Harry Potter tagged posts
In episode 15 of The Electric Shadows Podcast, Rob Daniel & Wallis do a late night review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, having just watched the movie. Slightly tired, the two embark on a spellbinding odyssey that covers interspecies coupling, the right way to cast spells, Eddie Redmayne’s fictitious fractious relationship with his mum and comparing King Kong to Sonny Corelone. Ah, the magic of the movies…
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For an incredibly busy man, Adam Pearson is generous with his time. On Good Friday this year, his one day off that week, Adam met up with us to discuss his experiences on the astonishing Under the Skin.
Pearson, who has the condition neurofibromatosis, plays a young man ensnared by Scarlett Johansson’s predatory alien. One of the many questions the film throws up is how would a being with no concept of beauty react to facial disfigurement?
Over a lively hour in a Croydon Caffe Nero, Pearson gave us the lowdown on the (literal) pain he went through in getting the role, lazy stereotypes movies and TV apply to disfigurement, and working with one of Hollywood’s brightest A-list stars.
Electric Shadows: A question you’re probably sick of answering, but your condition is neurofibromatosis?
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