I really didn’t want to devote another post to another High Rise trailer, but here we go. I covered the first High Rise trailer back in December, then I devoted a post to the second trailer in January. And they released a third trailer, featuring MOAR HIDDLES/LEGS/SEX, on Tuesday. Like it was a special gift for Hiddleston’s 35th birthday. So, behold… a brief glimpse of Hiddleston/Laing on the balcony. Naked except for a large pamphlet and small towel covering his face. This trailer is also our first real look at Elisabeth Moss’s character. I think Laing is banging both Moss and Sienna Miller in this film. Here’s the third trailer:
So, the Dragonflies got their legs and their pale, English nudity. I hope you ladies are happy! I feel like the studio did cut this trailer just for the Hiddles fans specifically.
There is some updated information about the release dates, actually. The film will be released in theaters in the UK on March 18, and it will come to video-on-demand in America on April 28th. But! High Rise will also have a limited theatrical release in America starting May 13th. Which doesn’t bode well, quite honestly, for a potential awards-season campaign later in the year. VOD releases, while increasingly popular, are a harbinger of doom for films that want some awards-season legitimacy. So even if they’re putting some money into a limited theatrical release, the stank of VOD will still follow the movie.
What sucks is that out of all of Hiddleston’s film released in a year’s time, High Rise is the one that looks the most interesting to me. I think they’re also trying to coordinate the High Rise release with The Night Manager airing in America AND the release of I Saw the Light in America (that comes out in March). Like, Hiddleston will be doing press in the UK and America for two whole months in March & April. Not really, but we will hopefully get some new interviews and such.
Also: Hiddleston wrote a lovely piece in Harper’s Bazaar UK honoring his Night Manager costar Olivia Colman – you can read the piece here. To hear Hiddles tell it, it was all his idea to cast Olivia even though she was heavily pregnant throughout the filming. The press around her pregnancy is kind of funny – people act like this is the first time EVAH that a pregnant woman has been cast in something.
Tom Hiddleston in “High-Rise” will leave you hot and bothered https://t.co/OKVB83pYiU pic.twitter.com/wHuLQ6IoWt
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 9, 2016
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Brunch is served on the veranda. Yes, the veranda, not the balcony, because Sienna Miller is NOT invited. We still have plenty of birthday cake in a variety of flavors. And lots of champagne.
And not every film has to be an awards contender. Lots of actors have long, brilliant careers without ever being nominated for an Oscar, like Alan Rickman.
Mmmm, brunch. Who can say no to champagne and cake? 😀
And heck, if Sienna Miller dares show her face you can always toss her off the veranda / balcony. If the trailer is anything to go by, some guy already led the way with his swan-dive onto a car.
Mmmmmm. Cake.
Alan Rickman. 🙁
*sniff*
Let’s raise a glass to Alan. Still hard to believe he is gone.
I quite liked Sienna in this movie.
Well, she may be good in the film but she still isn’t invited to the party.
Fair enough! She’ll just waste good champagne, throwing bottles at the men 😉
I had trouble ripping myself away from that BuzzFeed post with the balcony scene broken down into gif frames. Glorious, just glorious! I definitely need a drink now – I’m perched.
What a lovely veranda Lilac, no need to risk it with that trollop Sienna. I’ve brought a basket of my blood red oranges for Nutty’s Tommybanger recipe, but I’ll gladly have some champagne in celebration of today’s glorious expose.
My only complaint is that for all the debauchery in this film, he should have shown us HIS high rise under that brochure.
Calling Sixer!! I loved the new Happy Valley! I’m surprised to say I’m glad they have a number of key people from the last season. Sarah Lancashire is such a joy to watch onscreen. Can’t wait for the next one!
Oops. Sorry. Missed you!
It was fab, wasn’t it? And the new cast members are all solid.
I look forward to this one 🙂
Olivia Coleman has never let a pregnancy stop her from filming – she was heavily pregnant in one series of the Mitchell and Webb comedy show, and it was never remarked on, she just played a character for that scene, who happened to be pregnant.
What a strange movie, not sure if I’d be interested in seeing it.
Hiddles *is* cute as a button, tho.
