I love the family that I work with, and it's been, nine brilliant films. Together, we can create a more connected and informed world. The English star of The Diary of a Teenage Girl and last years Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergans Lobby Hero speaks with her White Boy Rick director Yann Demange about Detroit accents, playing a high school spy, and punching Matthew McConaughey in the face. He tells Greek City Times that the reason I became an actor was that I wanted to be closer to my father.. She becomes a journalist. I don't really have to reacquaint myself with the character it's more like getting back to something you know very well already, which is really a feature that I love about this series. All of this seems to be focused on one place, and that's Vienna. Previously she wore a lot of black but now she's working in the family business, she has a jacket that's black and white velvet stripes and it just pops. He seems to know Vienna better than any British person I've ever met. But over the last seasons Claras noticed that there's only space for love between them if they're independent and arent relying on each others love. Mostly it's getting into the costume and Oskar kicks in immediately. Im not sure when Im going to be able to say it.. Her full name is Matthew Beard and her nickname is Beard. All four members are deeply flawed and crushingly honest about their disappointments and doubts. Content producer with over ten years of experience in digital and broadcast productions for publicmedia. Rushbrook has appeared in films including Enola Holmes, Spice World, and Secrets & Liesalongside Leslie Manville. Home Interviews Interview with Matthew Beard who plays Max Liebermann in Vienna Blood. Having directed on Seasons 1 and 2 my biggest credo was not to repeat myself. Filming during Covid is very strange, much like existing in the world during Covid. What is added to Vienna Blood is the unique atmosphere that builds up over the seasons and is always spiced up with new thrilling cases. The National Museum of Hungary is the setting for an auction in this episode. In the first season Max is very much a burden to Oskar in the early episodes he has to look after this guy who keeps talking about the mind and psychology and Freud. But Beard hasnt always dedicated himself to acting. And before that I did psychology A-level so there has always been something interested in that inside me. As his Broadway dbut in the celebrated play The Ferryman comes to an end, the Dunkirk breakout looks ahead to a busy year and a long career marked by a passionate refusal to take it easy. This period in particular is so fun to research and to read about. I think the films are a good diversion from all the horrible stuff in the world. Beard 26, lanky, fine-boned, with a perpetual wowed look on his face that cant believe his good fortune is the latest in a long line of adorably nebbish British heartthrobs that has included Hugh Grant and Jeremy Northam. I find once you get the costume back on, the hair styled, you're back in amazing locations and in the period or feeling like you're back in the period, the character follows pretty quickly. Apparently, the less architecturally adventurous among the Viennese (which included Emperor Franz Joseph) did not take kindly to the design, though the Loos House now counts as an iconic example of Viennese Modernism. For the last 25 years I've never delivered a finished film and put temp music on it and then asked a composer to replace it. My real name is Francesco de Nato Napolitano which doesn't really fit on the side of a book, so I changed it and anglicised it. One of Matthew Beards more recognisable TV roles came in 2018s Kiss Me First where he appeared as Adrian in all six episodes of the Netflix miniseries. ", Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia, VP Scripted Acquisitions & Co-Productions at Red Arrow Studios International says: Its such a pleasure working with MR Film, Endor Productions and the entire creative Vienna Blood team, who continue to outdo themselves each season with gripping new crime cases and more sumptuous locations that fans of the show have come to expect. It's a lovely dynamic. Frank Tallis isn't my real name. I suppose it can go many ways. It was weird being back in my family home learning that play over Christmas, but also it was really good to learn it then because I think most people, when you go back to your family home, you kind of regress into being that person you were when you left it, which is how I thought to approach Edmund., Long Days Journey, which first ran in London earlier this year and will be traveling on to Los Angeles next month, marks Beards first time on stage since Skylight, and he admits that he was not immediately drawn to the role. How could you do any better? His first ever role came in. In Season One, Clara was kind of flirty, girlyish, the princess in the show. And where do you take Oskar in this series? That ghost will never leave you. Getting Ready for the 2023 Met Gala at the CarlyleHotel. Matthew is understood to have stayed in touch with Edelsten by phone over the years but had not seen him since he was a child. We know that some of the