It's very uniquely shot with Robert, the directors vision, because he's got such a quirky eye and I love that, otherwise it could be just a period procedural drama and it needs something else. Review: Line of Separation on PBS An Elegant, If Uneven, Portrayal Of Daily Life in Germany After WWII, From Scholar To Celebrated: Maya Angelou, Carl Sagan And Professor T, 10 Facts About Miriam Leone Of "Thou Shalt Not Kill," now on PBS, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility at GBH, Transparency in Coverage Cost-Sharing Disclosures. So, it's great to see him for the first time in this series open his heart and begin a new relationship with a new woman. Support GBH. Once or twice in Season Three, Oskar processes things psychologically in a way that surprises Max. Beard took the time to speak exclusively to Precinct TV about the role and what he loved the most about filming. Because I've never worked with someone for that long. He made his debut in front of the screen in the series Big Meg, Little Meg (2000) and subsequently appeared in many . And so, we have to keep both genres connected. I suppose the most characteristic feature of the Liebermann family is that they are Jews. Why do you think Vienna Blood has been so popular with the audience? 2018 also saw Matthew Beard appear in the comedy spy sequel, Johnny English Strikes Again and worked alongside Rowan Atkinson as the character P, the films gadget guru. She's left Max and that relationship behind. I keep making up jobs, like writing or learning Danish, so I never have to say Im an actor, he says bashfully. If you think about what psychoanalysis involves, it involves paying very close attention to clues following leads to find something that is hidden or concealed, and that concealed thing in psychoanalysis is usually a repressed memory. 1908 Vienna was an interesting political and cultural time with beautiful costumes and locations. A brilliant young English doctor Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer) investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. I loved filming in the Natural History Museum last time we filmed in Vienna. It's got everything: rich visual design, creepy murders, and tangled subplots. Matthew Beard is an English actor born in 25 March, 1989 in London, England. This was once the heart of Viennas old university quarter. I like to listen to the music before I start the project. Interview with Matthew Beard who plays Max Liebermann in Vienna Blood The second series of Vienna Blood (3 x 90') will air on BBC Two this winter OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE NEWS PROVIDED BY BBC TWO Where do we find Max in season two? Did Season Three bring any new adaptation challenges? Clara now has costumes she can move in and work in and that helps people take her more seriously. Oskars starting to pick up psychological ways of thinking that makes their relationship more fluent. 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. You could come to work, possibly a bit tired and grumpy, and you walk in and youre just floored, and you need to remind yourself, look where I am and look at the fantasy world I'm getting to play in. So, for example, the relationship I have with Juergen who plays Oskar, I've never had with any actor, ever in my life. The two of them have done three films together, starting with An Education (which also starred Mulligan) and now the upcoming The Riot Club; a fourth may be in the works. I can sort of step out of my apartment and straight into the bloodstream.. There is both tension and familiarity between the siblings. To have them in my ear. The anxiety about fitting in, a certain amount of ambivalence about where you came from, a certain amount of self-consciousness. Since then, however, Beard has gone onto appear in some big-name films and TV shows. I think were in a very interesting period right now, to top it all we were shooting 200 kilometres away from a disgusting war, senseless like most wars are senseless. With Vienna Blood we get to see more than one Vienna. Matthew Beard: The Next Colin Firth? - WWD I was always told, This will end and youll get a proper job. I just never got that proper job. I think that's critical. I think she sort of pitied me, and has continued to pity me for many years, he says. This season, I genuinely am the most excited by my costumes because Leah's moving on a little bit. I say all sorts of different things, but I never say 'actor.'. Photographers assistant: Alec McLeish. The Vgsznhz Theatre is the setting for the rehearsals of Ibsens Dolls House that we watch in Film 9. Matthew has had his father's surname inked on his torso, above a massive tattoo of a tiger and two guns. Matthew Beard Affair, Height, Net Worth, Age, Career, and More And last year, he tackled the West End stage opposite Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy in David Hares Skylight, playing the son of an adulterous man, who demands answers from his fathers mistress. I love the family that I work with, and it's been, nine brilliant films. This is the very first time a psychotherapist has been consulted on a criminal case. Subscribe to ODE: http://bit.ly/ODEsubTwo of The Imitation Game's stars, Matthew Beard and Allen Leech, reveal their favourite quotes and compare the film to. The second film is about guilt and paying the price for having behaved morally unacceptably once in life. I get on with New York. Yes, the two principal characters and their families stayed the same, but I wanted to find new aspects. Where