Sweet merciful Jebus
I don’t think any one involved in the project is so naive and delirious as to dream of nominations for major or minor US awards. They are not idiots, I believe. Check out how David Cronenberg’s Crash had been treated in the past. The film was awarded Cannes Jury Special Prize but it was utterly ditched in the US. These Ballardian films are small but powerful monsters that exist on their own terms and I am glad that these kinds of films can be made with such a low budget and wonderful talents.
Wheatly’s trailers impress me every time. Loved the visuals, music, and performances that I can watch in them. I particularly like the peculiar mixture of black comedy and violence. Come spring. I will be right there to watch Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, and the dog as well as nude Hiddles.
I agree. I don’t think the producers or director or the actors had the US award circuit in mind at all.
I also agree. And I also love Ben Wheatly.
Well you know how Americans are, all about glory all the time. Everything has to enter the Oscar race or the film sucks, blah blah. I’m saying this as an American. A lot of my favorite films don’t even so much as get a whiff from the Academy. The film was excellent and I would see it again, whether on VOD or in cinemas.
You’re so right. I’m very impressed with Wheatly and his trailers too. They’re some of the best trailers I’ve seen in a long time. I should qualify that I’m not an indie-film buff, but over the years I just started ignoring most commercial movies and their trailers because they all just looked the same or stuck to a tried format. There was nothing new or intriguing.
I’ve not seen any of Wheatly’s other films but just looking at these great trailers, I totally want to see this regardless of all the violence or even if TH is in it or not. I’m also impressed with Wheatly’s overall UK film knowledge and perspective. He’s able to give an overview of UK film industry over that last 50 yrs based on all the film makers that he’s been influenced by or studied. Apparently he’s one of the strongest independent British film makers right now “bringing back British Cinema” which sounds like it’s more abstract or not as easily absorbed. I have a new interest now.
To true-it was a brilliant film with some wonderful acting and gave you lots to think about but half the initial reviewers had no idea what it was about and kept comparing it to Snow Piercer which did not help.
I have really enjoyed the VIDEO’S of how Rodney Crowell taught Tom to yodel and am really looking forward to it but no signs of a UK release unless someone has heard anything it has received some quite good reviews from the better quality papers in the UK but the subject matter would probably not draw a huge audience in the UK.
Most of the Tom buzz is for the Night Manager. Olivia looks very good in it but i still find all her girlish giggling in interviews off putting and some of her performances are hit and miss.Curious to see how Hugh and Tom interact.I think it starts. here on the 21st
My interest in this film is growing. Can’t say the same for I Saw the Light.
I found the book depressing, but I have to agree that this looks much better than ISTL. I’ve seen the latter, and despite his good performance, the critics panning of the script was on point.
Hank’s life was so interesting and compelling, it makes me cranky it didn’t get the script it deserves. Tom keeps mentioning he found the script moving and worthy of Hank’s legend when he first read it – that makes me wonder if he’s blowing smoke on behalf of his director, or some of the magic got edited out at some point.
@Dara, I think he’s telling the truth. Like, the scenes were very well done. There’s just no connective tissue in the film. It felt like loose ideas thrown together to make a film. Strong disconnected scenes, shitty overall film.
Jammy, that’s a bummer.
@Dara, from what I’ve seen, I can only speak for myself. There are some people who have seen it and thought the film was excellent. It’s quite subjective. I’m weighing my judgment against my personal criteria for a decent biopic. Its loose structure might serve as refreshing for others. And because expectations are lowered, people might find the criticisms overly harsh.
Agreed with Nut. I still recommend watching ISTL if you have a mild interest in Tom and want to check it out for his turn as Hank.
Agree, if you have an interest in either Hank or Tom, it’s worth watching at least once. If the scenes were more connected to an overarching narrative that balanced out his genius as a writer/performer with his frailty as a human, it would have been a great movie.
Yea, what REALLY felt missing was why his music affected so many people. They could have focused less on the least interesting side of him (booze, drugs, women…yawn). I guess the director want to make a different movie from everyone else (or he just can’t tell a story that even makes sense).
@jammypants, from what I’ve heard from the director about this film, I think it is a mixture of both.
Also, this film is being released by Sony Picture Classics, which means small, limited distribution to arthouses, not megaplexes. It is a small film, with a small budget that will probably be recouped through soundtrack sales.
