Bill Nighy adds another award to his already long list: a Teen choice award for Best Villain, for his role as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
The Movie Villain category had the following nominees.
Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Al Pacino (Willie Bank) - Ocean’s Thirteen
Julian [...]
Bill Nighy’s portrayal of the most impressive pirate in the POTC franchise has scored him a nomination for a Teen Choice Award in the category Best Villain.
The nominees for Best Villain are:
Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Al Pacino (Willie Bank) - Ocean’s Thirteen
Julian McMahon (Victor Von Doom) - Fantastic [...]
There are 4 podcasts available for Pirates of the Caribbean - at World’s End.
The first one contains several short interview clips with the cast, and the untentacled Bill Nighy about his role as Davy Jones, and it’s the most interesting one to watch for Bill Nighy fans.
Official UK Podcast
These 2 contain several scenes with the [...]
“It is quite something that he has an emotional journey,” Nighy says. “I almost get a love scene, and for a squid that’s very good.”
Nighy glibly points out he also costarred in last year’s Notes On A Scandal, another against-Davy-Jones-type part. “I got to play a regular person with trousers and shoes in a movie,” [...]
Interesting interview with Bill Nighy about, of course, Pirates but it also mentions that Bill is flying to Tanzania to lobby the G8 conference.
In working with Curtis, who wrote “The Girl in the CafĂ©” in part to bring attention to the problems of world poverty, Nighy too has been moved to “help a bit.” Over [...]
Depp and the gang turned in credible performances, but besides Richards, Nighy nearly stole the show. Buried under CGI tentacles, Nighy still managed to give depth to his character. (thedesertsun)
If there’s an actor who provides At World’s End with a shot of humanity, it’s Bill Nighy. He uses his fiery theatrical rhythms to give Davy [...]
A short interview with Bill Nighy about Davy Jones at movieweb.
Bill Nighy also reveals what he is currently working on:
The thing I’ve mostly been involved in lately is a project that is basically my project, which is this thing where I want to put great books on your iPod, read by great people. So basically, [...]
At Worlds End has had it’s starstudded Disney land premiere, here are some Bill Nighy related links:
In a video clip on the BBC
On a typical Nighy red carpet picture (it’s number 6) on BBC.
And another one.
BBC article about Pirates
A couple of more pictures on the Disney land website
“A lot of grog, a lot of sex [...]
IESB has a very nice video interview with Bill Nighy about his work bringing Davy Jones to live.
Go watch it here
Billl Davy “Devo” Jones Nighy
in his funky computer pyjamas. Click the image for a larger picture, and also to see what Bill looks like after they have cgi’ed him into Davy Jones.
MTV Movie Awards has awarded Bill Nighy’s performance as pirate over all pirates Davy Jones with a Movie award nomination for Best Villain.
Bill is up against some other pretty nasty characters, but the decision who gets the MTV Movie Awards is in your hands. So go vote for Bill now!
The 5 nominees for Best Villain [...]
Get your Pirate kick with this Pirates of the Carribean : At World’s End featurette.
It has a lot of Captain Jack, but also some Davy Jones awesomeness.
The BBC is currently running a 3 part series about Industrial Light and Magic, the people who brought Davy Jones to live.
Davy Jones might be completely computer generated, but:
“The real true nuance and performance comes from the impromptu talent of an actor - all we are doing is replicating it in CG”
Read the article [...]
On May 19th at Disneyland Park, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN fans can attend the star-studded World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures’ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END. The full price of tickets, which are available at piratespremiere.com, will go directly to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish International. Since 1980, the [...]
Bill Nighy has donated his original Pirates of the Carribean : Dead Men’s Chest script to support the High Tide festival and you can now bid on it on Ebay here..
The script is filled with comments and doodles from Bill, and an absolute collectors item. But, before you run over there, know that it is [...]