Interviews Simon Fisher-Becker by DJ Forrest

I've discovered quite by accident that breaking the ice in any interview is usually me trying to look intelligent but having absolutely no clue when it comes to how to master the simple things in life - such as, trying to understand why I can see Simon on the screen but he can't see me. It wasn't so much that Skype had updated everything, it was more to do with me, not removing the piece of paper over the camera on the laptop!!!

I found Simon to be an absolute delight to interview, oh how we laughed, and his stories were an absolute dream to listen to, that I realise now, I need to order a copy of his autobiography.

The interview began with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Did you wear a harness for the Great Hall scene as the Friar Ghost?

Simon: Yes, I was strapped to a see-saw. It was very bizarre. I mean, most of the stuff was done, hanging twenty feet from the ceiling of a giant studio, but when it came to that bit, they tied me or harnessed me to a see saw, So when I started the shot I was upside down and a (tanker) was put on my head and then they raised the see saw and then I came up and as I came up, I just had to do the (Simon puts on the ghostly friar voice). I did that about three or four times, made me a bit dizzy.

I'd imagine it would be a bit sore would it not from wearing the harness?

Simon: Well, it was bizarre when all the blood is rushing to my head, but it was fine because everything else we were just hanging - literally.

Are you as well known for your Harry Potter role as you are for your Doctor Who role as Dorium?

Simon: I think those that don't know Doctor Who do know me remarkably from playing the Fat Friar. All I know is that I did Harry Potter in 2000, and apart from getting the occasional bit of fan mail no conventions were interested in me at all. But as soon as I got into Doctor Who of course, I was sailing all over the world, and flying and walking because of Doctor Who, but the fans who were Harry Potter fans instantly knew what I did because you all go Googling and whatevering, and many of you go find things about me that even I can't remember.

So, it's on equal measure, so sometimes, even at a Doctor Who convention, people are more interested in my Harry Potter stuff, which is absolutely wonderful. And in fact, in August, I'm going off to Baltimore for Potterverse! So, I'm going specifically for Harry Potter which is wonderful.

The first time I saw you on television was in the series Afterlife.

Simon: Afterlife? Oh my gosh! You have dug very deep! (laughs)

Now thanks to Netflix I can watch an entire boxset back to back, and I thought, oh I remember that, and then 'oh that's that's...' (points at imaginary screen).

Simon: And I must admit, what I liked to see was the shot they had more of my eyes looking in the rear view mirror. I liked that bit. I enjoyed that very much. I think we filmed that in Bristol or somewhere round there.

It was a sad story that one - Roadside Bouquets.

Simon: Yes, and I liked the twist, that final shot that gives away the final answer. Oh no I thoroughly enjoyed that. And the driving was actually done on the main road. It wasn't a side strip. So not only did I have to remember my lines, but I had to actually drive. I wasn't even on the back of a trailer.

Oh, so proper, proper driving.

Simon: Proper driving and speaking at the same time. I don't know, what's the world coming to?

What or who inspired you to become an actor?

Simon: As a child, the first sort of theatre thing I saw of course was panto. And of course, Panto is very glittery and amazing, and I must have been about five when I saw my first panto. But I've always watched television and always gone to theatre, and I can always say, now, that I'm 57, that I always hankered at the idea of being an actor, and I had some outings when I was at school. I never seriously considered myself to be a professional actor at all until I was made redundant from my first job. I had a bag of money and what to do, what to do? So, I decided to use the money to do a post graduate drama course and it was the best decision I made.

So, what was the first theatre production you were involved in?

Simon: If we go back to school, the first thing was a production of Oliver. And because of my size I was automatically cast as Mr Bumble - I fit the prop -  but I thoroughly enjoyed it, of course. I had no real idea, although there was the thought of 'oh I wish I could do that' there was no real idea. So, I couldn't perform properly, until I did that.

My first professional production i.e., when I left college, was a tour of Alice in Wonderland and I played the Griffin, so there we go. My first professional line was with the mock turtle.

Your autobiography My Dalek Has a Puncture - where does the idea for the title come from?

Simon: It's fully explained in my book, which people can get from Fantastic Books Publishing - but in simple terms I was asked to write an autobiography, and I sort of fumbled a lot because I couldn't think of a title. I gave up on the idea of 'On the Cutting Room Floor' because a lot of my TV and film work to start off with was all cut. It was my experience with Harry Potter as well. A vast majority of what we did was cut.

