Triple Hit hits the internet!

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the brand spanking new 'Triple Hit' website!

It was designed and built by the wonderful Mr. Damian Hayes (who also built my site) and allows the intrepid web explorer to experience the three worlds shown in the movie. So, if you've ever fancied visiting a dark and dirty communist dictatorship or a lush futuristic utopia have a scout around and see if you can experience a transference event of your own! You may even see my ugly mug on there too...

It's so hot off the internet presses it's practically still warm so go on, get a lungfull of that delicious oven-freshness and spread the word! Om nom nom nom.

The Official 'Triple Hit' website.

PS - my favourite world on the site is Anastasia's. SUCH pretty buttons!

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

Fancy seeing you here!

Hey, lovely peoples, long time no see! Goodness, haven't you grown, have you lost weight, etc, etc.

So sorry it's been a while since my last blog - life's gone a tad topsy turvy since I got back from the States and I've barely had time to breathe in and out let alone actually DO anything, as you can probably tell from the flurry of blogs that have suddenly been added to this site. Is that the correct term, a 'flurry'? Perhaps a 'ramble'. No, a 'waffle' of blogs. Yes, that's much better.

Anyhow, it's been all go and I'm LOVING it. Aside from the usual everyday voiceover work I do there have been some other exciting bits and bobs happening so here's some of the goss:


SITCOM-ING TO A TV NEAR YOU!
The really exciting news is that I've been cast as the female lead in an upcoming sitcom and just had my first pre-production meeting in preparation for the full cast readthrough later this month. I'll be playing Sandi, a bass-playing rock chick with major attitude, and I can't tell you how excited I am about the shoot, especially smashing up a pyro-laden bass guitar for the opening titles. Breaking things + pyrotechnics = awesome. I can't say much more about it at the moment except that it's along the lines of 'Spaced' but I'll be sure to let you know more as and when. It's going to be all kinds of cool.


'UNCONVENTIONAL'
Last weekend I was playing slinky convention announcer Natasha in new darkly comedic short film 'Unconventional'. I first met the director, Jim, when we both worked on feature film 'Wasters' last year and it was great to be directed by him for the first time, plus it was shooting on RED so the scenes look amazing. Have I mentioned how much I want a RED camera? A LOT. More than tadpoles want to be frogs, more than Imelda wanted shoes, more than it's rained here since I got back from the States. THAT much.

Despite spending the majority of the day wiggling around in a ludicrously short skirt/low top combo and having my bottom repeatedly slapped by a brash American (it was in the script - honest!) it was a brilliant day and a real blast of 'Wasters' déjà vu - many of the same cast and crew were involved, plus both films required me to strut around in a skintight outfit and be letched at by the same male actor! I can't wait to see the finished film and once it's out I'll definitely let you know where and when it'll be screening - you're guaranteed a treat for the both the brain and the peepers (no, I'm not talking about my cleavage. Filth).


FROM DISNEY TO DOLLHOUSE TO DUSTERS
Over the past few weeks I've spent a lot of time in London, flitting between studios to lend my vocal skills to a great variety of companies. As some of you may know I'm the female voice of the Sci Fi Channel so I'm often at the Universal building chatting to viewers about what delights are coming up, and I was thrilled to hear that I'll soon be introducing the new season of Joss Whedon's 'Dollhouse'! Yes, season 2 premiers exclusively on Sci Fi on Tuesday the 20th of October - that's NEXT MONTH, people! Having heard a few little tidbits about what we can look forward to from Whedon himself while I was at Comic-Con I can't express how madly cool this season is going to be and I'm hugely proud to be involved in some small way. If you haven't seen season 1 yet then do it. NOW.

I'm also the new voice for both Disney Channel and JML. Yes, if you hear an overly perky girl advocating the benefits of frothing up your milk or buffing away your unwanted body hair then chances are it'll be me. Hi ho, the glamourous life! The JML sessions mean I get to spend time in one of my favourite recording studios in the capital, The Sound Company, where there are always lots of interesting or famous (or both!) people mooching around the coffee area. Hurrah! The other day I finally discovered their not-so-secret biscuit barrel which is stuffed full of the most amazing nibbles I've ever seen. Apparently it's always been there so how I missed it is a mystery to me (I'm usually like some kind of biccie-detecting dousing rod) but trust me when I say that I fully made up for lost time. Om nom nom nom!


'SATNAV LIFESTYLE' IS NEARLY FINISHED!
Yup, the series we shot earlier this week is so near to completion I can almost taste it. The editing and sound is done and we've just got the final bit of grading to do this Thursday and that's it! For those of you who haven't already heard about 'SatNav Lifestyle' it's an 8-part webseries about a world where SatNavs control not only how people get from A to B but every other aspect of their lives, from dating to going to the loo. We were lucky enough to get the lovely Peter Dickson (he of E4 fame) and Emma Clarke (she of the London Underground) on board to provide the voices of our various satnavs and I played the lead character who decides to try and go it alone without the aid of satnavvy instruction.

