Daniel Mays

The Royal Court Interview – #60YearsNew

The Royal Court has released their full interview with Daniel Mays for their 60 Years New celebration:

Danny explains his appreciation for The Royal Court:

“It felt like how I was as an actor it just seemed to be a fantastic fit.” And that it “feels like home to me.  It was the place where I was able to grow as an actor. It allowed me a space to establish myself.”

 

Speaking about Motortown by Simon Stephens:
“I feel incredibly honoured that somebody of Simon’s talent would write a piece so challenging and with such emotional range and dexterity in it. It was an absolutely wonderful experience for me.”

As a performer, Danny wholeheartedly believes in what The Royal Court stands for. Danny says that if The Royal Court didn’t exist, he doesn’t think that he would be the actor that he is today.

You can view all of the interviews with actors, writers, and directors at the Royal Court’s 60 Years New dedicated website.

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Dad’s Army Now on DVD

Dad’s Army is released today on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital platforms!

It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The Allies are poised to invade France and finally defeat the German army. But in Walmington-on-Sea morale amongst the Home Guard is low. Their new mission then – to patrol the Dover army base – is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters arrives to write about their exploits, setting the pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. MI5 then discover a radio signal sent direct to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea. There’s a spy on the loose! The outcome of the war is suddenly at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted.

Daniel Mays is Private Joe Walker.  The Dad’s Army cast also includes Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, Tony Jones, Tom Courtenay, Blake Harrision, Catherine Zeta Jones, Emily Atack, and many more.

Read Daniel Mays’s interviews on honouring the classic TV series and whether the cast would be interested in a sequel.

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Guardian Weekend: The Lucky Vera Drake Suit
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Daniel Mays as photographed by Julian Anderson for The Guardian

The Guardian Weekend has a great article on lucky items and every day menswear fashion. Daniel Mays participated and shared the story of his bespoke suit from Vera Drake:

My character in Vera Drake, Sid, was outgoing and debonair and worked at a tailor’s, so he was very particular about the suits he wore. I was spending two days a week at a tailor’s in London Bridge for my research when our costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, suggested I make Sid a 1940s suit myself. I chose a green woollen cloth and a blue pinstripe thread, cut the cloth and mocked it up before it was sent away to be constructed. It’s very important to own your character, but to build my costume from scratch was unlike anything I had experienced before. Seeing it in the film gave me an incredible feeling.

Why the suit is lucky for Danny:

I wore the suit for my audition for Joe Wright’s Atonement, so it feels lucky. If there is ever a hint or suggestion that clothing might benefit your chances of getting a job, then I think any actor should try to do that…

Guardian Weekend is available online and on newsstands today.

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Radio Sunday 29 May: Tragedy Plus Time

Daniel Mays is a guest on talkRADIO’s Tragedy Plus Time with Bob Mills at 19:00 Sunday May 29.

Listen live online, via DAB radio, or search talkRADIO in your app store.

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BBC Radio 4 Front Row – From the Royal Court

Tune in to BBC Front Row on BBC Radio 4 Monday 30 May at 19:15 for an exciting half hour presentation of #60yearsNew at The Royal Court. Daniel Mays joins other actors to perform scenes from key plays:

Front Row marks 60 years of The Royal Court Theatre by discussing the value of new writing for the stage. In front of an audience John Wilson is joined by The Royal Court’s Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone, The Guardian’s theatre critic Michael Billington, and playwrights Simon Stephens, Stef Smith and Diana Nneka Atuona. Scenes from key plays are performed by David Tennant, Daniel Mays and Ami Metcalf, Ashley Zhangazha and Lisa Mcgrillis, Roy Williams, Kate Ashfield and Tom Hollander.

Daniel Mays reads from Motortown and gives his thoughts on what it was like to be involved in the performance of Simon Stephens’s incredible play.

This programme will also be available worldwide shortly after broadcast on BBC Radio iPlayer.
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The Royal Court- #60YearsNew

The Royal Court is celebrating 60 years and has released a series of videos to commemorate the event.

Daniel Mays has a great history with The Royal Court and has taken part in the videos. You can see him in the Who We Are (still from the play Motortown) and Memories of the Royal Court (interview at 6:40) videos at The Royal Court’s dedicated website 60 Years New or via their YouTube Channel.

Daniel Mays’s theatre performances for The Royal Court include: Hero, Scarborough, Motortown, The Winterling, Ladybird, Just a Bloke, and The One with the Oven.

Happy #60YearsNew to The Royal Court!

Photo ©Ellis Parrinder

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The Infiltrator – Official Trailer #2

The second trailer for The Infiltrator was released today:

The Infiltrator is released 13 July in cinemas in the US with more dates coming for the UK and worldwide.

Based on a true story, Federal agent ROBERT “BOB” MAZUR (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob Musella. Teamed with impulsive and streetwise fellow agent EMIR ABREU (John Leguizamo) and rookie agent posing as his fiancé KATHY ERTZ (Diane Kruger), Mazur befriends Escobar’s top lieutenant ROBERTO ALCAINO (Benjamin Bratt). Navigating a vicious criminal network in which the slightest slip-up could cost him his life, Mazur risks it all building a case that leads to indictments of 85 drug lords and the corrupt bankers who cleaned their dirty money, along with the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, one of the largest money-laundering banks in the world.

Daniel Mays stars as Frankie.

The Infiltrator first trailer

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Daniels Mays: #Inspired Series By Slick Showreels

Daniel Mays has a great interview with Slick Showreels for their #Inspired series.

Speaking to Danny was extremely insightful. No matter how high up the ladder you get, this industry is still tough.

We asked Danny what advice he would give for auditions and his views on the importance of networking. Both interesting answers:
He said it’s important to cease the moment and remember it’s not an exercise in learning lines. If you have lots of pages to learn the day before, don’t stress out too much, but if you have a a week, make sure you learn it.
It might sound like obvious advice, but it’s reassuring coming from someone like Danny Mays.

Watch Danny’s interview:

Danny Mays from Slick Showreels on Vimeo.

Slick Showreels explains: The purpose of these #Inspired interviews are to take individuals who are jobbing actors or industry professionals who make a successful living from working within this industry. Let’s say its advice that we all wish we’d have got before we’d spent so many years within the film and television industry!

Thanks to Slick Showreels for this fantastic interview!

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Line of Duty Seres 3 – DVD Released today 2 May 216

Line of Duty series 3 DVD is  released today:

Daniel Mays stars as Sergeant Danny Waldron, the highly proficient leader of an Armed Response Unit whose unpredictable behaviour is becoming a threat to colleagues and suspects. When AC-12 are called in to investigate Danny’s conduct, even they could find themselves in the firing line. Mays joins returning cast Martin Compston as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as Detective Constable Kate Fleming and Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings.

Also available today is the boxset of series 1-3.

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