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《 戇 豆 先 生 》 變 身 皇 牌 特 務 　 強 勁 笑 彈 突 襲 全 球
佢 處 變 不 驚 ， 因 為 唔 知 驚
佢 唔 怕 死 ， 根 本 唔 識 死
「 戇 J 」 �� 獨 門 必 殺 技
係 令 敵 人 不 日 笑 死 ！

皇 室 的 名 貴 珠 寶 被 竊 ， 情 報 局 即 派 遣 頂 級 特 務 追 查 ， 可 惜 案 件 未 破 精 英 特 務 已 殉 職 ， 令 情 報 局 人 手 凋 零 ， 國 際 大 盜 尊 麥 高 維 治 現 正 計 劃 偷 走 英 女 皇 皇 冠 。 情 報 局 只 能 派 出 碩 果 僅 存 的 初 級 情 報 員 尊 尼 英 格 列 殊 （ 路 雲 雅 堅 遜 飾 演 ） 走 馬 上 任 。 外 號 「 特 務 戇 J 」 的 尊 尼 以 保 護 大 英 帝 國 的 名 譽 為 己 任 ， 智 勇 俱 冇 的 「 戇 J 」 擁 有 超 智 能 跑 車 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage 、 高 科 技 道 具 以 及 個 人 「 八 通 街 」 本 領 ─ ─ 足 可 扭 轉 全 世 界 的 命 運 ! 情 報 局 為 免 「 戇 J 」 行 差 踏 錯 ， 更 派 出 智 勇 俱 全 邦 女 郎 妮 妲 莉 英 寶 莉 亞 跟 他 完 成 任 務 。

「 特 務 戇 J 」 特 點 :

• 封 占 士 邦 007 為 偶 像
• 細 膽 ， 最 怕 老 鼠
• 信 心 十 足 ， 勇 往 直 前 ， 但 最 後 關 頭 又 功 虧 一 簣
• 珍 惜 生 命 : 人 地 先 死 好 過 自 己 死 先
• 冇 幫 拖 有 甩 拖 ， 又 名 「 特 務 零 零 甩 」
• 只 作 出 錯 誤 的 判 斷
• 阿 Q 精 神 : 心 想 『 我 搞 垮 了 ， 我 不 會 給 別 人 發 現 是 我 幹 的 ！ 』

在 1992 至 1997 年 間 ， 笑 匠 路 雲 雅 堅 遜 在 英 國 信 用 咭 Barclaycard 的 廣 告 演 出 ， 該 宣 傳 片 大 受 歡 迎 ， 路 雲 在 片 中 的 撞 板 特 務 形 象 深 入 民 心 ， 計 仔 多 多 的 他 想 到 將 廣 告 的 角 色 拍 成 大 電 影 的 可 能 。 他 立 即 找 上 007 編 劇 尼 爾 佩 維 斯 （ Neal Purvis ） 及 羅 拔 懷 特 （ Robert Wade ） 用 上 兩 年 時 間 創 作 《 特 務 戇 J 》 。 他 們 曾 是 《 新 鐵 金 剛 之 黑 日 危 機 》 （ The World Is Not Enough ） 《 新 鐵 金 剛 之 不 日 殺 機 》 （ Die Another Day ） 撰 寫 劇 本 ， 監 製 添 比 雲 （ Tim Bevan ） 說 ： 「 以 戇 J 拍 成 電 影 的 念 頭 實 在 一 流 ， 有 趣 之 處 是 它 將 英 國 電 影 最 成 功 的 喜 劇 及 特 務 片 片 種 共 冶 一 爐 。 」 ， 這 次 可 說 是 一 次 配 合 得 天 衣 無 縫 的 合 作 良 機 。

本 片 由 《 單 親 插 班 生 》 （ About a Boy ） 、 《 BJ 單 身 日 記 》 （ Bridget Jones ' s Diary ） 、 《 摘 星 情 緣 》 （ Notting Hill ） 之 電 影 製 作 公 司 Working Title 的 出 品 ， 《 緣 份 兩 面 睇 》 彼 德 荷 域 執 導 ， 由 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 （ Mr. Bean ） 享 譽 全 球 之 路 雲 雅 堅 遜 （ Rowan Atkinson ） 擔 演 ， 聯 同 澳 洲 人 氣 女 歌 妮 妲 莉 英 寶 莉 亞 （ Natalie Imbruglia ） 及 美 國 怪 雞 片 片 王 尊 麥 高 維 治 合 製 笑 彈 。

演 員 資 料

路 雲 雅 堅 遜 （ Rowan Atkinson ）

出 生 英 格 蘭 東 北 部 紐 卡 素 的 路 雲 雅 堅 遜 ， 是 英 國 著 名 喜 劇 演 員 。 早 在 1977 年 ， 路 雲 在 愛 丁 堡 藝 穗 節 （ Edinburgh Festival ） 的 演 出 已 引 起 注 目 ， 翌 年 他 在 Hampstead 劇 場 的 表 現 贏 盡 好 評 ， 成 為 英 國 廣 播 公 司 （ BBC ） 的 Not the Nine O ' clock News 節 目 其 中 一 位 創 立 者 。 該 節 目 獲 空 前 成 功 ， 更 連 續 製 作 了 四 輯 ， 錄 音 副 產 品 的 銷 量 超 過 白 金 紀 錄 ， 書 籍 在 銷 售 榜 名 列 前 茅 ， 並 於 蒙 特 勒 （ Montreux ） 藝 術 節 獲 銀 玫 瑰 獎 （ Silver Rose ） ， 就 連 艾 美 獎 （ Emmy ） 及 英 國 影 藝 學 院 （ British Academy Award ） 也 有 路 雲 的 蹤 影 。 節 目 大 受 歡 迎 ， 路 雲 被 英 國 廣 播 公 司 封 為 年 度 名 人 （ Personality of the Year ） 。