I loved taking on the physical comedy crucial to my role and now with the addition of some truly hilarious satnav screens, lots of pretty colours and a kickass title sequence (all of which are thanks to Mr. Damian Hayes and Mr. Huw Bowen) this is shaping up to be something very special indeed. I've learned from past experience never to say exactly when something's going to be released as that's always guaranteed to release the fiery gremlins of doom onto any project, but fingers crossed episode 1 will be gracing the internets very soon.


ALSO IN THE PIPELINE...
In the next month or so I'll be shooting my scenes for a DVD about how to make horror films and as the presenter I'll be running through everything from makeup and FX work to lighting and props. I'll also be appearing in two more short films, plus working on my current screenplay, a comedy/horror feature film, and I'll be looking at old WW2 bunkers in preparation for shooting a short I penned last year which should be shooting very soon. Exciting!

That's all for now, kids. I'll do my best to keep a bit more up-to-date in future but... well, you know what I'm like! If you start to get withdrawal pains check out my page on Twitter, which I usually flutter about on a few times a day. And when I say 'flutter about on' I mean 'spend hours on' - it's my guilty pleasure so write to me on there and you're pretty much guaranteed a reply.

Take care, my lovelies!

Milly

'Schrödinger's Girl' reloaded

Yes, folks, it's true *sniffle* Our beloved SG is no more and is now called 'Triple Hit'. It's probably for the best, though - the new title will be more likely to appeal to viewers, plus it appears that bizarrely some people can't pronounce the word 'Schrödinger' - shame, SHAME on you! *points the crooked finger of shame*. Anyhow, SG, TH... what's a one-letter bump up the alphabet between friends, eh?

With the new name will also come a spanky new website which should be up online soon and full of juicy flash goodness.

After the film's success at San Diego Comic-Con I joined the rest of the team (Huw Bowen, Chris Pinches and Damian Hayes) for a catch-up podcast and general natter about extreme violence, sparkly vampire campers and wheeled attackers. We've also been chatting about Entanglement Productions' next project which promises to be a LOT of fun. More on that when I'm allowed to spill the beans but for now check out the podcast, edited by yours truly, here

TFN,

Milly

SDCC Day 4 - (Legal) Alien Invasion!

Originally published on official Sci Fi Channel websites in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Russia.

This was the day we'd all been waiting for - the final day of Comic-Con. A day like any other, you might think... But as the citizens of America went about their everyday business in the not-very-sleepy-at-all town of San Diego little did they suspect that there was an alien presence already amongst them. Yes, a plot was afoot - a devious and devilish plot for the invasion and ultimate domination of the entire country! This... was B-Day.

That's Brit Day, not birthday. Or something you'd find in the bathroom.

El-e-vay-shaAAGHn
Ok, so maybe my part in this plan didn't begin quite as well as I'd hoped. It'd been a late night and, keen to be on the ball for the Q&A session later that day, I'd snuck downstairs early to grab a coffee and... well, let's just say I wasn't looking my best. But looks are a secondary consideration when you're working for the greater good, right? Yes... until you get into the lift and are greeted by the all-too-chirpy words "Hey, you're that British actress!" Believe me when I say that was THE longest lift ride ever - the guy in question was very sweet but it's rather hard to be charming when you're desperately trying to mask signs of sleep deprivation while simultaneously beating your bird's nest hair into submission! This 'getting recognised when I'm looking like poop' thing is getting all too frequent for my liking...

The British are Coming!
Luckily the caffeine soon kicked in and I was ready to crack on with the invasion plans. And blow me down, the yanks not only succumbed to this invasion but positively welcomed it! America's always been regarded as a tough market to crack if you're from the UK and before I came out here I was under the impression that our sense of humour often falls flat on this side of the pond but today certainly put my mind at rest on that front. Not only do sci-fi fans in the US love British sci-fi but they love our humour too. Well hurrah!

While the crowd from Dr. Who and Torchwood were stirring up excitement (some more so than others. *ahem*John Barrowman*ahem*) in Ballroom 20 we in the 'Schrödinger's Girl' team were assembling to go over our battle plans and prove to the masses that England can produce some bally fine films as well as TV.

I spent the morning doing interviews, happily stunned by the amount of support 'Blood Actually' has over here, and then headed off to meet up with the rest of the SG crew: Huw (who swiftly earned the nickname 'the whitest man at Comic-Con' by rocking a rather spectacular suit), Damian, Abbi and Huw's dad Keith (who was SG's scientific advisor and enjoyed chaining me to a wall for the brain slaves scenes FAR too much for my liking!).

