Coral Messam is an Actor, Movement Director/Practitioner and Wellness Instructor with over 24 years of experience in performance and movement practice.  Included in her movement work is intimacy consultancy direction in TV and film.

Jamie Matthewman is a voice, dialect and acting coach working in film, TV, Theatre, Education and the corporate world. He trained as an actor, and subsequently as a voice and dialect coach, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Stephanie Carey has been a  Professional Stuntwoman on the British Stunt Register for over 20 years working in film and television. She specialises in combat and is one of a handful of active competitive female precision drivers in the UK.

David was delighted that they all agreed to share with him the unique way they contribute to the actors process of building a character earlier this year.

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Multi award winning actor Jonathan Pryce has been working in Theatre, Film and Television for more than five decades. His work in theatre includes an award-winning  Hamlet at the Royal Court in 1980 and as The Engineer in Miss Saigon in London and New York.

He’s appeared in films as eclectic as Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Age of Innocence. In 2019, he earned his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Pope Francis in the film The Two Popes.

His television work includes Thomas Wolsey in Wolf Hall, the High Sparrow in Game of Thrones and Prince Philip in the final two seasons of The Crown.

His breakthrough screen performance was in Terry Gilliam's satirical, dystopian, black comedy Brazil and David was delighted he agreed to talk to him about that experience earlier this year.

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The theatre director Peter Hall referred to Geraldine James as one of the great English classical actresses. Graduating from the Drama Centre she embarked on a theatre career that would see her nominated for a Tony and winning the Drama Desk Award for her role as Portia in the Broadway revival of The Merchant Of Venice.

Her film credits include Gandhi, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and 45 Years. Since 2017, she has starred in the Netflix series Anne With An E. Geraldine has been nominated four times for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for Dummy, Band Of Gold, The Sins and The Jewel In The Crown where she played the character Sarah Layton. David caught up with her to talk about that experience earlier this year.

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