‘It’s a real comfort’: Jamie Dornan just LOVES playing a serial killer

Sep 29, 2016

With many of us in a state of inner turmoil over the fact we fancy a fictional serial killer, Jamie Dornan has put our minds at ease by admitting he would happily play the psychopath for the rest of his life.

Opening up about his life and career during a recent interview with Marie Claire, the Irish actor admitted that his role in The Fall is where he finds the most contentment.

"It’s a real comfort to come back and do that show, and you know, I’m very grateful for it because it’s changed my professional life," he said of the hit BBC thriller.

While acknowledging that the role of Paul Spector is not for the fainthearted, it sounds like Jamie would happily forego countless others parts in order to see Spector's story through to the end.

"I’m playing such a horrific character, but I would play him for the rest of my life if I could," he admitted.

Given the show's incredibly grim subject matter, the 34-year-old actor acknowledged the role his young family plays in allowing him to switch off after shooting.

"The kids are a great way of breaking you out of whatever," he explained. "You have no choice but to enter their world when you get home."

Yeah, we somehow fancy him even more now.

So, The Fall made its return last night, and Twitter is DIVIDED

Sep 26, 2016

by Amber Saunders

After a hiatus that felt like a lifetime, The Fall made its highly-anticipated return to our TV screens last night.

Picking up where it left off in season 2, viewers met Stella Gibson and Paul Spector in the aftermath of a shoot-out which saw law enforcement struggle with the prospect that the Belfast Strangler might not survive to see the inside of a courtroom.

And with viewers only dying to get stuck back into the cat and mouse game which played out between Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson's characters, it seems many were left disappointed by the slow and steady pace of the season's first episode.

What the heck? #TheFall is more like a hospital documentary – enough fancy medical words, people – we want the STORY.

— Roisin Meaney (@roisinmeaney) September 25, 2016

Great to see E.R back on the telly #TheFall

— Paul Marron (@PaulMarron) September 26, 2016

Love a show about the administrative side of police work. After the break, Stella tries to find the code for the photocopier #TheFall

— Mallow News (@MallowNews) September 25, 2016

First episode of #TheFall / ER not sure what I watched!

— Ray (@Ray323F) September 26, 2016

OK, so the first episode of the show definitely involved more medical jargon and organ removal than most of us expected, but it looks like Stella's speech on the difference between submission and consent was enough to reel the viewers back in.

Applauding scriptwriters for their succinct summation, Twitter was awash with praise as credits on the first episode began to roll.

Stella Gibson being awesome in Series 3. #TheFall #TheFallSeries3 #spoilers #GillianAnderson pic.twitter.com/k5gNkMfpyF

— Chris (@_chriixx) September 26, 2016

Gillian Anderson's speech at the end of tonight's episode is so important to women everywhere. Powerful writing. #TheFall

— Annie (@Annie_hooray) September 25, 2016

To understand #consent watch that speech about fear and consent during #thefall tonight. Well done @GillianA #TheFall

— Aitnursie (@Aitnursie) September 25, 2016

Watch OUT! Mel Gibson is enjoying some down time in IRELAND

Sep 21, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Mel Gibson is in Dublin, and it seems like he's having a great ol' time.

The actor is in the capital for the next EIGHT weeks to film The Professor and The Madman alongside Sean Penn (yep, here's also here ladies).

But it's not all work for the Hollywood star, as he took some time out on Monday night to enjoy some food in FX Buckley's on Pembroke Street.

The restaurant shared a photo with the star and captioned it, "When Mel Gibson is in Dublin he eats at FX Buckley.

"He has kidneys and a medium rare fillet."

The king is back in Dublin Check out all the deets on vipmagazine.ie @thenotoriousmma #ConorMcGregor

A photo posted by VIP Magazine (@vip.magazine) on Sep 21, 2016 at 2:19am PDT

But he's not the only famous face in the city at the moment. Our own Conor McGregor and Jamie Dornan have been back home and spotted around town by a few fans.

Keep an eye out!

Jamie Dornan EXCLUSIVE: ‘Let’s get this over with and have a pint!’

Sep 20, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Being human and all, around SHEmazing! Towers way we’re occasionally (read: often) fond of a bit of Jamie Dornan.

From The Fall to Fifty Shades – not to mention those Calvin Klein ads – the Co Down-man gives us all plenty to work with (bless him).

