We’ve added several pictures of Michael after accepting his OBE at Buckingham Palace earlier this week. You can view them in our Gallery…
Michael Talks ‘New Moon’
In The Twilight Saga: New Moon, due out later this year, Michael Sheen takes the role of Aro, head vampire of an ancient coven that rules the vampire world. We talked to him recently, and asked for the lowdown on a bloodsucking role that’s a far cry from his recent run of real-life figures.
“I’m all done on it; I had a great time,” he told us. “It was nice to go in and not be playing the main part, just go in for a few days and play this really really extraordinary character. I remember I was thinking, ‘Oh, there’s a bit of a Child Catcher here [from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]; bit of the Blue Meanie from The Yellow Submarine; bit of Olivier from Richard III. There was a bit of all kinds of stuff.”
OBE Video Footage
A video of Michael accepting his OBE from the Queen has been added to the Video Archive.
- Press Footage 2009: OBE Ceremony
Today’s Press Highlights
“The Queen asked me what I was doing next and I was in the slightly tricky situation of saying ‘I’m playing the prime minister again in a film about Tony Blair and Bill Clinton’ and she said ‘that must be a terribly difficult thing to do’.”
- Sheen ‘thrill’ at OBE from Queen (read)
- Did the Queen and Tony Blair make a secret pact? (read)
- Michael Sheen: Queen’s movie pact (read)
OBE Pictures
We’ve added 12 great pictures of Michael collecting his OBE at Buckingham Palace. There are a few of the actual ceremony as well as some of the photocall outside.
Off To The Palace
Michael will officially receive his OBE at Buckingham Palace today and says it will be nice “to meet the real Queen at last”.
Sheen said after hearing of his award in the New Year’s Honours list: “This is a huge honour. I am both thrilled and slightly mystified. But very grateful. It’ll be nice to meet the real Queen at last.”
His proud father Meyrick said all the family, including Michael’s daughter Lily, 10, will be at Buckingham Palace.
Source: WalesOnline
New Moon Trailer
The first trailer for ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ aired during last night’s MTV Movie Awards. Unfortunately Michael doesn’t appear in it, but it’s still very interesting to watch and get a feel of what the movie will be like.
