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Daryl McCormack, 29, was announced as one of the five nominees for the 2023 EE Rising Star BAFTA Award, and opened up about his work in the film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande in front of Express.co.uk and other reporters today.The young actor gushed about his romantic co-lead Emma Thompson, 63, and described how he had “left a piece of his soul behind” on set after filming with her.The quirky film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this time last year, sees widowed school teacher Nancy Stokes (Emma) hire male prostitute Leo Grande (Daryl) in the hopes of having an orgasm for the very first time.Speaking about the relationship he formed with Emma, Daryl explained how honoured he felt to have the “opportunity to work so close with her” so early on in his career.The Peaky Blinders actor said: “The whole experience just felt really, really personal and it felt really small.“We spent three weeks in Norwich making this film and it felt like we left part of our souls behind. “We just really grew to love each other and so, for it to be really contained in one room, and then to have such a lovely response from people - it just feels really great.” Asked about whether he and Emma spent time working out the dynamics of their relationship before shooting the movie, the star spoke about how they approached filming together.

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Emma Thompson urged people to learn to love their bodies as she spoke about getting naked to film her latest movie “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”.

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EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures has closed a deal around $7.5 million for U.S. rights to Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. the Sophie Hyde-directed film that stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack (The Wheel of Time & Peaky Blinders). Deadline reported yesterday  that Searchlight was poised to win the film that was bid on by several distributors, and the plan is to wage an awards season campaign for Thompson in a standout turn. Searchlight will release through Hulu, in a deal similar to the preemptive one it made for another Sundance film, Fresh. Hyde directed 52 Tuesdays and Animals. The film is scripted by Katy Brand, whose credits include Nanny McPhee Returns, which starred Thompson, and Walking On Sunshine.

EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures has emerged as the favorite to acquire Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, the Sophie Hyde-directed drama that stars Emma Thompson as a widow who decides to seek out something that has eluded her over a 31-year marriage: a proper, mind-blowing, toe-curling orgasm. Negotiations are underway and will hopefully climax into the first narrative film deal at 2022 Sundance, after a weekend of foreplay but no consummation beyond the docu Fire of Love.

Emma Thompson is baring it all in her new film, . Thompson spoke about going nude for her role in the film at the movie's Sundance Film Festival premiere on Saturday.«It's very challenging to be nude at 62,» Thompson said during a Cinema Café discussion, before revealing that her character completely disrobes in one scene.

Stripping down in her sixties. Emma Thompson got real about embracing nude scenes for her new movie, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. 

Celebrated actress Emma Thompson is starring in the film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, which sees a woman hire a male prostitute in the hopes of having an orgasm for the very first time.The film, which also features Peaky Blinders star Daryl McCormack, had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.Emma, 62, revealed that both herself and Daryl rehearsed their nude scene in the buff, while director Sophie Hyde also disrobed in way of support for her actors. “Sophie, Daryl, and I rehearsed entirely nude and talked about our bodies, talked about our relationship with our bodies, drew them, discussed the things that we find difficult about, things we like about them, described one another's bodies,” Emma explained in a Cinema Cafe conversation at Sundance.“It's very challenging to be nude at 62.She stands in front of a mirror alone and she drops her robe,” she said of her character, Nancy Stokes. The film follows widowed school teacher Nancy, who hires male prostitute ‘Leo Grande’ (Daryl) in an attempt to finally achieve her first orgasm. In her interview with Entertainment Weekly, she continued: “Nothing has changed in the dreadful demands made upon women in the real-world world but also in acting.“This thing of having to be thin is still the same as it ever was, and actually in some ways I think it's worse now.The star went on to admit: “The age that I am makes it extremely challenging because we aren't used to seeing untreated bodies on the screen.”Emma also reminisced about the time she spent getting comfortable with her co-star by going on walks around the muddy banks of Hampstead Heath, London.“That was very important that we could hold onto each other and laugh.

Fans will be seeing a lot more of Emma Thompson in her new movie Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, with the actress revealing how she prepared for a nude scene.The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend, with the 62-year-old actress opening up about going nude with Entertainment Weekly.The actress revealed that she and co-star Daryl McCormack both rehearsed the scene fully nude, while director Sophie Hyde also disrobed. Nude scene:Fans will be seeing a lot more of Emma Thompson in her new movie Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, with the actress revealing how she prepared for a nude scene'Sophie, Daryl, and I rehearsed entirely nude and talked about our bodies, talked about our relationship with our bodies, drew them, discussed the things that we find difficult about, things we like about them, described one another's bodies,' Thompson said in a Cinema Cafe conversation at Sundance.'It's very challenging to be nude at 62.

Naman Ramachandran “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” starring Oscar and BAFTA winner Emma Thompson and emerging star Daryl McCormack, has been acquired by Lionsgate U.K. The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (“Animals”) from an original screenplay by comedian and writer Katy Brand (“Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show”).Thompson (“Cruella,” “Nanny McPhee”) stars as Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection and good sex, which she was robbed of in her stable but stale marriage.

Naman Ramachandran Cornerstone has unveiled the first look of Oscar and BAFTA winner Emma Thompson and emerging star Daryl McCormack in Sophie Hyde’s “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” ahead of the Cannes virtual market, where the company will also showcase footage from the film.The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (“Animals”) from an original screenplay by comedian and writer Katy Brand (“Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show”).Thompson (“Late Night,” “Nanny McPhee”) stars as Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection and good sex, which she was robbed of in her stable but stale marriage.