby´s pic is cntemplative and rather soft,whereas the avatar series is downright masculine IMHO Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by cat on May 21, 2010 11:02:06 GMT -5
I´so sorry to disappoint you althea but this pic is not from Toby Merrit but from a carole Latimer as you can see Uploaded with ImageShack.usand the group photo and my avatar pics series as i call them must be shot at the same occasion,look at Jamses`s hair,I don´t think it is possible to style it identical several years apart. Uploaded with ImageShack.usUploaded with ImageShack.usand I somewhat doubt that Toby Merrit made this photo and the avatar series.they look very similar,but Toby´s pic is cntemplative and rather soft,whereas the avatar series is downright masculine IMHO Uploaded with ImageShack.us My my evakub, you are quite the expert in this area now a days, very cool!! I couldn't even begin to match your skills! ;D
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Post by althea on May 21, 2010 14:58:29 GMT -5
I actually have that first photo, didn't realise it had the photographers name on it I didn't think TM took it, I was only saying it was on a site supposedly showing TM's work. If you look at James' hair on the other three pictures it looks the same in all of them, so maybe the sepia ones are from later. I bought a couple of them off e.bay in 2005, together with the Citroen ones and a couple from the White Suit (who said I was ****** ) shoot ;D Whose daft idea was it to date these pictures anyway Oh that would be me
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Post by kathy on May 21, 2010 20:24:27 GMT -5
Hmmm my little bird when questioned can't remember why she thinks they were taken by Toby Merritt. I found the larger versions of the pictures on a site earlier this year, which unfortunately has now been protected by a password - duh and they were dated 2001 - Sunday Times article so the mystery lingers. I still think the group photo is more likely to be 2005, where's Reveuse when she's needed, she always new these sort of things As I said before, I still believe that group photo would have to be around 2001 or 2002 and I know this because I was such a regular visitor to Gerry Butlers site and the way he looks and the length of his hair is excactly as it was in Timeline, Reign of Fire and The Jury which were all released 2002 & 2003, then he had his hair really short for Lara Croft and Dear Frankie which were 2003/2004 movies and it remained that way. I know we are discussing dates of James photo's and I only mention this about Gerry because I believe it will help date this particular group photo ;D
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Post by cat on May 22, 2010 2:21:08 GMT -5
Althea and everyone, it's so good that you are posting all these pictures for archival purposes! Since we had that once, and now we will have it again... Wonderful! It's lovely to hear your news sister, just log on when you can ;D I have a lot of James' photos and articles saved from LJ days, posting them keeps things buzzing, Eva and I are having fun dated them I know Patri & Nada have most of them between them, but as you said, nice to have our own archives When I was trawling through a site for Toby Merritt, I saw this one also credited to him, I have no info on this picture at all so ................ Yes, it is nice to have pics here too, along with the dialog of information...and nice to know that our group of moderators and generous James forum master will be around supporting our JP cause, and NOT pull the plug...ever...
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Post by evakub on May 22, 2010 8:01:01 GMT -5
[/quote] My my evakub, you are quite the expert in this area now a days, very cool!! I couldn't even begin to match your skills! ;D[/quote] research is my middle name sweetheart LOL
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Post by evakub on May 22, 2010 8:15:52 GMT -5
Hmmm my little bird when questioned can't remember why she thinks they were taken by Toby Merritt. I found the larger versions of the pictures on a site earlier this year, which unfortunately has now been protected by a password - duh and they were dated 2001 - Sunday Times article so the mystery lingers. I still think the group photo is more likely to be 2005, where's Reveuse when she's needed, she always new these sort of things As I said before, I still believe that group photo would have to be around 2001 or 2002 and I know this because I was such a regular visitor to Gerry Butlers site and the way he looks and the length of his hair is excactly as it was in Timeline, Reign of Fire and The Jury which were all released 2002 & 2003, then he had his hair really short for Lara Croft and Dear Frankie which were 2003/2004 movies and it remained that way. I know we are discussing dates of James photo's and I only mention this about Gerry because I believe it will help date this particular group photo ;D kathy,I trust you completly with your deductions from GB hairstyle to when the groupphoto might be taken.Mind you i did a similar thing when trying to find out when V for Vendetta was shot and when james was involved in it exately.i knew that the actress in V had her hair shaved for real,so I searched for society pics of her with very,very short hair. OTOH it`s true that I always believed that the avatar pics(see left) where shot in 2005.but why exactly,do we have any real evidence on that ?