key people in history were there and were visiting. I did English Literature at university and a lot of my essays were using psychoanalysis with literature. It's all very new and he's trying to keep up with it all. He's capable of doing those things. The writer is a prickly fellow whos not above turning people from his real life into caricatures of themselves in his stories. We met [on the set of Magpie Murders], we fell in love. Wallenberg declared it as an official Swedish Consulate that could not be entered by Nazi authorities to eventually shelter many Magyar Jews. Photos of Matthew have not been seen since he was pictured in a magazine article at the age of four, alongside his mother Isabel. GROOMING: TERRY SAXON FOR JED ROOT. YouTube Encyclopedic. Its so good., ONeills work was revolutionary at the time for its naturalistic style, coming in an age when vaudeville was the standard. I can sort of step out of my apartment and straight into the bloodstream.. Matthew, who has stayed out of the spotlight, is understood to have attended Edelsten's funeral on June 16. But they genuinely love each other, and I think they're a good unit. It was like juggling or a card trick. Matthew Beard is an English actor, was born on March 25, 1989, in London, England. One side of Michaelerplatz forms the entrance to the Hofburg palace complex. Im very nosy, so its fun for me to dive into a period and find out all about it. This 125-year-old comedy theatre is one of the most beautiful theatres in central Europe. 6 121. Its a great base to pour on all sorts of interesting culture and politics. Interesting Fact: Hill and his brother both worked on Game of Thrones together. By [This role] is taxing another side of my acting branches if you like. Are you a Sanditon Superfan? Vienna was a remarkable city. I'm delighted Leah is working for the family business. And it's easy. It has beautiful sets and costumes and Vienna in the period is amazing optically. For example, a suit is blue but the cuffs are purple. The genre also takes us into some interesting worlds. The new season also features a range of wonderful supporting characters, both old and new, and we hope that our loyal Vienna Blood audience will love the new season as much as we all loved making it! Detective Superintendent Locke is his modern-day counterpart who clashes with Susan Ryeland over investigating Alan Conways death. Because without that, I think it would be just another police drama. Which I think is what he has done over the series, specifically in his relationships with Clara and his family. With more and more experience, he finds out that its a very rational way of solving crimes and I think he gets more into the way of thinking of a modern criminologist or a modern policeman. There are always new stories, new themes. NECKLACE: TOBIAS WISTISEN. Aries. His Characters: Fraser is Atticus Punds devoted junior assistant in Alan Conways novel. Beard took the time to speak exclusively to Precinct TV about the role and what he loved the most about filming. All three films are so totally different. Hes taken in all the sights and checked off all the touristy landmarks, except for one: He hasnt seen any other plays on Broadway. But I don't think she craves more than she has. It was originally a psychiatric hospital and centre for pulmonology. On the right of the narrow square is the Early Baroque Jesuit Church. They really are gorgeous. I'm always with my people, so I'm always with Max, my husband, my daughter. We appreciate there's more than one city. Vienna Blood is set in 1900s Vienna: a hotbed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas play out in the citys grand cafes and opera houses. It's a journey on eggshells. We don't always see each other in between filming but when we re-start it's like we never stopped. I think it's very interesting to have it in Vienna circa that time, especially with what was going on politically. But that was just the start for Beard.He went on to join his local drama club at the age of 4, his quiet demeanor and enthusiasm grabbing the attention of local casting directors. Sibling Ronan Hill is a sound engineer whos won several Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on the fantasy drama series. Where do we find Oskar & Maxs relationship in Season Three? There is both tension and familiarity between the siblings. There are these subcultures. This museum in Budapest holds a collection that started in 1881. Its refreshing and nice for me.. 