EXCLUSIVE - Manflesh Mondays - Introducing Former Rugby Player/Model Turned Actor Chris Capaldi, Star of Scottish Fantasy Feature The Fairy Flag, and New Dystopian Feature The Young Ones - Safe Haven!

 

I have been meaning to start a Manflesh Monday's post, and seeing as how I am soooooooooo good at perving on guys...I thought now was the PERFECT time!  Bwahaha.  Now me being me...when I say 'manflesh', there is always going to be something more than the way someone looks.  You can stick to your trashy chick magazines if that's all you're looking for!!  Instead, I'm selecting guys that I totally dig for a number of reasons...they just happen to also be attractive in the Jeniverse too. :)

So, first up is a guy that I've been working with throughout June on a Scottish fantasy film called The Fairy Flag.  It is kind of apt that my first "manflesh" has been the face of Scotch Beef for the past EIGHT years!!  As a Vegan I do NOT support the eating of animals, I am however a realist, and I know that people aren't going to change into Veganism overnight.  So I'd much rather know that these cows were happy and healthy and well looked after before they become someone's dinner!!  So yay to Chris for being so ridiculously attractive that he drew people to supporting a company that actually looked after the cows first, promoting a happy, more natural lifestyle.  And for being manflesh'ey enough to happily take the piss out of himself and have fun with his job too.  :) 

The former Scotland/International rugby 7's player turned model is now turning his talents to acting, and true to his Scottish roots, rather than go down the pretty boy route, he is jumping straight in at the deep end with the grittier, and may I say, meatier roles!! :)  Having just finished shooting the lead role in Dunfermline director David Izatt's debut feature film, The Fairy Flag, and wanting to branch out and get experience in a wide variety of roles, from big productions, to smaller indie productions, I can now exclusively announce that we have just cast Chris in our Dystopian feature The Young Ones - Safe Haven.  

In this new film from Tachy Studios, Chris plays Dan, a character who we meet, 20 years after the world essentially started to go to shit, due to the fall of the government.  A subject that is very on topic, especially within Scotland right now.  With the character of Dan, we wanted someone who could portray a man who has essentially lost everything, and has been forced to survive in this world where the downfall of society has left the world in a place where to have the motto 'kill or be killed', is one's best chance of survival...but at what cost?!

As a Hitchcock nerd, Capaldi gets EXTRA Morley points for this 39 Steps recreation.  I do likeee...a latte! ;) 

You can find out more about Chris Capaldi at his Official Website, and on Twitter by following @iamcapadi.  

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* Mother FUCKING X Files Creator Chris Carter is BACK!!!!!! New Amazon Originals Series The After Now Available to Watch on Amazon and Lovefilm!

Just a wee edit to say that The After got picked up by Amazon Studios! *WOOT* So now we just need to wait for them to complete filming for the series to be released.  Cannot fucking wait!  Almost as exciting as the prospect of a new X Files movie.  Heehee. :) 

Holy fuck....he's back.  He's REALLY back!!  The most significant, and important man in the history of the universe of all time....like EVER!!!  And already he has me thinking, he has me researching.  He has ME!!  End of.  I am, of course, talking about Chris Carter....the man responsible for either directly, or indirectly, for almost every great showrunner on TV today!  

Any X Phile will realise that I took my name Morley from Cancer Man's cigarette brand in The X Files, and in my niece Kady I have the ultimate 1013 child.  Carter nerds can read my birthday blogs to Chris and Kady here and here.  The picture below is from the afternoon just after I met Chris and Frank and then went to the London dungeon, and I seen this!!  :)

As a fan, one of the general rules, is that you  never meet your idols.  Because let's face it...how many people really live up to our expectations?  That being said...I met my idol.  I met the man I have worshipped since 1993, and his partner in crime, Frank Spotnitz...and they didn't disappoint!  

Considering that they changed my life, admittedly taking away a huge part of my social life, haha...but helped transform this little nerd, into the BIGGEST fucking nerd on the face of the planet!!  Heehee.  Not only did they change my life, but they changed TV, for the fucking better.  

You would expect people who were THAT influential would have at least a little bit of an air of cockiness!!  But no....Chris and Frank were two of the single most humble men I have ever met!  And that just made me love them all the more!  :)

(Pictured above - Me and Rex in London after meeting Chris and Frank at Forbidden Planet and recreating a scene from The X Files, Tooms.)

So anyhoo, I am sooooo freakin' excited to nerd over the fact, that after a long absence, Chris Carter is finally fucking back!  And he's like...REALLY REALLY back!!  Instantly sucking me back into that Carter like vortex of awesome.  A world where intelligence and understanding is key.  A world where things are never always as they seem.  A world where I can squee at random super nerdy references...and squee with glee!  

His new pilot, The After, is part of the Amazon Originals programming where basically they select certain shows to pilot, and then it's down to the audience to vote for their favorites, and the ones that they want to see develop into a full series.  This is a brave move, although it's actually really cool because it means that people all over the world can watch the pilot on Amazon or LoveFilm, and then vote and comment on it to influence Amazon's decision whether to keep it or not.  So basically, it's not all down to the viewing statistics of American audiences as to whether to cancel or not.  We all have a say!!  That means NO illegal streaming.  This isn't a case of streaming in the UK because it airs here totally ages after the States.  This is also neither a case of just watching online because you have a "website" you go to.  

As a hardcore X Phile, I have devoted a large part of my life to the work of Chris Carter, and I have seen shows such as Millennium and The Lone Gunmen cancelled way before their time.  Yet shitty crap gets series after series.  And this is NOT cool!!

 And speaking of Millennium......The After is OOOOOZING Millennium references.  And then my personal favourite of the episode..."What's a Ten Thirteen?"  *giggles*  

Anyhoo, my friend Troy of TV Wise had the pleasure of interviewing Mr Carter, and it's a totally ace interview that I thoroughly recommend!!  You can check it out here. 

"TVWise: The After includes the use of the Ouroboros which was an important aspect to the mythology of Millennium. Was that symbol something you chose to include on purpose?

Chris Carter: Yes. Using that symbol was no accident and it will definitely come into play."

So remember....that this is of the UTMOST FUCKING IMPORTANCE.  You MUST watch Chris Carter's new show The After, on Amazon, or Lovefilm if you're in the UK.  And then VOTE for it!!  And comment, comment, comment!!!  And let's hope that there are enough smart people around the world that do the same, and that Amazon then listen.  :) 

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