Interview by The Times, October 21 2017. The call went out to comedy’s superheroes. Armando Iannucci, the political satirist, was assembling a team. He wanted to make a film about Stalin and political machinations in the Communist Party; and he wanted to make it funny. Steve Buscemi would play Nikita Khrushchev as a court jester whose…
Fantastic!! That is all!! Article and interview by W Magazine, for Lynn Hirschberg. July 17th, 2017 For everyone who mourned the loss of Nicholas Brody at the end of Homeland‘s third season, the hit Showtime series would like to point you in the direction of Peter Quinn. A stoic foil and confidant to Claire Danes’ Carrie Mathison, Rupert…
Posted by vulture.com (posting here only Rupert’s questions). Interview by Stacey Wilson Hunt. June 15th, 2017 No matter your political leanings, it’s accurate to say that the 2016 presidential election has affected American popular culture — and Hollywood — more profoundly than any in U.S. history. From Alec Baldwin and Melissa McCarthy’s brash portrayals of…
Originally posted by yahoo.com. Interview by Kimbery Potts. June 13th, 2017 He belongs in the Jack Bauer category of TV hero: Peter Quinn, the Homeland paramilitary officer who — spoiler alert, if you’re not caught up! — died in the Season 6 finale, sacrificing himself to save the President of the United States and his…
This is pure gold, especially considering how needy we are of Rupert news! Posted by GoldDerby on Youtube. May 31th, 2017 As I said… pure gold…
Posted by LA Times. Interview by Randee Dawn. May 25th, 2017 There’s a magical component to imagination that I realized I love. […] My imagination is my imagination, and that’s my job. It’s been a traumatic couple of years for fans of Rupert Friend’s “Homeland” character, Peter Quinn, a heroic CIA paramilitary agent who appeared…
Originally posted by Huffingtonpost. Interview by Leigh Blickley. May 10th, 2017 “For me, maybe ‘Homeland’ died with Quinn.” Since its debut in 2011, “Homeland” has captured the attention of a wide audience ― around 5.5 million viewers per week across all platforms, to be exact. Nearly 2 million people, including the future king and queen…
Posted by Entertainment weekly. Interview by James Hibberd. April 10th, 2017 Peter Quinn has finally met his fate. Homeland‘s long-suffering casualty of the war on terror was killed off in the sixth season closer on Sunday night. Quinn (Rupert Friend) was shot to death while helping Carrie Mathison (Clarie Danes) and president-elect Elizabeth Keane (Elizabeth Marvel)…
Originally posted by The Hollywood Reporter. Interview by Michael O’Connell. April 10th, 2017 It may have happened one season later than originally planned, but Peter Quinn is officially out of the picture on Homeland. The character on the Showtime drama, played for the past five seasons by Rupert Friend, went out in a blaze of glory…
Posted by DEADLINE. Interview by Nellie Andreeva. April 10th, 2017 Peter Quinn, absolutely, he has been a dear friend of mine, and I’m sad to see him go but I’m happy that he’s at rest now. Homeland’s leading men tend to have pretty short expiration dates though they die as heroes. Damian Lewis’s Brody started off…
Posted by TVLine. Interview by Michael Ausiello. April 10th, 2017 Peter Quinn used the last of his nine lives in Sunday’s Homeland Season 6 finale, when the ex-sniper took a bullet (or more like 92) for President-Elect Keane and died instantly for his trouble. His impulsive decision to sacrifice his own life for Keane — and…
Rupert answered some of the (thousands) questions from fans on Homeland’s Facebook page. Don’t know if his words were a relief to you all, they were to me… It was really comforting to hear him. But in case you still need a smile, press play 😉 View this post on Instagram From #RupertFriend stories. #Facebook…
I’m having a deja-vu right now. It’s like going back to the end of Season 5, but even worse, because I know this is the real end. All the feelings, the sadness and the impotence are back. Yes, it’s just a TV character, and no, I’m not crazy. Rupert, I feel that way because of…
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