在 1981 年 ， 路 雲 成 為 最 年 輕 在 倫 敦 劇 場 區 West End 舉 行 一 人 騷 的 表 演 者 ， 他 在 著 名 的 莎 士 比 亞 環 球 劇 場 （ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre ） 開 騷 座 無 虛 席 ， 為 他 奪 得 West End 劇 場 聯 盟 （ Society of West End Theatre ） 頒 發 年 度 最 佳 喜 劇 獎 （ Comedy Performance of the Year ） 。 1983 年 ， 路 雲 與 作 家 李 察 寇 蒂 斯 （ Richard Curtis ） 為 英 國 廣 播 公 司 創 作 處 境 悲 劇 《 黑 爵 士 》 （ Blackadder ） ， 該 系 列 播 足 五 年 ， 一 共 四 輯 的 《 黑 爵 士 》 奪 得 三 項 英 國 影 藝 學 院 （ British Academy Awards ） 大 獎 、 艾 美 獎 （ Emmy ） 、 三 項 美 國 有 線 大 獎 （ Ace Awards ） ， 包 括 最 佳 藝 人 獎 （ Best Entertainment Performance ） ， 當 年 路 雲 再 被 英 國 廣 播 公 司 封 為 年 度 名 人 。

1985 年 ， 路 雲 在 奧 德 維 奇 戲 院 （ Aldwych Theatre ） 演 出 Larry Shue 的 劇 作 《 The Nerd 》 ， 翌 年 ， 他 再 在 West End 劇 場 區 舉 辦 爆 滿 觀 眾 捧 場 的 一 人 騷 ， 最 後 該 表 演 移 師 到 美 國 百 老 匯 、 澳 洲 、 紐 西 蘭 、 遠 東 及 英 國 作 巡 迴 演 出 。 在 1988 年 ， 路 雲 於 West End 劇 場 區 連 續 六 個 月 演 出 劇 作 《 The Sneeze 》 ， 演 出 由 俄 國 劇 作 家 安 東 契 可 夫 （ Anton Chekhov ） 撰 寫 的 喜 劇 作 品 集 。

路 雲 的 電 視 連 續 劇 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 （ Mr. Bean ） 以 無 對 白 演 出 ， 首 集 節 目 奪 得 蒙 特 勒 （ Montreux ） 藝 術 節 的 金 玫 瑰 獎 （ Golden Rose ） ， 以 及 在 艾 美 獎 獲 提 名 。 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 劇 集 被 提 名 在 艾 美 獎 ， 以 及 奪 得 兩 項 班 芙 電 影 節 （ BANFF Awards ） 大 獎 及 美 國 有 線 大 獎 的 最 佳 喜 劇 獎 （ 1995 年 ） 。 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 劇 集 的 版 權 被 賣 到 全 球 二 百 多 個 地 區 播 放 ， 成 為 十 年 來 在 商 業 電 視 頻 道 最 高 視 的 喜 劇 節 目 。 路 雲 擁 有 股 份 的 製 作 公 司 Tiger Aspect 除 負 責 製 作 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 ， 還 製 作 令 路 雲 著 迷 的 汽 車 節 目 。

不 時 參 與 電 影 演 出 的 路 雲 ， 最 近 作 品 是 合 家 歡 喜 劇 《 狗 狗 震 》 （ Scooby-Doo ） ， 其 餘 的 作 品 有 1983 年 的 《 鐵 金 剛 勇 奪 巡 航 導 彈 》 （ Never Say Never Again ） ， 片 中 他 與 占 士 邦 辛 康 納 利 合 演 、 喜 劇 有 1989 年 的 《 高 佬 先 生 》 （ The Tall Guy ） ， 路 雲 與 謝 夫 高 拔 林 （ Jeff Goldblum ） 同 台 演 出 。 其 他 電 影 有 《 四 個 婚 禮 一 個 葬 禮 》 （ Four Weddings and a Funera ） 及 《 反 斗 神 鷹 II 》 （ Hot Shots! Part Deux ） 等 。 去 年 ， 路 雲 為 《 戇 豆 先 生 》 的 動 畫 版 進 行 配 音 ， 該 節 目 正 在 英 國 電 視 台 播 放 。

妮 妲 莉 英 寶 莉 亞 Natalie Imbruglia

現 年 28 歲 的 妮 妲 莉 英 寶 莉 亞 出 生 於 澳 洲 悉 尼 市 北 部 一 海 邊 小 鎮 。 妮 妲 莉 在 16 歲 時 參 與 澳 洲 長 壽 電 視 劇 《 Neighbours 》 的 演 出 ， 到 了 19 歲 ， 她 移 居 英 國 倫 敦 學 習 音 樂 ， 期 間 與 BMG 音 樂 公 司 簽 約 。 在 1997 年 ， 妮 妲 莉 的 首 張 大 碟 《 Left of Middle 》 面 世 ， 該 碟 銷 量 超 過 六 百 萬 張 ， 碟 內 十 二 首 歌 曲 的 九 首 作 品 由 她 參 與 創 作 。 首 張 單 曲 主 打 歌 《 Torn 》 在 橫 掃 歐 洲 市 場 ， 單 在 英 國 的 銷 量 已 超 過 一 百 萬 張 ， 亦 是 其 中 一 首 在 美 國 流 行 榜 停 留 最 久 的 歌 曲 。

妮 妲 莉 的 第 二 張 大 碟 《 White Lilies Island 》 在 英 國 及 美 國 創 作 ， 於 倫 敦 的 錄 音 室 灌 錄 。 大 碟 集 合 當 今 樂 壇 知 名 的 監 製 及 音 樂 人 ， 創 作 出 《 That Day 》 、 《 Wrong Impression 》 及 《 Beauty on the Fire 》 等 大 熱 歌 曲 。 去 年 ， 妮 妲 莉 被 化 妝 品 L ' Oreal 聘 用 為 商 品 發 言 人 ， 同 時 ， 她 是 連 鎖 服 裝 店 Gap 的 廣 告 模 特 兒 。

