I finally added a very short interview with Sophia Myles at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards, February 4, 2004. She was there to present and quickly talked about filming ‘Tristan & Isolde‘. The screencaptures of the video have long been in the photo gallery.

001 Public Appearances > 2004 (or watch on YouTube)

It’s been a long time in the works but finally, the clips of Sophia’s little known guest appearance in the 2001 Christmas episode of British TV-series ‘Heartbeat‘ can be downloaded from our media vault. As my computer has been having trouble encoding video clips, our dear messageboard member Felicia has graciously agreed to encode all of Sophia’s scenes for our viewing pleasure! Thank you so much, we will never forget this!

015 Television > 2001 Heartbeat

Wow! Outlander’s distributor for India managed what the US (seemingly) can’t: they put together a professional looking official movie page! Check it out here!

The only sad part is that they don’t seem to be promoting Sophia’s part in it as much. But they have some great wallpapers, screensavers, 10 30-second teaser trailers as well as some promotion reels, and a beautiful presskit. I highly recommend browsing around and discovering all the content.

I’ve added some Sophia related material to the media parts of the site:

Gallery links:
26 Outlander > Trailer
02 Outlander > Official Wallpaper
01 Outlander > Artwork

Video links:
01 Outlander > Trailer #2 (also available on YouTube)

I finally found the time to encode the promised clips of the scenes featuring Sophia Myles in the 1996 BBC 6 part mini series “The Prince and the Pauper“. After some technical difficulties I was able to use a new method and I hope you will all be able to play it on your end and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the quite high quality of the clips. Enjoy watching Sophia in her professional acting debut!

05 Media link: Television > 1996 The Prince and the Pauper / or watch on YouTube
01 Photo link: The Prince and the Pauper (1996) > Artwork Scan of DVD sleeve

I’ve finally made some clips of Sophia’s scenes in the 1998 TV mini series “Big Women” about feminism. She stars as teenage Saffron searching for answers 7 years after her mother’s death – this was part 3 of 4 of the series. Since this is extremely hard to come by I’ve made clips of practically all of Sophia’s scenes. This was her first proper acting job after her acting debut in “The Prince and the Pauper“, she was only just 17 when she filmed this. Enjoy!

14 Television > 1998 Big Women / or watch on YouTube

So sorry to not have put up a reminder to watch Sophia Myles on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night but I was in bed with a fever. Anyway, feeling much better now and I have for you clips and caps of the lovely interview. Wasn’t she doing fabulous?! I was sorry to hear about her purse and I hope whoever stole it realizes what a stupid thing to do that was and makes amends.

Gallery: 243 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Video: 003 Talk Shows > 2008 / or watch on YouTube

Loads of screencaps of clips of Sophia Myles at public events and being interviewed. Links to view the clips are given in most cases – some have also been uploaded to the site’s media vault. Especially noteworthy the 18 (!) minute long uncut Moonlight interview as well as the previously unseen – at least by me – Tristan & Isolde interviews from 2006.

106 Fangoria’s Weekend Of Horrors – ‘Moonlight’ Watch clip on YouTube.
023 The Paley Center for Media – ‘Moonlight’ event Download clip from Media Vault.
210 Berlin Film Festival – ‘Hallam Foe’ Premiere Download clip from Media Vault.
131 2008 – Daemon’s TV for Moonlight. Watch clip on YouTube.
051 2008 – Fear.net for Moonlight. Watch clip on YouTube.
444 2007 – ProSieben Watch uncut Moonlight interview (18 min) on Pro7.
027 2006 – MyMovies.net for Tristan & Isolde. Download clip from Media Vault.
165 2006 – IFilm for Tristan & Isolde. Download clip from Media Vault.

Not sure which title to use. But with all the excitement that ‘Hallam Foe‘ finally gets released in the US as ‘Mister Foe‘ I remembered I still had some goodies hiding in some folder on my computer.

There are 2 really lovely interviews with Sophia Myles that I found on the German and Swiss DVD editions respectively. Even though the “Swiss” interview looks like the ZDF interview – they were both conducted at the Berlin Film Festival – this one is actually even better. Also straight from last year’s edition of the Berlin International Film Festival: the ‘Hallam Foe’ Photocall & Press Conference as aired on the Livestream at the time. Enjoy!

Again, be sure to check out the movie’s play dates on the distributor’s website and if you’re in any way able to get HD TV don’t forget the entire movie will be shown as a Sneak Preview on HDNet Movies, September 3 at 8 PM ET, with encores at 9:45 PM ET and 11:30 PM ET. I’m sure watching these interviews will get you all excited for the movie!

Gallery links:
033 DVD Screencaptures > B-Roll
141 DVD Screencaptures > Interview (German DVD)
107 DVD Screencaptures > Interview (Swiss DVD)
071 2007 – 57th Berlin International Film Festival – ‘Hallam Foe’ Photocall
131 2007 – 57th Berlin International Film Festival – ‘Hallam Foe’ Press Conference

Video links:
002 Movies > 2007 Hallam Foe (also on YouTube here and here)
002 Public Appearances > 2007

I’ve finished the overview page for ‘Outlander‘ in the projects section. So go there to see a more in-depth description of the film and Sophia’s role. I’ve tried to stay away from major spoilers but of course if you want to remain unspoiled before seeing the film for yourself don’t read. The film is certainly on a par with major blockbusters – even though better than your usual period action piece. What I personally liked very much was the authentic look and feeling of the Viking period, the epic shots (e.g. air-shot of the Viking village, whole waterfall sequence), the score, the shield dance as well as the acting performances (apart from Sophia, Jack Huston, John Hurt, Jim Caviezel). Of course to me the best thing about it is Sophia Myles! As we’ve been able to judge from the stills already the red hair suits her very well – and even better her character Freya. She’s certainly very willful and more than able to handle a sword. Freya’s introduction scene is very impressive. Sure, Sophia’s played other willful girls before, but they’ve always been using words rather than actions. Freya tops even Lady P.

