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Connecting Ian McShane and Jenna Coleman
Ian McShane
English actor (born 1942)
After being a member of the National Youth Theatre, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), alongside Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt.
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Hopkins starred as Lear in the 2018 television film ''King Lear'' acting alongside Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, and Jim Broadbent which was broadcast on BBC Two on 28 May 2018.
Jim Broadbent
British actor
Later that year, he also appeared in a role in Alan Bennett's comedy film '' The Lady in the Van'' (2015) alongside Maggie Smith, and Alex Jennings.
Alex Jennings
British actor
He also starred in the ITV series '' Victoria'' (2016–2019) opposite Jenna Coleman, as well as Stephen Frears' ''A Very English Scandal'' (2018) alongside Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, and most recently Steve McQueen's '' Small Axe: Mangrove'' (2020) starring Letitia Wright.
Jennings also portrayed King Leopold I of Belgium in the ITV/PBS series '' Victoria'' (2016–2019) alongside Jenna Coleman.
Ian McShane
English actor (born 1942)
During 2007–08, he starred as Max in the 40th anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's '' The Homecoming'', co-starring Eve Best, Raúl Esparza, and Michael McKean, and directed by Daniel Sullivan, at the Cort Theatre (16 December 2007 – 13 April 2008).
("A conversation with actor Ian McShane about his role in the 40th Anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's '' The Homecoming''.")
Harold Pinter
English playwright (1930–2008)
Pinter also adapted other writers' novels to screenplays, including ''The Pumpkin Eater'' (1964), based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer, directed by Jack Clayton; '' The Quiller Memorandum'' (1966), from the 1965 spy novel ''The Berlin Memorandum'', by Elleston Trevor, directed by Michael Anderson; '' The Last Tycoon'' (1976), from the unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, directed by Elia Kazan; '' The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981), from the novel by John Fowles, directed by Karel Reisz; '' Turtle Diary'' (1985), based on the novel by Russell Hoban; ''The Heat of the Day'' (1988), a television film, from the 1949 novel by Elizabeth Bowen; '' The Comfort of Strangers'' (1990), from the novel by Ian McEwan, directed by Paul Schrader; and ''The Trial'' (1993), from the novel by Franz Kafka, directed by David Jones.
Michael Jayston
English actor (b. 1935)
Other TV appearances include in ''EastEnders'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Only Fools and Horses'', '' The Darling Buds of May'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''The Bill'' and the character of Donald De Souza in ''Emmerdale''.
Donald De Souza
Jasmine Thomas (Jenna-Louise Coleman), an aspiring local journalist, is annoyed that Nicola is flirting with her boyfriend, David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden), and discovers that Donald is in a coma in hospital.
Ian McShane
English actor (born 1942)
During 2007–08, he starred as Max in the 40th anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's '' The Homecoming'', co-starring Eve Best, Raúl Esparza, and Michael McKean, and directed by Daniel Sullivan, at the Cort Theatre (16 December 2007 – 13 April 2008).
Raúl Esparza
American actor
In 2009, Esparza starred in a production of Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' at the Delacorte Theater (New York) with Anne Hathaway, from June 25 through July 12.
Anne Hathaway
Along with Daisy Ridley, Hathaway and Streisand performed the song "At The Ballet" from ''A Chorus Line''; she played the role of Maggie, one of a trio of dancers hoping to be cast in an upcoming show.
Daisy Ridley
In May 2022, it was announced that Ridley would star in ''Magpie'', a contemporary noir thriller written by her partner Tom Bateman, based on Ridley's original story idea, and is set to be directed by Sam Yates.
Sam Yates
British director (born 1983)
* ''A Separate Peace'' by Tom Stoppard, (2020, Platform Presents and The Remote Read), with Jenna Coleman, David Morrissey, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard and Maggie Service.
Ian McShane
English actor (born 1942)
After being a member of the National Youth Theatre, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), alongside Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt.
John Hurt
Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic ''Champions'' (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama '' The Hit'' (1984), Winston Smith in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, ''Scandal'' (1989).
Stephen Frears
British film director and producer
The live-in nanny that Wilmers hired in the early 1980s, Nina Stibbe, wrote letters home describing the North London literati life; these were compiled and published, and turned into a 2016 TV series, ''Love, Nina''.{{cn|date=June 2022}}
Nina Stibbe
British writer
In 2016, ''Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life'' was adapted by Nick Hornby for the BBC, as ''Love, Nina,'' starring Faye Marsay in the title role and Helena Bonham Carter.
Faye Marsay
British actress
The character of Shona was intended by showrunner Steven Moffat to become a new, permanent companion, replacing Jenna Coleman who had decided to leave the production.
