Every role I’ve done seems to be something where my dad has to die,” says Amir Wilson, wincing a little. His characters have certainly been through a lot. As plucky would-be knight Tiuri, he didn’t have much to laugh about in Netflix’s fantasy series The Letter for the King, in which his adoptive father dies trying to protect him. Or when he played Simba, scion of a famously soon-to-be-trampled-upon Mufasa, in the West End production of The Lion King. And if his character’s father isn’t dying, he’s absent, as in Sky’s whimsical adaptation of The Secret Garden, in which he played Dickon opposite Colin Firth and Julie Walters.
Then there’s his breakthrough role as Will Parry in His Dark Materials, which we’re here to talk about today. That morbid theme continues in the BBC’s complex take on Philip Pullman’s...
Then there’s his breakthrough role as Will Parry in His Dark Materials, which we’re here to talk about today. That morbid theme continues in the BBC’s complex take on Philip Pullman’s...
- 12/18/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
Lyra and Will are together again, but where do they go from here?
On His Dark Materials Season 3 Episode 3, the subtle knife is re-forged, but some things are so broken they can never be fixed.
Lyra is desperate to atone for the sins of her father by rescuing Roger. In her quest to go to the land of the dead and fully intending to return, she feels like more of a Jesus figure than Eve.
Her motivations for seeing Roger still aren't entirely clear. Does she really think she can bring him back? Or does she just want to apologize?
Nobody seems to understand why Lyra is doing it, not Will or Iorek. Roger has been a pull for her throughout this entire series, but what exactly does she plan to do when she sees him again?
All Will knows is that Lyra will be forever lost without him, and...
On His Dark Materials Season 3 Episode 3, the subtle knife is re-forged, but some things are so broken they can never be fixed.
Lyra is desperate to atone for the sins of her father by rescuing Roger. In her quest to go to the land of the dead and fully intending to return, she feels like more of a Jesus figure than Eve.
Her motivations for seeing Roger still aren't entirely clear. Does she really think she can bring him back? Or does she just want to apologize?
Nobody seems to understand why Lyra is doing it, not Will or Iorek. Roger has been a pull for her throughout this entire series, but what exactly does she plan to do when she sees him again?
All Will knows is that Lyra will be forever lost without him, and...
- 12/13/2022
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
It’s been nearly three years since we’ve seen any new episodes from HBO’s Philip Pullman fantasy drama adaptation, His Dark Materials. But the eight-episode third and final season is finally almost here (premiering December 5) and we’re about to get the epic multi-world conclusion that fans have been waiting for. Some of the series’ cast and executive producers — including EPs Jane Tranter and Dan McCulloch and stars James McAvoy (Lord Asriel) and Amir Wilson (Will Parry) — visited the TV Insider suite during New York Comic Con to tease what’s ahead in the highly-anticipated final round as the drama prepares for an all-out battle. That battle will see McAvoy’s Lord Asriel, who was largely absent for Season 2, waging a war against the Authority. For now, he’s gathering troops and help from all over, including the angels we see him meet in Season 2’s conclusion. “Ultimately,...
- 11/22/2022
- TV Insider
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Cast and crew from BBC and HBO hit fantasy drama His Dark Materials took over the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday.
In a special session entitled “His Dark Materials – Pushing Boundaries in New Worlds,” stars Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson, fellow cast member Simone Kirby, writer Jack Thorne, director Amit Gupta and executive producer and founder of production firm Bad Wolf Jane Tranter spoke about working on the adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels.
They also shared exclusive clips from the upcoming third and final part of the trilogy that were well received by audience members, who were asked not to spoil details.
The show follows the orphan Lyra as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust.
Keen, who stars as Lyra Belacqua, or Lyra Silvertongue, said about her role that...
Cast and crew from BBC and HBO hit fantasy drama His Dark Materials took over the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday.
In a special session entitled “His Dark Materials – Pushing Boundaries in New Worlds,” stars Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson, fellow cast member Simone Kirby, writer Jack Thorne, director Amit Gupta and executive producer and founder of production firm Bad Wolf Jane Tranter spoke about working on the adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels.
They also shared exclusive clips from the upcoming third and final part of the trilogy that were well received by audience members, who were asked not to spoil details.
The show follows the orphan Lyra as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust.
Keen, who stars as Lyra Belacqua, or Lyra Silvertongue, said about her role that...
- 8/25/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen Australia has invested $2.4m across seven documentaries to create what it says will be $6.5m worth of production.
Cordell Jigsaw will return with a second series of Sbs’s successful Go Back to Where You Came From to test six Australians about their preconcieved notions of asylum seekers by visiting refugees from regions not previously covered.
Producer Tristram Miall and writer/director Robin Hughes will create a six-part series called Creative Minds, exploring the lives of six Australia artists who have significantly contributed to the nation’s cultural landscape.
Using the ‘new science of happiness’ principles, experts will see if science can help couples save their relationships in Making Couples Happy, a four-part ABC series.
Photographer Murray Fredericks captures the Greenland Icecap in Nothing on Earth, produced, directed and written by the team behind award winning documentary, Salt.
Coming out of the National Documentary Program, Raising the Curtain traces...
Cordell Jigsaw will return with a second series of Sbs’s successful Go Back to Where You Came From to test six Australians about their preconcieved notions of asylum seekers by visiting refugees from regions not previously covered.
Producer Tristram Miall and writer/director Robin Hughes will create a six-part series called Creative Minds, exploring the lives of six Australia artists who have significantly contributed to the nation’s cultural landscape.
Using the ‘new science of happiness’ principles, experts will see if science can help couples save their relationships in Making Couples Happy, a four-part ABC series.
Photographer Murray Fredericks captures the Greenland Icecap in Nothing on Earth, produced, directed and written by the team behind award winning documentary, Salt.
Coming out of the National Documentary Program, Raising the Curtain traces...
- 10/12/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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