So when we heard that a Netflix feature-length flick, The Siege Of Jadotville, was being released with a certain Mr Dornan in the lead role, well we were all sorts of excited.

And suffice to say that excitement then turned to all-out exhilaration when SHEmazing! received a coveted invite to the red-carpet premiere, which took place last night on Dublin’s O’Connell St.

In attendance were the handsome likes of Jason O’Mara, Ronan Raftery, Charlie Kelly, and Conor MacNeill – but there’s no denying that Mr Christian Gray himself Jamie was the star of the evening.

Not only did we see him in the flesh up all close ‘n’ personal, but the 34-year-old even came over to SHEmazing! for something of an exclusive chat on the red-carpet.

"I think you have to have a bit of apprehension going into every job – call it nerves, or anxiety or excitement or whatever that is," Jamie told us when asked about taking on the mighty role of Pat Quinlan, the Irish commandant who led a stand-off against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s.

"But I was desperate to play him and I wanted to make sure I honoured him and his family and the people that knew him because what he achieved was massive and monumentally heroic. The fact that he got those boys out there alive I still find incredible."

The cast of The Siege Of Jadotville spent ten weeks in South Africa filming – the first two weeks of which were a hard-core boot-camp to get the guys in shape and thinking like soldiers.

A photo posted by SHEmazing! (@shemazingie) on Sep 19, 2016 at 12:47pm PDT

"It was a very close-knit group," Mr Dornan said of dozen or-so lead actors on location. "Though I’m not sure the guys looked up to me like the soldiers looked up to Pat Quinlan. In fact, they definitely didn’t!" he laughed when we asked him if he embodies some of the same leadership qualities as Cmdt Quinlan.

"But they’re a great bunch of boys. And historically they were boys. Our lads playing them were mostly in their mid-20s, but the average age of the A-Company was 19, so they were really kids.

"Quinlan was 42 at the time so I’m playing him a little young, but he would have felt this massive sense of responsibility and the fact that he got them all out alive is just phenomenal."

Also in attendance were several veteran members of the Irish UN troops who fought during the 1961 siege – something which Jamie evidently found a great honour.

Admitting that he was hoping to head out in Dublin with them once the premiere had wrapped up, he added: "I’m looking forward to getting this over and having a pint!"

GASP Jamie Dornan was on a reality TV show and the vid is GAS

Sep 17, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Jamie Dornan is probably one of our favourite actors at the moment (just because he's so God damn gorgeous), but did you know he once tried out for a reality TV show? No?

We didn't know either until this video clip surfaced on the world wide web, and boy, are we glad it did.

Once upon a time, the man himself tried out for… wait for it… Model Behaviour.

We kid you not.

A bit like the infamous Next Top Model TV series, the show ran for two seasons on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2002.

Check out the clip above; not only is his baby face adorable but we find it gas how one of the judges said he looks like a Calvin Klein model.

If they only saw him now.

Welcome back, Jamie! The Fall’s new trailer reveals return DATE

Sep 15, 2016

by Amber Saunders

The TV show we've all been waiting on to return has finally got a premiere date – and it's REALLY soon.

Yep, in 14 days The Fall (and Jamie Dornan) will return to our screens for the last time.

"I want him to live, so that he can spend the rest of his life in prison."#TheFall returns. 29.09.16. 9pm. pic.twitter.com/OIn1S2ApNZ

— BBC Two (@BBCTwo) September 14, 2016

BBC Two released the latest trailer for the series yesterday, and it certainly looks to be a good one.

In the 30-second clip, Jamie is seen lying on a hospital bed with blood on his chest and a ventilator in his mouth, all the while Stella says, "I want him to live so he can spend the rest of his life in prison."

It also shows that the Belfast killer's identity is revealed to the public.

We. Can't. Wait.

You HAVE to see Jamie Dornan in the new Fifty Shades Darker trailer

Sep 13, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Yesterday the world was offered the briefest glimpse at the next on-screen instalment of EL James’ Fifty Shades trilogy.

But because the clip was a total tease at less than twenty seconds long, we decided to hold off until today so we could give you the full Fifty Shades Darker trailer.

Due for release in February 2017, Fifty Shades Darker looks set to be a whole lot more intriguing than its predecessor.

Check it out below:

Feat image: independent.co.uk

Jamie sensationally claims: Cillian has my Calvin Klein ad up in his loo

Sep 5, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Well, we've been rather distracted since the Late Late Show couch hosted not one but TWO home-grown hotties at the weekend.

