Ralph
Fiennes News Archives 2002
12/15/02 Talking Cure Fan Encounter Site and Talking Cure News
The Talking Cure fan
encounter site is up..click
here to check it out
Thanks to Freya on the Forum for
finding this article:
National's Freudian drama sees its cast shrink again
How many actors does it take to play Sigmund Freud? In the case of the National Theatre, the answer is at least four.
In the latest setback for the National's production of the new Christopher Hampton play The Talking Cure, the Scottish actor Bill Paterson said yesterday that he felt he could no longer play Freud.
His withdrawal came 24 hours after he had agreed to take the part.
Hampton's play, about a key moment in the history of psychoanalysis when Freud and Carl Jung split, opened for previews last week with James Hazeldene as Freud and Ralph Fiennes, making a rare appearance at the National, playing Jung.
But Hazeldene, a former star of the television series London's Burning, was taken ill on Tuesday and is in hospital.
For two nights Dominic Rowan, who plays one of Jung's patients, agreed to play the role of Freud as well, reading the doctor's lines from a book. However, the official first night with critics on Thursday was cancelled.
Paterson, who recently starred in the film Crush opposite Hollywood actress Andie McDowell, agreed on Thursday to go into immediate rehearsals as a permanent replacement for Hazeldene. But by yesterday he had pulled out and Rowan will carry on playing two roles until another replacement it found.
"It's bedlam backstage," one insider told the Daily Telegraph yesterday. "They're looking though all the casting books hoping to find a middle-aged actor who hasn't signed up to a panto for Christmas."
The National said yesterday: "Bill Paterson did agree to it. But when he'd had 24 hours to let it sink in, he thought that with his other commitments, he couldn't do it after all.
"We are hopeful of finding another Freud quite soon."
11/23/02
Brand Play Details
Ralph will be performing
the Ibsen play, "Brand" next spring and summer in both Stratford
and London. Tickets are going on sale now for RSC members and in January for
non-members.
The play will be at the Swan theatre in Stratford from: 17 April to
24 May 2003 (member booking, Jan 6, regular Jan 27)
It will run at the Royal Haymarket Theatre from: 4 June to 30
August 2003 (previews from 29 May)
You can click on the link
below to find out more about the London part of the show:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/cgi/asp_events/searchresults.asp?criteria=event&searchstring=brand
THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
The Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Directions
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is a few minutes walk from Piccadilly tube station.
Head the Haymarket the theatre is at the bottom of the Haymarket on the left
hand side opposite Her Majestys Theatre and New Zealand House.
Public Transport
Nearest tube - Piccadilly Circus
Parking
The nearest National Car Park is in Denman St. Street Parking is very Limited.
Strongly advise public transport.
Phone
Ticketmaster (UK +44) 020 7316 4709.
Hours
The theatre box office is open 10.00 - 20.00hrs Monday to Saturday.
Payment
All major credit cards accepted on the 24hr credit card booking line.
Collection
Tickets left at the box office for collection may be picked up on the day,
during the hour before the performance starts. Please take the credit card
and Ticketmaster Booking Reference Number as proof of purchase.
For more details check
out the RSC website.
http://www.rsc.org.uk/
09/27/02 News
Roundup
Thanks to Mickey on the forum for finding this piece:
UK Daily Mail piece
"Ralph Fiennes and director Adrian Noble, who have been visiting fjords
in Norway to help them understand Henrik Ibsen's powerful work Brand.
The play, which began as a poem is likely to be staged by the RSC at the Swan
Theatre in Stratford next year.
Brand is a pries on a God-given mission that pits him against society and
nature. Ibsen was inspired by the wondrous landscape of fjords and in turn,
Fiennes and Noble hope their trip will inform next year's productio. When
he returns from Norway, Fiennes goes into rehearsal on October 21 with director
Howard Davies for Christopher Hampton's new play 'The Talking Cure, which
is about Jung and Frued. Fiennes also appears with Anthony Hopkins, Emily
Watson and Edward Norton in the Hannibal Lecter film Red Dragon. It opens
here on October 11".
Red Dragon
U.S. Premiere- NYC September 30
UK - October 11
TV Appearances
Today Show, October 2 and Jay Leno October 4
Talking Cure News
Tickets go on sale (other than for members who already have theirs) October
7 Online and fax/phone.
Here's Booking Info:
Booking Information
The Cottesloe is a small studio theatre on three levels, with flexible seating
and staging. The majority of seats cost £27.00, with a limited number
at £15.00 and some (restricted view) at £10.00.
Most seats £ 27.00
Seats with restricted view £ 10.00
Calendar of Performances for The Talking Cure 2:30 7:00 7:30
December 6th 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 14th 16th 17th 18th 19th 19th
20th 21st 21st 23rd 26th 27th 28th 28th 30th 31st
January 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 7th 8th 9th 9th 10th 11th 11th
13th 14th 15th 16th 16th 17th 18th 18th
No performance times available beyond 8th February 2003
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How to Book
Booking by phone, in person and online (where available) is open now for all
performances of The Coast of Utopia in the Olivier up to 23 November, in the
Lyttelton up to 23 November (Day Seats and Returns only for A Streetcar Named
Desire), the Loft up to 21 September and the Cottesloe up to 12 October.
