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Rupert Friend - news / articles

Friend's fighting fears - 17 September 2010
-Actor Rupert Friend was left terrified as he trained for his role in upcoming gangster movie The Kid - he had to learn to fight.- -The film is an adaption of the 2003 true story by Kevin Lewis, and Keira Knightley's boyfriend takes on the part of the title character,

Friend suffers embarrassing slang mix-up with Pfeiffer - 23 June 2009
-Actor Rupert Friend discovered first hand the embarrassing differences between U.S. and U.K. English when his Cheri co-star Michelle Pfeiffer unwittingly invited him to feel her up.- -Keira Knightley's boyfriend stars as Pfeiffer's toyboy lover in the period drama, an

Rupert Friend - what members say

The Young Victoria review by ellyM from Edinburgh

YoungVictoria 9 September 2009
...nd wonderful locations. Why then was it ghastly? You can't blame Emily Blunt or Rupert Friend: great chemistry and lovely performances. It was the edit. LIke it had been c... Read customer review

Cheri review by DahliaTravers from Folkestone, England

Paris and love. What more do you want? 17 September 2009
...Cheri is a beautiful film, with beautiful performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, beautiful locations which take one's breath away and gorgeous clothes and gorg... Read customer review

The Kid review by from London, England

Memorable for all the wrong reasons 23 April 2011
... the mother in Life of Brian. And thumbs down for the casting of the pasty, fey Rupert Friend as a bare knuckle fighter who grew up in poverty in Croydon. The guy is obvious... Read customer review

Rupert Friend - filmography

Five Days of War on DVD (2011)
Starring: Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chiriqui, Richard Coyle
Director: Renny Harlin
Certificate:
A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.

64% from 610 members

Five Days of War - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chiriqui, Richard Coyle
Director: Renny Harlin
Certificate:
A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.

64% from 633 members

The Kid on DVD (2010)
Starring: Natascha McElhone, Ioan Gruffudd, Rupert Friend
Director: Nick Moran
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services, his life was never his own. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal ..read more »

72% from 3,115 members

The Kid - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Augustus Prew, Natascha McElhone, Ioan Gruffudd
Director: Nick Moran
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Adapted from the international bestselling novel, The Kid is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of Kevin Lewis. Growing up on a deprived London housing estate, severely ill treated by his parents and bullied at school, Kevin never stood a chance in life. Even after becoming entangled in the ..read more »

73% from 1,304 member

Cheri on DVD (2009)
Starring: Frances Tomelty, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, where the son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

54% from 2,903 members

The Young Victoria on DVD (2009)
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Certificate:
From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.

75% from 36,549 members

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
Director: Mark Herman
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Based upon the novel by John Boyne, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship that forms between the son of a concentration camp commander and a young Jewish boy during World War II. Directed by renowned British filmmaker Mark Hermon (LITTLE VOICE, BRASSED ..read more »

78% from 611 members

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on DVD (2008)
Starring: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
Director: Mark Herman
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Based on the novel by John Boyne and set during World War 2, "The Boy In Striped Pyjamas" tells the story of Bruno, when his life is forever changed after he and his family move to a remote new home, and he strikes up a friendship with the only boy who appears to be around.

78% from 75,286 members

Outlaw on DVD (2007)
Starring: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Lennie James
Director: Nick Love
Certificate:
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.

59% from 25,492 members

Virgin Territory on DVD (2007)
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Rupert Friend
Director: David Leland
Certificate:
Young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the black plague decimates their city.

42% from 1,156 member

Outlaw - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins
Director: Nick Love
Certificate:
A group of disillusioned citizens who have been the victims of crime decide to organise and take the law into their own hands. After returning to England after fighting in Iraq, Bryant (Sean Bean, THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING) relocates to London. He finds that the area he has ..read more »

57% from 994 members

The Libertine on DVD (2005)
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Certificate:
An antidote to the sunny period pieces adopted from Jane Austen, which feature impeccably coiffed aristocracy engage in the witty banter of drawing room dramas and culminate in a most delightful denouement, 'The Libertine' highlights the underbelly of the Britocracy of centuries past. Adapted from ..read more »

53% from 29,807 members

Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont on DVD (2005)
Starring: Joan Plowright, Zoe Tapper, Rupert Friend
Director: Dan Ireland
Certificate:
An elderly widow dumped in a 'retirement hotel' by her family strikes up an unlikely friendship with an aspiring young writer. Her disappointment at the sight of her new lodgings is soon tempered by the young man's joie de vivre as she discovers a whole new lease on life. MRS PALFREY AT THE ..read more »

71% from 404 members

Rupert Friend facts

5 most recent films

Five Days of War - 3.0 stars
Five Days of War - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Kid - 3.5 stars
The Kid - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Cheri - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 4.0 stars
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Young Victoria - 4.0 stars
The Kid - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Kid - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Virgin Territory - 2.0 stars
The Libertine - 2.5 stars
Cheri - 2.5 stars
Outlaw - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Outlaw - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Natascha McElhone - 3 times - show films
David Thewlis - 3 times - show films
Amber Beattie - 3 times - show films
Vera Farmiga - 3 times - show films
Asa Butterfield - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Nick Moran - 3 times - show films
Mark Herman - 3 times - show films
Renny Harlin - 2 times - show films
Nick Love - 2 times - show films
Stephen Frears - 2 times - show films