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For Flynn, countless losses later, he identified a way to win in pool by exploiting his father’s longsightedness. “I just had to take seven years to work it out.” It was, he supposes, “a big, long, overarching life lesson”, though he isn’t entirely sure for what. Keep trying, perhaps? Success is hard, possibly? Or maybe just keep your options open, you never know when your big break will come. Wise, Louise (30 September 2018). "Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn interview: the boys on True West, Game of Thrones and the traumas of brotherly love". The Times. Six Signs: Six Songs (with Robert Macfarlane, Hélöise Tunstall-Behrens, and Luisa Gerstein) (2022) [44] Flynn has also written musical scores for films, television shows, and theatre productions. This includes writing the film score for the 2012 film A Bag of Hammers, and the score and theme song of the BBC Four television series Detectorists, [37] which he performed in a cameo appearance in series one, episode 3. In 2015, he also composed the music (on period instruments) for the Globe Theatre's production of As You Like It. [38]

a b "Eric Flynn". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013 . Retrieved 25 October 2013. Fleming, Mike Jr. (13 September 2017). " 'Beast' Acquired For North America By 30WEST In Upstart's Third Major Toronto Deal". Deadline . Retrieved 23 January 2019. Flynn’s father, Eric, was an actor in musical theatre, introducing his son to both music and acting at a young age. Yet his father’s greatest desire, Flynn says, was that none of his children follow in his footsteps. In this he did not succeed: both of Flynn’s older brothers and his sister are actors. As Flynn puts it: “There’d be something gross and vainglorious about playing the romantic lead in a film that’s using all my own songs…” Flynn remembers his first school leading role – a one-act Harold Pinter play called The Lover consisting of just him and a co-star. He remembers the thrill of it; the intensity of acting. His father had come to watch, and Flynn ran towards him after the show, eager for approval. “And I remember for 10 minutes him talking about how amazing [his co-star] Tasha was. And then he turned to me and said: ‘You need to keep your hands still.’”In 2019, he starred as David Bowie in the drama Stardust, based on a screenplay by Christopher Bell and directed by Gabriel Range. [15] Wollaston, Sam (3 October 2014). "Scrotal Recall; Detectorists; Peaky Blinders review – two charming comedies about sex and metal-detecting, and the return of the Shelby gang". The Guardian. Dargis, Manohla (17 March 2022). " 'The Outfit' Review: The Violent Measure of a Man". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 October 2022. Johnny married theatre designer Beatrice Minns in 2011, whom he had dated on and off since secondary school. They have three children together and live in east London. [41] [42] [43] Discography [ edit ] Singles and EPs [ edit ] Double trouble: Johnny Flynn (right) in The Score, a musical heist featuring his songs and co-starring Will Poulter (left). Photograph: LMK

It’s something Flynn came up against again when cast as a young David Bowie in the 2020 biopic Stardust. Unlike the stage-to-screen jukebox vehicles, Stardust aimed to do something more ambitious: tell the tale of a pre-superstardom Bowie on his first trip to the US. Yet Bowie’s gatekeepers refused to license any of his music. As with all his roles now, Flynn didn’t so much think of his latest part’s character, but about his rhythm: the tempo and pace with which he moves. It might be an unconventional approach to performance, but to hear Flynn talk about it, it’s obvious – at least to him. “I love breaking down characters in terms of rhythm because rhythm is a thing that defines us,” he says. “The way we move is how we meet the world.” Flynn had parts in the television series Murder in Suburbia, Holby City and Kingdom. He rose to fame in his starring role of Dolf Vega in the film Crusade in Jeans (2006).Despite the limited finances, Flynn attended two prestigious boarding schools on musical scholarships – first The Pilgrims’ School, in Winchester, where he learned the violin and the trumpet, then Bedales School, near Petersfield, by which time he’d taught himself the guitar. Flynn won a music scholarship to Pilgrims School, an independent school in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, where he sang in the chapel choir and was required, because of his scholarship, to learn two instruments: the violin and trumpet. [5] Later, he taught himself guitar and won a second music scholarship to Bedales School, an independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield, also in Hampshire, [5] before moving on to Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to study acting.

I started playing morally dubious characters a few years ago, and it was such a relief’: Johnny Flynn. Photograph: Johnny Savage/The Observer Flynn was born on 14 March 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Eric Flynn, a British actor and singer, and Caroline Forbes. [3] He has a younger sister, Lillie Flynn, who sings with the Sussex Wit, and from his father's first marriage he has two older half-brothers, actors Jerome Flynn and Daniel Flynn, and an older half-sister, Kerry Flynn. [4] At the age of two, he moved with his family to the UK. [3] In 2011, Flynn's music was used in the film A Bag of Hammers. In 2013, Flynn was cast in Song One, a film starring Anne Hathaway. Flynn plays a musician by the name of James Forester, who becomes involved with Hathaway's character, following an accident involving her brother. [7] Flynn was longlisted in the Evening Standard Awards and the What's On Stage Awards for best Newcomer for his role in The Heretic in 2012. [30] He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role in Jerusalem the same year. [31] He won a commendation in the 2012 Ian Charleson Awards for his role as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatre. Sky Puts Darkly Comic Series 'The Lovers' From 'Doctor Foster' Producer Drama Republic Into Production". Deadline. 28 June 2023 . Retrieved 20 February 2023.Schurr, Maria (22 November 2010). "Johnny Flynn: Been Listening, PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved 26 April 2021. Wilner, Norman (28 January 2021). "Review: The Dig is a simple Netflix drama with surprising depth". NOW Magazine . Retrieved 30 January 2021. Like those gatekeepers of Queen and Bowie, he briefly pondered his legacy (“Some of the songs I wrote when I was 20 years old…”), but in the end said yes on one condition: under no circumstances, he told them, would he play the lead role. They agreed. It went to Poulter instead. Rudland, Victoria (12 February 2011). "Theatre Review: The Heretic @ Royal Court". Londonist . Retrieved 30 March 2012.

He co-wrote the song Coins for Eyes with Robert Macfarlane for the 9th series of the BBC archaeology programme Digging for Britain. [40] Personal life [ edit ] Patten, Dominic (28 May 2013). "Mary Steenburgen Joins Anne Hathaway In 'Song One' ". Deadline.com . Retrieved 11 August 2014. In 2020, he starred in Emma, [16] Autumn de Wilde's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel of the same name, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, and Josh O'Connor. He wrote the song played over the ending credits, "Queen Bee," which was released as a single alongside the film. The next year, he co-starred in another British film The Dig, which was released on Netflix on 29 January 2021. He plays the character of Rory Lomax. [17]Netflix Has Officially Renewed Scrotal Recall for Season 2". Premiere Date. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016 . Retrieved 10 April 2016.