I think it might have a wider release than the usual indie film. It has a ‘coming soon’ page on the AMC website, and the “standees” with Tom are popping up in Regal Cinemas – both chains have multiplexes not far from me. I’m hoping for a wider release honestly, it increases the odds I can see it sooner rather than later.
FWIW – there is a rumor of an ISTL Press Day in LA on March 21, with Tom, Lizzie and director listed as attending. If that is accurate, it might answer the question about when the Monkey Movie wraps up filming.
@Dara, the trailer is showing at one of the arthouses here in Boston but not at the AMCs, not even the big one in the city that does show small independents, or the Showcases.
I have an interest in both Tom Hank and Cromwell as well so will definitely be there if it ever arrives in the UK.
Re his body -I prefer slim with small tight muscles like Tom;s and however he got it is fine with me-most actors under a certain age theses days work out so no surprises there.Many runners and tennis players (Tom’S main sports are built like this.What I dislike is those actors who have spent hours on the gym building up overblown body builder muscles which are obviously forced
Not into his face at all. He’s not good looking at all. But that’s a nice body. He’s clearly spend some time in the gym and it’s payed off.
He looks good, but everytime I see his body I think that this is a classic example of a way too carefully cultivated gym body. Keep slugging back those glowing green smoothies, Tom!
its definetly a carefully sculpted body result of many hours with a PT and the right diet. I always thought he seemed quite vain or self aware, with that fake tan and all.
I thought his orange tan was horribly intentional, but then seeing him shirtless in that Night Manager trailer, he had a farmer’s tan and the tan stopped at his neck. So, pale body and tanned head, neck, and arms haha! I do agree about the intended sculpted body though.
That is exactly what stops me from finding him to be attractive. It’s all so carefully created– the PR, the body, the tan, the image. Everything. I wish there was something in there that just said “Hey, it’s just me!” But hey, he is an actor, and actor are nothing if not self-conscious.
If you knew you were going to be naked sans a 4×6 inch cloth wouldn’t you run to the personal trainer too?
@SloaneY, haha definitely. He said once in an interview for The Deep Blue Sea, he didn’t eat any mince pies for the love scene 😛
But yea, I don’t really think having a fit body is anything wrong to be honest. I do think he’s a bit vain, but I find it all so harmless. He’s an actor in his prime. No one is batting an eye at all the other vain actors with gym bodies 😛 He’s always been fit, even in his 20s when he did a lot of yoga. He’s been more toned since Coriolanus, which the role called for, and he seemed to stay that way since. He’s played an ex-soldier, and then for Skull Island, he had to stay in shape for his role as well. He mentioned it during the Crimson Peak promo tour why he’s more buff.
In the novel, Laing was described as having an exceptionally well-muscled body and I was told that in the movie female characters sometimes sexually objectify him and his body. Given the novel and the script, he did his best for his job, which I think just commendable.
Oh come on, I am not *faulting* him for that. I just think this is how he tends to come across to me– everything is oh so careful and self-conscious. Obviously being buff is part of this job, but I can think of plenty of other buff actors who don;t seem to have that same affect.
I don’t know if it’s “way too cultivated gym body”. Not really sure exactly what that is cause lots of actors are in the gym especially if they’re working.
I agree with @jammy that he’s always been very fit. He used to play rugby in college, and he’s been a consummate runner for years. I suspect he’s replaced the yoga routine with muscle work now, but it seems like it always changes depending on what he’s working on i.e. ISTL mostly just ran 10 miles a day to get Hank thin.
I think his “cultivated” body is because he’s got a runner’s body and frame (ie. no or little body fat) that he’s built up.
@jammy, do you think he still does yoga? He seemed really good at it, VERY flexible. It seems now that he’s become more busy with work that there’s not been any pics of him doing yoga anymore. I always hope he practices at home, but he never talks about it anymore either.
Just to lighten the mood a bit, this gave me a proper laugh, haha! http://allthehiddlethings.tumblr.com/post/139065678429/cheers-mrhiddleston-x
@Jupiter, I do think he’s very PR-conscious, but personally I don’t really care if he is haha! It’s just me, so I can’t speak for everyone. Others will find it grating.