I was an actor at some convention where Daleks were being paraded around and part of their competition was they had to go around the whole arena that we were in and the celebrity guests were asked to judge for who's the best. And there was this young girl in the corner crying and when I asked her what the problem was, she just said "My Dalek's got a puncture.' (sobby voice) And then Ping that was it

The first edition has done very well, and I've been commissioned to write 'My Dalek Has Another Puncture' and then 'Let Zygons be Zygons'. And hopefully they're both out this year through Fantastic Books Publishing. 

So, it's not available in the shops, you have to order in online?

Simon: I think you can buy it on Amazon. You can buy the paperback on Amazon and an eBook through Amazon, but if you want a hardback copy, you just have to go to Fantastic Books Publishing. https://www.fantasticbooksstore.com/authors/simon-fisher-becker

How long were you in make up for when you were playing Dorium Moldovar?

Simon: It's difficult to tell because the first day of course, they shaved my head but overall for costume and makeup it was about two hours.

I wasn't sure if you wore a cap over your head initially.

Simon: Well let's be honest, when we did the first read through Steven Moffat came to me and asked if I'd be happy to have my head shaved. Using the excuse that HD reveals all and a skull cap looks like a skull cap! And of course, you don't say 'No' to Steven Moffat. When they first shaved my head, the extraordinary thing was I discovered the shape of my head and the back of it looked like the dark side of the moon. So, to some it looks like I'm wearing a skull cap anyway.

Are you still touring with your Dalek autobiography?

Simon: I did the first tour of which I was very pleased broke even. Since then I've been doing them mostly at Conventions when asked but I haven't gone on another theatre tour yet. But you never know!

Well if you ever come towards Carlisle it'll be fantastic.

Simon: Yes, I know Carlisle. I'll let everybody know!

When you're not acting or touring, how do you relax?

Simon: I think it's fair to say and I think my husband would agree, that I rarely relax. (laughs) I'm always doing something, and because I do all the travelling, I have to record a lot of stuff on TV. On the rare occasions when I can say that I'm not going to do anything else, I will have a feast of what I've recorded, even then it's a challenge, as I'm thinking, I shouldn't be watching this or, there's something I've got to be doing.

And the spin off from doing the plays and that, I've been asked to do my autobiography and also to do my bits of writing, so I've always got that ticking over in my head. I try to spend as much time of my spare time with my husband as I can, because I'm always off travelling.

So, it's always good to catch up kind of thing - time out.

Simon: So, I'm sort of torn. I have my agent Kim Barry at Jaffrey Management company and I also have my event manager Matthew Campbell of M and M Famous Faces and he's continuously keeping me busy.

Simon was surprised when I told him we'd interviewed Matthew last year for the website. I told Simon I found Matthew an interesting person - a lad who started with nothing and now had a business and a list of famous names on his books.

Simon: Oh, no he's very good, and he did literally just start, and in fact I have to thank Ian MacNeice for that because Matt was looking after me and  Ian could see what Matt was doing for me and Ian said, 'Do you think the boy would do something for me?' and that's where I first sort of trickled the idea to Matt that he should start up his own booking agency and he's done extremely well. He's very young and much younger than most bookers. He's hard working. He can be a bit like a terrier with a bone.

He gets very chuffed when the fans ask him for an autograph. For me, he's an example...you're always hearing in the Press how teenagers and young people today are lazy and things, which they're not. They work as hard as any of us and Matt is a perfect example of that.

I liked your profile photo the other week - would you ever sport a Brian Blessed beard again?

Simon: (laughs) Will I? Well I suppose...I naturally like to shave and to be honest when I do grow a beard it looks a bit moth eaten because there are holes, there are patches. It looks as though a little mouse has burrowed in. So, I tend to keep myself clean shaven but if I had to grow a beard for something, I'm quite happy to try. It's better than having stick on and then it drops off half way through a scene. (laughs)

I just dug that photo out because there was this thing you know Your First Head Shot, and alas I can't find my very first head shot, because of course when I first started out people were chipping things out on stone, so the idea of having a jpeg was very difficult. But I did find that photo, which was a good 26 years ago

Were you a fan of Doctor Who before you took the role of Dorium?

