Rising British actor Jeremy Irvine stars in just-released horror sequel The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death, which THN recently talked to him about.
Being an in-demand name naturally means he has a few irons in the fire, the hottest of which is Stonewall, director Roland Emmerich‘s dramatization of the famous riots that had a profound impact on the way the gay community were perceived in the late Sixties.
It’s a project that’s clearly close to Jeremy’s heart and he gave us his views toward the tail end of our interview:
THN: What have you got coming up next?
Jeremy Irvine: The next movie I’ve got coming out is called Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich, all about the gay rights revolution, which I’m very excited about.
Without generalizing, that sounds like quite an unusual subject matter for Roland Emmerich. I guess he’s associated with Independence Day and films like that. How was that experience?
It was one of the best directing experiences I’ve had. I mean, you’ve only got to watch his movies, such as The Patriot and Anonymous, to see what a wonderful drama director Roland is. He’s a really subtle director, and yes he makes these huge blockbusters, but that’s because he knows how to put a movie together.
He’s also very good at getting wonderful performances, and he was working with a script that’s a real passion project for him, and a real personal project for him. And I hope it becomes a very important, personal movie to a lot of people. On set we felt we were doing something special, a little bit more than a film, and something that can hopefully help people who’ve been through similar things. Hopefully it’ll push our culture as a whole a little bit further towards total acceptance, understanding and equality.
Written by Jon Robin Baitz and co-starring Ron Perlman and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Stonewall hits cinemas this year care of Centropolis Entertainment.
Read our interview with Jeremy here. The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death is out now to buy on Blu-ray and DVD.
