Steve - short film with Firth, Keira & Tom Mison

Premiering at the London film fest this month, the short film"Steve" with a running time of 16 minutes.

Rupert Friend previously made the short The Continuing And Lamentable Saga Of The Suicide Brothers with his buddy Tom Mison and Keira Knightley (available on Itunes). This time around Rupert chose to direct and Colin Firth came on board as well.

Steve is a short film about a young couple (Keira Knightley & Tom Mison) whose visits from their downstairs neighbor (Colin Firth) "become increasingly frequent and unpredictable."

short clip from Steve

Rupert and Tom discuss behind the scenes of their first short:
The Continuing And Lamentable Saga Of The Suicide Brothers.
I especially like their dance :)

Watch interview with Rupert Friend for BFI discussing how the film came about and how Colin Firth became involved. (via TomMison.com)

The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of The Suicide Brothers

And now for something completely different... well, definitely looks off the beaten path of the stuff of period dramas but features some well-known faces.
Rupert Friend, Tom Mison and Keira Knightley in a short film (8:30 minutes) that will be available on Itunes.

"It's got an amusing stop-motion animated effect going on with its snowy exterior shots as the brothers make their way to a small barn where they attempt to kill themselves every day at two in the afternoon. This includes a failed hanging and a misfiring pistol to the face. It's all rather darkly comic and it's more of a mood piece than anything else. Knightley plays a fairy that lives with the boys and is frustrated by their suicide attempts and the fact they pay her no mind. It's entirely dialogue free." Rope of Silicon

My favourite quote: Tom Mison's deadpan delivery of how he and Rupert ended up with their fashion choice. "I think we'd both felt we'd look good in liederhosen...I've got nice calves."

Behind the scenes...

Thanks to fabulosida for link to video!

Hercule Poirot - Third Girl

The latest installment of Hercule Poirot airs tonight July 18 on PBS Masterpiece and along with iconic David Suchet in the title role, we'll also see two actors from Lost in Austen - Jemima Rooper as Norma Restarick and Tom Mison as David Baker.

Synopsis from PBS of episode Third Girl:
Norma Restarick, a young and tormented heiress, visits Hercule Poirot with an alarming cry — "I thought you might be able to save me!" She thinks she may have committed a murder, but before Poirot can inquire further, she's gone. Soon thereafter, Poirot and his fiction-writer friend Ariadne Oliver learn of a death — Norma's childhood nanny, apparently a suicide. But Norma, haunted by memories of her childhood and her own mother's suicide, is convinced she's committed the heinous crime. Norma's family and circle of friends fear for her sanity. But as Poirot delves into this compelling case and Norma's tragic past, he begins to fear for her life. Norma may be in imminent danger, but can Poirot devise a plot to lure a killer and save the fragile Norma? Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, Third Girl stars David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver.

Jemima Rooper and Tom Mison in Third Girl

Mison and Rooper in Lost in Austen

PBS Masterpiece

IMDb