There are no seconds takes in live theatre. So how do our hottest actors handle the final minutes before the curtain goes up?
Photographer Simon Annand tells the stories behind his remarkable pictures of the stars backstage. (Source)

GEMMA ARTERTON, 2010, The Master Builder, Almeida Theatre. ‘She’s completely in her own world, listening to her iPod. We didn’t speak at all. Part of her preparation for this Ibsen play was to lie on her back on the floor’.

Image taken from a forthcoming book by Simon Annand.

His previous work, ‘The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage,’ is published by Faber & Faber, price £25

GALLERY LINK:
– Stage > The Master Builder (2010) > Related Clippings > Backstage.

The article offers further proof (if anyone still had doubts) that Gemma’s birthday is indeed on 2 February:

Celebrating its UK premiere at genre festival FrightFest Glasgow, Byzantium should still satisfy horror hounds; Jordan doesn’t scrimp on the red stuff, not least during that gushing waterfall scene.

“Oh my gosh! That was shot on my birthday!” laughs Arterton. “It was so cold. I think it might be the most physically challenging thing I’ve ever shot. It was on 2 February, absolutely freezing. We were in the West of Ireland in this beautiful little seaside town called Castletownbere. It’s one of the highest waterfalls in Ireland apparently, but it’s on private land. We dyed it red with organic dye. I could only be in there for seven seconds because then I would get brain freeze. It was so invigorating I had this sort of high afterwards. Everyone was so cold anyway and then I was there in this slip of a dress…”

Byzantium opens on 31 May in the UK.

GALLERY LINK:
– Byzantium (2012) > Related Clippings > Total Film (UK) – June 2013.

Added some new pics from the Trance NY Premiere and the Byzantium Premiere at the 9th Annual Glasgow Film Festival!

Public Events > Trance Premiere in New York
Public Events > 9th Annual Glasgow Film Festival: Byzantium Premiere
Public Events > 9th Annual Glasgow Film Festival: Byzantium Premiere – Q&A

Q&A — How much is a pint of milk? Gemma Arterton — The Byzantium star on nudity, Del Boy and upstaging Jesus.

GALLERY LINK:
– Scans from 2013 > Empire (UK) – May 2013.

Thanks to Chuckie. Please visit her lovely website dedicated to Tobias Menzies who played in 007 – Casino Royale and who recently joined the cast of Game of Thrones as Ser Edmure Tully!

While in New York, Gemma attended the premiere of Trance hosted by The Cinema Society & Montblanc at SVA Theater yesterday and she looked gorgeous like usual! Several images have been added to the gallery, thanks to Claudia and Olivia for their donations :)

Public Events > Trance Premiere in New York

Io Donna: What advice would you give to a girl in search of her own golden moment?
Gemma Arterton: Never allow others to decide things for yourself. If you’re beautiful, you have to prove that you’re brilliant. And keep your integrity: I know it’s hard, but you’ve got to stand firm.

GALLERY LINK:
– Scans from 2013 > Io Donna (Italy) – March 30, 2013

GALLERY LINKS:
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) > Related Clippings > Cinerama (Spain) – February 2013, thanks to Francisco and www.jeremyleerenner.com.
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) > Related Clippings > Mad Movies (France) – March 2013
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) > Related Clippings > Ciak (Italy) – March 2013, thanks to www.jeremyleerenner.com.
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) > Related Clippings > Primissima Magazine (Italy) – April 2013
Scans from 2013 > Must Have (UK) – March 2013
Scans from 2013 > MovieScope (UK) – March/April 2013

If you can provide any scans or photos that we don’t have, please contact us! Credit will always be given!