Having lent his distinctive voice to this week’s Flushed Away, Nighy will next be cropping up on the big screen in February, when he will have two films coming out in the space of a fortnight. First up is the Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi Dench-starring Notes on a Scandal, a powerful thriller set around a love affair between a teacher and pupil, and the chaos that ensues. He is also the only actor currently to have been cast in Easy Virtue – an adaptation of the Noel Coward play by the writer/director behind the 1994 cult classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which is currently due some point late next year.
By far the most anticipated, however, are two sequels. Actually,the first, West Country police comedy Hot Fuzz, isn’t really a sequel at all – but it does reunite much of the cast and crew behind the superb zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, so is being anticipated nearly as much as if it were. Nighy may only be making a cameo appearance, but even so, its 16th February release date can’t come soon enough. The other sequel in which Nighy will be appearing – even if he is largely unrecognisable underneath a ton on special effects – needs no introduction: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the final (for now) film in the insanely popular franchise.
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