Simon: Yes, absolutely. I was born in '61 and so I do remember the latter part of William Hartnell and changing into Patrick Troughton, and so I always say that Troughton is my Doctor and of course, Matt Smith is my Special Doctor because I got to work with him, but yes I've been a fan and now that I'm associated with it, it is quite extraordinary and the response to Dorium is marvellous and I thank and adore the fans and I always try to follow up any fan mail etc.

I mean, what I've been doing, is some people as you know sort of ask the same sort of questions, so I've started vlogging. I did it for a while and then one or two things happened, and I sort of kept a low profile, but I've started up again. And I will admit that sometimes I'm deliberately provocative, but I like to stimulate a conversation. I had a lot of people say - when are you going to do some more vlogs, we enjoyed that, so I now have my own sort of Youtube channel. Please feel free to subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-6WcFsF0Rx_k3o-bnY1dFQ

I will be vlogging more. I've done two now so I will probably do another two in a few weeks’ time.  www.fisherbecker.info   website - links etc will be on there.

When you first got the script, what drew you to the character of Dorium?

Simon: It was very fortunate that the instructions were very short and clear. It just said - Dorium, large blue man, think Sydney Greenstreet. And those who don't know who Sydney Greenstreet is he's American. 

He's an English actor who did extremely well in America and in one of my favourite films, Casablanca, he plays a black marketeer. And also another thing about Sydney Greenstreet is he keeps very still on screen and mainly because he's large. And when you're large, and if I show you (Simon rocks from side to side) I only have to make the slightest movement and it looks as if it's a strike 12 earthquake, a seismic shift. So, I keep very still and keeping very still helped with the dramatic effects with Dorium, and then when the scripts came along there were some very funny lines as well as some very disturbing ones. Thank you, Steven Moffat, for writing a full 3D character for me to play with and it was absolute fun!

Was it claustrophobic between takes when Dorium's head was in a box?

Simon: It was a little. The worst time was when they were getting ready to do a take and they'd go, Right, Ready! (laughs) and then they'd close the door and I'd immediately within seconds was sweating cobs, and the sweat was very salty as well and if it dripped into my eyes it was like...So, they closed the door and on more than one occasion they then decided to have a continued conflab, so I was just sort of stuck there.

I remember on one occasion Matt said: Oh, we've forgotten Simon! And you could hear him coming over and I was stuck in this giant box with my head out the top and then put the Dorium's box on, so it was claustrophobic. And I can definitely say that on one occasion when they opened the door there was a definite psshhhhh (sound of escaping air) (laughs). But it was alright, it was good fun.  And I had the good fortune of course with the Wedding of River Song, and then it was just me as Dorium and the Doctor. So it was just me and Matt Smith who was utterly kind and delightful

and respectful and I thank him very much.

Did you get a fit of the giggles when you were on set?

Simon: Yes! I mean we can, always can. I know Dan Starkey is very funny! Neve McIntosh (check Spelling), very funny indeed. And it's just something that happens on the spur of the moment. In the past when I've tried to give examples they sound very boring, but to us at the time it was hysterical.

There is a little bit of subconscious tension - none of us want to mess it up. Television and film are really a technical medium and so the idea unless you're a big, big star, you could do take after take after take. If there's a take and they're happy with all the lighting and sound and everything else, the fact that you did a duff one they'll just print it anyway. (laughs) See it's lovely paranoia. I do understand why some actors say they don't watch themselves on television because you always and I find this, that you do watch yourself and you're always saying 'Oh, they chose that one.' or 'I could have done that differently'.

And then in another scenario at least in Doctor Who we had a read through, so all of us knew exactly what the story and what the arc is because sometimes everything is always top secret. You only get the pages that you're involved in and nobody will tell you what's happened before and nobody's going to tell you what is going to happen afterwards and there's been many times when I've just seen the whole thing that I thought 'Well if I knew that I would have delivered my lines in a slightly different way.' There we go that's show business, lovey!

There's a couple of new productions you're involved at the moment - Humber City: The Rising Tide, you play Cllr Arthur Boyd, can you tell us anything about that?

Simon: Humber City is a futuristic sci fi detective story, in simple terms. Peter Goundrel (check spelling) is the chappie who directs and produced it and wrote it and full credit to him. He saved up every penny can for us to do it, and it's taken years. He gets together a bag of money, he says 'I've got a bag of money to do a scene. Can you do this month, that month...', and so over the years, and of course he's a huge sci fi fan, so he's got a lot of Doctor Who actors involved.

