The Pillars of the Earth

More stills at Ken Follet's website

Ken Follet's website has expanded the section on The Pillars of the Earth, including this page which has some previously unseen stills.  Notice that Matthew Macfadyen appears to be standing in front of a freshly dug grave in the Funeral Procession still.

Matthew as Prior Philip

Monia & Sylvie V have found the first clear image of Matthew Macfadyen as Prior Philip in The Pillars of the Earth.

It can be found on the official website. You can also see the appearance of other characters.

Ken Follet video visiting the set

There is a video on Oprah's website of Ken Follet visiting the set.  You can see it HERE.

Ken Follet talks about his scene in The Pillars of the Earth

Forum member amelie found an article by Ken Follet which describes some of this thoughts and involvement with the filming of the mini series, The Pillars of the Earth.

You can read the article HERE.

Here are a few quotes from the article which mentions Matthew Macfadyen:

"Most thrilling of all is the cast of first-class actors, many of whom I have seen and admired before. Prior Philip is played by Matthew Macfadyen, whom I last saw as Prince Hal in Shakespeare's Henry IV at the Royal National Theatre in London."

and 

"In the makeup trailer, I sat next to Matthew Macfadyen, who was being made to look 70 years old in preparation for a scene set late in the story."

More stills from The Pillars of the Earth

Forum member Matthieu has found an article in German which you can read translated, which has some new still photos from The Pillars of the Earth.
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