@Cranberry, I’m not sure if he still does yoga. Someone needs to ask this very important question at any upcoming Q&A he has 😉 Honestly, I sort of admire that he’s been physically healthy all these years. Working at a desk job, I don’t feel entirely motivated all the time. The only area I work on is my mid section, which is really toned. The rest looks horrible bc I don’t workout evenly due to laziness :/
I don’t think he always looks that muscled (My personal favorite is Adam’s slim and fit body) and his body looks much more natural compared with the bodies of superhero film actors who really sculptured their bodies with trainers. I bet many people will laugh at Sienna Miller’s line commenting that he is just above average. Anyway, that’s why I brought the novel. Like you and jammypants I feel that he is self-conscious and somewhat painfully careful, but I am okay with that haha.
I want to see fat Tom in a film. That wiuld be hilarious.
@jammypants, he looooves fun, doesn’t he?
Thanks @Jammypants,
If the movie biz dries out for him he should show this to the Walking Dead producers for their new series. Maybe they’ll cast him as a walker. lol
And yes it is a very important question. So important that he should put out a TH does yoga dvd in those capri pants from 1843, a downward dog, and top it with a Hiddles style 15 minute namaste.
oops, that was supposed to say, 15 minute explanation of namaste.
Has anyone seen the home page of tumblr today? The entire page is a drawing of Tom’s face from HR where he has paint all over his face. It’s pretty cool.
** ok, I guess it’s not the official home page. They got some other guy up now. I had clicked on the home page link from someones TH tumblr page, and it went to the above said home page made for the hiddleedee tumblr tribe I guess. Still it was cool.
I completely disagree. He’s obviously fit and athletic, but this is not a sculpted gym body – he doesn’t have a defined six-pack, his pecs are not very developed, and his biceps are small.
Sh*t….this is the effect on me of having a FB friend who is a bodybuilder, and who constantly posts gym photos. I didn’t realise how much I’d absorbed.
To be clear, I think he’s absolutely gorgeous!
No, the Chrises have carefully gym sculpted bodies. Hiddles, not so much.
Yeah @KTE
I was trying to say the same thing. The term “cultivated gym body” made me think of buff muscle, gym bodies or the sculpted male body which is usually pretty built and has very defined and usually big muscles. That’s what I consider a “gym body” like the Chrises.
So I can agree with @Jupitero in regards to the “cultivation” of his stream-lined, more subtle muscle definition, but I don’t think it screams of gym body like so many other buffed out guys.
Good points ladies. I agree with you. He’s very very toned and lightly so, but sculpted…nahhh. Still too skinny. But I think he does workout and exercise regularly, which a lot of healthy people do. He looks good, probably knows it. Nothing wrong 🙂
@jammypants
Yeah, I’m down ON, .. I mean with, that too. hee, hee, hee
I can’t wait to see this. It’s right up my alley. Jeremy Irons looks quite interesting in this.
I’m clutching my pearls.
hahaah.
Oh your poor virgin eyes. How will they recover?
Sienna Miller badly needs to invest in some blotting papers. I’ve yet to ever see a picture of her where she isn’t greasier than a KFC bucket.
Hah! I never really noticed, but now that you’ve mentioned it, I think you are on to something. Her whole time at San Sebastian was pretty fug – those few days belong in the highlight reel of her “worst looks”. I’m not her biggest fan, she is the very definition of hot mess for me, so I took a perverse glee in just how awful she looked leaving the festival on the last day.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3247384/Make-free-Sienna-Miller-far-cry-glamorous-red-carpet-self-leaves-hotel-slouchy-jumper-grey-tracksuit-bottoms-film-festival.html
Those particular photos don’t show her feet, but she’s got them stuffed in kangaroo-fur lined Gucci slip-ons. Who wears $1,000 shoes with ratty sweatpants? Fur-lined no less.
I believe I’m moving this sunbathing shot right onto my desktop at work. Wondering how many new friends I will make today. And how very 70’s to wear a watch when soaking up the sun. LOL.
Very good strategy. You’ll be bell of the ball.
Where in that article does he say it was all his idea to cast Olivia Coleman? He said it was his director’s idea, both to cast a woman in the role, and to cast Olivia specifically.
OMG This Man!
A specimen indeed.
I think High-Rise is going to be reviewed on Film 2016 23.45 pm next Wednesday night.