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  • Eva Green Reveals What Makes Her Look Like Morticia Addams

    Eva Green has a busy schedule, and several of her projects see her dressed in period costumes, complete with old-fashioned hairstyles and makeup. Recently, she revealed what her look will be for Tim Burton’s highly-anticipated (at least by this writer) film adaptation Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, calling her hairstyle “bonkers”.

    “The role I’m playing now is quite cool. My hair is kind of bonkers. It’s a 40s style with a twist. I also loved my look in another movie I starred in, called Cracks. It’s set in the 30s – all high-waisted pants and bobbed hair,” Green said.

    The Penny Dreadful star says she has to have a good beauty routine due to the heavy makeup she’s required to wear during filming, but also because of harsh weather conditions. And sometimes, the makeup itself can be a challenge.

    “Filming in Ireland last winter really took its toll on my skin. I rely on a good, fragrance-free make-up remover from Cetaphil or Avène and apply a cold cream to replenish my skin. I always wear SPF, but find factor 50 is too pale and thick, so I use SkinCeuticals Brightening UV Defense SPF 30. I love Sisley’s treatments, too. Make-up can be dangerous when you have pale skin – sometimes I can look like Morticia Addams!”

    Eva Green also spoke about how sensitive her skin is, which is common in fair people.

    “I’m like a vampire. I have to wear sunscreen or I look like a prawn! Even in winter I wear SPF30 – Skinceuticals Brightening UV Defence SPF30 and La Roche-Posay Anthelios Face Anti-Shine Dry Touch Gel SPF50+ are my favourites. It’s easier to apply make-up over the top of SPF30 than 50, which can be thick. I have thin, fragile skin so I’m not a big fan of exfoliating and I don’t tend to get facials either.”

    The hit Showtime series made headlines this week when it was announced that Patti Lupone has been promoted to a regular on the show; she’ll reportedly play American Dr. Seward in the upcoming season. Lupone had formerly guest starred as the Cut-Wife on the horror series, which stars Green, Josh Hartnett, and Timothy Dalton.

  • Eva Green Has “Proper Villain” To Contend With In Season 2 Of “Penny Dreadful”

    Eva Green helped make Penny Dreadful a rousing success for Showtime last year, and the second season will see more dark matter, more bloodshed, and more drama as a “proper villain” makes trouble for her character.

    Warning: this article may contain spoilers.

    Green, Josh Hartnett, and Timothy Dalton all star in the season two trailer, which has been making its way around the web this week as fans anticipate the series return on April 26. Helen McCrory, who plays dark witch Evelyn Poole, also makes a comeback, and according to show creator John Logan, she’ll wreak some havoc.

    “This season she becomes the antagonist for not only Vanessa, but for all the characters Now we have a proper villain, and we enjoy her immensely,” Logan told reporters at the Television Critics Association press event this week. “We sort of unleash hell in this season. It’s our make or break season.”

    While Eva Green and her co-stars made their fair share of mayhem during the first season, Logan says this time around things will be a bit different as they’ll be on the run.

    “Last season, our heroes were hunters. This season, they’re hunted,” Logan says.

    Fans of the show will know that Eva’s character, Vanessa, questioned what she wanted last season even after Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) sacrificed his own daughter to save her, and according to TV Guide, there will be some friction between the two characters this season. There will also be a strong witchcraft influence, as can be seen in the haunting trailer, and the show will delve more deeply into werewolves to explore Josh Hartnett’s character.

    “You’ll definitely see more this season. He learns what he is. How we treat lycanthropy is a big part of the season,” Logan promised.

    Green and the rest of her Penny Dreadful co-stars will return on April 26 at 10 p.m. on Showtime.

  • Penny Dreadful New Full Trailer, Premiere Date Is Out. See It Here! [Video]

    Penny Dreadful fans are just going to have to wait a few more months. Showtime has announced that the first time we’ll be able to see the team in anything new will be Sunday, April 26th at 10PM.

    But at least they gave us a delicious new full-length trailer to taste until then. That video is just below. But let us digress for just a moment, for those who may not be familiar with the glory that is Showtime’s Penny Dreadful series.

    After a first season on Showtime, Penny Dreadful is set for a second season. The show gets its name from a British colloquialism that is roughly the equivalent of the American term “pulp fiction.” A “penny dreadful” was a horror story printed on cheap pulp paper and available to buy for just a penny.

    The late 19th century saw an explosion of horror-type stories, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Frankenstein, and many others. The Showtime series has its roots in these kinds of tales, blending together characters from these and other stories from the horror genre.

    Show creators have spoken about the explosion of these kinds of tales in the late 19th century, pointing out that England was on the cusp of the industrial revolution. The expanded possibilities of harnessed lightning (electricity), conquered skies (flight), and covering great distances in short time (motorized travel) were upon them.

    Writers of that period imagined the possibilities — and horrors — of these advances in the world and wrote about them, much the same way that writers in our own time might conjure up visions of high-tech police work (Minority Report), science bringing dinosaurs back to life (Jurassic Park), or alien encounters (pick a movie). We see these things as more possible than ever, knowing what we do about our own current abilities and technology.

    Since there has only been one season of Penny Dreadful so far, look for another marathon of episodes just before the next season premieres in April. There was already one on New Year’s Eve. There are only eight in the first season. Catching up will be easy.

