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Nuweb Group posts breakout quarter with record ticketing throughput, and expanding commercial momentum

by jummy84 November 18, 2025
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Nuweb Group delivered record ticketing throughput this quarter, accompanied by sustained commercial momentum.

The milestone, Nuweb executives said, reflects a multi-year investment in rebuilding Nuweb’s global architecture around resilience.

“Much of this industry is running on technology held together by decades of patchwork,” said José San Miguel, Managing Director, “We’re providing the modern technical base these platforms should have had years ago.”

That stance was underscored this quarter as the company processed its highest-ever ticketing throughput without any service disruption.

Performance bolstered by strong demand across major events including Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Azahriah and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Nuweb Group executives were quick to stress that headline throughput figures tell only part of the story.

“In major on-sales, platforms often strip back functionality simply to push buyers through faster. That isn’t good enough,” said José.

He added that Nuweb’s approach prioritises continuity of experience rather than tactical shortcuts. “Our throughput doesn’t come at the expense of the experience. If 85 per cent of buyers want to choose their own seats, we shouldn’t be turning that off, even under pressure.” 

This comes at a time where ticketing platforms have recently made headlines for system crashes and user lockouts during major on sales, prompting renewed debate over platform resilience and consumer rights.

Nuweb’s leadership believes this environment favours new infrastructure providers that can evolve quickly.

“The market is moving faster than the systems currently supporting it,” says Jose, “Platforms need underlying technology that understands that reality”

The company, which supplies technology to ticketing operators, has gained traction among a growing need for platforms to rebuild or modernise their systems.The company is now expanding its footprint across North America, adding new roles to support rising demand and an expanding client base across the region.


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Karolina Wydra
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‘Pluribus’ Breakout Karolina Wydra Unpacks Her Mysterious Character

by jummy84 November 11, 2025
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[This story contains spoilers from the two-episode Pluribus premiere.]

When the audition for Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus came along, Karolina Wydra not only hadn’t acted in five years, she didn’t even have representation. 

Bialy/Thomas & Associates — the same casting directors who cast all of the major players on Gilligan’s previous hit shows, including Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul — searched around the world until they remembered Wydra from a 2016 horror movie they’d assembled. They proceeded to request a tape through her commercial agent, however she was no longer a part of that agency’s roster either. The available information was so outdated that it only appeared as if she was.

As a devoted Breaking Bad fan, the Polish-American actor had been dreaming for years of landing an audition for Gilligan. Her ambition only intensified when she worked opposite Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston a decade ago on Sneaky Pete, the crime series he co-created after wrapping the 12-time-Emmy-winning juggernaut. But Wydra soon abandoned her hope of working with Gilligan when no opportunities came her way during Better Call Saul.

Then, out of the blue, an audition for a highly secretive new Apple TV series came her way with Gilligan’s name attached. One would think she’d be doing cartwheels in response to this lucky break, but she initially hesitated, despite receiving the very chance she’d long wanted. After some inner back and forth, Wydra took the plunge anyway, later discovering that a familiar face happened to influence the fact that she was now in contention for a series regular role.

“At one point, [Gilligan] said, ‘I just spoke to Bryan Cranston about you.’ I was like, ‘What is happening? Where are the hidden cameras? Is this a joke? Here I am talking to Vince Gilligan, and he’s telling me that he talked to Bryan Cranston about me,’” Wydra tells The Hollywood Reporter.

She soon landed the mysterious role of Zosia opposite Rhea Seehorn’s Carol Sturka, and the two-episode series premiere has already made the case that Wydra is the latest example of Gilligan’s unique ability to turn journeyman actors into stars. “To be where I am today, I get emotional about it,” Wydra says as she begins to cry. “It’s beyond my wildest dreams — being employed by Vince Gilligan, holy shit.”

[Spoiler warning.] The sci-fi series begins with the global outbreak of an extraterrestrial “psychic glue” that forms a hive mind among the worldwide population. Carol, who’s somehow immune, lost her personal and professional partner, Helen (Miriam Shor), during the apocalyptic melee, so she rejects any and all overtures from the people she holds responsible, especially since they still want to try and turn her.

