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BBC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Disney's Rivals star David Tennant films in small town
Filming for a TV adaptation of one of Dame Jilly Cooper's novels has returned to a Wiltshire was used as a location for the first series of Rivals, which stars actors David Tennant, Emily Atack and Danny Dyer, among others.A number of shops have had their fronts tweaked as the series is set in the1980s, with Boots being turned into an old-fashioned Waitrose and the town hall being transformed into a polling station."It's really exciting to see the town so vibrant," said shopkeeper Daisy Coppin. Jewellers Coppins has been transformed into Cotchester Jewellers for the Coppin said she had been notified about the filming a few weeks ago and the shop was able to stay open."I think it's really good for the town in general. It raises the profile, it gets us some notification everywhere," she the shop was in the background of shots for the first series, she hopes it will feature more prominently this time. Matt Booker runs The Corsham Toy Shop and said it was a "bonus" when something was filmed in the remembered once having an actor in full Victorian costume buying Lego sets for another production."People love it. It brings trade to the town. Tourists come and find where things were filmed and take photos," Mr Booker added that filming for BBC series Poldark had been a "massive boon" in the past. Not only have many businesses on High Street had sign changes, but the streets of Corsham have also been lined with classic Disney Plus adaption of Rivals is based on Jilly Cooper's best-selling Rutshire Chronicles author previously said she had "adored seeing the world fall in love with her beloved characters".
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Film Trailer Research Reveals 'Young Male Audience Turning To Softer Men, Stronger Women Characters'
Marketing to specific audiences continues to cost film studios and distributors millions of dollars each year, however, 'reliance on focus groups and long-held audience assumptions are outdated concepts and costing the industry millions more in lost revenue opportunities.' This is the verdict of audience intelligence platform DiO, who have spent the last two years analysing how different trailers and other screen content lands with particular audiences. More from Deadline 'Rivals' Author Jilly Cooper Gives View On Intimacy Coordinators Ahead Of Disney+ Comedy-Drama's Second Season 'Eddington' Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Gets Into Standoff With Pedro Pascal In A24's Covid-Era Western From Filmmaker Ari Aster Netflix Unveils Trailer For Tyler Perry's 'Madea's Destination Wedding' DiO claims their analysis tools – including facial coding, biometric and cognitive data – confound traditional assumptions about audience appetites, and reveal a surprising shift in how viewers engage emotionally with what they see on screen. Their research was conducted across 37,000 consumers of content and key findings include: Younger male viewers respond more strongly to character-driven storytelling with narrative depth than to relentless, high-octane action scenes For this demographic, there is a 5% difference in immersion scores between character-driven and action-driven trailers For this same audience segment, there is a preference for female characters who are strong and independent over those who are hyper-stylised or given supporting roles DiO CEO and founder Ade Shannon said: 'This data points towards a shifting perception of masculinity and an evolving appetite for richer, more grounded storytelling.' Indie production studio True Brit recently used the data amassed by DiO to plan the marketing campaign around their title Marching Powder, specifically to pinpoint aspects of the film that would appeal to potential viewers outside its core 35+ male audience. Released in March, Marching Powder stars popular 'hardman' British actor Danny Dyer as Jack, a man arrested for fighting and drug possession during a football hooligan brawl, who is ordered by court to go to couples' therapy. True Brit shares that tweaking their campaign based on the data boosted their strong box office opening of £3.1m against a £1.6m production budget, specifically increasing its female audience to 45% without isolating their core audience. Commenting on the strategy, Chris Besseling, the studio's head of theatrical distribution, Marketing and Publicity, said: 'Using the detailed analytics provided by DiO's report, we were able to identify the specific moments, characters, lines and gags from the trailer that resonated most strongly with the two distinctly different audiences that we were targeting. This enabled us to build a tailored, two-pronged campaign with bespoke creative assets that best served the different potential audience groups.' Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
Daily Mail
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rivals author Jilly Cooper weighs in on intimacy coordinators after Danny Dyer says new series has so many sex scenes it 'hired every coach in the UK'
Rivals author Jilly Cooper has weighed in on intimacy coordinators being used for the Disney+ show following Danny Dyer 's recent comments. The actor said there is so much bonking in Rivals 2 – which is currently filming - that they have hired every intimacy coach in the UK. But Jilly - who wrote the 1988 novel - is bemused by the growth of the on-set sex-scene coach. She told The Times: 'In my day when people were acting they just used to jump on each other and roll around without having anyone telling them what to do,' 'I suppose the world's changed, hasn't it?' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Had she been an actress rather than author, Jilly said she would not have been comfortable with having an intimacy co-ordinator choreographing her sex scenes. She added: 'I'd be very embarrassed. I wouldn't like it myself - but then no one has any fun any more, do they?' Her comments come after Danny says there is so much bonking in Rivals 2 – which is currently filming - that they have hired every intimacy coach in the UK. Dyer, who plays Freddie Jones in the show, which also stars David Tennant, Emily Attack and Alex Hassell, said: 'We are doing 12 episodes of Rivals and we are filming until March next year. 'It is brilliant but it is a mad thing to do a sex scene. 'If you think about it you are legally allowed to tongue someone else. It is part of your job. Depending on your partner. It is OK if you fancy it, I am not going to lie.' He added: 'On Rivals there are a lot of intimacy coaches. I think we used every intimacy coach in the land.' In the smash hit Disney + show, based on the novel by Jilly, Dyer played self-made businessman Freddie Jones who goes into business with Rupert Campbell-Black, played by Alex Hassell and Declan O'Hara played by Aidan Turner. In the show Jones falls in love with romance author Lizzie Vereker, played by actress Katherine Parkinson. The initial run was eight episodes but Disney + have asked for more this time around. Dyer's performance as Jones has been hailed as bringing heart to the frothy, pulpy show, which has led to a reassessment of him as an actor, following his long-running stint in EastEnders. He was awarded a Bafta last month for his performance in Mr Bigstuff. He told Esquire magazine: 'People saw me in a different light[in Rivals], and it came out just after Mr. Bigstuff, which, for once, shows a bit of versatility, because Lee is so different to Freddie. 'I've made a lot mistakes over the years. I've said yes to a lot of jobs I probably shouldn't have, probably because I was driven by the dollar – I had bills to pay and kids in private schools. 'Now, I'm at a stage where I have loads of offers that I've got the power to say no to. I think I'll be defined by what I say no to, and it's really exciting for me.' On stage at the Baftas where he won the award to Best Male Performance in a Comedy he said: 'What a touch! Comedy performance. I thought my acting was so bad it was funny. I want to thank Sky for giving our show a shot. F***ing hell, I'm choked up. 'I got to dedicate this to (Mr Bigstuff writer) Ryan Sampson. One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham. Which is not saying much. 'But one of the best actors this country's ever produced, I'm telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say. He wrote this part for me, so you know... I'm getting choked up again, f**k me.'
