Domino, of the Damien Molony Forum, has had confirmation that Damien will be appearing in Ripper Street from Tiger Productions. We now waiting for an official press release.
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Congratulations on achieving guru-dom, Su - but if it's not you (as queen of the blog) who awards these titles, who is the clever bod in charge of post-counting?
You know me and my love of numbers, I just can't help myself looking each time I check out a new post. 207 to go before I become a guru too, oh that rhymes!
Damen has started to record a new radio play, an adaption of The Commitments. He will be playing James Clifford, the pianist.
This radio version has been adapted by Eugene O’Brien, is being directed by Jim Sheridan and produced by Gemma McMullan. The cast also includes Colm Meaney. The music is being provided by Irish rock band The Riptide Movement
This is a link to a character profile for Albert Flight Damien's new role in Ripper Street. Profile contains only very minor spoilers about the character Albert Flight but most DaMo fans will be pleased to know that he will be using his natural accent!
I enjoy Ripper Street more and more, and the new addition is doing no harm at all! But for me he barely had enough to say yet, to figure out that he was really using his real Irish accent as publicised, or not. You must have a better ear... when his police superiors actually let him get a word in, I'll be even happier.
My mum honestly adores that voice of his, haha! I was quite sceptical of Ripper Street at first but the last episode has me hooked (and not just because Flight was introduced!).
I'm merely speculating here but I thought Flight was trying to downplay his Irish accent, if that makes sense? Maybe he didn't want to stick out too much. I'm not sure how English-Irish relations were in that time period but I can only assume things might have been tumultuous!
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You noticed too! Could be right there SabasReflection, English-Irish relations were difficult at that time, so Flight may have wanted to downplay his Irish background.
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He was called quiet in the last episode, so I did wonder if we were supposed to make something of it! And maybe I just imagined this, but I felt that he seemed a little cautious when he was at the pub with the others. I think he looked around very briefly.
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this would explain why there are pics of him with Fay ripley on twitter. i don't do twitter btw but MrB does and occasionally I look up the BH casts to see what they are up to.
Hello everyone! Lovely to see some activity here :)
It is now confirmed that damien has been cast in channel 5's new show 'suspects' as detective Sargent jack Weston! Here is the picture he posted on twitter with Faye ripley and they do appear to be in costume!!
As soon as we get any information, ill post it here :) xx
Still very much enjoying the Ripper Street look myself - and looking forward to this new series too now you've put my mind at rest that it's not some dubious celebrity cooking-while-wearing-dated-skiwear challenge.
Still very much enjoying the Ripper Street look myself - and looking forward to this new series too now you've put my mind at rest that it's not some dubious celebrity cooking-while-wearing-dated-skiwear challenge.
Improvising is definitely better than a script; more natural acting!
Now I know this sounds incredibly farfetched... I didn't believe it myself at first... but my sister pointed out a ^slight^ Damien lookalike to me... in the music video for Ylvis' "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)". It probably sounds ridiculous. My guess is that it is one of the Ylvis duo who resembles him in ^some^ shots... except with curly hair, of course. :P Have a look, anyone?
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Don't know about everyone else, but I'm still loving Ripper Street. But if we ever did a rewatch of it together , and played the new drinking game: down a shot whenever Mr Molony gets a line, we'd all go to bed tragically sober... homeopathic doses of his acting talent are Not Enough!
He's like some exotic bird to be spotted only occasionally and heard even more infrequently. We could just play the spot the Flight game... yeah, still tragically sober...
Hi Whimsy - we'd better get into twitching practice quick then - just read that the BBC have cancelled it. Cancelling a brilliant series before its time? Whoever heard of such a thing - again...
oh no, I have just started to get into this as well. I was hoping that Flint would have a bigger role in series 3. Do you think that Damo is going to be known as the kiss of death to all great BBC drama series?
Nooooo! He's the great survivor, of course - he flits from (temporary) hit to hit spreading his glamour and bringing the loyal fans - it's the Director General of the Beeb who is the typhoid Mary of all good drama...
Quick update: Damien will be starring in a new play, The Body Of An American, at the Gate Theatre (London) from the 16th of Jan to the 8th of Feb, then at the Royal and Denegate Theatre Northampton from 27th of Feb to the 8th of March. (Via Damien Molony Forum) For more details see below -
A trailer for The Body of an American, includes an interview with Damien Molony. A number of BH forumers/bloggers have already seen this play and they have given it rave reviews!
Our very own Lord Toby had this to say about it on twitter ~
"Saw @damienmolony in Body of an American tonight. Absolutely stunning play and breathtaking performances from him & Willy Gaminara. Buzzing."