Written and directed by Gilligan, episode two, “Pirate Lady,” begins with Wydra’s Zosia cleaning up a dead body in Morocco. Suddenly, an impulse leads her to get on a motorbike and ride to an airfield so she can then fly a C-130 military aircraft to Albuquerque and serve as liaison to Carol on behalf of the collective known as “the Joined” or “the Others.” The Joined are able to tap into virtually any person’s existing thoughts, memories and know-how in order to achieve a particular task or objective, thus everyone can do everything and everyone knows everything. That includes flying a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. (In a previous conversation with THR, Seehorn insisted the series is not meant to be commentary on AI.) 

Carol still doesn’t react too kindly to her unsolicited chaperone, particularly because she sees through the Joined’s attempts to manipulate her by way of Zosia’s purposeful resemblance to an embryonic version of a pirate character she created for her Winds of Wycaro romance book series. Only she and Helen knew that the “haughty corsair” of Raban was originally a female character, leading to the unwelcome revelation that Zosia and the Joined possess all of Helen’s memories. She may have died from complications during the transitional event, but not before she joined long enough to have her innermost thoughts accessed.

Zosia’s offer to speak for Carol’s lost loved one is met with fiery rage, causing Zosia to convulse. This turn of events reveals that Carol’s emotions are the Joined’s kryptonite. If she gets mad enough, she can potentially kill millions of these interlinked people across the globe at the same time, just like the Joined did when their outbreak took the lives of nearly 900 million people worldwide.

With Zosia, Wydra had quite the tall order in playing a character who personifies practically everyone on the planet.

“It’s just too big to imagine playing the whole world,” Wydra says. “We would have conversations of who they are, and then I would tackle what was needed for each scene.”

She also had to maintain composure at all times to represent how serene it is to be among the Joined, thereby creating a contrast to the highly volatile Carol.

“I did a lot of [meditation and] body work to feel content and at peace so that Zosia wasn’t affected by whatever Carol was throwing at her,” Wydra says. “Zosia has to believe so deeply in ‘our’ cause and that our biological imperative needs to be shared. She believes the Joining needs to be experienced because it’s so good and so blissful. Whenever Carol is struggling, Zosia has to have that in mind, so that, in due time, Carol will also experience this, hopefully.”

Actors often feed off each other’s energy, so it was certainly awkward for Wydra to not be able to meet Seehorn’s intensity level at least halfway. “It was really challenging at times to watch somebody have their emotional journey and not be able to go on it,” Wydra admits. “I just had to trust that what I’m doing is not too robotic and find that sweet spot that ‘the Others’ live in.”

Below, during a recent conversation with THR, Wydra also addresses whether she knows who Zosia was before the Joining. 

***

Congratulations on being employed by Vince Gilligan. 

(Laughs.) Thank you for putting it that way. It’s true. 

There’s no question that Zosia is a career-defining role for you. Actors, by nature, have to be an optimistic bunch, but have you always been hopeful that an opportunity like this would come along?

I always had a dream to work with Vince Gilligan, but to think it would ever be a possibility, you have to be delusional. Every actor has to be delusional on some level to go to Hollywood. You have to have blind faith that, someday, it’s going to work out despite millions of other actors trying to work. But I’ve had this dream ever since I saw Breaking Bad. I was a huge, die-hard fan. I begged my team to get me in the room for Vince Gilligan. I didn’t care how big or how small the part was; I just wanted to work with Vince Gilligan. 

When I did Sneaky Pete, I worked with [Breaking Bad star] Bryan Cranston, who’s phenomenal. And as I was working with him, I kept thinking, “My God, I’m so lucky to work with Bryan. He’s incredible. I hope one day I get to have the experience that he got to have with Vince Gilligan.” But I never got an audition for Vince Gilligan during that time [of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul], so I let go of that dream. But then I got an audition with his name attached, only I didn’t know what the project was. I didn’t know how big the character was. I just got the sides, so I knew nothing. It was one of those things where you get very little, and you have to make it your own. 

