60 h. ago I Swear actor Robert Aramayo: ‘Like anybody who hasn’t had education, I thought it was all about swearing’

Formerly seen as a young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones and as Elrond in The Rings of Power, he is creating a buzz with his role as Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson. It taught him a lot, he says – but it’s a huge responsibilityKirk Jones was feeling nervous. The director was two weeks away from shooting his new film, a biopic of the pioneering Scottish Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson, and he still hadn’t seen his lead actor perform any of the script. Jones had been impressed by Robert Aramayo in the supernatural Netflix series Behind Her Eyes, and liked the actor when they met over Zoom.He then invited him to Galashiels, to meet Davidson in his home town, where he was convinced Aramayo was the right choice for the role. “I was confident enough not to feel the need to meet 50 other actors and audition them,” he says. But “I didn’t ask him to read”, he admits. “Looking back, I think that was insane.” Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Actor Robert Aramayo: ‘Like anybody who hasn’t had the education, I thought Tourette’s was all about swearing’

Formerly seen as a young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones and as Elrond in The Rings of Power, Aramayo is creating a buzz with his role as the condition’s campaigner John Davidson in I Swear. It taught him a lot, he says – but it’s a huge responsibilityKirk Jones was feeling nervous. The director was two weeks away from shooting his new film, a biopic of the pioneering Scottish Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson, and he still hadn’t seen his lead actor perform any of the script. Jones had been impressed by Robert Aramayo in the supernatural Netflix series Behind Her Eyes, and liked the actor when they met over Zoom.He then invited him to Galashiels, to meet Davidson in his home town, where he was convinced Aramayo was the right choice for the role. “I was confident enough not to feel the need to meet 50 other actors and audition them,” he says. But “I didn’t ask him to read”, he admits. “Looking back, I think that was insane.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Bomb Scare Shuts Down Oktoberfest After Deadly Munich House Blast

Europe’s biggest beer festival, the world-famous Oktoberfest, has been dramatically closed in a major security scare after a bomb threat was linked to a deadly explosion at a house in Munich

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4 d. ago I Swear star Maxine Peake on impact John Davidson had on her understanding of Tourette syndrome as a young girl

Maxine Peake has explained the impact John Davidson had on her generation on understanding Tourette syndrome.

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4 d. ago How John Davidson used fishing to help actors tell his story in I Swear

John Davidson has revealed how he helped the actors who portrayed him in the film I Swear get into character - and it involved a fishing trip.

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4 d. ago Big Brother legend Pete Bennett makes rare public appearance at screening of Tourette's campaigner John Davidson's biopic I Swear

Pete Bennett was crowned winner of the legendary reality show back in 2006, in a series that also featured the late Nikki Grahame, Imogen Thomas and Grace Adams-Short as housemates.

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1 week ago I Swear: How to get free tickets for 'powerful' new film about Scottish Tourette's campaigner John Davidson

Independent cinemas across Scotland will host free advance screenings of new drama I Swear, which follows the real story of Scottish Tourette's campaigner John Davidson MBE.

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3 w. ago I Swear: My Life With Tourette's by John Davidson: The day I caused a royal bomb scare

From spooking the Queen to being tossed off a bus, John's life with tourette's has been a mixed bag.

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4 w. ago Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine

Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’A controversial doctor given top billing at the Reform party conference has used his main-stage speech to air a claim the Covid vaccine caused cancer in the royal family.The speech by Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who was appointed as a senior adviser to the US health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy, drew sharp intakes of breath in the Birmingham auditorium where he was handed a prime speaking slot. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago How Queen Elizabeth I's death triggered treachery and deceit as Scotland's James VI STOLE the crown

With no heirs Elizabeth I's death was about to cause royal chaos until she named James VI as her successor, but a top academic reveals the truth of the Stuart takeover.

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