I read that Terry Molloy and Sophie Aldred are in it as well.

Simon: Ah yes, the lovely scene with Sophie was that it was really very, very good, it was excellent fun as well. When it's out we'll be thinking 'Oh my gosh!' You know, I'm talking years. Years and years. I've been involved with it for about four years I think, and I would like to give full credit to people. So, Peter is a perfect example of 'Well if nobody will back me I'll back myself.' So, I'll raise the flag for him and say 'Tally Ho!'

You're also in the post production of The Great Director playing Alfred Hitchcock.

Simon: Oh yes! It came up very quickly. I got a call from my agent and I was abroad at the time. I literally landed at Heathrow airport and had to go to a studio to do a casting and I was the chosen one. And the same thing happened when they eventually got around to filming - I was abroad, came back, through to the studios. It was really good fun, I'm really looking forward to this when it comes out.

That sounds absolutely fantastic, I mean, Hitchcock himself has written so many brilliant stories.

Simon: It's so very exciting, it is! (Simon puts on his best Hitchcock impersonation). (laughs)

Will these films come directly to the television or to the cinema, or straight to DVD?

Simon: I very much hope that The Great Director gets a proper distribution because it's a very good film indeed.

You're also in another film, Indie film with Nicholas 'Buffy' Brenden.

Simon: Oh yes, Richard Calvert is the writer and director of the Indie. I did a short with him called Pundemic for which I was nominated for Best Actor in a Short. Very good film. I haven't yet done my bit. I know I'm contracted to do it.

Filming starts in August. Are you able to divulge what that may be about?

Simon: (laughs) That's all I know!

Thank you so much for the opportunity of the interview

Simon: Thank you! And can I just say Thank you again because you've asked some difficult questions that caught me out!

Interviews Luke Bromley by DJ Forrest

To those of us who are Torchwood fans, your first appearance on our screens was during Random Shoes episode 9 in Series 1, 2006, but you began your acting career 2 years prior to that, in Comedy Lab 2004 at the age of 10, what made you want to become an actor, was it something you always wanted to be, or were you following in someone’s footsteps?

Luke: I started doing theatre at the age of six so I’ve almost forgotten my initial reasons for entering the business. I think it comes down to the fact that I’ve always been a bit of a show off and the obvious choice at the time was performing in some form. I suppose growing up watching other actors just solidified my own glorification of acting particularly the people I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with and I’m a strong believer that being around talented people rubs off on you in some way, especially if you’re working with them on a project.

During filming of Random Shoes, were there any moments where you had a fit of the giggles, or funny moments that you can share with us, as young Eugene was a forlorn child, poor lad. I wonder if there had been moments when you try to remain in character but it only has to be someone smiling off camera to set you off?

Luke: It was unusually long days during the shoot of Random Shoes maybe because of Torchwood being one of the first BBC shows to be broadcast in High Definition (correct me if I’m wrong) and it seems that whenever the days get longer, the more mistakes you make so I would imagine there were quite a lot of outtakes from the shoot. Some might be pretty funny but I have no doubt that the majority of them would not be entertaining to watch.

You’ve appeared in Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix as a pupil, what house group were you in and which scenes?

Luke: I was in Ravenclaw house which I was pretty pleased with, you’ll see me sitting down at the front on the Ravenclaw table in the great hall during Dumbledore’s opening speech. I still haven’t visited the Harry Potter studio tour which I’m a little ashamed about.

It must have been fun on set of a film such as Harry Potter, did you ever have the opportunity yourself at meeting the main cast during filming and were you allowed to bring home a souvenir from the film?

Luke: Because it was such a big budget movie they had to be very strict in terms of the props and costumes, although it would be great to have a souvenir but stealing from Warner Bros. is not something I want on my conscience.

You played young Oliver in The World’s End.  I’ve not seen the film yet; can you tell us anything about your character, were you one of those scary characters with the lights for eyes in the trailer?

Luke: I play Young Oliver who probably saw Wall Street and decided to base his whole image on Gordon Gekko. He’s not the coolest kid in school but he’s more interested in what the Financial Times has to say about the stock exchange than his own popularity. 