When I finally had that moment I’d dreamt of, my first reaction was, “Don’t do it. It’s never going to happen.” And then there was another part of me that said, “Karolina, just do it.” It’s such a funny thing about us humans. You think you’re going to react a certain way to something you’ve always wanted, but then you have another reaction. You just never know.

It also came at a time that I didn’t have an agent or a manager. If it wasn’t for casting [Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott], I wouldn’t be here. They searched me out and contacted me. Vince told me they looked for my character for a very, very long time. They searched the world, and they couldn’t find her. So thank God to casting for remembering me [from 2016’s Incarnate] and getting in touch with my commercial agent that I wasn’t working with at the time to request my tape. I was still somehow on their roster.

So I was like, “You know what? I’m just going to give it a try.” And to be where I am today, I get emotional. [Wydra begins to cry.] “What is happening?” It’s beyond my wildest dreams — being employed by Vince Gilligan, holy shit. 

Wydra’s Zosia (right) with Rhea Seehorn’s Carol.

Courtesy of Apple TV

Do you know if Vince ever asked Bryan about you?

Yes, he did! Before we tested, Vince wanted to have a conversation on Zoom to tell me how the day was going to go and the process of the test and what it was going to look like. I had a million questions after I read the first two scripts. At one point, he said, “I just spoke to Bryan Cranston about you.” So that was another moment where I just was like, “Where are the hidden cameras? Is this a joke? Here I am talking to Vince Gilligan, and he’s telling me that he talked to Bryan Cranston about me.” The whole thing was so surreal, and getting the role was wild. I didn’t think this dream was possible, and even though it happened, I still feel like I’m dreaming in the best way. 

Bryan clearly gave a glowing review. 

He must have. I had so much fun working with him on Sneaky Pete. He’s one of a kind. 

I’ve covered a lot of different shows, and there’s definitely a lasting bond among Vince’s casts and crews that’s unique from most. (Even at the premiere, a lot of faces from each Gilligan show made a point to show up and support the latest endeavor.)

Vince creates that type of environment. Most of the crew has been with him since Breaking Bad and they keep coming back because of who he is. I feel very lucky to be a part of his creative family. No matter how big or how small your part is, you feel supported, welcome and safe. The cast on this show is so close. We genuinely have so much love for one another, and we support each other so much. It starts at the top with Rhea Seehorn. She is on another level, not just as an actress, but as a human being and a woman. She’s the real deal. I adore her and Vince so much. I have such adoration, respect and love for them. 

Rhea’s character, Carol Sturka, is described as the “most miserable person on the planet,” so were you directed to play the most blissfully happy person on the planet? 

Yes, I was. After the virus spreads, the world is utterly at peace. It’s happy, content and unflappable. There is no longer any suffering, prejudice and crime. There’s just pure goodness. They [the Joined] are really good.

Karolina Wydra as Zosia in Pluribus.

Courtesy of Apple TV

Yeah, that’s the thing, you’re not actually playing an individual person. How does one approach playing a character who is really a global collective?

It’s such a big idea and wild concept that you can’t tackle it like that. It’s too big to imagine playing the whole world. We would have conversations of who they are, and then I would tackle what was needed for each scene. 

I also did a lot of meditation in order to go in that state where you feel at one with the world. That’s what meditation does. If you do it long enough, you get into this particular state of being. I also did a lot of body work to feel content and at peace so that Zosia wasn’t affected by whatever Carol was throwing at her. She couldn’t go on the emotional journey with her, and she couldn’t react to what she was experiencing. Zosia has to believe so deeply in “our” cause and that our biological imperative needs to be shared. She believes the Joining needs to be experienced because it’s so good and blissful. Whenever Carol is struggling, Zosia has to have that in mind, so that, in due time, Carol will also experience this, hopefully. 

So it was really challenging at times to watch somebody have their emotional journey and not be able to go on it. I just had to trust that what I’m doing is not too robotic, and find that sweet spot that “the Others” live in.