Jolly good show!
We had a tough timeslot to fill - at 3.40pm Comic-Con is getting ready to shut up shop and most hardened geeks will want to spend their time sniffing out last minute bargains so we weren't holding out much hope attendance-wise... But we were wrong. The audience was amazing and I actually got chills when the movie started and the music kicked in. As a film-maker it's always great to get a good reaction to your work but it's always a million times better to get it from someone who doesn't know you from Adam. These people didn't know us - they probably hadn't even heard about the film until they got to the 'Con - so they were there, and stayed, purely because they liked what they saw. They even got the humour! Happy happy joy joy.

Watch us wreck the mic...
As the end credits rolled Huw, Dee, Abbi and I took to the stage to chat to the audience and my cockles were well and truly warmed by answering intelligent, unusual questions from genuine fans of the genre. There was a brief tussle when someone asked what our favourite sci-fi films were (Damian, Huw and I fought over 'Blade Runner' while Abbi chose the first three episodes of Star Wars), but matters were soon resolved and we moved on to other questions.

Dee's favourite role in SG was apparently Matthew because he "didn't have to have a Hitler comb-over" for that one, Huw talked about his influences and the pre-production process, Abbi said how she enjoyed wielding a gun and I recounted one of my favourite behind the scenes stories from filming (which involves gaffer tape, a 6 inch height difference and Damian having a lot of conversations with my chest). Clips from the Q&A session, along with the interviews I did earlier in the week with stars of BSG and Farscape, will soon be up online here, plus on my website and YouTube channel so keep an eye out for those.

The End *sniffle*
And so it was over and we Brits headed off for a well-deserved post-invasion knees-up. It's been a fantastic trip and my only regret is that I was so busy working that I didn't get a chance to see more of the juicy treats the 'Con had to offer but don't worry, America, this was just part 1 of our invasion. I play the lead in sci-fi webseries 'SatNav Lifestyle' (from the director of 'Blood Actually' which hits the interwebs very soon and there are countless other projects already in the pipeline so... no, I can't say it can I? Oh, what the hell... We'll be back.

Thanks for all your questions and messages of support during this trip - I've really loved blogging for you guys and will definitely be popping up on the SCI FI forum from time to time so if you have any more queries then do feel free to drop me a line. I'll also be continuing the bloggery on my official site so you can keep up to date with what I'm doing there.

Milly x

SDCC Day 3 - Questions, questions, questions!

Originally published on official Sci Fi Channel websites in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Russia.

The thing I really loved about Comic-Con is that no two people attending it would have had the same experience - the sheer size of it makes that totally impossible and there are a million random events that could change the course of your day. It's like some kind of geektastic butterfly effect - a stormtrooper coughs in the line for Ballroom 20 and suddenly a bunch of pirates are attacking a Pokemon stall. Even if you can't get into one of the big panels there are still a tonne of other fantastic things out there for your geeky delectation, and trust me when I say fantastic (hmm... do I check out what the io9 crowd have to say, see Sigourney Weaver or brave the queue for the BSG/Caprica panel? Decisions, decisions!).

Sometimes, however, a girl has such complex decisions made for her and this was definitely one of those times. Yup, today was 'Interview Day' and while others were emptying their savings in the exhibition hall and woo-ing at the panels I spent most of it with various reporters and documentary-makers, answering questions about my life, my work, the colour of my socks and countless other bizarre subjects. Luckily I more often than not welcome tricky decisions being made for me (in fact I've often said I was born to be an actress simply because I've no idea how to sort out my own hair, makeup or wardrobe and will happily obey when told where to stand and what to do) and lounging in the glorious San Diego sunshine talking about all things sci-fi definitely wasn't the most unpleasant way to pass a day.

Still, though, the siren song of the exhibition hall was calling to me. Damian and I did manage to find a spare few minutes in which to chat with some starstruck Dr. Who stallholders (Dee's stepmum is Wendy Padbury, who played Patrick Troughton's assistant Zoe, so they went a wee bit crazy) but aside from that we didn't get much of a chance to browse the goodies. Fear not, I'll definitely try to punish my wallet a little tomorrow before the 'Schrödinger's Girl' panel.

I'll be posting clips from my various interviews as soon as I get them through but for now check out the monkeygoatboy interview I told you about in the day 1 blog. I was totally shattered that day, having only got 3 hours sleep the previous night, and the interview was only supposed to take 2 seconds but ended up being almost a minute of director-pwning fun. Enjoy! I've got to do some serious buffing up for the next movie I'm going to be in so perhaps I'll start arm wrestling people more often... Any suggestions for potential victims?

Finally, as this blog seems to be seriously lacking in colour, here are some of my favourite pics from the 'Con. I've been particularly impressed by how all-out people have gone with the costumes here and, being a bit of a fancy dress addict, I've been taking notes for future use. Hmm... cheetara or steampunk Lara Croft? - yet MORE decisions!

Milly x