The film also features plenty of gore – which is to be honest not really my kind of thing – but there should be plenty of people happy to hear this. As to the film’s supposedly featuring lots of known elements, well how could it not? After all the idea was to kind of tell the ‘real’ story behind the Beowulf legend. While major monster movies usually tend to have too glossy a look for my taste many other monster movies are marketed as family entertainment and everything looks too neat, too colourful. ‘Outlander‘ in my opinion features a balanced mixture of epic, glossy, rugged and authentic look. The film is what it claims to be – and all the elements work well, this is escapism in its purest form. We certainly were treated to some fabulous entertainment.

It was raining in the whole country on Friday – probably the hardest down in Locarno. So, we were more than anxious what the weather would be like in the evening. Fortunately, it cleared up and we stayed dry. No rain, yes, but it was cold! Very cold for a summer day in August. The film was screened in both the Piazza Grande (outdoor venue) and the FEVI (indoor venue) but I watched outside. We had fantastic seats and it was amazing to see all of the action on such a huge screen. And the sound! They really must have had some fantastic sound equipment. The action was all around us and we felt like being right there, celebrating the defeat of the bear, being under Moorwen attack, laying in the monster’s liar and fighting it under the waterfall – and thanks to the temperatures it was also almost as if we were right there in cold Nova Scotia.

We met up with Sophia Myles and the rest of the ‘Outlander‘ team at the beautiful Palazzo Casorella and posed for some pictures with Sophia down at the Piazza Grande (see last update). Sophia was radiant and charming, Jack Huston very entertaining (he’s sure to get his big break soon, he’s got everything it takes to be a major star for a long time to come), and Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain very enthuasiastic about their work. There was also a team from Frenetic – the film’s Swiss distributor. No clear information on release dates yet. Maybe early 2009. Switzerland will have similar release dates as its neighbouring countries Germany, France and Italy. And everyone seems to look to the US anyway. Thank you very much Sophia (and Frenetic) for making Friday evening the wonderful experience it was for us! I guess I’m also thankful to the Locarno Festival for having ‘Outlander‘ in their programme.

I’ve not been able to find many reviews for ‘Outlander’ following its world premiere. The Outlander website put together an overview. Almost none made any special reference to Sophia – Variety simply says Kate Winslet lookalike Sophia Myles. And The Hollywood Reporter had this to say: “Myles looks the part too even if her plummy English vowels and crisp consonants jar a bit but then again you’d be amazed if a daughter of John Hurt didn’t speak well.” Well, we’d expect nothing less from a princess, certainly!

The film had its world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival and, handled suitably by the Weinstein Company in the U.S. and Wild Bunch internationally, it should do crowd-pleasing business all around.

I added 5 more HQ pics of the ‘Outlander’ Photocall as well as 2 pics I took when the ‘Outlander’ team was on stage. I was standing at a very fortunate place really, but not when it came to taking pictures of the gang on stage. In addition I was also trying to juggle carrying jackets and what not while filming. So I really only got a few seconds (watch in the Media Archive). I’m especially sad to have missed the moment when Sophia adressed the audience. She said she was happy to be back in Switzerland after something like 10 years and thanked the festival for this opportunity.

Unfortunately, I’ve as of yet not been able to find any video coverage by the media. If you come across something please be sure to pass on the information! Also if you’re not able to provide a clip or a link we’d be most happy to hear a report of what a media outlet had to say about Sophia/the movie!

Many of you have wondered when ‘Outlander‘ would finally be released in the US. It seems that the Weinstein Company who owns the North American distribution rights is having some financial problems. There have been rumours of them planning to release the film on only 50 screens and then put the film on DVD. The other rumour was that they’re trying to find a new distributor. Definitely the film is deserving to get a wide release so we’re hoping for the best. The respected website Ain’t It Cool News recently had an open letter to Harvey Weinstein. Read it in the press archive – and I’m sure it’ll make you want to see the film even more, it’s written so enthuasiastically!

It’s a good cast. John Hurt and Ron Perlman and Jim Caviezel and Sophia Myles and this Jack Huston guy who should be due his big break any second. All of them are rock solid in it

As always visit the Outlander fansite for all your ‘Outlander‘ info.

Fantasy Filmfest Germany: ‘Outlander‘ is showing in Hamburg (August 18, 7.15 pm), Berlin (August 19, 7.15 pm / August 20, 7.45 pm), Köln (August 21, 7.15 pm), Dortmund (August 27, 7.15 pm), Frankfurt (August 27, 7.15 pm), Nürnberg (August 29, 9.15 pm / August 30, 1.00 pm), München (September 4, 7.15 pm / September 5, 3.00 pm) and Stuttgart (September 7, 7.00 pm / September 10, 3.00 pm). For information on location visit the film’s site at the festival’s official website.

Photo: 9 Outlander – Trailer
Media: 1 Outlander – Trailer