Double Bill Nighy in Harry Potter

It is about time, but Bill Nighy is at last attached to the Harry Potter franchise.
Bill Nighy has an announcement. “I don’t think I’m allowed to say it but I’m going to be in the next Harry Potter film,” he tells us. “I won’t say which character, but he’s a goodie. I just got the [...]

Bill Nighy in Killing Maestros on BBC Radio 7

You can catch Bill in a rerun of the radioplay Killing Maestros on BBC Radio 7.
Wagner’s ‘Tristan Und Isolde’ is thought to bring bad luck to those involved with its production. Conductor Sergei Bodanov (Bill) enlists the help of his therapist to rid him of the curse before his first performance. Wednesday at [...]

Bill Nighy the style icon and Wild Target photos

While we already knew Bill was a style icon, Bill has now been voted number 7 in a poll for the most stylish man.
3,000 men aged 25-55 took part in the poll which quizzed them on their fashion habits and views on stylish male icons. The survey was commissioned by Thomas Pink, the British luxury [...]

Bill Nighy on your radio [BBC7]

BBC7 is repeating six episodes of Baldi, the Franciscan priest and amateur detective.
Bill will star in episode 3 which will air today at 11.15am, 9.15pm and 2.15am. And you will be able to catch it on Listen Again up until a week after broadcast.
Ser 3. 2/6: The Bookcase (by Simon Brett) – Several rare books [...]

What is Bill thinking – caption competition and more news

Bill is cutting the cake – but what is he thinking?
Bill has attended the famous Chelsea Flower show in London recently and had the honor of cutting the 40th birthday cake for David Austin English Roses. David Austin Roses decided that Bill’s Mona Lisa smile was worthy of a caption competition.
Simply write and them what [...]

New G-Force trailer and Bill on your radio

The new Jerry Bruckheimer (think Pirates of the Carribean) production is the Disney Digital 3D (!) G-Force. G-Force is a combination of animation and live action, Bill will play evil Leonard Saber, one of the live action characters. You can see him briefly in the new trailer:

The film revolves around a team of trained secret [...]

Bill Nighy contributes to book for Prince’s trust

Inspired, a 160-page hardback, will be launched in July, and will feature celebrities from film, TV, music and sport revealing how music has changed their lives, as well as the stories of young people supported by The Prince’s Trust.
HRH the Prince of Wales will write a personal foreword, and the money raised will go to [...]

Bill Nighy’s favourite films and much more

Rotten Tomatoes has Bill pick his five favourite films. Bill puts a lot of thought in his choices and for fans it is not surprising that Punch Drunk Love and Missisippi Burning are on his list. It gets funny when he picks Performance (with Mick Jagger) but just starts rambling on about Shine a Light [...]

Bill Nighy on The Boat that Rocked and life

The lovely Bill Nighy does a lot of interviews these days, and here is one more, about The Boat That Rocked – and the only purpose of this movie – which is to make you laugh. Of course it is also about the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan and Bill’s own life – and becoming [...]

Bill Nighy – the healthy man and more

Lovely 10 minute podcast interview with Bill Nighy about being healthy, and of course also about The Boat that Rocked.

Read the related interview on the Telegraph.
There is more Nighy candy for your ear on BBC7 if you like the voice, which of course you do:
Vongole
Michael Butt’s saucy comedy of a middle-aged professor who uses the [...]

More Rocking Film Premieres in Amsterdam and Australia

If you happen to live or be in the Netherlands on Monday the 6th of April, you might want to go to Amsterdam that day.
The film premiere of The Boat That Rocked will take place that day, and Bill Nighy,Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge, Talulah RIlet and writer/director Richard Curtis and producer Hilary [...]

More stills from The Boat That Rocked

Enjoy!
You can also find a wealth of widgets, goodies, wallpapers on the official website for the film: The Boat That Rocked

Bill Nighy interview in the Telegraph

He did join a garage band at one point, as the singer, ‘but it was all too scary’. His hair was partly to blame for his shaken confidence. ‘I had a catastrophe when I hit puberty in that my hair went violently curly. I tried putting some gunk on it to keep it down but [...]

The Boat is Rocking London

BBC has an interview with Bill Nighy about The Boat That Rocked, which had its world premiere in London tonight.
His answer why it was so cool working on the film: “They had a toasting machine and you get a toasted cheese sandwich – any time you wanted one. They had whole boxes of Mars bars [...]

Want to get a ticket for the The Boat that Rocked premiere?

All you need to do is turn up at the foyer of the Empire cinema on Leicester Square at 4pm on Monday 23 March with your copy of the londonpaper (handed out for free in Central London) as exchange for your world premiere ticket.
To be given this opportunity you need to turn up in [...]