You have appeared in quite a few productions since 2004, what has been the most challenging role you’ve had so far, and have there been any that you would have liked to have had more of a regular role in?

Luke: The most challenging roles for me are the ones that I don’t know much about or haven’t spent enough time preparing. Theatre is a much longer experience that allows time to create and change characters which is sometimes more difficult to do in film and TV just because of the schedule, however there is no safety net in live theatre like there is in TV and film which is a whole other interesting challenge in itself.

Because you’ve been involved in the acting profession since the age of 6, how did you land the parts, were you attending drama school, or were the roles through a talent agency?

Luke: I went to public school while attached to various agencies. I did try drama school but it didn’t work out for me.

What has been your favourite role to date?

Luke: My favourite role was probably a young Australian kid called Guy from Meredith Oakes beautifully written play Scenes from the Back of Beyond. Theatre has always been a big part of my life and working at The Royal Court with such talented people was a really humbling experience for me.

(Silent Witness) 

There are periods of resting between filming and productions, how do you fill your time when you’re not acting?

Luke: When I’m not working I try to watch as many films as I can.

Have you ever played a character, with gruesome facial make up and have travelled back home on public transport still with the make up on, and if so, which programme was that for?

Luke: There has been a few times where I’ve come back from shooting and needed to avoid people I knew so that the ending wasn’t spoilt. I have no idea why that was my main concern though. I must take spoilers VERY seriously.

In various film genres there’s always the ideal leading man or leading woman for the role, if you were able to choose which genre you would love to play lead role in, what would it be and who would you have as your leading man/woman/partner/buddy/sidekick/the one that doesn’t get killed at the end?

Luke: I’m obsessed with westerns as a genre so probably something like that. Anti-heroes fit well in that genre as well which makes it even more interesting so maybe something like For a Few Dollars More or Unforgiven.

I’ve just seen Captain Phillips so I’d probably cast Tom Hanks as a wise cracking, likeable sheriff of a rundown town in the middle of the desert. He’d probably  have a rebellious daughter played by Carey Mulligan that he’s overly protective of and she’ll get kidnapped by a group of bandits lead by a complex Michael Fassbender who’s just out for the ransom, but then falls in love with her and she tricks him into releasing her. Then Hugh Jackman will play the fast shooting vigilante that goes to rescue her. I’m going to be a little disappointed if this movie doesn’t happen now…

Photo source:

BBC Torchwood 2006

Warner Bros Harry Potter

Courtesy of Luke Bromley

Interviews Marnix Van Den Broeke by DJ Forrest

From Werewolf to the Silence

By DJ Forrest

Marnix Van Den Broeke, born 24^th February 1976 in Axel is a Dutch actor, professional dancer and a stuntman.  He was cast in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004 as the werewolf that Professor Lupin turns into whenever there’s a full moon.  From then he went on to appear as the physical death in Hogfather (2006), The Deaths of Ian Stone as the Harvester 1 (2007), the Colour of Magic (2008), also as The Shadow in Inkheart (2008) in Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal as Mr Pump (2010) and in 2011 he played The Silence in Doctor Who, in the episodes The Impossible Astronaut; Day of the Moon; The Wedding of River Song.

Marnix is extremely tall, in fact 6’ 7” in his stocking feet and it’s not surprising that he was chosen for the role of werewolf, or the role as The Silence, both slim characters.  From the off screen photos of the werewolf and from Marnix in costume it looked a physically demanding job as the werewolf judging by the one where he’s off the ground strapped into the harness.  Project: Torchwood had the opportunity of interviewing Marnix recently over his roles as the werewolf on HP and as The Silent (the singular name) in Doctor Who.

When the werewolf appeared in Harry Potter, Prisoner of Azkaban I didn't realise it was an actual creature that you were dressed up in, for it being that tall, I was under the belief that the entire costume was CGI.  How much training did you have, to get used to the movement as you were quite a few inches off the ground weren't you and it was an incredibly slim wolf, obviously you're a very slim person, but did you have to watch what you ate in order to stay in trim for that role?

Marnix: What’s been used in the movie in the end is a mixture of real images and CGI. After we shot all the werewolf scenes it’s been decided for whatever reason as to do quite a bit of the creatures’ action with the computer. I think based on the fact that it was physically not possible to deliver some movements in the suit. For example running on all fours. In the scene you see the werewolf running. I could hardly walk on the stilts on that steep slope of the set. So let stand alone running.

