He even managed to find time to play in a band Safehouse. Post-war and working at a top secret nuclear research facility, Joan is confronted with the impossible: Would you betray your country and your loved ones, if it meant saving them? Kent Locations Used: Historic Dockyard Chatham Feature film Red Joan follows the life of the KGB’s longest-serving British spy, Joan Stanley ( Judi Dench ). Sophie Cookson plays Joan in her younger years, when, as a Soviet and communist party sympathizer, she is recruited by the KGB while employed as a British government civil servant. The charge: providing classified scientific information—including details on the atomic bomb—to the Soviet government for decades. Sophie Cookson and Tom Hughes on the set of a new spy film called Red Joan being filmed in Cambridge. Red Joan is a 2018 film very loosely inspired by Norwood's life, starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson.It was directed by Trevor Nunn, and produced by David Parfitt, with a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. English born Joan Stanley, a Soviet and communist party sympathizer, becomes employed as a British government civil servant, and gets recruited by the KGB in the mid 1930s. She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985). She was raised in Sussex and is a 2013 graduate of the Oxford School of Drama.Cheshire-born - in 1986 - Tom Hughes attended Upton High School and even before going to RADA had a wealth of acting experience with the Cheshire Youth Theatre, the Jigsaw Music Group, the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre and the Belgian company Victoria. Picture: Geoff Robinson Photography. The film was shot in the UK. In the 1930s, young Joan (Sophie Cookson), falls in love with Russian saboteur, Leo. Red Joan. Inspired by an extraordinary true story, RED JOAN is the taut and emotional discovery of one woman's sacrifice in the face of incredible circumstances.Judi Dench, Tom Hughes, Sophie Cookson, Laurence Spellman, Tereza SrbovaGet weekly showtimes, film & event info, special offers & discounts, and free screening invitations.Get weekly showtimes, film & event info, special offers & discounts, and free screening invitations. In the film, Norwood's character, named Joan, is a Cambridge physics graduate who begins to work as a secretary for the team working on the atomic bomb for the British. Since graduation from RADA in 2008 Tom has been the face of Burberry's Summer collection, along with Emma Watson, formed a new band Quaintways and made his mark in several television series from 'Casualty 1909' to 'Silk'. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985). In Episode 3, “Mommie Dearest,” Bette (Susan Sarandon) and Joan (Jessica Lange) share a rare moment of quasi-cameraderie over drinks in a cozy red … What price would you pay for peace? Do you know more about this sceen? Red Joan is inspired by a true story of an elderly British woman being outed in the 1980s for being a spy for the Russians and passing along British nuclear secrets. She played Grace Mohune in the 2013 TV film of Moonfleet (2013). They have one child.Sophie Cookson (born 15 May 1990) is an English film and television actress. But ultimately, this is film-making that feels rather dated and, unlike its resourceful protagonist, curiously risk averse. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1988 and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2005.Stephen Campbell Moore was born on November 30, 1979 in London, England as Stephen Thorpe. In 2013, she was cast to play the female lead in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and she also co-starred with Adrien Brody in Lee Tamahori's historical film Emperor.
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