Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? I was perfectly willing to use my body for comedy. He is also trained in clowning, having attended École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. You always feel in some ways they're your employer.". Scrupulously polite, Baynton bites his lip on the subject: "When kids sing songs to you, that's sweet; when it's people in their thirties, it's a little more concerning. ", The tension between shyly self-effacing and goofily exhibitionist is one Baynton has long wrestled with. "James jumped out of his make-up chair, walked down the corridor, taking off his top as he went, and gave Jim a half-naked bear hug as soon as he walked in," says Baynton. Fifteen years later, they have a three-year old son, Bo. At present, journalists want to get all of the celebrities out of the closet; a lot of the rumors are false. Six hundred thousand coins were delivered from a London bank vault to British Airways' aircraft hangar where a team of seven took six hours to create the 10 metre by eight metre image of The Statue of Liberty. 6 years ago. Mathew Baynton Goes Down Memory Lane with Charlotte Ritchie on Ghosts . Now I’ve come to really love acting. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? A master of underselling himself, Baynton uses the word "hope" 13 times within the first 10 minutes of our chat, as if to ward off any sense of arrogance. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Baynton explained his motivation in an interview with Metro: "The performing instinct came from making my family laugh, so I've always been drawn to the funny … He’s just finished shooting a second series. The show is Banskys first in the UK since the Banksy v Bristol Museum show in 2009 and will be open for 5 weeks at the Topicana site. Can you describe your character? He’s more than happy where he is. It was a lovely gift.” Between takes, they would let their imaginations run, batting around an idea for a sitcom that could challenge series like Lost and Heroes for narrative scope, action and special effects. That's not black progress. Sunday, 16th October 2016 at 1:44 pm Mathew Baynton appears for breakfast in a café near his north London home looking only slightly baggy … Hand-painted vinyl balls float in the MacArthur Park Lake as part of a large-scale public arts installation organized by the Portraits of Hope charity in Los Angeles, California on August 23, 2015. Baynton's British loser character works in a bank, and obsessively grieves for his missing wife, before getting caught up in an international computer-hacking mystery. Hall lit up to celebrate 50 years of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus as thousands of people attended the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival. It wouldn’t work the other way round. We've made a comedy – businesspeople make decisions about marketing.". There’s some fairly tasty stuff in there, but it’s all innuendo. Mexican clowns Cazzo, Lazzo and Pozzo from Triciclo Rojo attend a photocall to promote their show 'VAGABOND, where will the wind take you?' He is an actor and writer, known for The Wrong Mans (2013), Bill … But then maybe no one had dared to try, so why shouldn’t we?" The exhibition opens on 16 September and runs until 12 December 2015, Lincoln Townley puts the finishing touches to Meryl Streep’s portrait. ", He has no desire to follow his co-star to America. Let’s butt up against those boundaries.' Some context, for those who've not been a child/had a child in the past 15 years: Horrible Histories was a hugely successful book series by Terry Deary, comically serving up gruesome or bonkers facts from history. SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The July 29 arrest of former Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton stemmed from a theft report filed Dec. 19, 2016, by … The couple welcomed their first child, a son named Bo, in 2011. As dramatic dynamics go, it wasn’t a massive stretch. Someone just saying, 'I hate James Corden and I wish he’d disappear' is obviously just being personal, so you can dismiss it. The Wrong Mans—a fusion of comedy, action and thriller—revolves around two underachievers, Sam and Phil, played by Baynton and co-creator James Corden.The bumbling office mates find themselves wrapped up in a … Our tastes are wildly different, but we have a point where we meet. It is a long way from the Southend call centre where Baynton worked to pay his way through drama school. We immediately felt, 'Let’s stick to something that’s pre-watershed. The worst because of my job, which I hated so much I used to get physically ill on Sunday nights in dread." A year in the making, the 11 tonne sculpture is part of the Legacy 2014 project commemorating the city's hosting of the Commonwealth Games last year, The Wave which is part of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper is installed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield. Mathew Baynton has never made any public statement about this, so all rumors about if Mathew Baynton is gay remain completely unfounded and unproven. I think gender can be seen in the same way. Famous people birthday today. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. There's been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years." Yet Baynton nearly turned it down. The Jim in that story is Jim Field Smith, who went on to direct The Wrong Mans, Baynton and Corden’s comedy drama, which debuted last year. Although Baynton cringes when he catches himself comparing the work of his group to the seminal British comedy troupe, he needn't fear – plenty of others have pointed out the similarity already. "There’s a freedom and an abandon to that work that came with youth. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for help in finding two N.C. Wyeth paintings stolen from a home in Portland, Maine. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. For a man best known for writing and starring in comedy-drama The Wrong Mans with James Corden, as well as the children's show Horrible Histories, pretension isn't what comes to mind when you think of Baynton – and his latest projects see him continue to walk that line between daftness and pathos: as well as Bill, he's soon to be seen in Sky's comic end-of-the-world drama You, Me and the Apocalypse. A farcical romp through grubby Elizabethan London, Bill sees a naive young Shakespeare try his luck as a playwright – after being thrown out of his band for indulging in Hendrix-esque lute solos. The gloom lifted, but songwriting endured – until recently, that is, when the self-aware cringe reflex led him to hang up his acoustic guitar. Mathew Baynton, Actor: The Wrong Mans. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Director Enrique Gomez, who goes by MYBE, said the crew has painted 1,500 square meters with 20,000 liters of paint. Until, that is, he hit 17, when he "suddenly went really dark and brooding". during Edinburgh Festival Fringe Day 5 at Newhaven Quay Lighthouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, A woman photographs a painting by DR Congolese artist JP Mika, entitled Kiese Na Kiese (Happyness and Joy) during the exhibition 'BeautÈ Congo 1926-2015 - Congo Kitoko' on August 11, 2015 at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. There Baynton learned that, "You can be an awful actor with no range, but if you have a joy, you’ll be watchable." In 2009, the BBC made a TV version, and their canny employment of some properly funny grown-up actors soon meant that Horrible Histories' smart blend of historical facts and pop-culture parody was as avidly watched by parents as their offspring. Well, it felt that way to me," he laughs. They took two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe – The Bubonic Play and Hello Dalai. Mathew Baynton Bio, Age, Parents. As a student, he wrote to the director Cal McCrystal – clowning expert behind Peepolykus, The Mighty Boosh and One Man, Two Guvnors, among other things – and asked to shadow him. "You can tell the difference between someone who has set out to snipe and people who are genuinely critical. There's a folder somewhere, Baynton promises me, full of "really awful" songs in the Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith mould. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. The six-part BBC series brought the aesthetics – the car crashes, high-octane chases and guns – of an adventure thriller to a sitcom about two ordinary blokes from Berkshire who are thrust into the criminal underworld. Gauck visited the China 8 exhibition of contemporary Chinese art that runs until 13 September, An Indian artist with his body painted with the likeness of a tiger dances before a tableau with a picture of tiger during the 'Pulikali' or Tiger Dance procession in Thrissur, Kerala state, India. says Baynton. The BBC didn’t laugh them out of the room, but they also didn’t have the cash – so the pair went begging to America and got backing from the streaming site Hulu. "I’ve been lucky enough to work with more heroes than I can count on my fingers," he says. One day, one of Corden’s former colleagues arrived on set to film a cameo. Four were recovered from a pawn shop in Beverly Hills, California, in December, and are estimated to be worth up to $2 million. He also learned that he wasn’t a clown. "We went to the live show, and had after-party backstage passes – we all just stood near Terry Jones and Eric Idle but none of us had the guts to say anything. Prior to Bill, this manifested in Yonderland, the much-lauded fantasy comedy about a woman who finds a magical, puppet-filled world in a cupboard, co-written by all six actors. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Mathew: I've been playing Robin Hood, which for a historical programme is slightly iffy because no one can really agree if he genuinely existed. The artwork is a part of an exhibition entitled 'Going Public' which takes place across five venues in Sheffield city centre and features pieces from four private collections. But he soon gets caught up with a dastardly plot by the Spanish to kill Queen Elizabeth… Imagine Shakespeare in Love with Monty Python rather than Gwyneth Paltrow. I really wanted to be a clown and make clown shows. The group says the performance deals with concepts of identity and movement in public spaces. Mathew "Mat" Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. I'd have been a fool to not go for it." "Well James has got a job that might take him out of circulation