Cillian Murphy AND Jamie Dornan… sure, look – where would ya be having it.

Anywho, upon repeat watching of the RTÉ One segment, we've been picking up the Murphy-Dornan gems that prove once and for all that the pair of 'em are just about the best things to happen to Ireland in a long time.

Case in point: that moment when – after a spot of protesting too much – Cillian admitted to having a full-colour copy of Jamie's arresting Calvin Klein advert in his downstairs loo (us too, Cill).

Host Tubs couldn't resist flashing up a black and white snap of the now-famous campaign (can't say we blame him), although in response Corkonian actor Cillian threw out something of a dig.

Through a wry smile, he uttered: "I've never seen that before," before adding: "And I never want to see it again!"

"Well for a start that's not true," Jamie himself continued by way of a reply. "I've been to your house."

"You know the little toilet you have under the stairs?" the Down-man asked. "Wallpaper!" he jested while signalling to his Anthropoid co-star.

Cillian's response?

"Nah, that's the colour version…"

A spot of tongue-in-cheek banter? We're choosing to believe not, not least as every bathroom deserves a little bit a Jamie.

Watch the segment below:

Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy on the one couch? Uh…yes PLEASE

Sep 1, 2016

by Amber Saunders

He might be one of the hottest men to grace our screens in recent years, but that doesn't mean Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan has let fame go to his head.

In a new interview with Ryan Tubridy which will air as part of tomorrow night's Late Late line-up, the County Down native admitted that fame is one aspect of his work which doesn't appeal to him.

Sitting next to his Anthropoid co-star Cillian Murphy, Jamie explained: “The fame aspect that comes with being a working actor does not intrigue me in the slightest.”

“I think something like being Irish helps, and my friends. There’s just no allowance for it.”

The Marie Antoinette star revealed how the value he places on his family and friends allows him to stay grounded.

He said: “In your life, no matter what happens or how much notoriety you gain through your work, the fundamentals of your life don’t change…Your wife, your kids, your family and your friends, all that stuff, the stuff that makes you, doesn’t change.”

“On nights like this when you go to a premiere and it all seems crazy, it’s all very heightened but every day is totally normal. It’s just a job, you go to work and do your job and then that’s it,” he continued.

Surprisingly the 34-year-old father of two also admitted that despite his lead role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, few of his friends have actually seen the flick.

He said: “I’m just thinking about some of my mates here and I would never want to go to see them in that movie! It would be no different.”

“Why would they want to see me like that?” he asked. “None of them have seen it. I think a couple came to the premiere in London actually but with wives and girlfriends.”

As well as Jamie and Cillian, tomorrow night’s Late Late Show will also feature comedian Al Porter and Olympians Michael Conlan, Annalise Murphy and Gary and Paul O’Donovan.

The Late Late Show airs this Friday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One

Feat image: Variety

Late Late images: RTÉ

Final image: Focus Features

He is HERE! Jamie Dornan has now hit Dublin and we have the pictures

Aug 31, 2016

by Amber Saunders

Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy stepped out in Dublin tonight for the premiere of Anthropoid at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival.

Anthropoid is based on the true story of the World War II operation to assassinate Nazi commanding officer Reinhard Heydrich.

Starring alongside Jamie and Cillian is Toby Jones, Charlotte LeBon, Harry Lloyd, Bill Milner Seán Mahon and Sam Keeley.

But it wasn't just the movie's stars that were on the red carpet tonight, a host of Irish personalities came out to Cineworld in the city centre, too:

Jamie Dornan doesn’t mind if his KIDS watch Fifty Shades of Grey

Aug 30, 2016

by Amber Saunders

When 50 Shades first came out, it's safe to say that your sister, granny and auntie all wanted a piece of it – much to your humiliation.

It's something that we couldn't help being interested in, but we're not so sure about Jamie Dornan showing it to his kids.

The father-of-two admitted that while he'll allow them to watch it, it won't be any time soon and they'll have to wait to grow up before even being shown the trailer of it.

"Certainly not for a bloody long time!" he told Entertainment Tonight.

He then continued: "If they wanted to watch that one day and see what daddy does, then that's cool.

"I am mindful that I have two children now. There is part of me that does want to do something they can watch soon – that is kind of lighthearted – because I don’t consider myself a dark or menacing person despite what I portray onscreen.