Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley pose together at the photo call for their film Stars At Noon in Cannes, France on Thursday (May 26).
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Conversations With Friends, Rooney’s first novel, follows the conversations between two best friends and lovers, Frances and Bobbi, via text, email, instant messaging, and face-to-face interaction. Things get murky when the pair becomes entangled with older married couple Nick and Melissa.In an interview with , Joe Alwyn, who plays Nick in Hulu's adaptation of the 2017 novel, said that he is in a group chat with the actor who starred as Connell in the 2020 series , also an adaptation of a Rooney novel. The name of the chat? The Tortured Man Club.Shortly after Alwyn was cast, a mutual friend created and named the WhatsApp group, “which is I guess a reflection on Connell and Nick,” Alwyn said of the histrionic name.
After exchanging tortured man texts for a while, Alwyn and Mescal finally met IRL on the set of Conversations With Friends in Dublin, Ireland. “He’s a lovely, lovely guy,” Alwyn said. Given their —Alwyn is , and Mescal has been linked to Phoebe Bridgers—I can't help but wonder: Are Alwyn and Mescal responsible for the Swift x Bridgers collaboration on Red (Taylor's Version)? A Tortured Man never tells. Alwyn, like so many of us, watched Normal People in lockdown in 2020.
The actor told British GQ that he likes Rooney's work because “it’s not hugely narrative-driven. I like the messiness of it, and the complexity of it." Although Alwyn has not met Rooney, he's exchanged emails with her about his character. The author even sent Alwyn a playlist for his character Nick, which included songs from The National, Pavement, and Kanye West.
Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley pose together at the photo call for their film Stars At Noon in Cannes, France on Thursday (May 26).
“The Stars at Noon” finds the French filmmaker Claire Denis shooting in Panama doubling for Nicaragua; directing a cast of Yanks, Brits, and assorted Central Americans; and working from a script switching between Spanish and English. Internationally coproduced Towers of Babel such as this aren’t at all uncommon at the Cannes Film Festival, but the errors in translation all over this disappointing foreign-relations drama run deeper than simple differences of ethnicity or language.
Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival!
A new film by Claire Denis is always a cause for excitement. And fans of the French director are in for a treat in 2022, with two new films from Denis premiering this year.
Cannes Film Festival. The actor, 26, slicked back his hair and donned a dapper suit for the event held at Place de la Castre. Paul looked full of confidence as he posed in his sharp suit and statement bow tie at the ceremony which aims to shine a light on women’s contribution to cinema, both in front of and behind the camera.
Did you know that Joe Alwyn is Grammy winner?!
Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, is finally dishing deets on why he chose to use a pseudonym for his collaboration on her GRAMMY-winning album, Folklore, and the meaning behind said pseudonym.
Taylor Swift's boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, is finally dishing deets on why he chose to use a pseudonym for his collaboration on her GRAMMY-winning album,, and the meaning behind said pseudonym.During an appearance on Thursday's , the 31-year-old actor said the pseudonym was more about keeping the focus on the track and less about sending Swifties on an Easter egg hunt.«We chose to do it so the people, first and foremost, would listen to the music first before dissecting the fact that we did it together,» he explained. «We did it under the name William Bowery, very fancy.
Best known for the HBO series “Girls,” Lena Dunham is making a name for herself as a filmmaker with films such as her recent Sundance entry “Sharp Stick” which was reviewed by The Playlist in January, and the upcoming film “Catherine Called Birdy.” The latter is a PG-13 period comedy at Amazon Prime Video with an interesting British cast that consists of Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper (“Doctor Who“), Andrew Scott (“Fleabag,” “Spectre“), Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite“), Ralph Ineson (“The Witch“), Dean-Charles Chapman (“1917“), and with Dunham also taking a role.
The stars of Conversations with Friends are stepping out to promote their new show!
That’s her man. Taylor Swift shared a subtle display of support for boyfriend Joe Alwyn as his new TV show, Conversations With Friends, premiered on Hulu.
Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn stars in BBC and Hulu series Conversations with Friends which begins tonight at 10pm.The plot is based on Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name about two students whose lives become intimately entangled with a married couple. Joe, 31, plays the role of Nick Conway, a married actor who gets caught in a web of infidelity. But while Joe’s character’s life will be wrung out on screen for all to see, his relationship with Taylor, 32, is low-key and fans are often left in the dark.
Nothing uncomfortable here. Alison Oliver says “it was great” working with an intimacy coordinator to film sex scenes with Joe Alwyn for Hulu’s Conversations With Friends, which debuts on Sunday, May 15.
EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of their Oscar win for The Long Goodbye, Sound Of Metal and Rogue One actor Riz Ahmed and Surge director Aneil Karia are confirmed for a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic Hamlet, which is being launched by WME Independent at the Cannes market.
reunited to bring Rooney's debut novel, to the small screen.Set in Dublin, follows 21-year-old college student Frances and her former girlfriend and current best friend, Bobbi, as they navigate a complex new relationship with a married couple.Watch on May 15Like Sally Rooney’s other works, is an intimate character study of complicated individuals, and the ways in which they communicate with one another. Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane and Jemima Kirke star in this new Hulu original series. Keep reading to find out how to watch premieres on Sunday, May 15.
Joe Alwyn) and Melissa (Jemima Kirke), and embarks on a secret affair with Nick -- forever testing the boundaries and friendships she's put in place. The story, which also stars Sasha Lane as Frances' ex, Bobbi, is told from Frances' perspective through voiceover narration.«One of the reasons I loved Sally's book is because it was so heavily disguised and messy in the best way, and complicated in the best way. And I like the theme she was touching upon and the questions she was provoking about love and happiness and finding love and happiness outside of conventional stuff,» Alwyn told ET's Cassie DiLaura of what initially drew him to the adaptation. «It’s all wrapped up in this beautiful coming-of-age story for Frances and feels like quite a modern love story.
Ready for her close-up! Alison Oliver couldn’t believe her luck when she was cast in Hulu’s Conversations With Friends — having just graduated from college shortly before getting her big break.