I found an old Evening interview done in New York City about a year ago this time. It’s pretty amusing in a lot of ways and it’s short and sweet. Enjoy.

I think we would all agree wholeheartedly!

7. Hugh Dancy - Evening
Hiding deep within this chick flick’s 1950’s privileged society flashbacks was Dancy as the guy on the wrong end of a woman’s passion for another man (Claire Danes, Patrick Wilson respectively). It wasn’t much of a role, really, but what Dancy managed to do with it was nothing short of miraculous.

Well, I spent a lot of the afternoon capping Evening, as well as its special features. Unfortunately, Hugh isn’t in any of the deleted scenes. Still, I managed to get out nearly 1,500 caps, so I hope you guys really, really enjoy that.

I also received a scan from DeNece from the October 1st issue of Metro. It’s a short, great interview. Thanks, DeNece!

Be sure to head out to your theatre tomorrow and check out The Jane Austen Book Club. It’s opening in about 1,400 venues.

• 0001 x Metro, October 1st, 2007
• 0077 x Evening: DVD, “Adapting Evening”
• 0096 x Evening: DVD, “One Weekend by the Sea: Remembering Evening”
• 1472 x Evening: DVD Screencaps

Five years ago Hugh Dancy was being touted as the new Hugh Grant: same floppy fringe, same self-deprecating Englishness and ability to charm the ladies. With acclaimed performances in costume dramas, Daniel Deronda, David Copperfield and Madame Bovary, he was never out of a frock coat. He even modelled for a Burberry “country house” campaign shot by Mario Testino.

Critics predicted that he’d end up as the new Hollywood romantic hero. But, Dancy, 32, has done something rather more interesting with his career. By choosing to play a series of left-field roles, he has proved that he can do characters as well as the more showy leads.

True, he has the requisite film-star girlfriend (Claire Danes, whom he met on the set of his latest film, Evening). And he has just shot a Hollywood rom-com, The Jane Austen Book Club, which is destined to be a huge hit when it opens here in November. But he has actively courted a different type of role.”I like escapism as much as the next person, and I pay good money for it quite often,” he tells me, “but the real heroes of cinema are basically all anti-heroes.”

Dancy is interested in ambiguous characters who don’t necessarily command your full sympathy. Last year his role as a fresh-faced English teacher in the Rwandan-genocide film, Shooting Dogs, was a revelation. And now he has two more left-field roles, first as an alcoholic in Evening, and then as a geeky computer expert in The Jane Austen Book Club.

“Obviously they’re wildly different characters but they both share weakness in a sense,” he acknowledges. “There are so many scripts where they don’t allow the male lead any kind of flaw, which renders it very boring.”

We meet in the library of a London boutique hotel. Slender, athletic, with that fashionable tousled look, Dancy has exquisite manners. He’s bright with a subversive wit. At times you feel this could be an Oxford tutorial rather than a film junket.

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Evening, everyone, depending on where you are! I hope everyone is fine and that no one has caught the nasty bug going around (like I did).

Anyway, I have a lot of site-related updates for today. First off, I added a new Monthly Poll to the sidebar, so feel free to vote. The theme for September is, “Of Hugh’s past co-stars, whom should he work with again?”. For August, Prince Char took the winning spot! You can check out the results at Previous Poll Results, and that page will be updated monthly.

I also added a new Site of the Month for September, chosen by my awesome co-web Ann: Capturing Romola, a Romola Garai fansite. The write-up (written by Ann) is up, as well as the award, so congratulations.

Finally, I added some stuff to the gallery - stragglers, as always.

• 01 x May 7th: “Poiret: King Of Fashion” Costume Institute Gala
• 01 x June 4th: 2007 CFDA Fashion Awards
• 01 x Evening: Promotional Stills
• 07 x Evening: Behind The Scenes