Joe attended the 2019 BFI London Film Festival on October 11 in support of his upcoming film Harriet. Joe was joined by Cynthia Erivo, as well as Clarke Peters and director Kasi Lemmons. You can see photos from the premiere in our gallery, linked below and an interview with Joe as well. Harriet is in theatres November 22 in the UK and November 1 in North America.
HARRIET PREMIERE AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Joe has a new project! Joe will star alongside Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, and Callum Turner in the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ hit novel Last Letter from Your Lover. The film is being directed by Augustine Frizzell and will begin shooting Monday, October 14th, in Mallorca, Spain. It hasn’t been confirmed yet what Joe’s role will be, but rumours suggest he will be playing Laurence Stirling, the husband of Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley). This is the premise of the story:
The story follows Ellie (Jones), a young journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters that tell the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the 1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends.
Congratulations to Joe on the new role! Further details will be posted once they become available.
Joe attended Toronto International Film Festival to promote his latest film, Harriet. On September 9, Joe, his cast mates, and director Kasi Lemmons did several bits of press for the film, including interviews and photoshoots. Then, on September 10 Harriet had its world premiere, followed by an after party. You can see photos from all the festivities in our gallery, linked below. Additionally, you can find videos from the two days at TIFF, including a Q&A where Joe spoke about his character, Gideon, for the first time (timestamp: 14:38). Overall the film has received generally favourable reviews, with star Cynthia Erivo expected to be an awards contender.
Joe has a new project, The Souvenir Part II, a sequel to the critically acclaimed film The Souvenir (2019). It is directed by Joanna Hogg, who Joe has previously mentioned as a director he’d love to work with. The film stars Tilda Swinton, Honor Swinton Bryne, and Charlie Heaton. The Souvenir follows “a young film student in the early 80s who becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.” The Souvenir Part II will be “a continuation of the story around privileged student Julie (Byrne), and the aftermath of her destructive relationship.” source No details have yet been given regarding Joe’s role, however, Joe was photographed on set with Tilda Swindon on July 3.
Filming wrapped a few weeks ago with the release set for either 2020 or 2021.
Joe Alwyn attended the TCA Summer Press Tour on August 6, 2019 in Los Angeles to discuss the upcoming BBC and FX miniseries A Christmas Carol where Joe will play the role of Bob Cratchit. Joe was joined by his costars Andy Serkis, Guy Pearce and producer Steven Knight. They discussed how this will be a contemporary adaptation within a period setting, focusing on the humanity of the characters in a way that will feel relevant to audiences today. Additionally, Joe discussed how he hasn’t seen many of the previous adaptations of A Christmas Carol so he was able to come into this project with fresh eyes and that this version will be darker and more haunting than previous. After the panel, Joe spoke with E Online about his character and the series, where he sees himself in 10 years, and celebrating Christmas. You can read the article below. You can also see photos of Joe at the event in our gallery:
Joe Alwyn is living his dream.
While promoting A Christmas Carol, his new FX miniseries about the Charles Dickensclassic, Alwyn was asked where he sees himself in 10 years. The answer?
“I’ve been very lucky, so far, to work with some very talented, great people who I’ve looked up to for a long, long time, that’s both directors and cast and crew, so if I could just keep doing that, that’d be a dream,” he told a small group of press after the 2019 Television Critics Association summer press tour panel.
On the panel, Alwyn said one of the best parts of acting was the catharsis it can provide.
“I find something cathartic about it in the sense that, depending on the role…you get to show all kinds of emotions, scream, shout and cry in a way that you don’t in real life,” he said. “I love seeing the magic of it all happen around you when you step on set. I’m still relatively new, in a relatively early stage in my career, so to step onto these sets with people who I’ve long admired and grown up watching, including Guy and [Andy Serkis], to see it all be created around you…and be a part of amazing stories like this…it’s kind of a dream come true.”
In A Christmas Carol, Alwyn plays Bob Cratchit, father of Tiny Tim, employee of Scrooge (Guy Pearce). In this version, the Bob Cratchit character has a new edge.
“He definitely shows some pluck, especially standing up to Scrooge that we haven’t seen before. His way of fighting back is within the office and sarcasm and snide comments and a slight bitterness and resentment,” Alwyn said. “Like with any human, there’s darkness in him, but he obviously serves a purpose at his essence of being a loyal family man who sacrifices himself and his own sense of well-being to kind of toil for his family and provide for them.”
FX’s A Christmas Carol hails from Steven Knight and despite the time period, is more contemporary.
“It’s not a kind of stuffy, Dickensian world in the way that maybe we’ve seen some times before,” Alwyn said. “It’s more colloquial and modern and people swear and there are themes in there that haven’t been explored before. They’re a lot darker, it feels a lot more human in that way I think.”
As a proper British boy, Alwyn said he has a fondness for Christmas. “Yeah, I love Christmas. It’s great. I’m a big fan of it. I’m not very good at Christmas shopping and getting that done early, that normally comes down to the last week, but it’s great. I see family I haven’t seen in a while, eat far too much food,” he said.
A Christmas Carol premieres in December 2019 on FX.
The first official trailer for Joe’s upcoming film, Harriet, has been released. Watch it below! The film will be in theatres on November 1st, 2019 in the USA.
You can see screenshots of Joe in the trailer in our gallery, linked below:
