Pantone’s Color of the Day for 16 May
Tag Archives: y: 2017
birthday wishes (2017)
Wales Comic Con, Wrexham (2017)
Rupert attended this fan convention on 8-9 April 2017, along with his Merlin colleagues and fellow knights, Tom Hopper and Alex Vlahos.
A terrific time was had by all! I wrote about it at length in this post on the Merlin Locations site. But here’s a little bit of Ruperlicious goodness to tide you over!
These three are just totes adorbs!
breaking down the showreel
As you’ll have seen from previous posts, Rupert now has a showreel available on his page at Curtis Brown. You can also view it on Vimeo.
It’s nicely made, and includes a few surprises, so I thought I would break it down into clips. The links are to the pages on this site which feature the content.
[1] Businessman in an ad for Virgin Atlantic.
Then we segue into music: the song ‘Civilisation’ by Justice. I like the lyrics as a context for all these different roles!
[2] Sir Leon in TV series Merlin.
[3] Boyfriend (running backwards!) in a music video for the song ‘House of Glass’ by Worship.
[4] Unknown! A bit of urgent action, in regular shirt and trousers. (Sorry, I snagged the Vimeo icons there as well.)
[5] Mark Arlington in an episode of TV series Shameless.
showreel
Rupert’s new agents Curtis Brown have at last updated his page on their website, and included a wonderful new showreel!!! I’m really delighted with this – it’s nicely made, shows off a good range of what Rupert can do, and it includes glimpses of things I haven’t seen before. (I’ll go through it in detail, and screen-cap the new stuff soon, but not today.)
Meanwhile, here is the showreel, shared from Vimeo.
Rupert Young – SHOWREEL from Curtis Brown Group on Vimeo.
headshot #2
my morning commute
Father & Son
What’s in a name?
The name Rupert means “bright fame“, or so the Nameberry website tells me. The name originated as a German variation of Robert.
Nameberry goes on to say: “Rupert is a charming-yet-manly name long more popular in Britain … than in the U.S. Yet we can see Rupert as a more stylish, modern way to honor an ancestral Robert.”
Historical Ruperts include (all links lead to Wikipedia):
- Rupert of Salzburg, patron saint of salt miners
- Rupert of Bingen, patron saint of pilgrims. His feast day is 15 May, the day before our Rupert’s birthday – so maybe Rupert arrived in the world a little tardily…?
- Rupert, King of Germany
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine, “a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century. … Rupert’s varied and numerous scientific and administrative interests combined with his considerable artistic skills made him one of the more colourful individuals of the Restoration period.”
- Rupert Mayer, “a German Jesuit priest and and a leading figure of the Catholic resistance to Nazism in Munich. In 1987 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.”
- Rupert Brooke, First World War poet, and “the handsomest young man in England” according to WB Yeats
- Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon
- Prince Rupert Lowenstein, financial manager to the Rolling Stones
And then there is the intriguing Prince Rupert’s Drop.
There are a number of other lovely actors named Rupert as well. Looks and talent must go with the name!
Fictional Ruperts include:
- Rupert Bear, a comic strip character in the UK
- Rupert Giles, a character in TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Merlin‘s Anthony Head
Behind the scenes at the Good Karma Hospital
With thanks to Ihshan Iqbal @ihshaniqbal on Twitter!