尊 麥 高 維 治 John Malkovich

國 際 影 壇 知 名 的 尊 麥 高 維 治 ， 與 多 位 國 際 級 名 導 演 結 下 不 解 之 緣 ， 他 演 過 史 提 芬 史 匹 堡 的 《 太 陽 帝 國 》 （ Empire of the Sun ） 、 珍 甘 比 茵 （ Jane Campion ） 的 《 淑 女 本 色 》 （ Portrait of a Lady ） 、 貝 托 魯 奇 （ Bernardo Bertolucci ） 的 《 情 陷 撒 哈 拉 》 （ The Sheltering Sky ） 、 雲 度 華 力 士 （ Randall Wallace ） 的 《 鐵 面 王 子 》 （ The Man In the Iron Mask ） ， 以 及 史 派 克 鍾 斯 （ Spike Jonze ） 的 《 玩 謝 麥 高 維 治 》 （ Being John Malkovich ） 等 電 影 。

劇 場 出 身 的 尊 麥 高 維 治 ， 在 1976 年 在 芝 加 哥 成 立 劇 團 Steppenwolf Theatre ， 七 年 後 ， 他 奪 得 由 紐 約 刊 物 【 鄉 村 之 聲 】 （ Village Voice ） 頒 發 奧 比 獎 （ Obie Award ） 。 阿 尊 曾 與 德 斯 汀 荷 夫 曼 （ Dustin Hoffman ） 在 1984 年 合 演 百 老 匯 舞 台 劇 《 推 銷 員 之 死 》 （ Death of a Salesman ） 。 在 百 老 匯 演 出 的 同 時 ， 阿 尊 首 次 演 出 電 影 《 Places in the Heart 》 ， 戲 中 飾 演 短 暫 失 明 者 ， 並 獲 提 名 奧 斯 卡 最 佳 男 配 角 獎 。 同 年 ， 他 主 演 戰 爭 片 《 戰 火 屠 城 》 （ The Killing Fields ） ， 演 出 獲 一 致 好 評 。 最 被 談 論 的 角 色 則 是 宮 廷 片 《 孽 戀 焚 情 》 （ Dangerous Liaisons ） 。 擅 演 歹 角 的 他 ， 在 1993 年 演 出 《 火 線 狙 擊 》 （ In the Line of Fire ） ， 獲 金 球 獎 及 奧 斯 卡 提 名 最 佳 男 配 角 獎 。 阿 尊 最 近 初 嘗 執 導 ， 拍 攝 及 監 製 劇 情 片 《 The Dancer Upstairs 》 。

導 演 彼 德 荷 域 Peter Howitt

英 國 導 演 彼 德 荷 域 在 1998 年 執 導 及 編 寫 賣 座 愛 情 片 《 緣 份 兩 面 睇 》 （ Sliding Doors ） ， 該 片 由 人 氣 女 星 桂 莉 芙 柏 德 露 主 演 。 影 片 為 他 奪 得 歐 洲 電 影 大 獎 （ European Film Award ） 的 最 佳 劇 本 ， 及 電 影 雜 誌 Empire 頒 發 的 最 佳 英 國 導 演 獎 （ Best British Director ） 。

彼 德 荷 域 另 一 部 作 品 《 IT. 狂 迷 》 （ Antitrust ） 由 添 羅 賓 斯 （ Tim Robbins ） 、 賴 恩 菲 臘 （ Ryan Phillippe ） 及 麗 歌 莉 菊 （ Rachael Leigh Cook ） 主 演 ， 該 片 獲 Golden Goblet 頒 發 最 佳 導 演 及 奪 得 上 海 國 際 電 影 節 （ Shanghai International Film Festival ） 的 最 佳 影 片 獎 。 彼 德 荷 域 的 劇 情 片 新 作 《 The Other Half 》 身 兼 導 演 、 編 劇 及 監 製 三 職 。 除 了 做 導 演 ， 彼 德 荷 域 亦 是 一 名 演 員 ， 曾 演 出 的 作 品 有 《 因 父 之 名 》 （In The Name of the Father ） 及 《 緣 份 兩 面 睇 》 等 。

演 員 ：

JOHNNY ENGLISH

- Production Information -

In an uncertain world, few things are as dependable as the British Secret Service. World-renowned for the calibre of it's agents, the cutting-edge technology utilized in it's weaponry and it's international intelligence-gathering web, it is one of the last bastions of honour manned with committed defenders of "the truth."

So when an unthinkable plan to filch the country's beloved Crown Jewels comes to the Service's attention, the best man for the job, the cr�ome de la cr�ome of the organization's supersleuths, Agent Number One, is quickly assigned to the case.

…And is almost as quickly dispatched to six feet under.

Unfortunately for the British Secret Service, virtually every other able member of its esteemed ranks soon joins Agent Number One in the afterworld….nasty business, bombing a funeral.

Who could be behind such a diabolical plot? Perhaps the same twisted mind bent on stealing the Crown Jewels?

Now, there is only one man remaining who can even hope to protect his country, avenge the elimination of all of the Secret Service's spies and uncover the fiend behind the fiendish plot to make off with the lasting symbols of the once supreme British empire, the Crown Jewels.

Enter Johnny English.

He knows no fear.
He knows no danger.
He knows nothing.

