{"id":613495,"date":"2026-09-12T04:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/613495\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:24:12","slug":"the-uprisings-woody-norman-on-playing-king-richard-ii-going-meatless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/613495\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uprising’s Woody Norman on Playing King Richard II, Going Meatless"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFilming \u201cThe Uprising<\/a>\u201d gave British actor Woody Norman<\/a>, who plays 14-year-old King Richard II in the historical fiction drama, a massive headache.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt turns out the only crown they had for him to use during the shoot got damaged the first day of filming. \u201cSo it didn\u2019t fit my head,\u201d Norman, 17, tells me over Zoom from a hotel room in Los Angeles just a few hours before the movie\u2019s premiere at the DGA in West Hollywood. \u201cI would leave every day with a splitting headache because it was bent. We had put foam in it, but it didn\u2019t work. It was steel against my head.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Uprising,\u201d written and directed by Paul Greengrass, is based on the real-life Peasants\u2019 Revolt of 1381 England. Andrew Garfield<\/a> toplines the film as a fictional farmer \u2014 known only as Ploughman \u2014 who sparks and helps lead thousands of commoners on a march to protest the king in London.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to the dented crown, Norman had to endure the royal wardrobe, including \u201creally heavy\u201d robes. \u201cI don\u2019t weigh much,\u201d he tells me later on the red carpet at the premiere. \u201cI weigh 46 kilograms [about 101 pounds] and they weigh as much as I do, so it was really really painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEven so, it\u2019s fun to be king. \u201cIt\u2019s a power trip,\u201d Norman says. \u201cAll of the supporting actors would go, \u2018Your highness,\u2019 and they would bow to me when I walked by. That really got to my head because they would do it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tTom Hollander as Treasurer Hales, Woody Norman as King RIchard II and Katherine Waterston as The Countess in \u201cThe Uprising.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBetina La Plante\/Focus Features. \u00a9\u00a02026 All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

\n\tNorman\u2019s first day shooting with Garfield was a pivotal fight scene between Ploughman and the king. \u201cI was very intimidated,\u201d Norman says. \u201cIt\u2019s Andrew Garfield, you know that\u2019s big. He immediately went, \u2018I love you, and come on, come on!\u2019 I was like, \u2018OK, we\u2019re both actors. We can do this.\u2019 It completely removed that sense of awe and made us both professionals. We\u2019re here to do a job. Let\u2019s do it together. I\u2019m very, very grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe scene involved Ploughman shoving a paper scroll into the king\u2019s mouth. \u201cI have an Invisalign wire in my teeth,\u201d Norman says. \u201cThe paper was in my teeth until after we wrapped. It was cool to rub my tongue on my teeth and go, \u2018Oh, the uprising.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNorman first gained attention when he was just 10 years old and starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the 2021 Mike Mills drama \u201cC\u2019mon C\u2019mon.\u201d \u201cOne of the great men on the planet is Joaquin,\u201d Norman says. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I would still be acting if I didn\u2019t work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continues, \u201cI didn\u2019t really understand what I was. I didn\u2019t know I was an actor. I didn\u2019t know this was a job. I was having fun, and then he made me realize that it doesn\u2019t have to be a job. It\u2019s a way of living. It\u2019s a way of creating, and you know, now after working with Joaquin, I\u2019m fully vegan because of course I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNorman laughs.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere was an interaction we had where I was eating meat and he was like, \u2018Why don\u2019t you just stop eating meat?\u2019\u201d he remembers. \u201cAnd then I said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you stop smoking?\u2019 He\u2019s still smoking, so he hasn\u2019t kept up his bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUp next? Variety\u2019s Leo Barraclough exclusively reported that Norman will star in the British urban horror thriller \u201cSkag & Bone\u201d <\/a>along with Malachi Kirby, Tuppence Middleton, Conrad Khan and Kola Bokinni.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Uprising\u201d is in theaters now.<\/p>\n

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