We meet Zosia while she’s doing cleanup of a dead body in Morocco. Suddenly, someone arrives to replace her, and she motorbikes to an airplane that she herself flies to Albuquerque. From there, she disrobes in the middle of an airport and takes a shower. What was your first reaction upon reading that bonkers introduction on the page? (There’s a cool detail when Zosia enters the bathroom. Someone is curling hair extensions in order to make her look more like Raban.)

I was excited! I’ve never been asked to do anything like that. I thought, “What an epic journey for this character.” When you first meet her, you don’t know her past, but she already has the virus. So you watch her go on this journey, and see the flow and the choreography of how the Others move about the world. It’s a beautiful dance that they do, and it’s all silent because they’re communicating telepathically. So it was wild to read, and wild to shoot it. We did a bunch of rehearsals. 

On top of that, I really got to taxi the C-130 [aircraft]. It was me doing it. Vince asked the pilots if they would let me do it, and the pilots were not sure at first. But on the day of the rehearsal, I learned whatever they threw at me about the plane, and they realized that I am very committed to what I’m doing. So then they felt safe enough to let me do it at the Albuquerque Airport.

You alluded to her unknown past, and I’m very curious about who Zosia was before the Joining. Do you know that answer? Or is it still an open question?

To be honest with you, I didn’t ask Vince who she was, and we didn’t talk about it. I didn’t want it to color my performance because she is not who she was. We, as humans, come with a lot of history, and while that history can be positive or negative, that’s not who she is today. She’s not experiencing her past; she’s experiencing today. So my focus was only on who she is today, and that’s what’s fascinating about the beginning of episode two. So her past is very questionable. 

Vince and Rhea have both said Carol is a hero, which would imply that Zosia and the Joined are the villains. But to the Joined, Carol could easily be the villain since her anger is their kryptonite. She could potentially kill them all if she wanted. How do you view these hero-villain dynamics? 

Well, it’s interesting and very complex. If you ask Zosia, there’s a belief she lives by, and it’s that they have a biological imperative to spread the virus. She wants to have the “Old-Schoolers” come join them. Somebody might think that’s manipulative or villainous, but they really believe what they’re experiencing is worth experiencing. With Carol, Zosia already knows what it’s like to be her, but Carol doesn’t know what it’s like to be them. So the idea of Carol being a hero is based on her belief that fighting for individuality is more important. They both have two great points of view, and the perspective of who is the hero depends on how you are looking at it.

After the summit involving a half-dozen Old-Schoolers fails, why do you think Carol stopped Air Force One to reclaim Zosia from Mr. Diabaté (Samba Schutte)?

She’s in the grieving process. She suffers a great loss as you see in episode one. And if she goes off to be by herself, there’s an incredible loneliness she’ll experience. And Zosia being so kind and loving as her chaperone, she does help her feel less alone. So I think that’s why she decides it’s better to have someone than no one. Zosia is someone who has a familiar enough face to her own [fictional] creation of [Raban]. So that would be my guess.

Karolina Wydra’s Zosia (left) with Samba Schutte’s Mr. Diabaté in Pluribus.

Courtesy of Apple TV

There’s been a lot of questions so far about what the show is truly saying underneath its quirky sci-fi concept. Theories involving AI, political division and religion have all been bandied about, but besides those subjects, I actually glommed onto the idea that it’s Vince commenting on the celebrity he’s attained. Anyway, what themes resonated with you while inside of it?

To be honest, when we asked him those questions, he just said that an idea came to him and he ran with it. He wasn’t trying to think of all these political topics to write about; he just had an idea. So, for me, it’s about human nature. That’s why I love sci-fi. It brings up questions: “How would people behave if this happened, and what would the world look like?”

Are there similarities to AI? Are there similarities to what’s happening politically? Even if the intention is not there, great art brings up these questions for us to go, “Huh, isn’t it interesting how this is on par with what’s happening [in real life]?” Life is imitating art, and art is imitating life. 