Youve Seen Him: Beard has already had roles in two Oscar-nominated films. We visited a boys military school in Series One. I think thats the major change for Clara this season. So, I don't feel yet that I'm repeating myself. She grew up there with her Family. We visit three really delicious worlds in this new season. For me, Im working predominantly with Austrian actors and thats been an incredible experience. Its a really interesting, exciting part of this film. Interesting Fact: Hill and his brother both worked on Game of Thrones together. The actor, who is up for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play, reprises . He read Conan Doyle, he read Agatha Christie as well as the great classics of literature. I think he's a straightforward, protective man who just wants to be with somebody he can love, adore and protect. This period in particular is so fun to research and to read about. But I also think the central relationship of Max and Oskar, that double act, is a template old as time, and will forever be used because its entertaining (I hope!) Because without that, I think it would be just another police drama. Just like Dublin Murders, which has recently filled the BBCs Monday and Tuesday night slots, Vienna Blood features a crime-fighting double act whose contrasting styles could prove the key to solving a spate of grim Austrian murders. 3. 6 121. What changes are in store for the female characters in Season Three? He then goes off to form his own private practice and starts seeing patients. But they genuinely love each other, and I think they're a good unit. He wrote a paper in which he suggested that detectives might find psychoanalysis a useful tool. And it seems like sci-fi might be one of his favorite genres. And I had a great time writing it. And before that I did psychology A-level so there has always been something interested in that inside me. While German comes to me quite naturally, with English I must go the extra mile in putting expression into the language. Today, the Austrian Academy of Sciences is located inside the Alte-Uni (Old Uni) building. Copyright 2023 Interview Magazine. The banality of evil. She's a woman of her time. Kirche am Steinhof - Maxs hospitals exterior is shot in the Steinhof. And it wasnt the only time he took a break.Beard has also spent some time modeling, most notably for high-fashion brands Burberry and Prada. That changed everything, says Beard. JACKET: BURBERRY PRORSUM. 00:00 / 19:21. That's one of the overarching themes. Shot on location at Space in Between, London. Beard has been working for longer than he can remember As a 2-year-old, he appeared as the minor character Mathew Wilton in the UK show Soldier, Soldier, a drama that follows the lives of the men in the King's Own Fusiliers. It is absolutely critical that we get the balance right between a show that ultimately is a thriller, a murder story, but it also has a warmth. It is a challenge to work in English. Matthew Beard. That's very nice. There are times when I dont hit it. But I think there's something interesting in maybe not finding them again exactly as they were, not trying to recreate a previous version of a character but to see what new things occur. Matthew Beard: Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World This month, he returns with a significantly more demanding role, playing the sensitive tubercular younger son Edmund in Eugene ONeills rigorous three-and-a-half-hour semi-autobiographical play Long Days Journey into Night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. After breaking out in his Olivier-winning role as Scorpius Malfoy, son of Draco, in the blockbuster play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Belfast-born actor continues to approach every project with exceptional consideration, from the new biopic Tolkien to the upcoming HBO adaptation of Philip Roths prescient novel The Plot Against America. The BBC is always a reliable source of gripping mid-week drama. 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. Actor: The Imitation Game. And then after what happened in the first season, we decided to make her a bit more grounded, a bit more like a woman. I attribute that to the very European elements to it. It's a bit of a departure for him. This story takes place in a very interesting part of European history. It's always a great thrill for me to adapt Frank Talliss novels because he has this extraordinary understanding of Vienna. James Taylor is Alan Conways mop-haired young boyfriend whos on his way out. He was also in the cast of Good Omens alongside David Tennant (Around the World in 80 Days). This season, for example, we have a fashion house and an early silent film studio. But when we see him with his family, it grounds Max in such a joyous way. It is still a big relief when we get to take our masks off at the end of the day and breathe some fresh air in the outside world. This story gives an insight into Oskars inner life. 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 poking fun at himself, his hands invariably running through his hair. The writer is a prickly fellow whos not above turning people from his real life into caricatures of themselves in his stories. After the play wraps up in June, he doesnt know what hell do with himself. Ive been so astounded by their abilities in a second language. He's so friendly, good looking and a smooth operator that you forgive him. I just kept going.. The English actor soldiers through a bleak future in the new HBO series Years and Years, illuminating the refugee crisis as the moral center of a Manchester family buffeted by a distressing world that is just like our ownonly more so. 