Hola, wow, Madrid is a wonderful city. So beautiful. The people are all so welcoming too. The work is why I am here of course, and I having a fun time on that front. I've only had 2 days on set, but I have now worked with the first two directors, Guillem Morales and Alberto Rojo. They both have great credits I am told, but I only really know Guillem. He directed the brilliant Inside No9. Well, he did the second series and some of the third I think.
They are utterly fantastic, in fact he was nominated for a BAFTA for the first ep of series 2. Do try to watch it. It's kinda off the wall, but I hope you get into it. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are utter geniuses.
Good news for our audiophile friends. Nat's audio cosy crime novel series for Bastei Lübbe will be continued. The Bunburry novels will come in three brand new audio instalments which can be listened to via the streaming portals deezer, googleplay or spotify. You can also download the whole series via the publisher's audioportal.
The titles are:
So, here's a little bulletin. I had an unusual day yesterday. Well, actually it was just the afternoon.
I had a very exciting meeting, (no, I'm still not telling you what) in the middle of Soho, on a roof top with a fantastic Exec Producer or two, and left the building buzzing. I decided to visit the office of my agent and my literary agent. On the way there I stop for a piece of very trendy pizza in an very trendy coffee bar. So trendy, there is only one tiny bit of pizza on display and only two other people, on stools, at the back of this raw brick living room sized bar. Who should be at the back, on those two stools, but the wonderful Rose Leslie and her equally wonderful hubby Kit Harrington. I don't know either, but I did my usual brash thing of going straight up to people I admire and telling them.
Now, I think that means, Hello All, but I'm not really sure yet. I am off to Spain to do a very good fun job next week.
La Templanza, or The Vineyard, is a new series for Amazon shot by Boomerang TV, based in Madrid. So far I have only been out there for a costume fitting, but what an amazing place! I loved it. I can't wait to get out there to start shooting. I haven't meant met the lead lady, Leonor Watling, whose husband I play, or the lead man, Rafael Novoa. But I did get to meet Esmeralda Pimentel who plays Rafael's daughter. She was great fun. We only had an afternoon together but laughed a lot.
Hello again. I know, so soon... I don't know if it was the euphoria of my birthday weekend or what, but I am now an instagrammer. Weird I know, but true. Nathanielparker84 seems to be my name. I would like to make it simpler, and may do, when I can work it out. Luckily I have daughters at hand! Anyway, there is a pic there of our wisteria tree, tree no less! Love it, and it is in pretty much full bloom. So there you are. I don't want to do twitty things, I am sure I will put foot into mouth on regular occasions if I did. I like this site so much, and it feels right that I communicate more here. Which I will endeavour to do.