2D or not 2D?

Hey, y'all. Just a quickie today, I'm afraid, as work's keeping me insanely busy these days. First off, check out the awesome picture of me I was sent by the comic book artist Brian Maze! What a lovely surprise it was when this little beauty appeared in my inbox!

Brian's the man behind the 'Freak Central' comics and we first met at Comic-Con in San Diego this summer where he interviewed me for the now infamous Monkeygoatboy armwrestling video. He's immortalised many celebs in 2D form, including the casts of Dollhouse, Firefly and Buffy and I adore his work so it was a huge honour to be drawn by him. Thanks, Brian! He's also said he wants to do another version, this time steampunk stylee based on my halloween costume this year so I'll let you know when that happens - I don't know about you but steampunk totally rocks my world! FOR SCIENCE! *leaps from zeppelin*

While the 2D me looks rather serene and relaxed, in reality I'm the total opposite these days - life's been an utter whirlwind! I'll blog more about individual projects as and when but for now personal highlights include a readthrough at the famous Elstree Studios for an upcoming feature film I've just been cast in (keep an eye on my IMDB page for more news), a couple of awesome gigs thanks to the bands 'Clutch' and 'Budgie', and special effects tests for a spooky short with Huw Bowen, who not only rocked the handheld camera/special effects combo but also messed my face up so well that friends who've seen the tests now get a bit freaked out when I make eye contact.

Oh, and I discovered that the studio I do all my JML work from is the place where Jeff Wayne's concept album 'War of the Worlds' (narrated by Richard Burton) was recorded. How fecking cool is that?! I may have geeked out a teeny bit when I found that out. I don't think anyone noticed, though. Dribbling and giggling to yourself is normal, right?

I hope you're all well and cheers for all the messages and follows on Twitter. See, I told you I was on there a lot!

Milly x


As a steampunk monster huntress for Halloween this year. Goggly goodness.

See Amelia (twice!) at the Falstaff International Film Festival

Nope, sadly I haven't discovered an evil twin or been conducting cloning experiments - next week sees the first annual Falstaff International Film Festival hit the beautiful town of Stratford-upon-Avon, showing the finest short films and independent features from around the world.

The really exciting news is that I'm the only actor to appear in the main cast of not one but two of the features selected by the committee! You can see me as scheming bad girl Sarah Smith in the award-winning drama comedy 'Wasters' and then in numerous guises in sci-fi adventure 'Triple Hit'.

'Wasters' was only recently completed but hit the festival circuit running and immediately won the TIFF Best British Film award. I've also got some rather complimentary reviews, with DSD Magazine describing my performance as 'outstanding' - awww... I'm blushing! So, if you fancy seeing me as an evil, buxom baddie with revenge on her mind (and laughing your ass off) then head down to Stratford Civic Hall on Wednesday the 18th of November where the movie will be screening from 9:55pm.

And as if the festival wasn't already multiple personality-y enough for me, in 'Triple Hit' I took on not one role but five, more than any other actor in the film! I play one of the main characters, Q (as a voiceover - oooh, the mystery!), as well as four smaller onscreen ones so keep your eyes peeled - you never know where I'm going to pop up! The movie has been soundly praised by critics for its fantastic special effects and has so far screened at several international festivals, including Fargo Fantastic Film Festival as part of Minnesota's Valleycon and Swansea Bay here in Blighty, as well as the world-famous San Diego Comic-Con where I took to the stage after the screening, alongside director Huw Bowen et al., to chat to the fans. It also recently won 3rd place in the Best Film category at the IOV awards. Check out the parallel universe fun at the Civic Hall on Tuesday the 17th of November at 8:10pm.

Stratford is pretty much home turf for me (I did my 'A' levels there and had the honour of appearing on stage at the RSC's 'The Other Place' theatre) so I'll definitely be around. Please do pop along - it'd be great to see you all!

For details, directions and tickets, clickee these bits:

'Wasters' - 9:55pm - Wednesday 18th Nov 2009 - Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon

'Triple Hit' - 8:10pm - Tuesday 17th Nov 2009 - Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon




As Sarah Smith, along with some of the rest of the cast of 'Wasters'.



Overseeing the universe(s) in one of my many parallel roles in 'Triple Hit'.

See you there!

Milly x