    The series stars Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, and Harry Treadaway. Minor characters promise to become regulars in the upcoming season, so hop on while you can.

    Now here’s that trailer!

  • Eva Green Wows in Teaser for New Penny Dreadful; New Year’s Eve Marathon Ahead

    Ever since Eva Green launched into America’s popular culture consciousness as Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, she has had a certain appeal.

    Now Eva Green plays Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful on Showtime. Similar to her Bond character, Green plays Ives as a feminine force to be reckoned with, a woman who holds her own in 19th-century London’s man’s world.

    After a first season on Showtime, Penny Dreadful is set for a second season. The show gets its name from a British colloquialism that is roughly the equivalent of the American term “pulp fiction.” A “penny dreadful” was a horror story printed on cheap pulp paper and available to buy for just a penny.

    The late 19th century saw an explosion of horror-type stories, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Frankenstein, and many others. The Showtimes series has its roots in these kinds of stories, blending together characters from these and other stories from the horror genre.

    Show creators have spoken about the explosion of these kinds of tales in the late 19th century, pointing out that England was on the cusp of the industrial revolution. The possibility of harnessing lightning (electricity), conquering the skies (flight), and covering great distances in short time (motorized travel) were in the not-distant future. Writers of that period imagined these worlds and wrote about them, much the same way that writers in our own time might conjure up visions of high-tech police work (Minority Report), science bringing dinosaurs back to life (Jurassic Park), or alien encounters (pick a movie). We see these things as more possible than ever, knowing what we do about our own current abilities and technology.

    Eva Green is prominently featured in the teaser trailer for the upcoming Penny Dreadful season. Her character speaks of a “curse” that she carries, but that she also has learned that the same curse is in some way a blessing.

    Josh Hartnett is Ethan Chandler and Timothy Dalton is Sir Malcolm Murray in the series. They are also seen in the teaser trailer.

    The upcoming second season of Penny Dreadful in 2015 has ten episodes. If you did not catch the first season, you can see a marathon of the episodes on New Year’s Eve on Showtime, starting at 8:00 p.m. EST.

  • “Penny Dreadful” Star Talks About Crazy Seance Moment

    Penny Dreadful has promised us dark, gory, sexy times all year, and with the show’s recent debut we learned they weren’t joking. But even on set, while the cast is filming key scenes, there are inexplicable things happening. Star Timothy Dalton spoke recently about a moment in a recent episode (spoiler alert, kind of) where an unexpected guest showed up….to a seance.

    “In the middle of that scene, in a quiet moment, in a pause, I don’t know the name of the butterfly, but it’s a red and black butterfly, maybe a Red Admiral they’re called, fluttered across the stage and landed on the table, silently, whilst we were filming. And then, everyone [was] going, ‘Oh my God. Look at that. It’s a sign. It’s a sign!’” Dalton said.

    As the actor explained, it wasn’t the right time of year for butterflies to be around, but they had apparently been hibernating in the studio and hatched from the heat of the production’s lights.

    “What was actually happening, I believe, is… these studios are big, they’re old. They’d obviously been dark for some time, but now, with the activity and the heat from the lamp… these butterflies were actually hatching out. … [It was] completely the wrong time of year, because we were in the winter, but the warmth of the activity and the lights was doing this and they were just occasionally fluttering around. But in a séance, to land on the table like a spirit, that was odd. It was magic, it was marvelous. I loved it. I thought, ‘This is a great sign.’”

    The show is getting great reviews, which is somewhat rare for a show with a horror base. For a recap of the most recent episode–and some spoilers about what may be ahead for the characters–you can go here.

    Image via YouTube

  • Penny Dreadful Makes Strong Showing In Ratings And Reviews

    Penny Dreadful, the latest original series to hit Showtime, has been one of the most anticipated series of the year after its premiere at South by Southwest film festival in March. Now that it has aired, how did the series fare?

    Entertainment Weekly reports that Penny Dreadful got off to a great start as far as ratings are concerned. On Sunday night, the series was viewed by 1.44 million people. It was viewed by an additional 900,000 people early via Showtime On Demand and its mobile app. It’s also noted that 62 percent of its viewership fell within the 18 to 49 age range. This puts it only slightly behind Dexter’s series premiere of 65 percent.

    While strong ratings are a positive sign, will viewers want to come back next week? If the reviews are any indication of public sentiment, that would be a resounding yes. In The New York Times recap, it praises the series’ effective use of scares. The first two episodes are directed by J.A. Bayona, which most will recognize as the director of the masterful The Orphanage, and it seems that his skills as a horror director are not wasted here.

    The Hollywood Reporter also had praise for the series’ ability to use established characters, like Dr. Frankenstein and Dorian Gray, and make them seem new:

    A genre series like Penny Dreadful — really a unique amalgamation — could have gone all kinds of wrong. But [John] Logan, who has written each of the eight episodes, and director J.A. Bayona (who cements the overall look and feel of the series) keep things intriguing and fresh, fearful and entertaining. The characters are so vastly different from one another but mix well.

    If you missed out on the premiere, you can check it out online via Showtime on Demand or Showtime’s streaming app. You can also watch the premiere on Hulu here.

    If you’re still not sure about Penny Dreadful, check out the trailer below:

    Image via Penny Dreadful/YouTube