ROWAN ATKINSON, the brilliant physical comedian whose outrageous pratfalls and subversively innocent humor have made him a star in hilarious classics ranging from the cult U.K. series Blackadder to the worldwide hit Bean, is back on the big screen as the title character in the family comedy Johnny English-an office-bound junior intelligence worker suddenly thrust into the spotlight when the Crown Jewels are stolen from the Tower of London and a plot is uncovered that threatens world security. A bit unseasoned but extremely enthusiastic, English is quickly outfitted with a highly-specialized automobile, armed with the ultimate in intelligence gadgetry and allowed highest access to the agency's files. All of England's hopes are resting on English.

He isn't the best they have…he's the only one left.

Starring along with Atkinson as Johnny English are international star NATALIE IMBRUGLIA as Special Agent Lorna Campbell, renowned comedian BEN MILLER as English's sidekick, Bough, and multiple Academy Award nominee JOHN MALKOVICH as the very French and very crafty business magnate, Pascal Sauvage.

From Working Title Films (About a Boy, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, Four Wedding and a Funeral), Johnny English is a spy comedy with thrills, chills and surprises for the whole family. Directed by PETER HOWITT (Sliding Doors) from an original screenplay by NEAL PURVIS & ROBERT WADE and WILLIAM DAVIES, Johnny English is produced by TIM BEVAN, ERIC FELLNER and MARK HUFFAM. The film is distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

It has become custom within the movie business to adapt successful ventures from other mediums (books, plays, television series, even popular songs) into film projects. Johnny English may be one of the first to adapt a film version from…a commercial.

Between 1992 and 1997, gifted comic actor Atkinson was featured in a series of popular British credit card Barclaycard commercials playing a somewhat accident-prone spy. It was at that time Atkinson got the idea about making a feature film based on the character from the television advertisements.

Atkinson notes, "Those commercials, even though they were only sixty-seconds long, had a movie feel to them. They were elaborate and atmospheric with very high production values. They just felt like a mini-movie, so it seemed logical to make a maxi-movie."

Having collaborated with Atkinson over a number of years, producing The Tall Guy in the '80s and Bean in the '90s, Working Title were looking for another joint feature project with him.

"The idea of doing a film about this British spy was perfect," says producer Tim Bevan. "The interesting thing about British movies is that the two genres that seem to be successful are the spy movie and the comedy-this was an opportunity to combine the two."

A few years elapsed between the completion of the television commercials and the actual start of the film project, entitled Johnny English, during which time its star and the Working Title producers were kept busy by a myriad of separate projects.

Eventually, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade were commissioned to write the script. (In addition to the pair's experience with screenwriting in various genres, their expertise within the spy genre-having penned The World Is Not Enough-was highly regarded.)

Atkinson was also very involved from the beginning. He remembers, "I helped to guide the scriptwriters. I was in on the ground floor, as they say."

Prior to Johnny English, Atkinson had been in discussions with director Peter Howitt (who had helmed the hit romantic comedy Sliding Doors) concerning a collaborative project that never came to fruition. Now, with a script ready for reading, the actor forwarded a copy to Howitt to get his opinion on the screenplay.

Peter Howitt comments, "I was cutting a film in Los Angeles and I got a call from Rowan, asking if I would take a look at the script he had and give him my thoughts. Then, after a couple of months of these scripts arriving, Rowan said that he'd like me direct. It was quite clear having seen the character and the commercials that they were striking and memorable. Getting to work with that character and Rowan was very exciting."

Wade and Purvis worked on the script tirelessly for two years before leaving the project to work on the next Bond film, Die Another Day. Screenwriter William Davies was brought on board to continue to hone the work and smooth the transition from television commercial to page to the big screen.

On illustrating the character of English, Atkinson says, "Johnny loves being a secret agent so much that he oversteps himself. He always thinks that he's better at something than he actually is. He's the sort of person who, in a hurdle race, would clear the first hurdles extremely well, but he'd be waving at the crowd and he would trip and fall on the last hurdle. It's the last 10 percent of his activity which is fatally flawed."

Howitt concurs, "The character is quite smart-he just makes errors in judgment along the way. He's not a stumbling, bumbling incompetent. Johnny English isn't really a liability, he just steps into the wrong room or into the wrong place-but keeps on going because he believes in himself. There is always that little moment where you see him think, 'I got that wrong, I won't let anyone know.' He just smoothes his way out of it, thinking, 'Good, I got away with that.' Rowan is genius at this difficult type of not-so-obvious comedy."

With the script in place, the filmmakers set about finding the right actors for the roles. One key piece of casting for the film was Bough, Johnny English's partner.

Howitt remembers, "The character of Bough is very difficult to play as he is in every scene with English. He cannot be the 'straight' man to English's 'funny' man, but has to be someone who compliments English's behaviour and who is funny in his own right. He has to represent the audience so that we have someone in the room with English, experiencing all the things he is going through."

After a number of actors were seen, Ben Miller proved to be the person that was right for part.

"He knocked us all away," continues Howitt. "He is very experienced at this type of comedy and he is really fantastic, smart and clever and incredibly understated. He has made Bough an individualistic character that you care about, who is funny and who makes you laugh in a completely different way than you laugh at Rowan."

For Miller, the prospect of working with Atkinson was a large factor in taking the role. He also responded to the script and comments, "It's incredibly funny. What it gets right is the tone, which is very seductive. It treads a very considered and accurate path between over-the-top and reality. I felt it had a real sense of humour and a confidence about it which I liked very much."

The filmmakers were looking for a French actor to play Pascal Sauvage so initially had overlooked John Malkovich until his agent suggested him.

"John is the classic villain in a straight film so we could not believe we had not thought of him before. We went to meet him and he was great," remembers Bevan.

Howitt enthuses, "Pascal is a mixed bag-like villains. There is the good side, the icy side and the crazy side. John is able to play all of those quite neatly switching from one to another at a drop of a hat. He has a good command of the camera and understanding of the language of film because of his vast experience, so he does not need to do very much to get an effect."