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Post by althea on May 24, 2010 13:07:27 GMT -5
The Sunday Times Magazine August 2001 Role Models They're young, talented and very, very hot. Meet the latest wave of international stage and screen 'must haves'; actors who are all in demand and over here. By Kathy Brewis. Photographs: Kevin Mackintosh. Keira Knightley Natasha Wightman Kelly Reilly Holly Aird Jodhi May Ayesha Dharker Daniel Lapaine Matthew Rhys Hugh Dancy Gerry Butler Ciarán McMenamin Tom Hollander James Purefoy "I have a very strange, eclectic career," says the 37-year-old, who says he's reached the stage where he can speak to his bank manager "without fear". In autumn he is a jouster with a secret in A Knight's Tale, a modern take on chivalry; now he's playing Loveless in The Relapse, a Restoration comedy, at London's National theatre: "the greatest debaucher that Europe ever knew; slightly depressing, when you apply a modern perspective to it. He should be down the Priory saying, 'Hello, my name is Loveless, and I'm a sexaholic." Last year Purefoy was in Ben Elton's Maybe Baby and played Tom Bertram in 1999's Mansfield Park. He's one of three actors talked of as the next Bond. "There's something intriguing about somebody who's that cold, that alone," he says. "I think the big mistake with Bond is to try and make him sensitive and nice." Next year there's Resident Evil, based on the PlayStation game, starring Milla Jovovich: he's a cowardly commando sent to fight an evil mutated virus. "It's a zombie movie. I can't disguise it as any other thing," he shrugs. "But having said that, it's going to be a very frightening zombie movie. I had a horrendous nightmare about it the other night - lots of blood, lots of carnage." What he isn't is typecast, "Ideally in this industry you occupy one piece of ground so they know what to do with you, get offered one role after another - but then you end up dying of boredom." A fate entirely unlikely for Purefoy. This article was accompanied by this picture, which didn't copy across Yay, talk about seek and ye shall find. Still searching for 'The Avatar Shoot', I know it's there somewhere
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Post by evakub on May 25, 2010 7:12:21 GMT -5
what a great find althea,you are simply the best
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Post by althea on May 28, 2010 17:16:22 GMT -5
Found this while looking for the 'Avatar' photos ;D
Features West September 06, 2005
Purefoy, James Purefoy The English actor--and possibly the next James Bond--commands the screen when in Rome.
By Jenelle Riley Kevin Parry
James Purefoy may not be a household name, but that's just how the British actor likes it. Though he's worked steadily for the last 20 years and watched his theatre co-stars Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes go on to fame and fortune in American movies, Purefoy was more than content to continue treading the boards. "When I started out, we didn't really have a movie industry in England. There were maybe three films being made, and they all starred Hugh Grant," he notes wryly. "When Jude arrived, there was an explosion of British filmmaking, so people were becoming famous at the age of 23 and going straight into leading parts." But that's only part of the reason Purefoy never actively pursued film roles. "I'm also something of a socialist, which was probably terribly destructive for me," he remarks. "But I felt very strongly I should just be doing theatre, and everything else was a bit of a sellout for me."
Which is not to say he has anything against his peers who took that route. He raves about Fiennes' talent and Law's sense of humor, and he is happy to see the British film industry thriving. And Purefoy has certainly dabbled in big-budget films: He fought zombie dogs in Resident Evil, battled Reese Witherspoon in Vanity Fair, and jousted as the Black Prince in A Knight's Tale. He also tested against Pierce Brosnan for the role of James Bond in 1995's GoldenEye. And though it didn't work out that time, Purefoy is again at the top of a short list of actors to inherit the role in the next outing.
It's easy to see why Purefoy is in the running. Aside from his obvious genetic blessings, the actor comes armed with a quiet charisma that translates into a powerful onscreen presence. It's a persona put to excellent use in Rome, the epic new miniseries from HBO that launched Aug. 28, in which the actor portrays Marc Antony, the loyal foot soldier of Julius Caesar. It's a role that requires Purefoy to fill pretty big sandals; Marlon Brando and Richard Burton are among the greats who have tackled Antony in the past. "Brando and Burton are heroes of mine, so it's not something you want to take lightly," Purefoy admits. "However, this is a different Marc Antony than people normally expect. People have this notion of him as kind of a romantic figure, somebody very noble and loyal. You're not getting that version." As played by Purefoy, Antony is a Roman party animal, frequently drunk and loving women and battles. "He's a man who lives his life at 200 miles an hour, he's so full of that lust for life," Purefoy says. "That makes him great fun to play."
And terrific fun to watch. Budgeted at upward of $100 million, Rome is HBO's attempt to fill the series void left by stalwarts Six Feet Under and Sex in the City. It certainly features enough death and sex to outdo both shows, but it also features smart scripts and stellar acting by the largely European cast, which includes Polly Walker as Caesar's manipulating niece and Lindsay Duncan as Servilia. "It's got something in it for everybody," Purefoy observes. "There's great characters, great production values, and it's a bit soapy at times. It's Dynasty in sandals. It's Sex in the Sandals." It's also full of plot twists that require focused viewing, but Purefoy promises it will all come to a dynamic conclusion. "If people stick with it, it's devastating by the end," he says. "It's like seeing Shakespeare or anything done by a great writer; it can be complicated and hard, but the payoff is tremendous."
