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this animated adaptation of a Hans Christian Anderson tale when it was released in 1994. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman (An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Titan AE), two of just a handful of animators who have the clout to get animated features made in the US without the intervention of Disney, Thumbelina is actually a pretty decent, sensitively rendered animation that may remind you there was a time before Shrek, inherent irony and in jokes. Showing as part of Weans’ World.
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Name Toby Jones
Born Oxford, England on 7 September 1967
Background Jones comes from good acting stock. His father Freddie Jones is a character actor who David Lynch used in E/ephant Man, Wild at Heart and Dune. His brother Rupert is a director so acting came naturally. Best known for his work treading the boards. he was awarded the 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a supporting role for his performances in The Play What / Wrote.
What’s he up to now? Toby Jones has finally graduated to bit part celluloid player in Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix to leading man. Of course. he's not got the looks to be a romantic lead but his brilliant character acting skills and uncanny resemblance to Capote were finally noted by a movie director and the Brit was cast to play the scribe in Infamous. His performance puts the rest of the superstar cast (Gwyneth Paltrow. Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock) in the shade.
What he says about being Truman Capote “I‘m sure you've heard this a million times but it all started with the script. The words that director Douglas McGrath created on the page with this character who I knew so little about were such an insight into a life. But nothing could prepare me for the first time that I saw footage of Truman Capote and I thought. “Oh man. the transformation I‘m going to have to go through is terrifying and thrilling. somehow I'm going to have to understand that person.‘ You wouldn't know from the script that he 80unds like that. There is loads of footage for him and that is how I felt. You go through a never ending research journey and working with a voice coach to get the voice right. Interesting fact Before taking on the role Jones did not know he resembled Capote. He had previously been told that he looked like French composer Claude Debussy and William Hogarth (who Jones plays in TV's The Harlot's Progress). But now he can joke that he bears a striking resemblance to Toby Jones. (Kaleem Aftab)
I Infamous is on selected release from Fri 79 Jan. See review, page 38.