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. 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. Max's. Interesting Fact: Rushbrook and Lesley Manville also portray on-screen sisters in the BBC series Sherwood. Shes also known for her work in the series, Whitechapel. Ive never felt this much responsibility toward a real person before. Beard played the youngest, slightly at-sea member of the code-breaking team, which mirrored his feelings about working opposite the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Allen Leech. The corsets! Her Character: Magpie Murders revolves around Manvilles character Susan Ryeland, a book editor who reluctantly takes on the role of amateur sleuth. Its not so much that hes a whiny adolescent, its that hes gone back home and hes trapped and hes regressed into that world again, explains Beard, noting that the irresolute Edmund is recently returned from a year at sea due to illness and penury and has no prospects ahead of him. Oh, Saturday? he says when a reporter mentions a recent show. Vienna Blood delivers everything that I demand from a good series. His Character: Conway is the author of popular mystery novels featuring private eye Atticus Pnd. You could wear it with jeans. Matthew Beard and Allen Leech Interview - The Imitation Game ONeill wrote the play largely based on the circumstances of his own life, with Edmund serving as his stand-in, and Beard is not afraid to admit that the role carries its own inherent complications. Home Interviews Interview with Matthew Beard who plays Max Liebermann in Vienna Blood. Throughout the Cold War the local authorities closely observed every person who entered or exited the building. If theres ever a negative criticism of the play, its always aimed at that part because Eugene ONeill wrote all of his family members with this brutal honesty and gave them all these flaws which they all talk about and then when it comes to himself, hes just like, Oh, Im a poet., The current revival, directed by Richard Eyre and also starring Rory Keenan as the elder brother Jamie, is fleet-footed and snappy, in contrast to the plays often elegiac tone. I think he's lucky to get Leah. Its such a fantastic backdrop for any story. Beards Edmund, in particular, is especially vivid, even as his hacking cough presages weakness to come. 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. Ramsey opted for a more buttoned-down look, sporting an . I knew of Conleth a bit through mutual friends before we filmed and it was so fun getting to know and work with him. All four members are deeply flawed and crushingly honest about their disappointments and doubts. Possibly not the best therapist, no. I think crime is so satisfying because you follow the story in real time with the investigators, picking up clues, hopefully a few twists and some things you didn't expect, but it always gets wrapped up neatly at the end and you have the satisfaction of a completed piece. There have been some brilliant series in the last few decades focussing on criminal psychologists and the idea of creating a profile of the criminal mind. 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. Coming into a new season do you ever worry you might not be able to find Max again? In the first season there was certainly this sense that Max could do with looking at himself a little bit more, rather than psychoanalysing everyone else. Tim was superb as [Arthur] Valentine and brought this really interesting spy Id created to life, and so I was very happy when he was able to step in and take the part [of Atticus Pnd].. I wasn't really very conscious of this when I was writing the books, but perhaps on reflection I can see that there is a connection, I'm not Jewish, but I do come from an immigrant family. This period, these few years that we set the show in, are so interesting and the backdrop to our stories are so cinematic I think it makes for good TV. That to me is very counter-productive. 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. Once I got to Vienna, to actually go to the galleries and see the art was great. 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. That's a very good question. Your mind goes, Oh, was that the worst show ever?. Content producer with over ten years of experience in digital and broadcast productions for publicmedia. His film credits include The Young Victoria and Kenneth Branaghs adaptation of Henry V. His Character: Patakis is a dissatisfied classics teacher as well as Susan Ryelands thoughtful boyfriend. I wanted to put my money where my mouth is, as they say.. Rewatch (or re-read recaps for) seasons 1 and 2 below! Season Three is the first time Oscar has a crisis in his personal life and consults Max. If people work with family, it can go one of two ways. How do you approach coming back to your character for Season Three? Which I think is what he has done over the series, specifically in his relationships with Clara and his family. The series follows two individuals, Max Liebermann a junior doctor and scholar eager to prove himself and Oskar Reinhardt a hardened, world-weary detective as they work together to solve a spate of gruesome murders in and around Viennas upmarket cafes and opera houses. Leahs moved on and she's possibly thinking about her love life and things along those lines. Detective Superintendent Locke is his modern-day counterpart who clashes with