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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Enjoy An Evening at the Theatre

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The Lehman Trilogy

by Gingersnap 4Helen| helen-mccrory.com | May 22, 2019

Thespians Damian and Helen, pictured with Ben Power here, attended opening night of award-winning The Lehman Trilogy play at London’s Piccadilly Theatre on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

They joined Press Night for a VIP preview of the new production. Others in attendance were Adrian Lester, Stephen Mangan, Helen George, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen and Ben Power.

The Lehman Brothers have opened their doors in the West End for a limited, 16-week run. It is story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.

163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.

Bobby Axelrod knows a thing or two about Wallstreet and the financial crisis!

The play was adapted by Ben Power, with Sam Mendes directing Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons.

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Helen McCrorry: ‘Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments’

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 McCrory on her career and winning awards

By Chris Hall  and Alex Godfrey | February 2, 2013 | Daily Mail

Helen McCrory has played Cherie Blair twice, in The Queen and The Special Relationship, Narcissa Malfoy in three Harry Potter films, and Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.

Most recently, McCrory, 44, played MP Clair Dowar in Skyfall, which has eight Bafta nominations.

She has been married to Homeland star Damian Lewis for five years.

'Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments... I've been lowered by frogmen into the cold lakes of Stoke-on-Trent while wearing a bikini,' said Helen McCrory

‘You weren’t allowed to take your wand home on Harry Potter. They were very strict about that. You couldn’t even take the script. Imagine phoning them up if you’d been burgled and having to say, “Oh, and by the way, you know that little Quidditch ball that’s on eBay? I think it might be from our house.” You just can’t do it. Continue reading Helen McCrorry: ‘Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments’

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Helen McCrory: ping pong diplomacy and Scorsese’s henchman

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With roles in Martin Scorsese’e latest and Sam Mendes’ next Bond film, Helen McCrory has joined the establishment – on her own terms

by Tom Lamont | November 26, 2011 | The Guardian
It is nine-all on the outdoor table-tennis table in Regent’s Park, London, a score arrived at somewhat chaotically due to the fallen autumn debris on the playing surface. The match began with Helen McCrory protesting a lack of interest in the score, but things have become more intense as the winning 11-point mark approaches, and the 43-year-old actor (soon to appear as a Parisian grande dame in Martin Scorsese’s children’s film, Hugo) has put on glasses. She’s stubbed out her cigarillo. As a shot missiles by she says, “Lucky bounce! The ball hit a twig!”

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Twelfth Night at the Donmar Warehouse – Review

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Harrowing hilarity

By Paul Taylor | October 28, 2002 | The Independent

He looks as though his copious blubber has been constrained from birth in a wing collar and buttoned-up pinstripe suit and that he must have emerged from the womb with that self-important beard and punctilious moustache. His gait is an effeminately officious cross between a march and a scamper; his tone is a prissily sibilant sneer; and he is forever consulting his watch with righteous impatience. At night, his locks are lovingly protected by a lady’s hairnet.

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