for quite a long time..." says Baynton, referring to Corden’s new job as host of The Late Late Show in America. He is currently 38 years old. "I did my work and got good grades, so I got away with it. Lebron James is an American professional basketball player. And now they follow in their sketch-to-film footsteps: Bill is utterly Pythonesque, and I'd be surprised if reviews fail to mention Life of Brian. "I love seeing people having fun, the glint in the eye – and I absolutely saw it in James. The kites are Kanojia's latest creations made for the India's Independence Day celebrations on 15 August. We couldn’t tell the same story again. Just don't call it a kids' film…. The two index fingers, equal in weight, colour and size point towards each other as a reflection on human equality. Bill is a new film made by and starring the Horrible Histories gang, who give the early life of Shakespeare their surreally comic signature treatment. Feb 11, 2017 - "We're History. Baynton insists he's always been most keen on material that combines funny with sad; there's nothing wrong, he insists, with being a bit sentimental. See more ideas about mathew baynton, horrible histories, mathews. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. "I'm guilty of being mercilessly judgemental of actors who do music; there's something self-indulgent and cheesy about it, and I thought – well, how dare I? Mathew John Baynton: is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. Thanks to his Pythonesque musical turns on 'Horrible Histories' and 'Yonderland', Mathew Baynton appeals to all generations. More of a myth than factual history. After Telstar, Baynton auditioned for a part in Gavin & Stacey, but didn’t get it. Mathew Baynton interview: The Right Man for the job . Mathew Baynton and Emma Bunton star as Robin Hood and Maid Marian in the first episode of Series 2 of Drunk History.... Can you tell us a bit about your character in Drunk History? I think you can fall in love with a character because you find them funny, and it's then very easy to turn that into something moving. The self-taught portrait painter has been selected as Bafta’s official artist in LA, A performance protest by a coalition of artists at the British Museum in central London, protesting against corporate oil sponsorship of the arts in Britain, Artist, designer Blaine Halvorson conducts an art demonstration in front of his installation "Walk, Don't Run" during Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week, A visitor walks past light effects at the exhibition "Discover the Power of Light" presented in the Atomium monument, to commemorate the International Year of Light and Light-based technologies 2015 (IYL2015), recognised by UNESCO, in Brussels, Belgium, Stoker Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire poses by a sculpture by British artist Barbara Hepworth entitled 'Three Obliques (Walk In)' that features in the 'Beyond Limits' exhibition in the grounds of Chatsworth House near Bakewell, northern England, A new mural is unveiled on wall of Century 21 department store across from the World Trade Center site in New York. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. I play identical twins, Jamie and Ariel, but they have not had identical lives. "The worst and best year of my life. The installation is hosted at the agency's new SoHo office and open to the public from August 21 till September 21, to promote how play can yield results for creative thinking. It’s gone lunchtime, and they come … The work titled 'The Spheres at MacArthur Park' involves filling the park's 8.39-acre lake with about 3,000 balls, each 4 to 6 feet in diameter and covered in bright floral and fish patternses, A policeman stands in front of the sculpture 'Bending Man' by Yue Min Jung, during the arrival of German President Joachim Gauck (unseen) at the NRW-Forum in Duesseldorf, Germany. Fans of The Wrong Mans – and there were many in the UK (though Baynton himself was surprised at its broad appeal and is delighted when I tell him my mum was a fan; he'd worried that it was too dude-ish and bromantic) – are advised to catch his role in the forthcoming series You, Me and the Apocalypse, a big-budget, multi-stranded comedy thriller about the end of the world. Full Episodes Movies Schedule. It’s funnier that way. I'm pretty sure I can guess the answer, but is Baynton interested in that kind of fame? {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}, Yonderland star Mathew Baynton on becoming a young Shakespeare, Rob Lowe makes fun of end of the world in Slough, Corden could do more for Late, Late Show than it will do for him, Rob Lowe to bring Apocalypse to Slough in new TV series, Mathew Baynton interview: The Right Man for the job, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. I would consider a day a triumph if I'd made someone laugh." "It’s a dream experience. It picks up where series one left off – with a cliffhanger bomb ticking underneath Phil and Sam’s baby pink Nissan Micra. Mathew Baynton was born on November 18, 1980 in Essex, England. "I figured that it was a great use of James’s star power at the time to pitch something that, without that star power, would probably see you laughed out of the room. Passengers take the 3D painted "Wonderful" tram in Guangzhou, China. McCrystal made him his assistant for a few months and later gave Baynton his first job out of drama school, in Loot at Derby Playhouse. It’s spoiled me to some extent," agrees Baynton. (Tumblr)[/caption] Co-creators James Corden and Mathew Baynton announced back in October 2012 that... x BBC America By BBC America GET IT NOW. The latter, an … ", The contrast between Phil and Sam is even more marked in the second series of The Wrong Mans, which starts tonight. I really love laughing and crying – what could be better? Baynton was born on 18 November 1980 in Chelmsford, Essex. Not just using myself as a vessel for people’s laughter. This browser is supported only in Windows 10 and above. "Clowning has become cool now, but back then you avoided the word – people just would not come to see your show. As much as anything, James liked spending time with me and fancied having me around. "We could do more after a break, I think. And the best because, aged 19, Baynton met his girlfriend, a film historian who specialises in silent movies. From actor/writer duo James Corden and Mathew Baynton, The Wrong Mans series centers on Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne, office workers for Berkshire County Council, who have their menial ... See full summary » Stars: Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Dawn French. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In more than one way, Baynton is Little to Corden’s Large. People interact with "Pixel Wave 2015" a projection art installation by France's Miguel Chevalier and local designers Carolyn Kan and Depression that features geometric patterns that react to movements and interactions of people, during the Singapore Night Festival at the Singapore Design Center. "It's just so not for me. Furthermore, he earned graduation with first class honors from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and drama. The project aims to bring the community together and rehabilitate the area, Black suited and top hat wearing teenagers from Newington College peer through telescopes as they form the human installation The Search for Happiness on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia. When the Beeb told the core cast – Baynton, plus Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond – that series five would be their last, they decided to take their fruitful collaboration in new directions. ", 'Bill' (PG) is in cinemas from Friday. (BBC) We had the pleasure to meet up with The Wrong Mans co-creator Mathew Baynton and director Jim Field Smith. "We rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed and found this way of making it pop out..." he beams at the memory. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. "I think I’m a more introverted, pensive person and James is probably sunnier," says Baynton slowly. Baynton's first acting role was as Howard in a BBC drama called Learners (which also stared his fellow Horrible Histories co-star Sarah Hadland) Mathew Baynton enjoys a loyal following among comedy fans for his work on Horrible Histories, Yonderland and The Wrong Mans. So, with a big new TV drama and a film up his sleeve, is this former clown student ready to be as famous as his old friend James Corden? The idea for The Wrong Mans was born back in 2008. The Sculpture which begins a UK tour will be open to the public on 5 September and will run until 10 January, People walk past hand-painted vinyl balls floating in the MacArthur Park Lake as part of a large-scale public arts installation organized by the Portraits of Hope charity in Los Angeles, California. Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Lawrence Rickard and Ben Willbond Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian. Votes: 6,694 ball pit, an interactive art installation by creative agency Pearlfisher made up of 81,000 white balls, in New York City. Brazilian twins and street artists 'Os Gemeos' put finishing touches to their new New York mural on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York, In a photo released at the Disney Expo Lucasfilm shows actors Riz Ahmed, from left, Diego Luna, Felicity Jones, Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen, in the first image from upcoming film, "Star Wars: Rogue One.". “But we were quite willing to just shelve it if we didn’t get an American backer.” The risk paid off: the show won an RTS award for best comedy writing and was nominated for numerous Baftas and British Comedy Awards. German Crew is the artist collective responsible for painting the mural project. Jan 10, 2021 - Explore Jane's board "Horrible histories" on Pinterest. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Not only is the 35-year-old actor from Southend-on-Sea a regular lead on screen and stage and busy starring in the new comedy series You, Me and the Apocalypse - but he is also busy writing and creating some of Britain's most delightful TV sitcoms.With a drama degree and professional clownery training, the audiences’ laughs always seem on his side, all while … I really like playing different parts and exploring character. ", Unemployed and back in the UK, he set up his own theatre company, Piggy Nero, with Clare Thompson (you may have seen her as the stooge in One Man, Two Guvnors) and one-time Ali G collaborator Jamie Glassman. "There was a sense of 'we have to go bigger'. Tate Liverpool have unveiled a new display of more than 150 artworks featuring pieces by iconic artists including Sir Peter Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Duchamp and Eduardo Paolozzi, A street art mural on the facade of a building is pictured in Fanzara near Castellon de la Plana, Spain. Some 40 people participated on Saturday in the performance, initiated by a group of artists called Prizma Ensemble, as part of the city's annual international street art and street theatre festival. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. So much crazier…", It may be another comedy-drama, but it's a – relatively – straight part for Baynton. He is best known as the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcoms The Wrong Mans and Yonderland, as well as a member of the starring troupe of children's sketch comedy Horrible Histories. Mathew Baynton interview Mathew Baynton talks about playing identical twins, the epic scale of the series and how he would approach the apocalypse. And We Made It Horrible.". Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. People look at exhibition hang above a river during the 27th 'Visa pour l'Image' Annual international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan. So Corden wrote a role – the remarkably dim Deano – especially for him. Baynton then trained in Paris with legendary clown Philippe Gaulier, and spent a couple of years doing fringe shows. He is best known as the co-creator, writer, and star of the sitcoms The Wrong Mans and Yonderland, as well as a member of the starring troupe of children's sketch comedy Horrible Histories.Other major television roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Chris Pitt-Goddard in Spy, and … Although Mathew Baynton has refused on numerous occasions to being homosexual, rumors are constantly found on-line. As it turned out, no one came to see our show anyway. Mathew Baynton and Jim Howick explain how writing Ghosts series 3 was a lockdown lifesaver for their writer-performer group and why we’re all … See more ideas about mathew baynton, horrible histories, history. Many of the films are shot in and around Hengdian Studios, Asia's largest production company. Baynton has only himself to blame: he's always craved an audience, starting with being the class clown at school. ', it’s quite nice to be able to think, 'I used to answer the phone to angry people and be shouted at for a living'. I miss it, but k I wasn't writing as freely as I used to, because I could see how it could look from the outside. Social. I hope the film stands up, at least a little, to that comparison," he says. A steward is seen outside Bansky's 'Dismaland' exhibition, which opens tomorrow, at a derelict seafront lido in Weston-Super-Mare, England. The Wrong Mans signed up for more than they ever expected. ", Read our full mailing list consent terms here. Baynton says: 'I hate being myself in front of camera, I'd rather have a disguise on', Workmen install an artwork by British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman entitled 'Cyber Iconic Man' during a photocall in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Sheffield Cathedral in northern England. The Beach is an interactive architectural installation that covers 10,000 square feet and includes an ocean of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls, People take part in The Color Run Night at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London, Artist Kenny Hunter unveils a life-size Asian elephant sculpture, cast in part from scrap locomotive parts from the nearby Govan shipyards, at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Mathew Baynton is a married man who has been sharing the blissful married life with his wife Kelly Robinson for a quite long time now. "I wouldn’t have either if it wasn’t for that dreary job.". One early project – the 2008 film Telstar – saw him mucking around at the back of the class again, alongside James Corden. Reviews of this latest outing do not worry him; he’s aware that his partner raises strong feelings. Why would you pitch something that sounds prohibitively expensive and prohibitively ambitious, something that people have to watch every episode of? Mexican artist Rivelino with his 25-ton, 14.5 meter long sculpture, You, consisting of two giant fingers as it is installed in Trafalgar Square, London. New York is British Airways' flagship destination. The "Wonderful" tram decorated with 3D cartoon forests and animals paintings which were designed by WansBrother, holder of Guinness World Record for the longest 3D ground painting, would run 30 times a day for one month in Guangzhou. Read our full mailing list consent terms here. ", Just as Piggy Nero was about to run out of money, an agent saw Baynton’s testicle dance and signed him up. And they also have a daughter named Ida.In a recent interview, Baynton disclosed his son's skewed view over his profession saying;Mathew and his spouse Kelly are together for a long time and living a wonderful married life with no conflict. ", The Wrong Mans is on tomorrow and Tuesday at 9pm on BBC2. 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