A veteran of more than 70 films and 100 plays, Malkovich notes that he has, of course, played his share of villains-but not one like Pascal, for several reasons. He elaborates, "I've done a lot comedies before, but really usually only in the theater, very few in the cinema. I'm not sure that the characters are always entirely new, but the stories are new and the people you work with are new. And a director might ask you to do something you've never done before."

Additionally, this is the first time Malkovich has had to speak English with a French accent, which did not prove a problem-he has lived for several years in the country and completed numerous films in French.

Did he aim for a "realistic" French accent? The actor muses, "Well, realistic, it depends, of course. You can meet French people who speak English quite well. And you can meet many others who, when they speak English, it's completely undecipherable. Pascal isn't someone utterly fluent in English. For example, I have a friend who's lived in New York well over 20 years. And she still has her little French accent. I have no idea why, but she does."

"John catches it perfectly," says Atkinson. "He is so languid and, of course, living in France, he has some sort of inside track to the whole way French people think and speak… so he is as perfect casting as we could have hoped for."

On working with Atkinson, Malkovich observes, "He's really fun to watch. All accomplished comics always seem to be incredibly serious, and thoughtful, and a perfectionist, as Rowan is. I think he's very bright, he has a fantastic face, a kind of great comic face. He's quite exact and specific in his choices. And he's sort of truthful and painful, because I really believe part of what we laugh at in comedy is the recognition of pain. It's the recognition of our own ludicrousness, our own failing and inadequacies."

Central to the success of the film was the casting of a strong and intelligent actress in the role of Lorna. Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia had only recently decided that she would like to juggle her singing career with acting when she received a copy of the script through her music company and was called in for a reading.

Her draw to the project was based on specifics. Imbruglia remembers, "What initially drew me to Johnny English were Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich. Then I read the script and it made me laugh-and then I definitely wanted to play Lorna."

"Although this is Natalie's first feature, she'd been on television for some time before becoming a singing star. We tested a lot of actresses, and Natalie scored the part on merit. I mean, we didn't just cast her because we thought the lads would fancy her-although there's a good chance they will," the director says with a smile.

It was a welcome challenge for Imbruglia to combine shooting a film while continuing to perform and support her latest album. She says, "I really enjoyed the fact that I could do both. It has been a testing period because, at the time, I had a single coming out. I would do a couple of days shooting the film and then I would have to perform on Top of the Pops. It was a bit surreal, but I started to get the hang of it. I think it would be nice if I could juggle the two without spreading myself too thin."

Atkinson felt Imbruglia brought just the right note to the proceedings. He says, "She fitted in well and was a delight to work with. The important thing about all the casting apart from Johnny English is the dynamic between English and whatever character he is playing against. There is a lovely dynamic between the slightly tense but over-confident English and that sort of languid evil that John Malkovich brings to Sauvage. In the same sense it is that dynamic that Natalie brings-a kind of crisp common sense. It is a good contrast to this man who likes to be rather theatrical and Lorna is not at all theatrical."

For her, that 'non-theatrical' style was the key to playing a comedy. Natalie offers, "How I approached the comedy is something that was discussed before I even auditioned-I'm just playing straight. I think that's what makes it more funny. The difficult thing there is to not laugh, because Rowan's so hilarious. And I kept getting in trouble for giggling. It's very, very hard to control yourself when you get a bit giddy after you've been working all day."

An impressive slate of talent in front of and behind the camera were locked into place before shooting began. Rounding out the cast were such accomplished British actors as Tim Pigott-Smith (Remains of the Day), Oliver Ford Davies (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones) and Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility). Impressive behind-the-camera talent included director of photography Remi Adefarasin (About a Boy, Elizabeth), production designer Chris Seagers (Spy Game) and costume designer Jill Taylor (Sliding Doors, The Full Monty).

With script, cast and crew in place, Johnny English started principal photography in July of 2002. The film shot for 14 weeks, filming at Shepperton Studios, on location in London and St. Albans, and finally setting down in Monte Carlo for two days to complete filming the final scene.

During the course of filming, Atkinson and Imbruglia got involved in their own stunts. Supervised by stunt co-ordinator Paul Jennings, Atkinson found himself parachuting and completing almost all the driving stunts in the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage. Lastly, he had to spend hours suspended from a cable from the ceiling of St. Albans Cathedral (posing as Westminster Abbey) while filming the climax of the movie.

"I know how professional Rowan is in his application to work and was constantly surprised at what he was prepared to do to get the shots required," comments Jennings.

Atkinson explains, "I'm certainly not someone who insists on doing his own stunts in order to say that I do my own stunts. I was very keen, however, to do as much of the stunt driving as I could, as I love cars. But there was a scene which I would not have been seen dead doing. Luckily, I have a very good stunt double, Rob Inch, who had to be suspended over the roof of Canary Wharf, staggering along the top and lurching right over the edge. And the camera comes right over the top of him and looks down past him to the ground. It's a fantastic shot. Rob later told me he was terrified, and I thought, 'If you're terrified, there is certainly no point in me even considering a stunt like that.'"

Imbruglia performed extremely well in her fight sequence, as she was intent upon executing as much of it as she could with minimal use of a stunt double. She also trained to drive a full size motorbike (a Triumph); the filmmakers were reluctant to allow the diminutive performer to attempt to control the Triumph, but Imbruglia was insistent. After learning on a smaller bike, she graduated to the larger motorcycle.

Jennings offers, "Natalie did so well we ended up letting her ride the Triumph and eventually shot her riding that bike-although we did use a double for the faster sequences."

The actress recalls, "The fight scenes were really great. I do a bit of kickboxing in my spare time so I really enjoyed that head butting of walls! Lorna's a fun role to play. You know, I get to do so many different things. I've gotten to dance, to fight, to ride motorbikes. What more could a girl from Australia ask for?"