So that’s why Vince is so brilliant because he’s created something that brings up so many questions, and they’re all valid questions and interpretations of the show. So all of them are going to be talked about, and you’ll have these conversations just like we had all these conversations on set. 

***
Pluribus’ two-episode series premiere is now streaming on Apple TV, with new episodes available every Friday. Read THR‘s previous interviews with creator Vince Gilligan and star Rhea Seehorn.

November 11, 2025 0 comments
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Hollywood’s Next Breakout? Alyssa Matthews Lands New Movie Role and Eyes Leading Part in Upcoming Horror Series
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Hollywood’s Next Breakout? Alyssa Matthews Lands New Movie Role and Eyes Leading Part in Upcoming Horror Series

by jummy84 October 29, 2025
written by jummy84

The rising Hollywood heartthrob continues her ascent with back-to-back projects in film and television.

Hollywood newcomer Alyssa Matthews is quickly establishing herself as one of the industry’s most promising rising stars. Best known for her standout performance in the cult-favorite comedy Bottoms, Matthews is now poised for a major breakout with two exciting projects on the horizon.

Sources tell us the actor is in the final stages of joining the core cast of a highly anticipated slasher-horror television series, set to begin production in the next few months. Matthews’ role is expected to be one of the series’ core cast members, marking a pivotal step in her rapidly growing career. The series has already generated buzz within the industry for its cinematic approach to horror and its ensemble of emerging talent, with insiders noting that Matthews’ character will play a key part in the suspense-driven storyline.

Sources also confirm that Matthews has joined the cast of the upcoming feature film The Children, which is slated to begin filming soon. The addition further underscores her momentum, showcasing a range that spans both chilling horror and dynamic drama.

Trained under acclaimed acting coach Howard Fine, Matthews brings a grounded yet magnetic presence to every role. Her performances are marked by an emotional precision that feels both instinctive and cinematic, allowing her to fully disappear into character. Industry insiders note her ability to command the screen with quiet intensity, a quality that’s already distinguishing her as one of Hollywood’s most intriguing new talents.

Off-screen, Matthews’ influence is expanding into fashion. She is in the final stages of signing with a leading New York City modeling agency, signaling a crossover into high-fashion campaigns. She also recently wrapped a major campaign with a globally recognized fashion brand, further establishing her as a multifaceted force in entertainment.

Described by those who’ve worked with her as a Hollywood heartthrob in the making, Matthews exudes both poise and depth, the hallmarks of a true modern star. With a major television series and a feature film on the horizon, Alyssa Matthews is carving out a powerful space for herself in Hollywood, and her rise is only just beginning.

 

 

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Harris Dickinson and Frank Dillane on Cannes Breakout 'Urchin'
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Harris Dickinson and Frank Dillane on Cannes Breakout ‘Urchin’

by jummy84 October 19, 2025
written by jummy84

It’s hard these days to create an original film from scratch, tougher still to launch a first film in the Cannes Selection. Three actors have achieved that feat this year, all playing in Un Certain Regard, where the spotlight tends to be less harsh: Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great,” starring American veteran June Squibb; Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water,” starring British actress Imogen Poots; and from the U.K., Harris Dickinson‘s “Urchin,” which could propel Frank Dillane (son of British actor Stephen Dillane) into acting awards contention. Two months after the festival’s end, rising distribution outfit 1-2 Special stepped in to buy Dickinson’s film for North America, which is in theaters now. 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 27: Kelly Reichardt attends "The Mastermind" photo call during the 63rd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 27, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for FLC)

“The applause was lovely,” said Dickinson, sitting with Dillane on the roof of the J.W. Marriott Hotel with stunning views of the Gulf of Napoule. “We soaked it all in. We had all of our crew. We felt the love in the room. That’s a good feeling, to have given so much to somebody.”

Dickinson, who has yet to crack 30, has been a rising star ever since he broke out in Eliza Hittman’s New York indie “Beach Rats” in 2017, followed by Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” which won the Palme d’Or en route to a Best Picture nomination. The actor has written and directed countless shorts, which gave financiers confidence to back his riveting portrait of a struggling London addict (Dillane) who is by turns charming, manipulative, desperate, angry, violent, loving, joyful, childlike, and needy.