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I worked quite consistently as the kid, he says. All of those things are commonalities. But when we see him with his family, that's when we understand its heart. The second film is about guilt and paying the price for having behaved morally unacceptably once in life. With Vienna Blood we get to see more than one Vienna. Also known as the Hungarian Art Nouveau House, the building was designed in 1903 by Emil Vidor. Produced by Endor Productions and MR Film for ORF (Austria) and ZDF (Germany), licensed to over 100 territories, including the UK (BBC), US (PBS), France (France 3) and Spain (Movistar), Vienna Blood has been a hit around the world. CHRISTMAS ADS ARE COMING: This Christmas advert cost just 50 and its the best ad youll see this year. It was great putting Leah at the centre of the Liebermann business. This is the very first time a psychotherapist has been consulted on a criminal case. I just kept going.. In Skylight, Beard, playing against type as a daft, spoiled 18-year-old, dominates the first 20 minutes of the play before disappearing until the last scene. Edelsten was in buried in a pine box during a traditional Jewish ceremony in Melbourne in June. Thats the problem when people come see you. I dont know why she cast me. The second, and I think perhaps more interesting theme, is that Freud's Vienna was a pre-apocalyptic Vienna in the sense that it was edging towards the First World War. Meeting the crew and actors again and putting the costume on (crucially getting in these high collars which immediately affect your posture and make you sit differently) made a difference too. In Season Three, well experience Oskar from another side. He played the shy schoolmate Graham to Carey Mulligans Jenny in 2009s An Education as well as mathematician Peter Hilton in 2014s The Imitation Game with Benedict Cumberbatch. The corsets! Stream GBH's Award-Winning Content For Parents And Children. But she always has a twist in her costumes. The Loos House is the exterior of Kristinas Vogls fashion house. How does Oskar feel about psychoanalysis? But when we see him with his family, it grounds Max in such a joyous way. The way Id put it is that I think Leah is definitely in charge. Today, the Austrian Academy of Sciences is located inside the Alte-Uni (Old Uni) building. I think she sort of pitied me, and has continued to pity me for many years, he says. He read Conan Doyle, he read Agatha Christie as well as the great classics of literature. At the same time, I had a new and rather exciting thrill, which was starting one of the episodes from scratch, flying solo and inventing my own story, and that made it very exciting. Interesting Fact: Rushbrook and Lesley Manville also portray on-screen sisters in the BBC series Sherwood. By this point, Max has written a book about the psychopathy of the criminal mind and a little bit about their adventures. All murders are brutal but that one is particularly pernicious. I think the bottom line, is they all fundamentally love each other. It's never Rachel on her own with somebody. We work together so in sync now. Matthew Beard plays Max Lieberman in Vienna Blood, a student of Sigmund Freud. And he still has a relationship with Oskar that he carries through from the first season. 00:00 / 19:21. We want to be able to hang out with these two guys, we get to know their relationship, we love their banter and it's critical that this is right at the centre of it all, so the show is not too forbidding. Check out Movie Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Movie Red Carpet Premieres, Broll and more from ScreenSlam.comPart of the Maker StudiosSUBSCRIBE: http://goo.g. The family home is very solidly bourgeois, 19th century, and his flat is state of the art 20th century. In the second season their relationship has matured, and Oskar comes to Max to ask for help. 4. I think theres an element of each of our characters that people can relate to.. Its a whole different side of life. Possibly not the best therapist, no. On a Friday morning after a late performance of the play "Skylight," Matthew Beard is at a photo studio in Manhattan doing that thing that young British actors do so well: fidgeting, drolly. He and author Alan Conway were once instructors at the same private school. Shes taken up the role of what father wanted Max to do. A string of films by the Danish director Lone Scherfig followed, as well as a memorable supporting role in last years critical darling, The Imitation Game. Now hes on Broadway, starring with Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy (an older version of a nebbish British heartthrob) in a revival of David Hares Nineties polemic. And so, we have to keep both genres connected. Here we're taking the people that are most convincing for the part. His early acting days led to a lot of commercial work.If you were in the UK at the time, you might have caught him in ads for Legos, Sunny D and Warbutons, a British bread company. And that makes Oskar very proud! Also, theres a pace to New York, he says, laughing at the sound of his own naivete. Once I got to Vienna, to actually go to the galleries and see the art was great. 2023 Fairchild Publishing, LLC. They are Viennese Jews in the books and English Jews in the TV series. 