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Friday, March 5th, 2010 Matthew Goode ‘blown away’ by Cemetery Junction offer
Actor Matthew Goode has said he was “blown away” to get offered a part in Ricky Gervais’s new film Cemetery Junction.
The comedy-drama is co-directed and written by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and is a coming-of-age tale of three friends working in the insurance industry in the 70s.
“Him and Stephen called me up and asked me if I wanted to do it,” says Goode. “It’s to play the second in charge, underneath Ralph Fiennes who heads the company. (more…)
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Matthew Goode: there were many reasons I shouldn’t have been cast in Watchmen
Matthew Goode, 32, has starred in Woody Allen’s Match Point, Brideshead Revisited and Watchmen, and last year produced his greatest work, daughter Matilda. Now he plays lover to Oscar-nominated Colin Firth in Tom Ford’s film of love and grief, A Single Man.
Did you feel a bit of a fraud being cast as the cleverest man in the world in Watchmen? There were many reasons I shouldn’t have been cast in that film and I think people were quite p***ed off. I’m lucky I don’t own a computer.
Really? No, I don’t have one. But trust me, the negative feedback was relayed quite well by friends of mine: ‘Oh my God, everyone hates you, man. It’s awesome.’ When I got there to start filming, all the artwork still had Jude Law’s face on it so I figured he was meant to be doing this but was too expensive. That was good for me.
Are superheroes your way forward now? I’m not built like that; I’m not really that leading man thing. I’m sure I’m more likely to end up playing a teacher on some sort of Rhodesian farm in the 1930s drinking gin Martinis. I hope so, actually, that will be quite fun. (more…)
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 ComingSoon.net interview
ComingSoon.net posted an exclusive interview with Amy and Matthew about their new romantic comedy “Leap Year”, which will open in theaters this Friday.
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 Movieline magazine interview
Movieline Magazine posted a new interview with “A Single Man” star Matthew Goode on their website. check here to read it.