Domhnall gleeson bill nighy biography
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Bill Nighy Talks ABOUT TIME, Working with Richard Curtis, BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 2, Looking Back on SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and More
From writer/director Richard Curtis (Love Actually), About Time is charming, endearing, heart-warming and, at times, a real tear-jerker. The story follows Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson), whose father (Bill Nighy) tells him, at the age of 21, that the dock in their family have always had the ability to travel through time. He can’t change history, but he can man his world, and the life that he shares with his beautiful flickvän Mary (Rachel McAdams), a better place.
At the film’s press day, actor Bill Nighy spoke to Collider in both a 1-on-1 and a roundtable about the appeal of this script and character, how he might have reacted, if he’d been told at 21 that he could travel through time, what he thought of working with Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams, and the unspoken connection he’s developed with director Richard Curtis. He also
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Movie review: About Time
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BYCORI ILARDI
MANAGING MOSAIC EDITOR
From Richard Curtis, writer of “Love Actually” and “Notting Hill,” comes his next tale about the lengths one man will go to in order to find love.
“About Time” revolves around Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), a shy but sweet year-old who learns from his father (Bill Nighy) that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. Why the women cannot travel through time is never explained, but I took it with a grain of salt and accepted it as it was.
His father explains a few rules—Tim cannot travel into the future and can only go back to moments in his own life—means he can really only change his own life and not the course of history. So, his father laments, he cannot go back in time and kill Hitler or “shag Helen of Troy.” His father warns him against using his ability for monetary gain and encourages him to chase after what he truly wants
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Domhnall Gleeson
Irish actor (born )
Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May ) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. The son of actor Brendan Gleeson, he studied media arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He began his career by directing and writing several short films, and garnered a Tony Award nomination in for his role in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He had a supporting role in Never Let Me Go () and became known to a wider audience for his portrayal of Bill Weasley in the last two entries of the Harry Potter film series (–).
Gleeson had starring roles in the period drama Anna Karenina (), the romantic comedy About Time (), the Black Mirror episode "Be Right Back" (), and the war drama Unbroken (). His career progressed with roles in the films Ex Machina (), Brooklyn (), The Revenant () and Peter Rabbit (), as well as for his role as General Hux in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (–). In , he had a main role in the HBO black comed