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Perth Now
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Relay star Lily James eyes 'unlikely roles'
Lily James is keen to play "unlikely roles". The 36-year-old actress - who stars alongside Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington in the thriller film Relay - has revealed that she's eager to challenge herself in her professional life. Asked if she would've been interested in Relay if it was more "conventional", Lily told The Hollywood Reporter: "Honestly, I was so excited to work with [director] David Mackenzie and Riz that I almost would've done any old thing that they put in front of me. "That being said, you love to find work that's surprising and characters that take you in a direction you didn't anticipate. And particularly at this point in my career, I want to keep pushing myself to play unlikely roles, roles that surprise me, and have something to get my teeth into. So that [unconventionality] was definitely what was very appealing about this role and story." Lily recalled being wowed by the Relay script, and she hopes that film fans are similarly surprised by the plot. The actress explained: "Relay felt like this really gripping, dark thriller that exposes the world of whistleblowers and the idea of this greater control and always being watched. It felt really surprising, and I was thrilled to get to work with such a unique filmmaker in David Mackenzie. His movies feel so cinematic and grounded and bold and original." Lily also relished the experience of working with Riz, describing her 42-year-old co-star as "one of the most exciting actors out there". Lily and Riz managed to develop a great chemistry, even though they rarely filmed together. She said: "Riz is also one of the most exciting actors out there, especially when you see what he's able to convey with no dialogue in the first 20 minutes of the movie. "The connection we were able to build despite our characters very rarely being in the same room together was a real challenge. And when I watched the movie for the first time at TIFF on the big screen, I was like, 'Wow, it's incredible that there's this great electricity between these two characters when they barely meet.' So it was quite a sleight of hand that David pulled that off in terms of filmmaking." Meanwhile, Lily previously admitted that she still suffers self-doubts. The actress told The Talks: "I don't stay up all night getting nervous about work. I do get frightened of not being good enough. "I'll get quite anxious after days where I've had a big emotional scene, I worry that I haven't given enough or I get frightened that I haven't been true enough. So that's a kind of fear that lasts pretty much the whole shoot. But it's doesn't make me nervous, weirdly — except in auditions."
Chicago Tribune
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Fired Nationals GM Mike Rizzo wants to buy a thank-you round for fans in DC before Home Run Derby
WASHINGTON — Fired Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo wants to buy a round for fans at two sports bars in Washington before Monday's All-Star Home Run Derby. Rizzo posted on social media Friday an extended thank you to fans, which included an offer to buy a 'Round on Riz' over a couple of hours before the Home Run Derby in Atlanta. Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez were fired Sunday with the last-place Nationals headed for a sixth consecutive losing season since winning their first World Series in 2019. The moves came with the Nats holding the No. 1 pick in this weekend's amateur draft. Mike DeBartolo was named interim GM. Rizzo, 64, had been general manager since 2009 and added the title of president of baseball operations four years later. 'From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank each and every fan who has supported my goal to lead this franchise to greatness with integrity, honesty and professionalism,' Rizzo wrote. 'D.C. has become our home in every sense of the word and I could not imagine a better place to have done it all together than the nation's capital.' Rizzo, a Chicago native, was a three-sport athlete at Holy Cross High School in River Grove and played baseball at Triton College and St. Xavier, out of which the California Angels drafted him in 1982.
Fox Sports
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Fired Nationals GM Mike Rizzo wants to buy a 'thank you' round for fans before Home Run Derby
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fired Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo wants to buy a round for fans at two sports bars in Washington before next week's All-Star Home Run Derby. Rizzo posted on social media Friday an extended 'thank you' to fans, which included an offer to buy a 'Round on Riz' over a couple of hours before Monday's Home Run Derby in Atlanta. Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez were fired Sunday with the last-place Nationals headed for a sixth consecutive losing season since winning their first World Series in 2019. The moves came with the Nats holding the No. 1 pick in this weekend's amateur draft. Mike DeBartolo was named interim GM. Rizzo had been general manager since 2009 and added the title of president of baseball operations four years later. 'From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank each and every fan who has supported my goal to lead this franchise to greatness with integrity, honesty and professionalism,' Rizzo wrote. 'D.C. has become our home in every sense of the word and I could not imagine a better place to have done it all together than the nation's capital.' ___ AP MLB: recommended Item 1 of 3 in this topic