ABOUT THE CAST

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English) has become one of the best known British comic talents of his generation. In 1977, Atkinson attracted wide critical notice while performing at the Edinburgh Festival; the following year, he mounted his own review at London's Hampstead Theatre and became a founding member of the BBC's Not the Nine O'clock News team. The series fast became a major success, running a total of four seasons, spawning platinum and gold albums and many best-selling books, and garnering a Silver Rose at Montreux, an International Emmy and a British Academy Award. In the process, Atkinson was also named BBC Personality of the Year.

In 1981, Atkinson became the youngest performer to have a one-man show in London's West End; the sell-out season at the Globe Theatre won him the Society of West End Theatre's Award for Comedy Performance of the Year. In 1983, he embarked with writer Richard Curtis on their situation tragedy Blackadder for the BBC. Over the ensuing five years, the four Blackadder series won three British Academy Awards, an International Emmy, three ACE awards and personal awards for his performance, including Best Entertainment Performance. Once again, Atkinson was voted BBC Personality of the Year.

On stage, Atkinson took the lead in Larry Shue's The Nerd at the Aldwych Theatre in 1985. In the following year, he mounted a new one-man show in the West End and, following a sell-out season, it was transferred to Broadway. The show went on to tour successfully in Australia, New Zealand, the Far East and the U.K. In 1988, he undertook a six-month run in the West End, starring in The Sneeze, a collection of humorous one-act plays by Anton Chekhov.

Atkinson's next major television undertaking was the creation of the silent comedy series Mr. Bean for ITV and HBO. The pilot program won the Golden Rose of Montreux and was nominated for an International Emmy. Subsequent episodes continued to win plaudits, including an International Emmy, two BANFF Awards and an ACE Award for Best Comedy in 1995. Since its debut, the series has been sold to more than 200 territories and has attained classic status-Mr. Bean was the highest-rated comedy show of the decade on commercial television. (The show was produced by the production company Tiger Aspect, of which Atkinson is a partner and for whom he also appeared in a number of highly successful documentary program on subjects ranging from comedy to his passion, automobiles.)

In 1995, Atkinson starred in the lead role of Inspector Raymond Fowler in the first series of Tiger Aspect's number one rated situation comedy, The Thin Blue Line (written by Ben Elton); a second series was produced in the summer of 1996. For HBO and the BBC, Tiger also produced the ACW award-winning Rowan Atkinson on Location in Boston, a one-hour special featuring highlights from his stage shows.

Atkinson has appeared in a number of films, the most recent being the international hit, Scooby-Doo. His other film credits include Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery; The Tall Guy with Jeff Goldblum; Nicolas Roeg's The Witches; and Steven Wright's The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which won the 1989 Oscar for Best Short. Other film appearances include Hot Shots - Part Deux, Four Weddings and a Funeral , the voice of Zazu in The Lion King and Jerry Zucker's Rat Race. He also co-produced and appeared in Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie, a film produced by Working Title in association with Tiger Aspect.

Throughout 2000, Blackadder Back & Forth, a three-minute film shot on 70mm, was shown at London's Millennium Dome. With Rowan portraying Edmund Blackadder for the first time in a decade, the comedy features all the other stars of the original television series and proved to be the most popular attraction at the Dome.

In 2002 Atkinson was involved with the creation and production of the Mr. Bean animated series (for which he also provided the voice), produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, currently showing on television in the U.K.

Natalie Imbruglia (Lorna Campbell) grew up in Berkeley Vale, a small beach town north of Sydney. By the time she was 16, she landed a part in successful Australian continuing drama series, Neighbours. At 19, she left Ramsay Street for London to pursue a music career and soon after she had a recording contract with BMG.

In 1997, Imbruglia released her debut album, Left of Middle, which sold over six million units. Collaborating with writer/producer Phil Thornally, singer/songwriter Mark Goldenberg and Radiohead producer/mixer Nigel Godrich, Imbruglia wrote or co-wrote nine of the 12 songs on the album. "Torn," the album's first hit, topped the charts across Europe, selling more than a million copies in the U.K. and is one of the longest No.1's on record in the States.

After a period away from the limelight, Natalie returned with a second album, White Lilies Island, written in England and America and recorded in London. On it, Imbruglia worked with a variety of some of the music industry's leading producers and collaborators, and the album features the singles "That Day," "Wrong Impression" and "Beauty on the Fire."

In 2002, Imbruglia was announced as the new face for L'Oreal cosmetics and she also appeared in an advertising print campaign for the international clothing chain, Gap. Johnny English marks her feature film debut.

Cambridge graduate Ben Miller (Bough) is best known as half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, partnering with Xander Armstrong. The pair first appeared as regulars on British television's ITV's Saturday Live, and their eponymously named sketch show ran for four series, the first on the Paramount Comedy Channel and the last three on Channel Four. On television, Miller has also played leading roles in the ITV comedy/drama Passion Killers, the ITV thriller The Blind Date and the Scottish BAFTA-winning comedy/drama series Coming Soon.

Miller began his career with the British theatrical troupe Cambridge Footlights, appearing in the 1990 Tour Show Absurd Persons Plural and directing the 1991 Tour Show Cambridge Underground. He has made many appearances at the Edinburgh Festival; in 1992, his one-man show, Gone With Noakes (about the life of Blue Peter presenter John Noakes) won a Perrier Pick of the Fringe, and in 1996 he and Alexander Armstrong were Perrier Award nominees at the Festival for their sketch show The Quality Shag.

