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Interview with Sally Hawkins by the Telegraph

We were sent a lovely email by Sandra recently, who very kindly sent us a link to a Sally Hawkins interview by John Preston of the Telegraph!

It was an excellent read, and as Sandra said to us in the email: the interview really does offer some “interesting ‘insights’ about Sally herself”, who comes across as very human, approachable and at times really quite adorable during the interview.

She values her privacy, and admires the way Judi Dench approaches the business of acting:  “passionate about what she does but just disappears when she’s finished doing it.”  and while Sally concedes that interviews are something that comes with her profession, she is – by her own admission – not very comfortable with them; a fact somewhat reinforced by John Preston’s faithful portrayal of even her minute movements.

These little gestures make her more endearing – if you were to ask us – and the style of the interview was a refreshing change to the usual staccato Q&A, because John Preston manages to discover more about Sally, the person, rather than her professional or actress persona.

For instance, we find out that she loves nature and lives in Richmond;  has dyslexia – although she is very matter of fact about it; has conscious baby memories from as early as 8 months – “I can remember being in my cot and getting a stocking for Christmas. And I remember looking at this duck and thinking, “They’re only giving me this because I’m a baby.”; she still writes comedy sketches with her old school friend, and there is even a hint of a relationship.

There are plenty more tidbits in the article, which is certainly one of our most favourite interviews to date, and you can read it by clicking on the link above. Alternatively, we have also posted it in our Articles archive under the title ‘Sally Hawkins interview‘.

Many thanks to Sandra for recommending the article, and hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did. Do let us know!

p/s: A wonderful surprise was that Sally-Hawkins.com actually got a mention!

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Sally Hawkins to starr in upcoming romantic comedy “Love Birds” with Rhys Darby

With thanks to Venus at  What The Folk! for this news:  Sally Hawkins will be starring in a brand new romcom (romantic comedy) called Love Birds alongside Flight of the Conchords star and standup comedian Rhys Darby.

Rhys Darby

According to Flicks.co.nz, this ‘charming, bitter-sweet romcom’  is about Doug (Darby), whose life falls apart when his long term girlfriend (Faye Smythe) decides to call it a day. He ends up having to look after an injured Shelduck, which leads him to meet Holly (Sally) the ‘sassy animal specialist’ who teaches Doug how to nurse ‘Pierre’ back to health.

Love Birds will be directed by Paul Murphy and the international cast includes ‘Bryan Brown (Dean Spanley, Australia) as the vet Dr Buster; Emily Barclay (In My Father’s Den) as Holly’s best friend Brenda, Craig Hall (World’s Fastest India, Outrageous Fortune) and David Fane (Sione’s Wedding, Eagle vs Shark) as Doug’s work-mates.’

Sadly there is no IMDb entry yet for the film, but 3 News mentions that the film will be released by Icon Film Distribution (the company behind the Oscar-winning Precious) in 2011.

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Sally Hawkins joins new BBC and Focus Films drama “Jane Eyre”

There have been rumours recently regarding the number of stars interested in the latest BBC film adaptation of Bronte’s Jane Eyre, with names such as Dame Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Holliday Grainger, Imogen Poots, Tamzin Merchant (Pride and Prejudice) and our lovely Sally Hawkins all seeking a role as part of the supporting cast.

The BBC finally confirmed the final cast list in their press release on March 19th.

This 2011 BBC collaboration with Focus Films will be directed by Cary Fukunaga of Sin Nombre fame with the screenplay by Moira Buffini, and the lead role will be played by the young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska (fresh from her title role in Alice in Wonderland) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) will feature as Edward Rochester.

The supporting cast will include Judi Dench as Mrs Fairfax and Jamie Bell as St John.

Our favourite Sally Hawkins will starr as Mrs. Reed, a role previously played by Tara Fitzgerald in the 2006 BBC TV adaptation, and it will be very interesting to see Sally take on what is essentially the part of the villain in the book – as a cruel aunt to the heroine Jane Eyre – a bitter character in absolute contrast to e.g. Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky.

In the latter half of the book, Sarah Reed suffers from a stroke and as Jane attempts a reconciliation with her aunt, there is potential for a lot more screentime for Sally.

Hopefully more news will be available soon, and you can keep up-to-date with the latest news via the IMDb entry for Jane Eyre. Alternatively, feel free to check back here or subscribe to our news feed!

Updated 01/04/2010: With thanks to mka and Malinda for correcting my errors!

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Sally Hawkins on BBC Radio 6 “Breakfast Show” with Gideon Coe, March 5th 2010

With the forthcoming release of her new film “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife” on April 23rd 2010, Sally Hawkins decided to join Gideon Coe on the BBC Radio 6 Breakfast show for a quick 4 minute telephone interview.

Despite it being very short,  Coe -  standing in for Shaun Keaveny – still managed to get Sally to talk about the film, curry, whether she’ll be staying up for the Oscars and the silver bear.

You can listen to the interview by visiting the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r3tf4#p006s00z

Alternatively, listen to the clip below:

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And as always, you can read the transcript after the cut-off by clicking on “continue reading…” below! Please do let us know if there are any errors that we should correct.

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James Cordon will marry Sally Hawkins if they’re both single at 35?

The private life of Sally Hawkins has always been just that… i.e. private (as it should definitely be!) so it was with some interest that I read this news on Digitalspy.co.uk (May 13th 2008) by Alex Fletcher entitled “Corden reveals Hawkins marriage deal”:

James Cordon (Rex Pictures)

James Corden has said that he will marry actress Sally Hawkins if they are both still single at 35.

The comedian revealed the pair had struck a deal to ensure that they didn’t end up growing old alone.

“I’ve always had a healthy level of female interest,” Corden told the Daily Record. “In an ideal world I’d marry Sally Hawkins.

“We’ve made a deal that if we’re both single at 35, we’ll have babies and get married.”

Corden co-hosted the BAFTA Craft Awards with the Happy-Go-Lucky star in London last week.

I wonder if Sally Hawkins will ever bring this up in an interview?

And finally, a useful link for those wanting to find out more about the man himself; a link to his Wikipedia entry: James Cordon, which says that he is co-creator of and starrs in the BBC Three comedy Gavin and Stacey.