‘I’ve felt middle-aged for a while’ … O’Dowd, who stars in State of the Union, directed by Stephen Frears. The IT Crowd favourite talks delta males – and ‘depraved’ British rulers, Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.22 BST, ‘There are very few alpha males,” whispers Chris O’Dowd, “but plenty of delta males. Adapted from the play by Jean Cocteau, and starring Rosamund Pike, The Human Voice is an unflinching portrait of a woman's heartbreak over the course of a final telephone conversation between lovers. TV show based on Elmore Leonard's novel and subsequent film. With many Britons trying find enough Irish ancestry to qualify for a passport with a harp on it, Tom may well be the only Irish person who opted to become British to back Brexit. Follows a busy family from Manchester with their lives converging on one crucial night in 2019. Add the first question. Tom’s no cipher and Louise is as culpable as him for their problems. This FAQ is empty. He added: “I loved the idea of these short little episodes, I’d never done anything like that before. Is he like Tom in that respect? ‘My mum really enjoyed it’ … O’Dowd, whose mother is a psychotherapist, with Rosamund Pike in State of the Union. “You were out long before Brexit,” she says. “So you want people to believe you’re married but not in a very happy marriage. Happy anniversary my love.”, O’Dowd is the youngest of five siblings. The series was filmed inside a London pub and Irish actor O’Dowd said he and Pike would stay on after work to learn the next day’s scripts over a drink. Marriage – out. Louise. About to air on BBC Two, this unexpectedly funny, sweet and touching Emmy-nominated series, written by Nick Hornby and directed by Stephen Frears, takes place over 10 weeks, each 10-minute episode unfolding in a pub in Hammersmith, London, as the pair steel themselves for weekly couple-counselling. Sun 6 … Much like everything is life relationships require maintenance and communication. “But could she be bothered?” Actually, what’s more likely is that Louise wants to rebuild a connection with the man with she loved and whose conversation she enjoys: their dialogue sparkles throughout, even as it expresses all their pain and resentment. 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Last updated: 3 September 2019 - 6.30am Chris O’Dowd revealed he and Rosamund Pike rehearsed their upcoming BBC comedy in the pub over a glass of wine. Rosamund received … Rosamund Pike: Tom: Chris O'Dowd: Older Wife: Janet Amsden: Older Husband: Jeff Rawle: Writer: Nick Hornby: Director: Stephen Frears: Broadcasts. “Anybody who’s ever been in a relationship,” says O’Dowd, who was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, but has lived in LA for 10 years. Again.”, Otherwise O’Dowd is very much like Tom, a delta male struggling towards middle age. State of the Union is much more nuanced. “It’s easy just to follow the work and not think too hard about where you’re going.” He never had huge expectations of his career, but is keen to have “a bit more creative control and more time at home”. Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession. Follows Marianne and Connell, from different backgrounds but the same small town in Ireland, as they weave in and out of each other's romantic lives. While O’Dowd was funny, some felt the character he played was cartoonish and his predicament too fanciful to be believed. Some people decide that this is a sign of a terminal decline; whilst others voice their inner feelings and try to resolve the impasse. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart. While he has thrived in LA, O’Dowd is prone to misgivings. Rosamund Pike. A comedic look at the trials and tribulations of parenthood. Upset that their shrink is a woman, Tom says to his wife: “Why do we have to do all our dirty washing in her launderette?” The shrink’s gender will, he says, make one thing inevitable: “I’m going to get slaughtered.” Why? Life – out.” He’s withdrawn from everything, but saddest of all from sex, crashing out with no deal into unsplendid isolation. “She really enjoyed it – she saw a lot of very familiar troubles dramatised in it.” Not least the fact that it’s generally the man who is most sceptical about therapy. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Was this review helpful to you? O’Dowd, whose mother is a psychotherapist, with Rosamund Pike in State of the Union. The adventures of a mobster-turned-movie producer in Hollywood. Title: Mob muscle … with Ray Romano in the TV version of Get Shorty. He first found fame as lovable fool Roy Trenneman in sitcom The IT Crowd, and said his State Of The Union character has suffered from “arrested development”, comparing him to previous Hornby creations. “They both need to be stripped of their illusions if they’re going to have a future together. State of the Union follows Louise and Tom who meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. He told the PA news agency: “I had never really met her before so it was a great way to bond. If Hornby’s males are often boys trapped in men’s bodies, his women are rarely so confined. The pair star opposite each other as a warring husband and wife in State Of The Union, a short-form BBC Two series containing 10 10-minute episodes. With Chris O'Dowd, Rosamund Pike, Janet Amsden, Jeff Rawle. Maybe this idea that marriage is nothing but a joyous experience is nonsensical. We will next see him alongside Melissa McCarthy in The Starling, the two playing a couple who have lost a child in what is billed as comedy drama. “I’d only want to have sex with you.” But this isn’t an ideal world. They’ve started therapy because Louise had a brief, regretted affair. I’d been enjoying Ros’ work from afar so it was a bit of a no-brainer.”. “In an ideal world,” she tells Tom. Tom asks Louise to back him up in a lie with their counsellor - is it them against the world or not? O’Dowd said the project was an “easy yes” because “the material was great”. Charm itself, O’Dowd only gets cross once in our interview. His last active engagement with the world was to get British citizenship in order to vote for Brexit and thereby annoy his wife’s Guardian-reading remoaner friends. Looking for something to watch? In Hornbyland, women do grownup jobs while the men remain disappointing scions of the patriarchy, piggybacking on their spouses emotionally and, in State of the Union, financially. 'State of the Union's Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd will make you take sides and cheer as their marital Brexit rages on The series starts with Louise and Tom, Pike and O'Dowd's characters, meeting at a bar before they head into their first marriage counseling session Equality is going to be great for everybody.”. Chris O'Dowd on playing Rosamund Pike's husband: 'She could clearly do better!'. The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have officially been announced and State of the Union stars, Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd, has been nominated. Oscar-nominated Pike, 40, was first to sign up for State Of The Union, which is directed by A Very English Scandal’s Stephen Frears, with O’Dowd, 39, joining her later. Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike rehearsed comedy series over a glass of wine The pair star opposite each other as a warring husband and wife in State Of The Union. No wonder his long-term girlfriend, portrayed by Rose Byrne, was so bored with their relationship. The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie. What did she make of State of the Union? He now has a regular turn in the TV adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty as a mob muscle aspiring to become a movie producer. He’s cracked Hollywood. State of the Union What makes both easier is doing them with the best person you know. So it is someone who has made a life from pop culture and has defined himself by what he likes and dislikes in it. Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series – 2019 O’Dowd is now an established Hollywood star thanks to roles in films including Bridesmaids (2011), This Is 40 (2012), The Sapphires (2012).

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