Times
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Jilly Cooper bemused by intimacy coaches on the set of Rivals
It is known for bringing to screen the sexual excesses of the Eighties, but behind the scenes Rivals has embraced the modern trend for intimacy co-ordinators. The television series is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Dame Jilly Cooper, 88, who is somewhat bemused by the growth of the on-set sex-scene coach. 'In my day when people were acting they just used to jump on each other and roll around without having anyone telling them what to do', she told The Times, adding: 'I suppose the world's changed, hasn't it?' Had she been an actress, Cooper said, she would not have been comfortable with having an intimacy co-ordinator choreographing her sex scenes. 'I'd be very embarrassed,' she said. 'I wouldn't like it myself — but then no one has any fun any more, do they?' Cooper's view puts her in line with established actresses including Kim Basinger, 71, and Gwyneth Paltrow, 52. In March, Paltrow said she told an on-set intimacy co-ordinator to 'step a little bit back' when filming sex scenes with Timothée Chalamet during filming of Marty Supreme, a film about a ping pong protégé. But others, including Emma Thompson, 66, and Rachel Zegler, 24, have praised them for the reassuring environment that they help to foster on set. Cooper made the comments after Danny Dyer, who will play Freddie Jones again in the second series of Rivals, said that producers had 'used every intimacy coach in the land'. Dyer, 47, said that it was a 'mad thing' to do a sex scene — he took part in several in the first series, which aired in October, including one outside with Katherine Parkinson, who plays the wife of a neighbour. 'You are legally allowed to tongue someone else. It is part of your job. Depending on your partner, it is OK if you fancy it,' Dyer told the Daily Mail. 'On Rivals there are a lot of intimacy coaches. I think we used every one in the land.' Fellow Rivals actor Aidan Turner, 41, said that there had been a pair of intimacy co-ordinators employed during the filming of the first series in 2023. 'We have so much sex on our show, we have to have two intimacy coaches. Two!' he told The Times. 'I've never wanted a season two of anything more in my life.' Despite Dyer's claim, the number of coaches employed is not thought to have increased hugely for the second series, which is expected to air on Disney+ in 2026. Filming began in May. • How to improve intimacy in your marriage — by the Sex Education coach Cooper had another theory for the growing popularity of intimacy co-ordinators: young people no longer know what they are doing. 'Perhaps the problem is that everyone is doing it less and are less practised because they're all jogging and doing lots of exercise instead,' she said.
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
New series of Disney+'s Rivals has so many sex scenes it has 'hired every intimacy coach in the UK'
Danny Dyer says there is so much bonking in Rivals 2 – which is currently filming - that they have hired every intimacy coach in the UK. Dyer, who plays Freddie Jones in the show, which also stars David Tennant, Emily Attack and Alex Hassell, said: 'We are doing 12 episodes of Rivals and we are filming until March next year. 'It is brilliant but it is a mad thing to do a sex scene. 'If you think about it you are legally allowed to tongue someone else. It is part of your job. Depending on your partner. It is OK if you fancy it, I am not going to lie.' He added: 'On Rivals there are a lot of intimacy coaches. I think we used every intimacy coach in the land.' In the smash hit Disney + show, based on the novel by Jilly Cooper, Dyer played self-made businessman Freddie Jones who goes into business with Rupert Campbell-Black, played by Alex Hassell and Declan O'Hara played by Aidan Turner. In the show Jones falls in love with romance author Lizzie Vereker, played by actress Katherine Parkinson. The initial run was eight episodes but Disney + have asked for more this time around. Dyer's performance as Jones has been hailed as bringing heart to the frothy, pulpy show, which has led to a reassessment of him as an actor, following his long-running stint in EastEnders. In one raunchy montage, Dyer's character appears to be enjoying some time between the sheets way more than wife Valerie He was awarded a Bafta last month for his performance in Mr Bigstuff. He told Esquire magazine: 'People saw me in a different light[in Rivals], and it came out just after Mr. Bigstuff, which, for once, shows a bit of versatility, because Lee is so different to Freddie. 'I've made a lot mistakes over the years. I've said yes to a lot of jobs I probably shouldn't have, probably because I was driven by the dollar – I had bills to pay and kids in private schools. Now, I'm at a stage where I have loads of offers that I've got the power to say no to. I think I'll be defined by what I say no to, and it's really exciting for me.' On stage at the Baftas where he won the award to Best Male Performance in a Comedy he said: 'What a touch! Comedy performance. I thought my acting was so bad it was funny. I want to thank Sky for giving our show a shot. F***ing hell, I'm choked up. 'I got to dedicate this to (Mr Bigstuff writer) Ryan Sampson. One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham. Which is not saying much. 'But one of the best actors this country's ever produced, I'm telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say. He wrote this part for me, so you know... I'm getting choked up again, f**k me.'