Susan Ryeland over investigating Alan Conways death. Where Youve Seen Her: You may recognize Manville from her TV roles in series like World on Fire on MASTERPIECE and in season five of The Crown as Princess Margaret, and films including Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. And the stories are very well written, which is the essence of every good film. The third series of thrilling crime drama Vienna Blood (3 x 90) written by acclaimed screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State, Leonardo) and based on the best-selling Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis will air on BBC Two in December. Theyre starkly different at the beginning. They are Viennese Jews in the books and English Jews in the TV series. One of the things I love about the show, and I love about the novels, is that it is a melting pot of so many themes. 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. To go from seeing the way a woman was treated in Episode One to seeing a woman like Clara finding her voice in Series Three, I think is a critical part of the journey. Matthew Beard - Biography, Height & Life Story | Super Stars Bio Im not sure when Im going to be able to say it.. I think the films are a good diversion from all the horrible stuff in the world. There are always new stories, new themes. When I'm not creating content for viewers like you, I'm writing and directing indie genre films. His Characters: Detective Inspector Chubb is the Saxby-on-Avon policeman in Alan Conways novel. I think theres an element of each of our characters that people can relate to.. "I worked quite consistently as 'the kid,' " he says. The Loos House is the exterior of Kristinas Vogls fashion house. So, how much is Matthew Beard worth at the age of 34 years old? And he still has a relationship with Oskar that he carries through from the first season. Thomas Olh designs the costumes for Clara and it always feels like Christmas when I get invited to try them on. Prisi Udvar Hotel is the location for the cafe where Leah and Clara drink to Claras success as a journalist. 2. Where was The War of the Worlds filmed? It was another audition, with Scherfig, that has resulted in Beards most lasting professional relationship. The Imitation Game - BFI LFF interviews inc Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Alex Lawther, Morton Tyldum, Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery | Vincent and the Doctor | Doctor Who. Id never even done karaokeanything on a platform in front of people. Hes also in the upcoming film The Riot Club, a thinly veiled account of a nefarious secret society at Oxford whose members went on to run various facets of the British government. Today Bedo is a unique collection of the early 1900s. - , . There are probably two overarching themes to the series. Getting Ready for the 2023 Met Gala at the CarlyleHotel. How do you make Vienna Blood stand out as a crime series? That, he says, changed everything. He was 17. It looks amazing, it's shot on location, so the mise-en-scne is gorgeous and authentic and its highly scored. 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!. Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia, From the two 'Immortals' to the star of cricket's greatest-ever test and a ground-breaking darts player, MIKE COLMAN remembers some of Australia's most inspiring, dedicated and talented characters who died in 2021, Pregnant Brynne Edelsten, 38, will raise her baby alone and says there's 'no man in the picture' - as she reveals her unborn child's gender, Pregnant Brynne Edelsten, 38, shows off her baby bump in New Idea photo shoot as she prepares to raise her child as a single mother, Disgraced businessman Geoffrey Edelsten died a pauper after years of living the high life with other people's money - and his former wives didn't receive a brass razoo, 'We're not your enemies!' At that time Alice Schalek was a war correspondent in Austria, she was Jewish and she is a bit of a role model for Clara's journey. How much is psychoanalysis a gift to Max and how much is it a burden? Ryeland is unconventional, a free spirit who makes her own rules about living life. and the acclaimed 2009 coming-of-age tale An Education. At the same time Wallenberg sometimes lived in the building himself, until his mysterious disappearance in early 1945. I have a much more foreign sounding name. 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? The way Robert shoots is very lush and plush. Max believes passionately in this very new science of psychoanalysis and has strengthened himself knowing that he's going to face a lot of boundaries in trying to push this science forward. Wallenberg declared it as an official Swedish Consulate that could not be entered by Nazi authorities to eventually shelter many Magyar Jews. This was my first ever play, he says, recalling an initial terror that gave way to exhilaration. At the start of the season, Leahs joined the family business. by Kathy Henderson Apr 30, 2015. It's got all the best bits of art nouveau and beginnings of art deco. All clothing by Pringle of Scotland. Where Youve Seen Him: McMullan studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and his stage credits (beyond Shakespeare) include Man and Superman and The Cherry Orchard. But when we see him with his family, that's when we understand its heart. And it's exciting to work in English for a bigger audience. Aside from an audible accent that will never go away! Then he sat down and wrote these plays which changed theater forever.