Bill Bits from around the universe

Firstly Bill has been nominated for a Saturn Award for his role as Gen. Olbricht in Valkyrie.
There is a new The Boat That Rocked widget available, it has photos, clips of the film, news and more. Check it out beneath or include it on your website.

And there is a new still of Quentin rocking the [...]

More The Boat That Rocked clips

And the Mirror has an exclusive The Boat That Rocked clip too, appriopiately censored for younger readers. Watch Bill Nighy as Quentin and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count.

Dance Quentin, Dance

Another new clip from The Boat That Rocked on the Independent website. Dance, Quentin, dance.

Three minutes of The Boat That Rocked – a lot of Bill

Three minutes of Nighyliciousness in this clip of The Boat That Rocked. Rock on.

Bill Nighy third best dressed man in the world

Prince Charles is number one, comic Ronnie Corbett second and “stylish” actor Bill Nighy is named third best dressed man in the world.
Read the article
More about Bill the style guru in the Guardian.
Bill also attended the premiere of Young Victoria on Leicester Square in London, see him here.

The Boat That Rocked – new photos, new logo, new trailer and more

New Trailer

And another trailer:

New image:

Logo

New website
New website, new Quentin desktop background, new JingleJam (with snort), in other words, go over to the site and rock your heart out.
James Joyce Award
Bill has also recently received a James Joyce Award, an award given by the Literary and Historical Society (L&H) of University College Dublin (UCD) for those [...]

The Boat that Rocked – new posters

Please click on the thumbnails for the large versions:

Bill Nighy presents the Montecito Award to Kate Winslet

Bill Nighy presented the Montecito Award to Kate Winslet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (find Bill about halfway through the video)

Read more about the event here.

Bill Nighy about Underworld and Viktor

Let’s not forget that also Underworld: Rise of the Lycans premieres this weekend. (and made it as number 2 in the US boxoffice list, which is a great accomplishment).
Rotten Tomatoes has a great interview with Bill about Viktor:
“They put me in a skirt which always has a very profound effect on me. It is very [...]

Valkyrie has reached Europe

With the official European premiere in Berlin yesterday and the London premiere today, Valkyrie is about to hit the cinemas in Europe.
STV has interviewed Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard about Valkyrie (video).
This post will be updated with Valkyrie updates as the film comes available in the cinemas here in Europe.

Photos of Bill at the [...]

Times: Bill Nighy and the crack in his armour

The Times has a wonderful article about Bill and what makes him tick. There is only one thing to say: Go read it.
If you want to know what gets Bill Nighy really excited, put him in a room on a chair in front of a window at night. It would be dark and raining and [...]

The Boat that Rocked goodies and Bill on the radio

The Boat that Rocked now has an official 1st of April UK release.
Here is the official trailer:

Film Trailers by Filmtrailer.com
And the official website for The Boat That Rocked will open soon too.
If you would like to download the artwork for the film in full size, just click on the two images for the large [...]

Bill Nighy news catchup

Firstly Happy New Year to all readers!
Secondly there is the new trailer of G-Force in which you can see Bill as Leonard Saber, an evil billionaire. You know, the one with the Australian accent.

Question: So how is your Australian accent? Am I going to be cringing in the aisles?
Nighy: Probably, yes. [LAUGHTER] What can I [...]

Bill Nighy in new Comic Relief video

The incredibly cool and razorsharp dressed Bill Nighy is one of the actors supporting Comic Relief urging actors to donate a part of their earnings for the first three months of 2009 to Comic Relief.
Watch the BBC ‘Taking on the Tough Stuff’ Comic Relief video featuring James McAvoy and Bill Nighy:

(If the video is [...]

New Valkyrie featurette with Bill Nighy

Valkyrie will be released in US cinemas on the 26th of December (UK: 23rd of January) and while we are waiting to see the film, a new featurette has been released about the film. It features short interviews with all major cast members explaining the character they play in the film. It is very interesting [...]