For performances beyond those dates, (and for The Frogs in the Olivier) phone,
in person and online booking opens on 7 October (except for the £10
Night on 20 December, which opens on 15 October).
Where tickets are available online they may not be suitable for everyone. If you have specific needs with regards to where you sit please call the Box Office. The Box Office will always have the widest range of tickets available for sale and may have tickets for performances that are not available online. All allocations are made subject to availability.
Booking by Phone
Phone: +44 (0)20 7452 3000
Monday to Saturday, 10.00am-8.00pm
Minicom for deaf people:
+44 (0)20 7452 3009 Monday to Saturday, 10.00am-5.00pm
Link for Booking Page:
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/cgi-bin/booking/getnw.cgi?162
08/31/02 New RF article
on Red Dragon
Thanks
to Bella for finding this interview with RF about Red Dragon at the Daily
Record website.
Here's a link to it on our Red Dragon mini site.
http://www.fiennesforum.com/reddragon/reddragonnews.htm
08/23/02 News- the latest and greatest
The Talking Cure will be Brief
Ralph will be performing in The Talking Cure only during the month of December.
Here are the details posted by fans on the forum. Thanks to Freya for posting
this info:
"Post/fax booking is likely to start during the week of 25 September
(they always have a couple of weeks of post/fax booking before phone booking
starts).
Phone booking is due to start on 7 October. Internet booking generally starts at the same time, although the NT website does make the point that phone booking gives you a wider choice of seats.
However, he DID say that they expected the play to book up extremely quickly, and that only people on the priority list could be sure of getting tickets. Now, a lot of places always try to join you up to these lists, but the National isn't like that - I think he was being entirely genuine.
Joining the priority list costs £10. He gave me the number for the department to call, and it is 020 7452 3500 (but they aren't open on the weekends).
He said that anyone ringing up to join should ask for confirmation that they will be included on the list for the Talking Cure priority tickets (as it is so close to being mailed out).
The fax number for the National is 020 7452 3030.
Their website at
http://www.nt-online.org/home.html
has a printable copy of the booking form for when the time comes ;-) "
Girl With A Pearl Earring Not
in Ralph's Future
According to Ralph's rep, the Girl ...Earring project conflicted with his
play rehearsal schedule. News reports since then have Colin Firth listed as
the lead player.
Next Play will be Brand
After completing the Talking Cure, Ralph will tackle the Ibsen play Brand.
Nothing is set in concrete yet for Brand except that Ralph's agreed to do
it, and Adrian Nobel will direct. It should follow soon after the Talking
Cure.
Magazine Alert
Ralph has a nice interview in the September "W" magazine,
along with a fashion layout. He is also featured with Edward Norton in this
month's Esquire mag. Yet another appearance is in the August 26 People
magazine, where he is featured kissing FA, and quoted about not wanting kids.
06-25-02 News Roundup
The
official Red Dragon and Spider sites are up:
http://www.reddragonmovie.com
http://www.spiderthemovie.com/
Sony bought U.S. distribution rights to Spider. The film should open around
Christmas time. Articles imply that Sony thinks it has Oscar
potential.
Red Dragon is set to open in theatres October 4, 2002.
Ralph is currently filming Uptown Girl (used to be The Chambermaid)
with Jennifer Lopez. The film will complete shooting in mid-July. It
will release around Christmas time.
Recent press reports that Ralph is seeing Jennifer Lopez after her
split with her husband have been deemed false by his representatives
in the press.
To see photos of Ralph presenting at the Toney awards, go to:
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshow0?k=ralph+fiennes
Also, images shot during filming of Uptown Girl and photos of RF and
Francesca at "Enough" premiere can be found at:
http://www.wireimage.com
Watch for more Red Dragon news at:
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/red-dragon.html
Other good sites to watch are:
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com
http://www.darkhorizons.com
That's all the news I can think of. Ralph is still slated to do a
play in December called The Talking Cure. It will play at the
National Theatre in London. No other plans are known at this point.
Thanks to Kate, a new Fiennes Forum member for contributing the pic she found of RF at the Tony Awards.
05/23/02 Spider at Cannes
Read the latest reviews on the Spider News page.
Thanks to Amorena on the forum for posting this link to the Spider Trailer:
http://www.festival-cannes.com/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=3101990
No word yet if an American distributor has picked it up. It is rumored to be a major contendor for both both the Palm D'ior, and Ralph might win the lead actor award.
Red
Dragon
Bella found poster on Dark Horizons/Coming Attractions:
05/22/02 Ralph on Set of Chambermaid/Uptown Girl etc.