Harris Dickinson and Frank Dillane
Harris Dickinson and Frank DillaneAnne Thompson

It still took six years for “Urchin” to get to Cannes. Dickinson started writing the script after working in Walthamstow on an outreach project “that was focusing on furniture reissue with people that were unhoused,” he said. “It was a way for them to make money. And it was also a commune where they could have a safe haven. There were welfare checks, and people close to me struggled with cyclical behavior. I’ve always tried to be compassionate around that and tried to understand why and how people have ended up in certain positions.”

Dickinson auditioned many actors but offered the role to Dillane early on. “I’d seen him in ‘Fear of the Walking Dead’ years before,” said Dickinson. “I was intrigued about him as a performer. But then we didn’t cross paths, or we never met each other. The script for me was one thing. I knew that it needed an actor to come in and elevate it and change it and turn it upside down as well. Because there’s only so much a script takes you, right? And that’s what he did. He was doing tai chi and breathing exercises whilst he was doing the scene: ‘This is very strange, and it’s perfect for the character.’”

It took a couple of years to get made once Dillane was on board. “Frank attached before we had full finance, which is rare for an actor to do,” said Dickinson. “We were lucky that Frank believed in the project enough to just say, ‘Yeah, I’m game.’ And we already were prepping, even though we didn’t know we were going to make it.”

Frank Dillane in Harris Dickinson's Urchin
‘Urchin’BBC Films

As soon as he read the script, Dillane was eager to jump on board. “I remember I called you because I got the part,” Dillane said to Dickinson, “because I just wanted to say ‘yes’ straight away. I didn’t want there to be any lag, to go through the agents. You were in Berlin, so I was recording ‘Yes, I’ll do it.’ The script lent itself to almost anything. It was a real opportunity to carve out our own narrative, because it was ambiguous as to what the arc was, and it seemed like the arcs completed in each scene. It was almost like Mike had no throughline, and I found that exciting as an actor, to do each scene separate from the next one. He almost lived and breathed now. He was born again, and then he dies again, and then he goes there, and he’s born again. And I loved that about Harris’s script, because it was completely unconventional.”

In one heartbreaking scene, after seven months sober, Mike takes some ketamine with his girlfriend and her parents and is dancing and having a joyous time. He feels like he’s part of the family, everybody’s happy and good, and then he takes too much, and he can’t contain it. He doesn’t know where to stop.

Dillane had played an addict during “Fear the Walking Dead.” “When a character is on drugs at different times,” said Dillane, “I always tend to research the spiritual element of the drug. From researching ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ the idea about heroin that got me was the idea that your cells are living and dying constantly, so you’re constantly dying and being reborn. That stuck with me a bit with this, the idea of physically continuing to be born and dying.”

The movie works because Dillane makes you care about this deeply flawed yet innocent character. “People that have gone to the brink of behavior,” said Dickinson, “the brink of morality, or brink of themselves, often are also joyous and naïve, because it helps them forget. It’s like an optimism that is in the moment for today.”

“He is innocent,” said Dillane. “That was the core of it. In order for us to be with him and to empathize with him, we have to just forgive him. And the reason we forgive him is he’s a child, he’s innocent, he’s an orphan. He’s not a bad person, just an open window. Harris kept distilling this thing of hope within me. We talked a lot about dignity in Harris. And that allowed the authenticity. So when he’s making a friend, this friend that he’s making is so important to him. When he relapses, it’s like family, ‘Finally, my people, oh, this is OK. Now, this is what we do. Everyone’s just cool.’ Some of us, we can’t do that. Unfortunately, Mike is one of those. It’s like an open window. Once you open it, you can’t close it again.”

Of course, Mike Leigh and “Naked” came to mind while prepping the film, but also “Career Girls” and “High Hopes,” said Dickinson, “there’s no misses with Mike Leigh. I love his use of humor. He’s so good at humanizing the mundane as well. It’s important, because there’s comedy in the simplicity of things sometimes, he does that so well.”