15, 2015. This monumental building was originally constructed in Secessionist style by Kroly Reiner to be the stately headquarters of Hazai Bank in Budapest, opening for business in 1914. It's fantastic because theyve put years of work into the business, so it's great that Leah's going to continue that. It has a very cinematic feel. I knew of Conleth a bit through mutual friends before we filmed and it was so fun getting to know and work with him. And that was the sort of person she would have been, the sort of background she would have come from. Hares play, which had a run in the West End last year and got Beard short-listed for the Evening Standards emerging talent award, was the actors first as a professional. It's got everything: rich visual design, creepy murders, and tangled subplots. Matthew Beard makes his Broadway debut in the role of Edward Sergeant in SKYLIGHT. Really very badly treated and very poorly handled by the doctors. It's got all the best bits of art nouveau and beginnings of art deco. Yes, space tourism. Oskar is a street cop, but we know he's also a man with a big heart. Filmed in English and on location in Vienna and Budapest, season three is directed by Academy Award and Emmy nominee Robert Dornhelm (Anne Frank: The Whole Story) and stars Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game, Dracula, Avenue 5) as Max Liebermann, and Juergen Maurer (Vorstadtweiber, Tatort) as Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt. One thing that I find quite frustrating is the term psychological thriller, because it suggests that were going to read a thriller thats full of psychology, whereas in reality, many thrillers have some psychology in but it's not terribly authentic, and I think that in the books and in the series, there is an attempt to import authentic psychoanalysis into the detective story. SPECIAL THANKS: CURTAIN ROAD STUDIOS. Photographers assistant: Alec McLeish. We see revolutions in thinking, in art, in music, in science and of course in the psychology and neurology with Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. I think it has a glamour and a playfulness due to the relationship between Oskar and Max - I think it has humour, intrigue and beauty. Yes, I think theres something in me drawn to the past. Charlene was just the bonus cherry on top, and shes a giggle too. Then in the second series that friendship really develops, and they become a great team using each others strengths. But sometimes I sort of hanker to play something thats a little bit closer to home and Susan feels like that. COAT: BOSS. I believe that the family serves a useful purpose in the series. The fountain we see, was created by the sculptor Edmund Hellmer and is called Macht zu Lande (Power on Land). As we leave Max and Oskar in the first season Max asks what the next case will be so Max is hoping that hell still be able to be involved in criminal investigations. Theyre starkly different at the beginning. Would you prefer it to 2022? I loved filming in the Natural History Museum last time we filmed in Vienna. Season Three is the first time Oscar has a crisis in his personal life and consults Max. It was a conscious decision in the writing as we go through the three series to see the role of women in Viennese society changing. So, how much is Matthew Beard worth at the age of 34 years old? They grow tight as a friendship and that makes both of them mature as people. As the war profiteer extraordinaire Milo Minderbinder in Hulus new adaptation of Catch-22, the theater veteran finds his largest audience yet exploring the perils of American capitalism run rampant. Would you say Mendels attitude to the world of crime solving has changed this series? Sign up to get the latest news on your favorite dramas and mysteries, as well as exclusive content, video, sweepstakes and more. I don't think there is just one essence. For Matthew Beards full filmography, check out IMDb. As for the next generation of women, I think she's probably happy for them to work. Our story takes place before the eruption of the First World War with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and a rise of fanatic nationalism. It was quite dense so then when this came in I was like, Oh god, another Eugene ONeill play. He diligently prepared for the audition nonetheless and says he was gradually convinced by its power as he spent more time reading it over. Matthew Beard has honoured his late fatherGeoffrey Edelsten by debuting a huge tribute tattoo, seven months after the businessman's death. How do you approach coming back to your character for Season Three? It's a bit of a departure for him. GROOMING PRODUCTS: BAXTER OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING SOFT WATER POMADE. Maxs extraordinary skills of perception and psychology and Oskars forceful tenacity lead them to solve some of Viennas most mysterious and deadly cases. So, I don't feel yet that I'm repeating myself. Interesting Fact: Maloney left school at age 16 and worked as a stagehand at the New Theatre in Oxford. For example, to prepare for his role as Max Liebermann, Beard read and re-read works by Freud, watched a great deal of documentaries about the turn of the century in the city, and even arrived early in Vienna before filming began to get acquainted with the city. Weirdly Id actually just got another Eugene ONeill play through the week before and Id never read one before, he recalls. Not that he was new to the craft: Beard got his start at age four, when his parents sought to cure his rambunctiousness by putting him in a drama club near their home in Yorkshire. Styling by Adam Winder. And one of those moments was Vienna in 1908. Ive never counted how many moms and dads Ive had in my careerbut a lot., Over the past few years, Beard has managed to land more complicated roles, in the 2007 drama When Did