IS became an actor by chance, Richard Madden, 36 years old. Or rather, he became one by choice of his parents, who saw their eleven-year-old son too shy for his age. Born in 1986 in Elderslie, a small town in Scotland, to his father a firefighter and his mother, a primary school assistant, he grows up with his two sisters, Cara and Lauren.
At 11, pushed by his parents who wanted him to be more open and sociable, he begins acting al Paisley Arts Centerto then perfect the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dramawhere he graduated in 2007.
Below, as a child with his mother
In Scotland he begins to make himself known: he acts with the Arches and Glasgow Repertory Company in the show Tom Fool by Frank Xaver Kroetz, which takes him to London, where he gets noticed and hired for Romeo and Julietin the part of the unfortunate protagonist of the Montecchi family.
Richard Madden at the Giffoni Film Festival 2022. (Getty Images)
Richard Madden and bullying
But the theater saved Richard Madden not only from shyness, but also from bullying. The actor was a insecure and overweight little boyand was targeted by his peers for his physical appearance.
“The theater was an escape route, it taught me to express myself, to use my physicality. At 11, I was bullied at schoolit was a difficult period, which is why I decided to join a theater group ».
Even his mother said «that I often got into troubleHe said. “I wasn’t having an easy time. Then luckily I joined a theater group where I met people who nurtured and cultivated the my own passionit was necessary to get away from a world of bullies ».
Below, as a child
The theater allowed him to “find people like me, moving away fromenvironment in which I was targeted. Everyone happens to feel strangers, you just have to discover a passion and find others to share it with ”.
“So I managed to ward off bullies, simultaneously embracing other peers with the same passions as me, sharing ideas and aspirations. But there was a time when I quit, I had a thousand doubts ». Then, at 17, “I started again”.
Richard Madden and cinema
After having made his debut, as we have seen, in the theater, he plays in the TV series Barmy Aunt Boomerang (1999) and in the film Complicity (2000).
“I started acting at eleven, with an adult film, Complicity», He told about his debut in the cinema. Then, in 2009, he plays the role of Dean McKenzie on the BBC TV series Hope Springsfollowed by The secrets of the mind (2010) and Worried About the Boy (2010), where he plays the leader of the Theater of Hate, Kirk Brandon.
Richard Madden at the Rome Film Fest 2021. (Getty Images)
Robb Stark de Game of thrones
The real turning point in Richard Madden’s career takes place in 2011 – until 2013 – thanks to the role of the noble Robb Stark, one of the protagonists of the first three seasons – for a total of 21 episodes – de Game of thronesHBO’s hugely successful series and based on the novels of George RR Martin.
Starkheir to Winterfell and the North, was the eldest of the sons of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and was nicknamed “the young Wolf”.
Below, as Robb Stark
Being part of the cast of the series, he received two nomination – in 2012 and 2014 – at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the category of “Best Cast in a Drama Series“.
“I’m grateful to the popularity, the public’s affection for the things I do ”, he declared referring to the enormous fame that came from that interpretation. “I have known periods of infinite auditions, without answer”. Fortunately for him this has not been the case for years.
Richard Madden and Cinderella
In 2015 it becomes the prince charming par excellence in the live-action version of the Cinderella by Disney and directed by Kenneth Branagh.
To enter the role, she attended intensive courses to learn to dance: for three / four days a week during the two months prior to filming he trained with a teacher, so as not to disfigure in the dance scenes.
With Lily James, his partner in “Cinderella”. (GettyImages)
“With Branagh we knew mine he was not a prince who saved the damsel», He said,« but a human being who understood the beauty, courage and kindness of another. The relationship between them is on an equal footing ». Now that her grandchildren are old enough, “I’m glad they like Uncle Richard and the message of the filmSaid Richard Madden.
He then stars in the Netflix series Bodyguard – in which he plays Sergeant David Budd, a veteran of the British army – and thanks to his performance he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.
In 2016, together with Idris Elba he starred in Bastille Day – The coup of the centurythen in Rocketman (2019), where he played John Reid, the Elton John’s first historic manager. “Finally, after so many heroes!” She commented. At the end of the screening, in Cannes, «Elton looked at me with hatred: it was a compliment. It is a film that contains all the spirit of his music ».
Richard Madden with Elton John and Taron Egerton at the Rocketman premiere in 2019. (Getty Images)
Madden, Marvel super hero
In 2021 he becomes a hero instead MarvelIkaris, in Eternals by Chloè Zhao, strategic leader of the Eternals, capable of flying.
«I’m not looking for a role, the reality is that I’m not the one to choose the characters, but they are the ones to do it, “he declared to those who asked him for a possible return as the super hero. “I’m reading scripts now, but it doesn’t mean that I have to go back and do it“. .
Right: but then what will you do in the future?
Richard Madden’s future
In the summer of 2023 we will see it in CitadelAmazon series created by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo – the directors of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame – where he acts together with Matilda De Angelis, Priyanka Chopra and Stanley Tucci.
In fiction, a gripping spy thriller – in which espionage is the protagonist – the actor plays a man who suffer from amnesia.
«The idea behind this show is one global narrative with autonomous local series that feed the plots and fill in the details of specific characters, ”said the Russo brothers. “So there’s a show set in India with a big star and a showrunner they’re working for Citadel and which will focus on the character of Priyanka Chopra. And in Italy we are doing the sameand there is another in Senegal ».
Richard Madden and love
Richard Madden’s known girlfriends have been several: from 2012 to 2015 he had a relationship with Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who), from 2017 to 2018 he was with the model Ellie Bamber and had a date with Suki Waterhousecurrently engaged with Robert Pattinson.
Richard Madden and ex-Ellie Bamber in 2018. (GettyImages)
Then, in 2019, she was in a relationship with Brandon Flynnactor of 13 Reason Why, even if the story has never been confirmed by those directly involved. Currently, for a couple of years, he is engaged to Froy Gutierrezactor of Teen Wolf.
And even though he played the role of a super hero in the cinema, he knows who the real heroes are. “My father, for example, he was a firefighter all his life. He knows what that means protect and defend others“.
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