Beautifully played by all the actors, although i feel the female lead needs some orthodontic work done, fast. Gabriel is a dark actiondrama that takes place in the realm of purgatory. The film opened with arc angel gabriel andy whitfield arriving in purgatory and assumed a human form. It reveals the struggle between arc and fallen angels for control over the city and its population of reborn souls. He moved to australia in 1999 to work as a construction. See more ideas about spartacus, spartacus blood and sand and spartacus movie. All you want to know about gabriel the movie back tattoo at skinink. Whitfields two film credits are supernatural thriller gabriel 2007 and horror movie the clinic 2009. I had the plesure of meeting him and shane abbas director when their movie gabriel had just been released. He had a wife named vashti whitfield and he left behind two children. He studied construction at sheffield hallam university in england. We at screen rant send our deepest condolences to andy whitfields family and friends. Spartacus is the most soughtafter sex scenes in 2011. I am deeply saddened by the loss of andy whitfield.
Inspiring documentary about andy whitfield who put the same dedication he brought to his lead role in spartacus, into fighting cancer. As though life is imitating art, actor and sexsymbol, andy whitfield, had just become a star as the lead in the hit television series,spartacus, when he is faced with his biggest personal challenge lifethreatening cancer. In 2007 andy whitfield received his first starring role in the mystical thriller gabriel. Lilibet foster is raising funds for be here now the andy whitfield story on kickstarter. Liam mcintyre to replace andy whitfield on spartacus. With jai courtney, andy whitfield, indigo whitfield, jesse whitfield. Gabriel, in the film, has this awesome hip to neck tattoo but i only want a fraction of it. Gabriel was the first australian feature to be shot on the new jvc hd101.
While in archangel michaels apartment he is located by a fallen angel sammael who sends molloch to murder him. The movie pages presents andy whitfield in gabriel. The resulting film, be here now the andy whitfield story, is a moving chronicle of his brave struggle with a fatal illness and the meaning he found along the way. Join facebook to connect with andy whitfield and others you may know. Blood and sand series, died sunday after fighting an 18month. He gained fame mainly through his participation in the american television series spartacus. Be here now the andy whitfield story by lilibet foster. Gabriel is the first feature directed by shane abbess, who also cowrote the screenplay with matt hylton todd. He was best known for his leading role of spartacus in the starz television series spartacus. Gabriel andy whitfield is the last of seven archangels sent from heaven to fight the fallen angels in purgatory aka sydneys industrial wastelands. Andy whitfield was born on october 17, 1971 in amlwch, anglesey, wales. Can you help me find a pic of his full tattoo from the movie. Andy whitfield was about to quit acting before being offered the role of gabriel. They were at wondercon in san francisco, sitting in the back of the room in the dark while the starship troopers panel discussion was going on.
Spartacus will continue with its second season, vengeance, in 2012. Truly dark and full of shadows, but gripping nonetheless. As gabriel takes human form as do all the arcs and the fallen he faces an allpowerful enemy in the ruler of purgatory, sammael dwaine stevenson who now. Fellow australian liam mcintyre will take over the title role. The first sign of the cancer that killed him in 2011 was steadily worsening back pain.
Be here now the andy whitfield story feature documentary kickstart video, by lilibet foster duration. Its always hard to diagnose a cancer that starts this way, but whitfield was in the middle of intense physical training to look the part of historys most famous gladiator. In the darkest places of the human soul, this lone arc. Spoler alert no happy endings, which i suppose was in line with the whole concept. He has cast andy whitfield, a former male model, as the. Spartacus star andy whitfield dead at 39 the marquee. Im so saddened by the news of andy whitfields passing. I am wanting to get a tattoo and one of my choices is the tattoo from gabriel, the movie. He was best known for his leading role in the starz television series spartacus. Blood and sand 2010, in which he played the leading role. Grim but quite ambitious film starring the lovely, and i hope by now recovered andy whitfield. Andy whitfield, the 39yearold star of the cable series spartacus. Gabriel makes his way into the city where he makes series of visits to apartments of different arachangels.
As though life is imitating art, actor and sexsymbol, andy whitfield, had just become a star as the lead in the hit television series,spartacus, when he is faced with his biggest personal. He died on september 11, 2011 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Gabriel is a 2007 australian actionhorror film set in purgatory. Gabriel is a strong movie depecting the spiritual struggle against darkness that many people can. He was an actor, known for spartacus 2010, gabriel 2007 and spartacus. With andy whitfield, dwaine stevenson, samantha noble, michael piccirilli. Learn about andy whitfield, the actor everybody thinks is a young patrick stewart with hair. Gabriel kills molloch and makes his way to the outskirts of the city where he meets uriel. Be here now the andy whitfield story 2,276,329 views. Whitfield was the star of the hit tv show spartacus.
Unlike other movie archangels who have floated down to walk among us mere mortals such as john travoltas beer guzzling michael, gabriel comes equipped. Andy whitfield, british born and australian actor, loving husband, father, son, brother and all around beautiful person, was publicly bestknown for his leading role in the starz television. Gabriel pits the archangel of the same name played by andy whitfield against the forces of evil led by firsttime actor dwaine stevenson, who have assumed control of the earthly world. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. This is the official page for the gabriel film trilogy which is currently in development. He was born in amlwch, anglesey whitfield died from nonhodgkin lymphoma on 11 september 2011 in sydney, new south wales. See more ideas about spartacus, spartacus blood and sand and spartacus series. Andy whitfield, the chiseled and charismatic hero of starzs spartacus. Andy whitfield 17 october 1971 11 september 2011 was a welsh actor. Gabriel tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory a place where darkness rules and save the souls of the citys inhabitants. Andy whitfield, dwaine stevenson, samantha gabriel trilogy official page home facebook.
Arc angel gabriel andy whitfield is the last of the seven arcs to step into the ancient war between the light and the dark, whose warriors, seven each side, have warred over the souls in purgatory for centuries. Andy whitfield 17 october 1971 11 september 2011 was a welshaustralian actor. The notion of the archangel as action hero is the premise of gabriel, the first feature from the young australian director shane abbess. Be here now is a feature documentary that follows him on his. Andy whitfield bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Dwaine stevenson spent weeks walking the streets at night in full costume to prepare for his role of sammael. The documentary, called be here now, is slated to come out in late july. Watch andy whitfield spartacus naked hot sex scenes and his big bulge. It stars andy whitfield as gabriel, dwaine stevenson as sammael, samantha noble as amitiel, and. The documentary was created to inspire others facing similar challenges, while pushing to accelerate the pace of cancer research, a rep for the late actor told us weekly. At present, darkness rules and gabriel, the last of seven arcs sent to return light, must assume a human form for the first time. Manager sam maydew says whitfield died sunday of nonhodgkin lymphoma in. It follows the archangel gabriel s fight to rid purgatory of the evil fallen angels and save the souls of its inhabitants. Spartacus, andy whitfield, and when to worry about back pain.
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