There are a ton of photos on the following sites to view of Ralph and Jennifer
Lopez filming the Chambermaid (aka Up Town Girl).
Here are the links for the photo sites, and thanks to Bella and other fans
for finding them:
Search on Ralph Fiennes, and you'll see pics from premiere of J-Lo's film Enough, also attended by Strange Day alums Juliette Lewis and Angela Bassette (sp?). Ralph showed up at the premiere with Francesca on his arm. There are also the pics from the film set.
You can also try a UK site:
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=382471K
03/01/02 News Round Up
News Round up
Thanks to Mickey on the forum for posting this Daily Mail article which is
kind of a catchall on what Ralph's possibly up to this year. I'm working on
definitive confirmations of the Lopez film, possible
Oscar attendance (since RF will be in LA until the beginning of April), and
trying to find out if the play in December is a definite Yes. We can only
hope for all of them:-)
There is another article afterward found on Yahoo, concerning the
Lopez movie.
Regarding "Spider", it is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
this year.
Reports say that "Red Dragon" will premiere in November (ugghhh
won't
it be competing with Bond and Harry Potter?)
If we're lucky, it will be a very nice Christmas for fans of Ralph
Fiennes!
Mary K.
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'You've gotta do it while you're Jung.... -Daily Mail
Ralph Fiennes has agreed to star in a steamy play at the National Theatre,
in a season already chock-a-block with major stars. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude
Law, Maggie Smith along with Judi Dench- along
with Madonna - are all doing London stage work this year. Actors love the
theatre but the pay's not so good in non-West End venues.
Fiennes will do two big Hollywood films to pay for his forays on the stage.
He's already playing a brutal killer known as the Tooth Fairy in thriller
Red Dragon, starring alongside Anthony Hopkins (as
Hannibal 'the cannibal' Lecter). Then he'll do a romance with screen siren
Jennifer Lopez.
On stage at the National, Fiennes will portray psychotherapist Carl Jung in
a new play by Christopher Hampton called the Talking Cure. Its about about
how Jung used methods he learned from Freud to help a
distressed young woman.
Hampton's play will show how Freud and Jung related to each other; for example,
they once spent 13 hours analysing each other's dreams. But the pair sometimes
got up to hanky-panky with patients. Its's not
a whitewash about Jung. He had affairs and he had sex - and this will be shown
on stage, an associate connected to the production told me. Howard Davies
will stage the play in the National's Cottesloe auditorium in December. After
that, Fiennes hopes to star in Brandt for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Fiennes calls for 'Chambermaid'
Thu Feb 28, 3:16 AM ET
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Ralph Fiennes will star as the male
lead opposite Jennifer Lopez in Revolution Studios' "Chambermaid"
for director Wayne Wang. The project will go
into production at the end of April for a Christmas 2002 release.
"Chambermaid," a Cinderella tale set in New York, follows a woman (Lopez) who takes a job as a chambermaid in a luxury hotel. She meets and falls in love with a handsome, debonair heir to an American political dynasty (Fiennes) who is staying there. The man mistakes her for a society woman, and she soon finds herself gaining insight into the life of a man she might otherwise have judged from a distance. When her real identity is revealed, however, the truth sets in about the disparity of their lives.
John Hughes wrote the original draft of the screenplay, which is being produced by Revolution-based Shoelace Prods. Revolution partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas is overseeing.
Fiennes, repped by CAA, is currently shooting Universal Pictures' "Red
Dragon." He next stars in David Cronenberg's feature "Spider"
and Neil Jordan's "Double Down." Fiennes is a double Academy Award
nominee for his work in "Schindler's List" and "The English
Patient." Other credits include "Sunshine" and "The End
of the Affair."
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02/22/02 When Love Speaks Released in UK
You can now buy When Love Speaks, a cd of famous actors/musicians reading Shakespeare's sonnets.
Maggin has very nicely contributed both Ralph's and Joe's readings at the link below:
Click here to listen to 'When Love Speaks'
1/20/02 Ralph at Golden Globes 2002
Ralph presented the award for Best Director to Robert Altman. To view a movie clip and more pictures, click on the link below:
1/19/02 Possible Upcoming Roles
Ralph is reportedly going to costar with Russell Crow in a film entitled "The Far Side of the World". The film is based on books by Patrick O'Brian and will be about ship battles or something of that sea faring nature. Shooting begins in June and will be in Baja, Mexico where the Titanic was filmed.
Ralph
is also rumored to be starring in a film called "Dominoes" with
actor Kyle Maclachlan (sp).
None of this is officially confirmed at this time.
1/15/02 Ralph on Shakespeare tribute Album
Ralph will be performing on an album called When Love Speaks, a compilation of various actors and recording artists.
There will be a concert of the album at the Old Vic theatre in London. Here's the URL for the site. It is not known yet whether Ralph will perform or not:
Proceeds go to RADA.