More recently, Miller has concentrated on film roles. Making his film debut as debauched aristocrat Lord Dixon in Jake Scott's Plunkett and Macleane, Miller has since gone on to play Thai-boxing male model Johnny Two-Dogs in There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, an obstructive hotel manager in Jez Butterworth's Birthday Girl and the anally retentive computer hacker Colin in John Duigan's The Parole Officer. Most recently, he appeared with Michael Caine in Conor McPherson's The Actors and with Greta Scacchi in Guy Jenkins' Jeffrey Archer biopic, The Truth.

John Malkovich (Pascal Sauvage) is one of the leading actors of his generation and an important figure in world cinema. In 1976, Malkovich helped to make theatrical history when he co-founded the soon-to-be-famous Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Seven years later, he won an Obie Award when the Steppenwolf production of Sam Shephard's True West was brought to New York. His next New York theatrical appearance was on Broadway alongside Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 revival of Death of a Salesman. (This same production was transformed into a telefilm one year later and Malkovich won an Emmy for his portrayal of Biff Loman.) While he was working on Broadway, he made his film debut, playing a blind transient in Places in the Heart (1984), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. That same year, he also had a starring role in the highly acclaimed The Killing Fields.

Malkovich is perhaps best-known to audiences for his acclaimed portrayal of Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons. He received both Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for his portrayal of the political assassin in In the Line of Fire (1993).

Malkovich has worked with some of the film industry's finest directors and his long and impressive film career highlights include leading roles in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Sheltering Sky, Randall Wallace's The Man In the Iron Mask, Spike Jonze's cult film hit Being John Malkovich, Elias Merhige's Shadow of a Vampire, Liliana Cavani's Ripley's Game and David Levien and Brian Koppelman's Knock Around Guys.

Maintaining his theatrical ties while tending to his successful film career, Malkovich appeared in the 1993 Broadway production State of Shock, and has periodically returned to Chicago to both act and direct. Malkovich is also known as an accomplished director and producer, most recently directing and producing The Dancer Upstairs, starring Javier Bardem. Malkovich's producing credits include Ghost World, The Loner, The Fun Seller and Found in the Street.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Peter Howitt (Director) made his writing and directing debut with the international box-office hit Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, for which he won a European Film Award for Best Screenplay and an Empire Award for Best British Director.

Howitt's other directorial credits include AntiTrust, starring Tim Robbins, Ryan Phillippe and Rachael Leigh Cook (which won the Golden Goblet for Best Director and Best Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival) and the pilot episode for the television series Going To California for Showtime Networks. His upcoming projects include directing the feature film The Other Half; he also wrote the screenplay and serves as producer.

Additionally, Howitt has enjoyed an accomplished acting career in Britain, with appearances in the powerful Irish films In The Name of the Father (starring Daniel Day Lewis) and Some Mother's Son (with Helen Mirren). He also appeared in the feature Stone Cold, as well as in Sliding Doors. His numerous television appearances include roles in Kiss and Tell, Eleven Men Against Eleven, Killing Me Softly, The Magician, Royal Celebration and Civvies, and in the series Tears Before Bedtime. His theatrical acting credits include The Caretaker with Donald Pleasence and Party Time (starring as well in the 1992 telefilm version), both works directed by their author, legendary British playwright Harold Pinter.

Working Title, co-chaired by Tim Bevan (producer) and Eric Fellner (producer) since 1992, is Europe's leading film production company. Together, they have made more than 60 films grossing over two billion dollars worldwide. Their films have won 4 Academy Awards, for Elizabeth, Fargo and Dead Man Walking, 18 British Academy Awards, including Billy Elliot and Four Weddings and a Funeral, and won prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals.

Bevan and Fellner have a long-term relationship with writer Richard Curtis and actor Hugh Grant, with whom they have collaborated on their three most succcessful films - all romantic comedies - Four Weddings and A Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary, with Notting Hill holding the record for the highest grossing British film worldwide. Curtis also wrote the screenplay for the hit comedy, Bean, starring Rowan Atkinson and has just completed directing his first film (from his own original screenplay) Love Actually with an ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth and Martine McCutcheon. Hugh Grant recently starred in About A Boy, based on the celebrated book by Nick Hornby and directed by Chris and Paul Weitz.

The Coen brothers also have a long association with Working Title, having made five films with the company including the Academy-award winning Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski and The Man Who Wasn't There which won Joel Coen the Best Director prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1999, WT2 was formed, headed by Natascha Wharton, to produce lower budget films. It's first film, Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, became an international commercial and critical hit. The division has since made Ali G Indahouse, which was a huge success in the UK, Long Time Dead and My Little Eye. WT2 is currently in post-production with The Calcium Kid starring Orlando Bloom and directed by Alex de Rakoff.

Adapting successful and original books is high on Working Title's manifesto. The film of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary endeared audiences worldwide to Renee Zellweger in the title role. Stephen Frears transferred Nick Hornby's High Fidelity to the screen and Chris and Paul Weitz directed About A Boy based on Hornby's best selling novel. Other notable adaptations include John Madden's Captain Corelli's Mandolin starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz, Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and the children's classic The Borrowers.

Last year, Working Title opened an office in Australia (WTA) headed by Tim White. Their first film is Ned Kelly featuring Heath Ledger as the legendary outlaw supported by a cast including Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts and Rachel Griffiths is shortly to be released. Their second, Gettin' Square, a comedy starring Timothy Spall, is in post-production.

Recent releases include The Guru, a romantic comedy starring Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei, directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer; and 40 Days & 40 Nights starring Josh Hartnett directed by Michael Lehmann.

Other forthcoming releases for 2003 are Thirteen, a coming of age drama starring Holly Hunter; and The Shape Of Things, Neil Labute's screen adaptation of his own play starring Rachel Weisz.

In pre-production are Thunderbirds, a live action feature film of the hit British TV series of the '60s directed by Jonathan Frakes starring Bill Paxton and Sir Ben Kingsley; and Wimbledon, a romantic comedy directed by Richard Loncraine to star Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany.