Saying that, we trained for half a year prior to shooting of our scenes. Because of the design of the werewolf costume with all the animatronics, the stilts and the position we would be in whilst in the suit we needed to be ready and prepared. We practiced two days a week in the beginning, full days of hardcore gym time, later we would do full weeks with training at the studios with parts of the costume, stilts etc.

We also went to the zoo to watch the behaviour of the wolves in their pack. LOL. They sleep all day.

Being a prof. dancer at the time I was well fit. One of the reasons they hired me for the job. Besides my height, body type and acting abilities. We started off with three, one guy had to leave after a week because of the difficulty of the training. Spencer and myself made it till the end. We have similar body types, Spencer was a prof. kick boxer, I was a prof. dancer so the combination of the two of us training together was interesting, funny and very cool. Being the two of us with the difference in movement would be used in different scenes. Also because it would be too risky and impossible to just do it with one actor.

For the role of the Silence in Doctor Who, how long did it take from start to finish getting into the prosthetic costume?

Marnix: As compared to the werewolf costume this was much easier. For the character of the Silence we only had a headpiece and hands gloves on besides a normal suit. It would only take 5 minutes in the end to put the head and hands on. We had a great team working on and off set who were used to work with creatures, animatronics etc. They did a great job.

I went to a Children's Gala in my area as the Silence, my daughter went as the Judoon, I looked extremely scary but it was the suit that I couldn't get right, I couldn't get the wet look of the suit, what did the team use to make you look as if you'd stepped out of a rain shower?

Marnix: Honestly? I don’t know, or actually I did but forgot. ;-)

What is your funniest moment on set as the Silence?

Marnix: There are many! We had such a good time on set. My fellow actors, Matt, Karen, Arthur, Alex and Mark liked a laugh and were very funny at times. I miss them around now I think about it. Of course bumping my head, wandering off and walking against stuff during takes would be very funny at times.

When you're in costume is it very comfortable or do you find you sweat a lot inside all of that latex or rubber? And when you're in costume, I'd assume you're going to be inside it all day, so you'd be limited for how often you could go to the bathroom, or take food and drinks?

Marnix: It depends on the job and costume actually. With the Silence it was quite comfortable as it was just a suit. They wouldn’t let you sit around waiting in your costume if not needed for a scene. And in between scenes I got to take off the mask and hands every time.

How did you get into this business?

Marnix: At the time just before the castings of HP I was in London dancing for a show called The Snowman. My friend from the cast knew a friend who was having this agency for dancers. So I signed up with them and a few weeks later I got the casting for HP3. After many casting rounds I got the job. ;-)

For anyone who wanted to go into the industry doing the same as you, what advice would you have for them? As I can imagine your work would be very demanding, as I know film sets can be quite long hours and often sitting about waiting in costume.  But for people who watch you in the films and programmes, what is it that keeps you going, that makes you want to sit for hours in makeup and prosthetics, what is it that drives you?

Marnix: I like to transform. Character wise and physically. To make a character mine by using different parts of me. Always seeking for other characteristics and behaviour to find that part in you and to make it yours. Blowing life into a fictional character as well as a real one. Human, inhuman, beast, monster whatever! What drives me is finding myself in the characters I play, meeting all the interesting people on a job. And getting the chance to see the world the great places where it takes you like locations.

What projects are you working on at the moment?

Marnix:  I’m doing casting direction on a TV commercial at the moment. Apart from that there is not yet any news I can share. There might be soon,.. ;-)

Thank you very much for the interview.

Marnix: It’s been a pleasure answering this questionnaire for you and all your followers. I like when people are passionate about things and like to bring that about and show it to the world. So please keep continue with your blog and thanks for all your support on the series. People appreciate this very much and so do I.

To find out more about Marnix Van Den Broeke you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook and his new Tumblr page at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marnix-Van-Den-Broeke/210439265689396

https://twitter.com/MarnixvdBroeke

http://marnixvandenbroeke.tumblr.com

You will also find details about Marnix on Wikipedia and IMDB

Source info and photographs: Wikipedia, Marnix Van Den Broeke Facebook Page

Special thanks to Marnix Van Den Broeke for the interview