Posts Tagged ‘Michael Sheen’

Happy Birthday to Michael Sheen

London photographer Ben C Meadows has kindly given me permission to reproduce the lovely photos that he took of Michael Sheen backstage at the Young Vic towards the end of his Hamlet run.

Copies have been added to the Gallery, but you can view them below by clicking on the thumbnails.

You can check out Ben’s other fantastic work HERE.

It seems that The Hollywood Reporter and HitFix amongst others also now posting the story that Michael Sheen has been cast in the pilot for a new Showtime series called ‘Masters of Sex’ about human sexuality pioneer , William Masters.

Apparently, Showtime announced today that Michael will be joined by Lizzy Caplan, who will play the role of Virginia Johnson, wife and research partner of Masters.

“Masters of Sex” will begin production in New York in March with John Madden (“Shakespeare in Love”) directing. Michelle Ashford, Judith Verno, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly are executive-producing the Sony Pictures Television production. Ashford, Timberman and Beverly also penned the script, based on the Thomas Maier book “Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love.”

According to Deadline.com, Michael Sheen has recently been cast as the lead in a Showtime pilot called ‘Masters of Sex’ portraying 1960s human sexuality pioneer William Masters’.

This would be Michael’s first series appearance, and at the moment this has not been confirmed. The article does go on to say that Paul Bettany was supposed to take the role, but pulled out last month.

William Masters was an American gynecologist, best known as the senior member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Along with Virginia Eshelman Johnson, who he later married, he pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s.

For now, I am filing this in the Rumour Mill, but I will keep my eye on this topic. It would be interested to see what Michael makes of a series.

Do Not Feed The Trolls

Troll (noun) someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community and likes to hide behind the anonymity of the internet.

Dear Trolls,

Please note, this site is run by only one person. However, I closely monitor ALL messages and comments. Please do not be fooled into thinking that you will be allowed to post your bile on this site.

While I appreciate that Michael Sheen is not to everyone’s taste, is there really so little happening in your life that you need to hunt down a fansite dedicated to him to critique his work. I would not even mind if it had been constructive criticism, but it wasn’t.

I am a huge and long time Michael Sheen, and I have seen pretty much everything he has done, but I am not so blinded by adoration to like everything . His back catalogue is so varied that there was bound to be something I don’t like.  I get it – there are somethings he has done that you don’t like either, but leaving a comment that was deliberately inflammatory was quite unnecessary.

The old adage “if you have not got anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” applies here.

I operate a strict no tolerance on internet Trolls, so please go back to hiding under your bridge. Your comments will be blocked, your email blacklisted, and the Morrigan will be informed.

A complete list of presenters has been announced for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will will be held on Sunday, January 29 in Los Angeles. Michael Sheen as been announced as one of the presenters of the award ceremony which will be aired live on TBS at 6ET / 3PT.

UPDATE:  It seems ladies and gents, that I was mis-informed. Michael is NOT presenting an award – but he is listed along with his Midnight In Paris cast mates for Outstanding Performance by a Cast

*sad face*