Monroe 2: press set visits

TV Choice and Satellite Week magazines tweeted about visiting the set of Monroe today, and interviewing the cast, including Tom.

Had great chats with James Nesbitt and @thisisTomRiley and @TracyAnnO new series of Monroe sounds fab

— TV & Satellite Week (@TVSatelliteWeek) February 21, 2012

Monroe 2: two new directors?

Monroe series 2 director of photography, Tim Fleming has shared a couple of photos from filming the series on his blog and Instagram. This one reveals a second director Brian Kelly. Visit Tim's blog for more.

Monroe 2 titbits and a bigger Bafta Rising Stars photo

A hi-res photo of Tom attending Tuesday night's Bafta Rising Stars party has been added to Tom's IMDb page. Click on IMDb to see a bigger version. More background to the event is on this website, while All Saints tweeted about Tom's outfit for the evening.

Held in the intimate Beaufort Bar in the Savoy Hotel, the event was held to celebrate ‘film’s rising stars’ and was attended by a raft of acting and directing talent as well as BAFTA Award nominees and film industry figures. Attendees included Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award nominees Tom Hiddleston and Adam Deacon along with War Horse actor Jeremy Irvine, fashion designer Matthew Williamson, model David Gandy, director Dexter Fletcher and actors Harry Treadaway and Tom Riley. More than 100 guests were treated to magnums of Champagne Taittinger, cocktails and canapés roasted pork belly with black cherry, mini steak and ale pie and spicy white tuna.

The Bradford Telegraph and Argus posted a short article about another new cast member and mentions Monroe returning in the spring, but this hasn't been mentioned anywhere else. 

Seven-year-old Siena Afsar has landed a role in a TV medical drama. The Bradford schoolgirl will appear in the new series of Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon. Filmed in Leeds, the drama is set to return to ITV this spring.

Christina Chong tweeted a photo from the set this morning of herself, with Sarah Parish and producer David Moore, who directed 3 episodes of series 1. 

Monroe 2 & Da Vinci's Demons updates

Photographer John Wright, who took the gorgeous photos for the November 2011 edition of GQ, has uploaded a large, unmarked version of this photo to his website. Click on 'faces' and scroll along to see it. He also uploaded a clip of the photoshoot to You Tube.

While Monroe 2 continues filming, it seems there is a new director on board - Damon Thomas. According to Twitter, Monroe will be entered into this year's Rose d'Or Festival.

@ITV is taking part in this years festival "monroe" itv.co/hlW4t7 in the category #series #RDO12

— Rose d'Or Festival (@therosedor) January 25, 2012

Tom's amazing casting news seemed to explode over the internet in the last couple of days. Articles mentioning Da Vinci's Demons can be found on all the major online news and entertainment sites, including Reuters, Variety, EW, and Deadline.com.