You Last See Your Father? This beautiful relationship between Max and his father that the two actors play, this gentle ribbing, this gentle humour that they have - expresses Max's humanity perhaps better than anything else in the show. WWD and Women's Wear Daily are part of Penske Media Corporation. And there might be someone showing up in Season Three which is very exciting for me! As Joel Maisel in the hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the American actor has evolved from philanderer to his ex-wifes biggest supporter, flipping the audience consensus in his favor. Weve zeroed in on a handful of key actors to reveal what they think about their character(s), where youve seen them before, and a more personal detail about each. The 29-year-old actress was joined by her co-stars Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard. It's like a childhood dream, having a museum to yourself and just to wander around it and no one else. Leahs moved on and she's possibly thinking about her love life and things along those lines. Ive never done anything like this before where Ive revisited a character over such a long period of time, so its been really interesting to meet Max again every year. In Series Two we visited a monastery and we went into a hotel and looked at the strata of the hotel. All Rights Reserved. He's immersed in his science and the world of crime. In Austria, it delivered a huge 25% share for ORF and in Germany posted a market share of 12.3%, with high online viewing figures. And Oskar now starts to wonder if it isn't just Max's vanity and Max's ego that's making him interested in these murderers. It was the world's leading city in terms of invention and creativity. My on-screen family are lovely both on and off-screen. This story takes place in a very interesting part of European history. Its such a lovely experience hanging out with them as well and seeing Vienna through their eyes. It's absolutely beautiful. It's not always easy because they will be very honest about the disapproval of how he lives sometimes or what he's up to. Franks understanding of the detail, the texture, the rhythms, the colour and the flavour of Vienna is extraordinary. Vienna Blood gets underway on BBC Two at 9pm on Monday, November 18th and features a few familiar faces. Matthew Beard (born 25 March 1989) is an English actor and model. As such, shes advocated for her industry to offer as many acting roles to women over 45 as it does men. I was always told, This will end and youll get a proper job. I just never got that proper job. Its such a fantastic backdrop for any story. And there are many theories, many ideas, as to why Vienna became preeminent. Watch Magpie Murders on PBS Passport, an added member benefit. I think detective stories are basically smart puzzles but now we know the puzzle so well, we can enjoy the way in which each distinct detective story plays with the genre. Inevitably there are some aspects of how Max behaves clinically and how I behaved. Oskars starting to pick up psychological ways of thinking that makes their relationship more fluent. And Max is enormously relieved that Leah has taken over his role in the family business and his father isn't going to nag him anymore!. Can you tell us about the three new films? I think those motivations are underpinning the crimes. At the beginning of our third season, we find Mendel with a new work partner who turns out to be his daughter Leah, played by the brilliant Charlene McKenna. She's not sticking to the high society rules as much, shes kind of breaking out. And they knew that they were heading towards some kind of catastrophe because the Habsburg empire was full of tensions, was fraying at the edges and there was a sense that something bad was coming. His Characters: Detective Inspector Chubb is the Saxby-on-Avon policeman in Alan Conways novel. Leah loves Max, but they have a proper sibling relationship. Actors Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan have the featured roles in Magpie Murders on MASTERPIECE on PBS but are surrounded by a large and talented cast. Where Youve Seen Her: Rushbrooks TV credits include portraying the meek Pat Simms in two seasons of Home Fires, Mrs. Joe in Great Expectations, and Karen Donnelly in Collision, all on MASTERPIECE. All we know up to Season Two is that Oskar had a sad past with his wife and his late daughter. Despite not being the most recognisable of actors, Matthew Beard has over 30 acting credits to his name and has been in and around the industry since the age of two. And it's exciting to work in English for a bigger audience. I spent a very depressing Christmas cramming the lines at home, which was interesting. But I like the challenge and I know everyone by now, so I really enjoy working in English. Max should have done that, but he didn't. It was only when I started to do the piece out loud that I started to see the real qualities in the writing and his ear for it, the poetry thats hidden in there, he says. As Clara and Max grew up together, they will always love each other and there's a closeness and honesty in their relationship. We have estimated Matthew Beard's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.