Tom is a London-based Irish music critic made redundant by the rise of social media. Both authentic lead performance roles reflect the reality of a long term coupling. Life – out.” He’s withdrawn from everything, but saddest of all from sex, crashing out with no deal into unsplendid isolation. Rosamund was nominated for an Academy Award, a SAG Award and a Golden Globe Award. Rosamund Pike is perhaps best known for her lead role opposite Ben Affleck in Gone Girl (2014). The adventures of a mobster-turned-movie producer in Hollywood. TV show based on Elmore Leonard's novel and subsequent film. O’Dowd said the project was an “easy yes” because “the material was great”. Title: “It seems oddly fitting to the people of Ireland,” he says finally, “that Brexit is coming down to the backstop. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Much like everything is life relationships require maintenance and communication. The IT Crowd favourite talks delta males – and ‘depraved’ British rulers, Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.22 BST, ‘There are very few alpha males,” whispers Chris O’Dowd, “but plenty of delta males. We will next see him alongside Melissa McCarthy in The Starling, the two playing a couple who have lost a child in what is billed as comedy drama. Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'. Last updated: 3 September 2019 - 6.30am Chris O’Dowd revealed he and Rosamund Pike rehearsed their upcoming BBC comedy in the pub over a glass of wine. State of the Union View production, box office, & company info, Jake Tapper Cuts Off Lara Trump in Tense Exchange Over Biden’s Stutter (Video), Vin Diesel Reportedly Planning New xXx Trilogy, Angela Lansbury: ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Star Still Going Strong in Amazing Career. The series was filmed inside a London pub and Irish actor O’Dowd said he and Pike would stay on after work to learn the next day’s scripts over a drink. Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession. It’s an odd kind of thing to try and do. Tom is a man in arrested development, a theme Hornby has been writing about for decades in books that became films: the obsessed Arsenal fan of Fever Pitch, played by Colin Firth; the list-making record-shop geek of High Fidelity, played by John Cusack; the kidult of About a Boy, played by Hugh Grant. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Occasionally partners & friends get lost in the fog of time. “In an ideal world,” she tells Tom. You probably know a couple like them. “I feel a lot of men haven’t benefited either. He hopes to write again following the success of his book Moone Boy: The Blunder Years, a spin-off from the Sky series of the same name, based on his childhood and filmed in his home town of Boyle. If Hornby’s males are often boys trapped in men’s bodies, his women are rarely so confined. Tom’s no cipher and Louise is as culpable as him for their problems. What do I think will happen? Add the first question. The first two episodes of State Of The Union will air on BBC Two on September 8, with the full series available on iPlayer afterwards. I’d been enjoying Ros’ work from afar so it was a bit of a no-brainer.”. State of the Union: Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd are nominated for the 2019 Emmy Award. He said: “He’s a music journalist whose career has disappeared because no-one is buying music magazines anymore. Happy anniversary my love.”, O’Dowd is the youngest of five siblings. O’Dowd, whose mother is a psychotherapist, with Rosamund Pike in State of the Union. State of the Union is on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 8 September. “I think that’s right. Created by Nick Hornby. Looking for something to watch? 8 of 13 people found this review helpful. Some people decide that this is a sign of a terminal decline; whilst others voice their inner feelings and try to resolve the impasse. “It’s easy just to follow the work and not think too hard about where you’re going.” He never had huge expectations of his career, but is keen to have “a bit more creative control and more time at home”. Rosamund Pike: Tom: Chris O'Dowd: Older Wife: Janet Amsden: Older Husband: Jeff Rawle: Writer: Nick Hornby: Director: Stephen Frears: Broadcasts. I was thinking the other day, ‘I’ll be middle-aged!’ And then I thought, ‘I’ve felt middle-aged for a while.’” This year, he says, has been all about taking stock of his life: “What do I want to do with the rest of it?”. I certainly think it is. Sadly in reality some people don't want to make the effort. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. People growing up in Britain won’t have much sense of that. ‘I’ve felt middle-aged for a while’ … O’Dowd, who stars in State of the Union, directed by Stephen Frears. Written by Fever Pitch’s Nick Hornby, it follows Tom (O’Dowd) and Louise (Pike) as they meet in the pub ahead of their weekly marital therapy sessions. Again.”, Otherwise O’Dowd is very much like Tom, a delta male struggling towards middle age. Upset that their shrink is a woman, Tom says to his wife: “Why do we have to do all our dirty washing in her launderette?” The shrink’s gender will, he says, make one thing inevitable: “I’m going to get slaughtered.” Why? Rosamund Pike. “To be elevated above our protective side is going to be really good for men. Is he like Tom in that respect? He added: “I loved the idea of these short little episodes, I’d never done anything like that before. Sun 6 … These guys are better together.”, Who will watch State of the Union? What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. Follows a busy family from Manchester with their lives converging on one crucial night in 2019. Byrne played a museum curator, Pike is an NHS gerontologist (someone who studies ageing). It’s just the thing to watch on your phone for 10 minutes.”. Was this review helpful to you? We did try spending a bit of time together and found that process very useful.”. “Maybe,” says O’Dowd. Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike rehearsed comedy series over a glass of wine The pair star opposite each other as a warring husband and wife in State Of The Union. The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie. The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have officially been announced and State of the Union stars, Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd, has been nominated. “The interesting thing about it being short-form comedy is that one of the biggest audiences will be commuters. The suggestion that the British government is making – that they won’t fuck us over – is laughable. She wants their marriage to be constant rapture. They have two sons, Art and Valentine. Two ex-lovers, a married American woman and an aspiring British writer, activate a long-planned escape plan and disappear together for a week. So it is someone who has made a life from pop culture and has defined himself by what he likes and dislikes in it. “I’d only want to have sex with you.” But this isn’t an ideal world. By talking things through most issues can be overcome. He loved playing sad-eyed basement geek Roy in The IT Crowd with his catchphrase: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” And he got a Hollywood break as the sweet cop who puts out for troubled Kristen Wiig in 2011’s Bridesmaids. ‘My mum really enjoyed it’ … O’Dowd, whose mother is a psychotherapist, with Rosamund Pike in State of the Union. Delta males – it’s a term that’s very relevant to a lot of people in my life.”. Irish prosperity and peace are going to be completely usurped by Westminster.