May 19, 2001: Billy will play Angelo in The New York Shakespeare Festival staging of Measure for Measure, June 5-28, 2001, New York City. Measure for Measure also stars John Pankow and Sanaa Lathan. For ticket information and more, click here.
"Charlotte Gray" was originally to be released on Christmas this year; however, it may be released in the UK before the US...Word is that Warner Brothers does not have this film release on their 2001 schedule.
Website Additions: Added Film Page and more links for "Almost Famous".
March 10, 2001: "Almost Famous" will be released on video and DVD on March 13, 2001. Awards Nominations: Billy has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, Best Male Lead, Jesus' Son, to be broadcast on Bravo, March 24, 2001; and also for a Blockbuster Movie Award, Best Actor in a Drama/Romance, Almost Famous, on Fox, April 11, 2001.
Website Additions: Added Film Page and more links for "Waking the Dead"; more photos to Photos page; links to Links page; marquee and link for "Almost Famous" DVD on-line orders; "Back" links to previous website pages (instead of using browser).
February 11, 2001: Next up for Billy are two films: "World Traveler" and "Charlotte Gray". "World Traveler" has wrapped and is currently seeking distribution in the US. Billy plays Cal, a man who encounters people who make him realize the importance of family after leaving his wife and child to hit the road. The movie also stars Julianne Moore, the girlfriend of the film's director, Bart Freundlich, who also wrote and directed "The Myth of Fingerprints".
"Charlotte Gray" is currently in pre-production, with filming scheduled to start this month. The title role will be played by Cate Blanchett, as a young Scottish woman who joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend, Peter Gregory (Billy), who was shot down in France. Directed by Gillian Armstrong ("Little Women", "Oscar and Lucinda"), the film is slated to be released around Christmas, 2001, in Los Angeles/New York, and in 2002, nation-wide.