Purefoy had never considered doing American TV before, primarily because he makes his home in England, where he has an 8-year-old son. "If I want to be the kind of dad I want to be, I have to live near England," he says simply. "Being here, it's just too far away to have that kind of long-distance relationship. It's impossible to do his homework with the eight-hour time difference. So I was delighted to be asked to go in for something like this, where it's American television but it was going to be shot in Rome." Purefoy was able to return home every weekend during filming to be with his son. But there were other incentives: "It was a great character and an HBO series. HBO is the best network to work for. If they don't feel something's right, they'll just shoot it again. They just throw the money at it because they know they're investing in quality." He also became fascinated with Antony, whom he researched in great detail through period writings and books on military history. "There's very little in the scripts where you would say, 'Oh, no, surely he didn't really do this,'" Purefoy says with a laugh. "I learned Marc Antony would dress up as Dionysus, the god of wine, and travel around Rome in a chariot pulled by six lions. You just can't make this stuff up."
Right From the Start
As Purefoy speaks about his joy of acting with such enthusiasm, it's interesting to discover he first pursued it for slightly frivolous reasons. "I had to choose three courses in college," he recalls. "I'd already chosen two and thought I would check other classes out to find my third. I walked in the drama room, and there were 16 girls and four boys. And that's the pathetic, true reason why I started becoming an actor." Still, the world of theatre wasn't new to him. He grew up in the small town of Taunton, 165 miles from London, where his mother was active in amateur dramatics. "She was kind of the village star," he explains. "She either directed or starred in pretty much everything. And although I never did it, it wasn't alien to me. I was around the house when she was learning lines, and I'd go to see her in shows. I'd sit in her dressing room waiting because they didn't have babysitters."
While still in his teens, Purefoy was tackling the title roles in Romeo and Juliet and Henry V. Of course, he's quick to point out, this wasn't really a big deal in England; taking on Shakespeare is a bit like doing Neil Simon in America. But, while starring in a production of Equus, Purefoy experienced what he calls his "Billy Elliot moment"--borrowing from that film's description of the electricity in the air. "That's the only way I can describe it," he says. "That feeling of being in front of an audience, using that language, and having 1,000 people in the palm of my hand. I could make them do anything--laugh, cry, anything. I sound like a complete megalomaniac, but that was how I felt at the time."
He was also a realist. "I didn't want to bang my head against a brick wall, I didn't have stars in my eyes," he says. "I was interested in theatre, not television or film." He applied to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he auditioned opposite 2,800 people for 28 available slots. He got in, snagged the title role in Henry V, and was approached by an agent. "He said, 'What do you want to do?'" recalls Purefoy. "And I said, 'I just want to go to the RSC; I want to go to Stratford and learn from the best classical actors I can.' And he was happy about that. Agents here, they were very keen on letting you train. It's longevity they're after. I didn't want to be burned out when I was 28, I wanted to be doing this job when I'm 90."
Bonding With Bond
Purefoy worked in film and television from time to time, mainly to pay the bills. "I did a play by Euripides, Women of Troy," he notes. "I did 14 weeks, and at the end of it I was given a check for £69. So I would have to go and do a TV show, simply to pay the bills so I could go back and carry on doing theatre." Although he's with the ICM agency in Los Angeles, Purefoy admits he probably causes his agents headaches by not pursuing blockbuster roles. "I know I have a slightly self-destructive streak, and sometimes I've cocked up meetings and screen tests," he says with a slight smile. "I'm aware I've botched jobs that could have made me huge, because I think there's something in me that doesn't really want that. I've been working 20 years now and doing lots and lots of different things, and I'm really happy in my work. The only reason to be famous is quality of scripts: The more famous you are, the better scripts you get offered."
That said, Purefoy confesses an enormous fondness for the role of James Bond, something that would undoubtedly make him a worldwide superstar. "I love Bond, I love Bond movies," he says. "The first cinema film I ever saw was Live or Let Die. I saw it two-and-a-half times straight through with my father. We just sat there, through the morning show, the afternoon show, and part of the evening show. I have a great, great affection for James Bond, and I get excited going to see those movies." While he knows the role comes with its own baggage, Purefoy also believes it is an "insanely good part." He also doesn't want to be the one to screw up one of the biggest franchises in the world. At the end of the day, however, he chooses not to think about it too much. "You'd have to consider the pros and cons very carefully," he notes. "But it's also one of those things you can't really consider until you're asked to do it."
Purefoy is eager to take on any projects with great scripts, citing writers as the most prized contributors to entertainment. "I think the big difference between English and American actors is, because we've done so many plays, it becomes about the ensemble and the scene for us," he observes. "It's not just about the character within the scene. It's about, 'What is the writer getting at? What does the writer want?' The writer is the only truly creative force in any piece of film, television, or theatre. Everybody else is interpretive." And with Purefoy as interpreter, writers can know they're in good hands.
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