Ripper Street: All Set for a Ripping Yarn

Ripper Street: All set for a ripping yarn

In the year 1889, on the mean streets of London's Whitechapel district, about 70,000 people are crammed into little more than a square mile under the watchful eye of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, played by Matthew Macfadyen.

This is Jack the Ripper territory, but Jack himself - the notorious serial killer who haunted the East End of London and became famous for a series of fiendish murders - has faded into memory. In his wake sits a bustling culture of decadence and extravagance.

Jack's spectre, nonetheless, looms large over the district, and the television series Ripper Street. ''They never found him, so it became a story that could go on forever,'' Macfadyen says. ''Was he a doctor? An aristocrat? We may never know.

''And they were revolting crimes. The east end was a rough and scary place at the time, and the story was whipped up by the tabloids; it captured people's imaginations at the time.''

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Perfect Nonsense: New Teaser Trailer

 

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Epic: Ali Cook talks about Epic and working with Matthew Macfadyen

IndieLondon spoke with actor Ali Cook about some of his most recent projects, including Epic.  It's a wonderful interview where Ali also speaks about Matthew Macfadyen on set.  Here are some of the highlights about Matthew

Q. And then there’s Epic alongside Matthew Macfadyen…

Ali Cook: Epic is interesting. It’s being produced by Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME), which is a different type of production company. In my opinion, it’s one of the most exciting independent producers in Britain. They do incredibly artistic films, such as White Lightnin’, which did really well on the festival circuit a few years ago for its director, Dominic Murphy. I’ve actually got a good relationship with them and have done some writing work with them. I only have a small role in Epic. But Ben Hopkins is making it and he’s a very talented writer, let alone director. What was really amazing to me on that was that I’ve only ever seen Matthew Macfadyen playing Mr Darcy and being the romantic lead in period dramas. But with Epic, he’s playing this washed up film director who gets sent over to a former Russian state (which has been invented for the purpose of the film) because the dictator of this small country wants him to make a film about that country and how he became its dictator. And a comedy of errors ensues. One of the women involved ends up leading a revolution against the dictator, the Russian mafia kidnaps a key worker and won’t release him until they get a starring role in film. But Matthew is hilarious in it. He has amazing comedy timing.

 

Q. Did you share scenes with him?

Ali Cook: I did. He’s really, really funny. I liken him to Martin Freeman and how he was the everyman surrounded by nutters in The Office. Epic has that tone.

 

Q. How much do you learn from going toe to toe with co-stars such as Luke Treadaway and Matthew Macfadyen?

Ali Cook: Well, particularly with Matthew, it’s not going to get any better for an English actor. He’s the best of the best really. I guess you just learn by doing it. But it’s great just to be able to do scenes with someone like him. And he was just really good fun to work with and hang out with. We were filming in a DIY shop and this was the most phenomenal DIY shop I’ve ever seen. It was like a giant warehouse, so in between takes we’d be walking about looking at the most amazing drills you can buy and tool-kits that only your father would want for Father’s Day… tools with stag handles and things like that. It was a really fun time.

Be sure to read the full interview HERE on IndieLondon

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Ripper Street: "Rothenberg is full of praise for Macfadyen"

In an interview, Adam Rothenberg (who plays Captain Jackson in Ripper Street) had this to say about Matthew Macfadyen:

"He's one of the warmest, kindest, talented guys I've ever worked with. I learned a lot about acting from him. I think he's an absolute genius," he said.

 

"When I just have scenes with him it's always a good day. His vibe on set is perfect."

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Darcylicious joins #twittersilence on August 4th

Some of you may have heard of the 24 hour walkout or #twittersilence.  It is best explained by this F.A.Q.  Why is darcylicious participating?

  • A 28-year-old U.K. feminist activist and freelance journalist. She successfully campaigned to make sure one non-royal woman would be featured on the redesigned British banknotes, Jane Austen, and then began receiving death and rape threats about every minute for the next 48 hours.
  • What do these trolls have against Pride and Prejudice?

Nothing, except inasmuch as Austen, like Criado-Perez, was a woman who dared to speak in public. “It is a problem involving a certain type of man who can’t cope with a woman being vocal and being in the public eye,” Criado-Perez told the Independent. “They deal with it by shutting women up with threats of sexual violence. It is nothing new, it has been going on for millennia; this is just its most recent incarnation.”

  • Why Sunday?  August 4 is International Friendship Day
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