BIRTHDAY BOY: Roy Lichtenstein

BIRTHDAY BOYS: First day of August...

Happy New Month :)

«When it rains in August,

it rains honey & wine»

Spanish proverb

Καλό μήνα!

«Ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι,

και τον Αύγουστο σταφύλι»

Ποιά είναι η αγαπημένη σας αυγουστιάτικη παροιμία;

BIRTHDAY BOYS: Random facts

Και ναι, έχουμε μπεί στην περίοδο του Κριού...

σαν σήμερα, λοιπόν, 3 γνωστοί αμερικανοί ηθοποιοί ήρθαν στον κόσμο τούτο 

(ένας εξ αυτών την έκανε πριν 11 περίπου χρόνια)

 για να μας διασκεδάσουν μέσα απο την μικρή και μεγάλη οθόνη ;)

Παρεμπιπτόντως, κανείς απο έσας... σήμερα, γεννέθλια??? Ναι? Τα πόσα?

BIRTHDAY BOY: Matthias Schoenaerts

FACTS ABOUT MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS

• Appeared in two films with his father, Julien Schoenaerts: DAENS (1992) and ELEKTRA (2004), 

the latter is the only film in which they shared scenes together.

• Was close to become a professional soccer player but gave up when he was 16.

• Played the piano when he was a kid, so he had a little basis for his role in Suite Francaise (2014), 

but he wanted to learn how to play for real in the film.

Schoenaerts also learned to speak German for his role as German soldier Bruno von Falk.

• Is a graffiti artist under the pseudonym ''Zenith''.

• Carey Mulligan suggested him for the role of Gabriel Oak in FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015) 

after having seen him in RUST & BONE (2012).

• Auditioned for a role in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method (2011). 

The audition went well and the casting agents wanted to call him back, however, 

he had pledged his commitment to Bullhead (2011) and so had to let the opportunity slip.

BIRTHDAY GIRLS & BOY: Random facts

BIRTHDAY BOY: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was born in July the 27th in Denmark.

He gained visibility in 2011, when he began playing Jaime Lannister in the acclaimed series ''Game of Thrones''.