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Gemma Arterton has claimed she is terrified of portraying the late music icon Dusty Springfield in a new biopic. According to reports from The Mirror on Tuesday, the actress, 34, said she was also excited to take on the part in a film that explores the singers struggles when her career hit a slump during the 1970s. Of taking the part, she reflected: It wont be sort of like Bohemian Rhapsody or Rocket Man - its not that kind of film. Its much more intimate. I am kind of a bit terrified by it bu...

The actress, 34, gave into temptation on Sunday nights episode as viewers saw her character Sister Clodagh having steamy flashbacks to her life before she was a nun.

Black Narcissus, BBC One review - a haunting in the Himalayas | reviews, news & interviews Black Narcissus, BBC One review - a haunting in the Himalayas Black Narcissus, BBC One review - a haunting in the Himalayas Sister Act 4? Only if youve eaten too many brandy-soaked mince pies... by Saskia BaronMonday, 28 December 2020 The bells, the bells: Aisling Franciosi gives in to her inner campanologist It’s dangerous territory, remaking a classic British film as a TV mini-series. In ...

Who does Gemma Arterton play in Black Narcissus and did she have to shave her head? Clara Gaspar Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 11:33 BBCs Black Narcissus is an erotic thriller about Anglican nuns in Nepal, starring none other than Bond Girl Gemma Arterton. Artertons role as a repressed Sister who falls for a handsome hunk has got viewers hooked - heres more about her character... 4 Who does Gemma Arterton play in Black Narcissus? Gemma Arterton leads the cast as Sister Clodagh, a nun leading a group ...

Black Narcissus tells a tale of sexual repression and forbidden love , following a group of nuns, including Sister Clodagh (Arterton), who travel from their British convent to Nepal to establish a mission in the remote and abandoned palace of Mopu. However, Sister Clodaghs repressed romantic memories from her past soon become entwined with the tragic history of the long-dead Princess Srimati (Gianni Gonsalves), and tragedy looks set to repeat itself as questions of a haunting arise. While some...

BBC Ones erotically charged TV adaptation of Black Narcissus, which stars Bond girl Gemma Arterton as Sister Clodagh and newcomer Aisling Franciosi as Sister Ruth, has the critics raving. The story of nuns with buried passions in an isolated palace-turned-convent high in the Himalayas — a palace that was once the home of concubines — is brilliantly conjured.  Its writer, Amanda Coe, who was behind the gripping TV adaptation of Apple Tree Yard, has described the drama as The Shining with nu...

Here are our top picks from tonights TV (Monday, 28 December). From a new Sir David Attenborough special to a 90s throwback, heres a selection of whats on TV this evening... Advertisements Black Narcissus - 9PM, BBC One After its premiere on Sunday, Amanda Coes adaptation of Rumer Goddens Black Narcissus continues with episode two tonight. Sister Ruth’s health worsens as winter sets in, and the ghost of Princess Srimati plagues her as Angu Ayah tells her more of the princess’ tragic fate. D...

The real story behind Black Narcissus, the escapist fantasy that put its fearless author on the map A BBC adaptation will introduce Rumer Godden’s 1938 masterpiece – about the conflict between sensual and cerebral – to a new audience 27 December 2020 • 5:00pm Rumer Godden never changed the working habits she established in the Thirties Credit: Clifford Coffin/Conde Nast Collection Editorial The reflection in her mirror displeased novelist Rumer Godden in the late summer of 1938. Dispass...

British nuns stuck in the Himalayas, living in a crumbling palace where the former local ruler had kept his harem and going slowly mad with pent-up passion over a handsome Englishman.  What’s not to love? This new retelling of Black Narcissus, the 1939 Rumer Godden novel that was turned into an Oscar-winning film starring Deborah Kerr in 1947, is utterly compelling, from the scenery to the simmering sexual tension. The movie was banned in Ireland, censored in America and described by Martin ...

Black Narcissus cast: Who stars with Gemma Arterton in the series, when it’s on BBC One and filming locations The i 12/27/2020 Alina Polianskaya A new adaptation of the classic story Black Narcissus is starting on BBC One this Sunday. But in the remote mountainous setting, repressed desires surface for the nuns and things escalate quickly. Here’s everything you need to know about who’s in the cast, where it was filmed and when it’s on. What is it about? The story fo...