Prior to producing Johnny English, Mark Huffam (Producer) served as Executive Producer on the award-winning film The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry, produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox and starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman.

Huffam also produced John Madden's Captain Corelli's Mandolin and is currently in production on Thunderbirds.

Huffam served as Co-Producer on Quills (the Oscar-nominated film directed by Philip Kaufman) and The Closer You Get (produced by Uberto Pasolini). He also worked as Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager on Steven Spielberg's Oscar winner, Saving Private Ryan. Additional feature film credits include work on The Revengers' Comedies, White Squall, The Secret of Roan Inish, The Playboys and December Bride; his television credits include Runway One.

Neal Purvis (Screenwriter) & Robert Wade (Screenwriter) formed their team in 1991 to write the screenplay for the British thriller Let Him Have It, the controversial true story of the famous case involving two men who were accused of killing a policeman during an armed robbery; the film was directed by Peter Medak.

Two years later they wrote the screenplay of The Puppet Masters and in 1995 they wrote five screenplays: An American Werewolf in Paris, Killing Me (for director John Mackenzie), Return to Sender, Lying Doggo and The Wasp Factory (an adaptation of Iain Banks' novel).

In 1997, they wrote Mabus for the Oxford Film Company; The Devil Has No Sympathy for Scala/Miramax; and Plunkett & Macleane and Gridiron, both for Working Title. They also wrote the screenplay for Skin for Lumiere International in 1998.

More recently, Purvis and Wade wrote the screenplays for the two most recent James Bond films: The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

William Davies (Screenwriter) started his career in journalism before teaming up with writer friend Will Osborne. Together, their feature film credits include the comedy Twins (with Arnold Schwarzenegger), Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot (starring Sylvester Stallone), Ghost in the Machine (directed by Rachel Talalay), The Real McCoy (starring Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer) and Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (starring Sean Young and Timothy Daly).

After five years of collaboration, Osborne and Davies parted ways to write independently. Since then, Davies' credits include American Girl, Ali G Indahouse, Two Strangers, The Poetess, Fool on the Hill, The Queen and I, Adios, Truth or Dare and Death in High Heels. Davies most recently adapted former London Times journalist Ben Macintyre's book, Foreign Field.

Davies also runs a production company with his partner, Sarah Wilson, producing the BBC drama series Red Cap, starring Tamzin Outhwaite.

Recent film credits for Remi Aderarasin, B.S.C. (Director of Photography) include About a Boy, directed by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz; House of Mirth, directed by Terence Davies; Martha Fiennes' Onegin, starring Ralph Fiennes; Elizabeth, for which Remi won the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography in 1999 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, an ASC Award and the Chicago Critics Award for Best Cinematography; Peter Howitt's Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow; second unit photography on Anthony Minghella's Oscar winner The English Patient; and Hollow Reed and Captives, both directed by Angela Pope. He is also the recipient of two additional BAFTA Award nominations (for Memento Mori and Christabel).

Adefarasin recently shot the television epic Band of Brothers for directors including Richard Loncraine, Tom Hanks and David Leland. Other television credits include Anthony Minghella's Truly Madly Deeply, for BBC Films; Angela Pope's Children Crossing, Dream Baby and Sweet As You Are; Mike Leigh's Four Days in July, Home Sweet Home and Grown Ups and Steve Baron's Arabian Nights for Hallmark.

Johnny English is Chris Seagers' (Production Designer) second feature film as production designer, the first being Tony Scott's Spy Game. As supervising art director, Seagers' credits include Neil Jordan's Double Down, John Madden's Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Neil Jordan's End of the Affair and Martha Fiennes' Onegin. Other film credits as art director include Ben Elton's Maybe Baby; Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey; Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan; Jon Amiel's The Man Who Knew Too Little, Copycat and Tune in Tomorrow; Pat O'Connor's Circle of Friends; John Robert's War of the Buttons; Peter Yates' Year of the Comet; Neil Jordan's The Crying Game; and James Dearden's A Kiss Before Dying. Upcoming projects for Seagers include serving as production designer on Tony Scott's Man of Fire.

Jill Taylor's (Costume Designer) feature film credits include Two Men Went to War, starring James Fleet and directed by John Henderson; Simon Cellan Jones' The One and Only, starring Patsy Kensit; Fred Schepisi's Last Orders, starring Michael Caine; John McKay's Crush, starring Andie Macdowell; David Kane's Born Romantic; Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty; and Antonio Bird's Priest. Johnny English is Taylor's second collaboration with Howitt, having designed the costumes for Sliding Doors.

Taylor's television credits include The Tenth Kingdom for Carnival and Hallmark; the BAFTA-nominated Mill on the Floss, directed by Graham Theakson; Stephen Whittaker's Stone Cold and Killing Me Softly; Patrick Marber's Miss Julie; Peter Cattaneo's Loved Up; Richard Monks' In the Cold Light of Day.

Feature film credits for Graham Johnston (Hair/Make-up Designer) include About a Boy, directed by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz; Bridget Jones's Diary, starring Ren�me Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth; David Kane's Born Romantic; Ridley Scott's Gladiator (chief hairdresser), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Make-Up & Hair (shared with Paul Engelen); Michael Winterbottom's With or Without You; John Strickland's Greenwich Meantime; Jake Scott's Plunkett & Macleane; Bob Spiers' Spiceworld The Movie; Kevin Allen's Twin Town; Prince Valiant (chief make-up); John Duigan's The Leading Man (chief make-up); Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and Shallow Grave; Gillies McKinnon's Small Faces; and When Saturday Comes (chief make-up).

Television credits include The Railway Children, Bombay Blue, Imogen's Face and John Madden's Truth or Dare. Johnston has also been the subject of a recent Max Factor advertising campaign.

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