This still breaks my heart.

More Flight on this day..

2 years ago

16 December 2013

Damien appeared in the Ripper Street S2 finale 'Our Betrayal - Part 2'

 

 

Oh Flight! I've never been able to watch the scene where he tells Reid that the work he did for him was good work and it was meant in his heart as proper work without crying. And I have watched it a *lot* of times.

Love that E4 clip. It's so cute and funny! You can see how well they all got on.

 

2 years ago today...

7 January 2014

 The very first rehearsal photos of Damien and William Gaminara in TBOAA were posted on the forum!

 

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Awww the memories!

Yes, Rosie!  And there was one pic where it looked like he was hopping on one foot.  Lol

This play still haunts me.  

So many memories...

This is going way, way back..... right back to Damien getting the part of Hal in Being Human!

4 years ago today....

9 January 2012

 

Damien Molony Being Human Series 4 Interview

I got the part when the casting director came to my drama centre showcase last February and she brought me in to read for the part of Hal. I was doing a play up in Leeds at the time so I was back and forth on the train the entire time. I met Michael at the recall and they put us together, up against a wall, to see what the two of us looked like together and I didn’t realise how short Michael was at the time! It took me back! I got a call from my agent 3 days later just before I was about to go on stage and she told me they had offered me the part!

I moved down to Cardiff the following week and that was it for the next six months. Costume fittings, rehearsals, I was completely thrown into the deep end, but it was the most amazing job I have ever done.

On vampires…

I watched all the past series back to back and all the old school vampire movies. Mark Gatiss actually did a BBC Three documentary on vampires and vampire films and so I went and brought every single film that he talked about and started learning old school vampire folk law. It’s so fascinating! I haven’t watched any of the new stuff as I didn’t want to be drawn into a comparison. Toby’s world of vampires exists without all the vampire mania that’s happening. I approached this role with an old school perspective. Hal is dated and drenched in history. He’s almost like an antique!

 

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The silver cross would not help at all of course Ellie, if Hal appeared at your window... hehe

These are such great rehearsal photos. And seeing that beard in its early stages of development! It took on a life of its own by February!

Oh Hal *sigh*

4 years.  And 3 since I first discovered him.  It's now hard to remember a time when Hal didn't exist.

Thank you so much for sharing this again.  Parts of the interview are familiar to me and yet a few tidbits weren't.  Which makes me think I missed this.  It's actually kinda nice to find little missed nuggets!  The part about being lined up with Michael to see how they looked together and him practicing his vampire face.

The mention about getting to know Lenora brings a smile to my face.  Cannot wait to see them together again on Suspects! 

I would have given my left arm to have seen TBOAA but circumstances prevented it. I was just happy to see him last year at the Dorfmann as well as way back then when he toured with Travelling Light (feels like an aeon ago now)

And Hal...gosh i remember the press release so well and being not at all curious about him until i saw Hal's prequel and that got me curious and by the time season 4 began, i was interested and well, y'know the rest of it- "I'm not a man of God" sold his talent to me. It's been lovely to follow his career since then. I miss Hal.

One of the sweetest photo of Damien, those eyes are so captivating....