'Urchin'
‘Urchin’

Another reason why Dillane wanted to work with Dickinson was that he admired his short films. “This was a big reason I did it,” said Dillane. Dickinson had been shooting shorts, including a series of skateboard videos, since he was 10 or 11. “I made loads of short films,” he said. “And then I made a more professional short film with BBC that led to the theatrical film. It was quite a rudimentary short, but it was a way for us to try and prove a little bit.”

As production loomed, Dickinson lost one of his actors in a key role playing a friend of Mike’s and reluctantly took on the role himself. “We auditioned people,” said Dickinson. “We got some tapes in, but I got a bit protective over that role because this is a member of the community. This is someone who is struggling, a vulnerable individual. Frank had months and months of research and time spent with advisors to understand this world and these issues. I couldn’t just expect an actor to pop in a week before and get that kind of person, whereas I’d been doing that work.”

It may have been the right decision, but it wasn’t easy, said Dickinson. “It was hard to direct myself and also be in a scene with someone you’re directing, because I started to lose track of the background and what things were happening. And you get even more neurotic; acting is neurotic.”

The film deploys long lens cinematography to capture Dillane on crowded streets. “We always knew we wanted to enter into Mike’s world in a pragmatic and simplistic way, unromantic and not trying to do trickery around life on the streets,” said Dickinson. “We wanted to be observational and simplistic, and that was also to avoid any romanticism around it, but also just to ground it in that community. That was always important to us, and the story that we enter into as well. We believe it and we understand it, and we get a real sense of it. And then we allow ourselves to introduce surrealism, a slightly different language. We earned that.”

Next up: Dillane is back in London doing auditions. (His stock is going to rise considerably after “Urchin.”) And Dickinson is following up “Babygirl” and “Blitz” as John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ series of four Beatles films. Dickinson swears he’ll have time to do other things as well. “I wrote this script whilst I was working,” he said, “I didn’t take time out to write the script. I was always writing. I write when I’m on a plane. I’ll be able to write and direct still. I’ll have to finish the films first.”

October 19, 2025 0 comments
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Rising Star Spotlight: Ofir Korsia Is Hollywood’s Next Breakout Actress
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Rising Star Spotlight: Ofir Korsia Is Hollywood’s Next Breakout Actress

by jummy84 September 19, 2025
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Hollywood is no stranger to fresh talent, but every so often, a name emerges that feels destined to leave a lasting mark. Enter Ofir Korsia, the model-turned-actress whose unique blend of charisma, raw talent, and relentless dedication is quickly making her one of the most exciting rising stars to watch.

Recently, Korsia wrapped a film directed by Claire Chubbuck, where she not only commanded the screen in dramatic scenes but also impressed with her fight choreography skills. Having trained in film fighting for the project, she added yet another layer of versatility to her already expansive repertoire. “For me, every role is about transformation  mentally, emotionally, and even physically,” she shares.

Her artistic journey doesn’t stop there. Korsia also produced and starred in a short film that struck a powerful chord with audiences worldwide, organically reaching over one million views on YouTube. Building on that momentum, she is now developing a vertical drama series that will continue the story, proving her talent extends well beyond acting into producing and storytelling.

Her foundation as an actress is as impressive as her recent accomplishments. Korsia studied at the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, where she was awarded a coveted full-year talent scholarship. Today, she continues to hone her craft at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio, training under the technique known for shaping some of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors.

Fluent in both English and Spanish, Korsia embodies the global, multicultural voice of today’s Hollywood. With her international presence, her on-screen magnetism, and her fearless pursuit of challenging roles, it’s no wonder industry insiders are already predicting a remarkable career ahead.

Whether she is embodying a vulnerable character on screen, executing a high-energy fight sequence, or shaping her own projects behind the camera, one thing is clear: Ofir Korsia is not just an actress to watch, she is a force of nature in the making.

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