‘I Don’t Know’: Kenneth Branagh on Directing, ‘Harry Potter’ and How Christopher Nolan Had Him Speaking Russian Backwards
2 sources·Updated August 17, 2026
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- Deadline Hollywood·2h agoKenneth Branagh On Moving From Shakespeare To Action-Comedy In ‘Mayday’: “I Thought Zach Galifianakis Should Play The Part, But I Was Very Pleased They Asked Me” – Edinburgh Film Festival
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh arrived in Edinburgh to accept the festival’s inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award from festival director Paul Ridd and immediately joked that he would break it up into little pieces. “Actually, I wouldn’t,” he told the audience, “but…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - Variety·14h ago‘I Don’t Know’: Kenneth Branagh on Directing, ‘Harry Potter’ and How Christopher Nolan Had Him Speaking Russian Backwards
Sunday at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival turned into Edinbranagh, with a morning screening of the four-hour epic “Hamlet” followed by a wide-ranging onstage conversation with Kenneth Branagh, which began with him receiving the inaugural EIFF Outstanding Contribution to Cinema…
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