Sam Claflin

2023 - 3 - 3

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How Sam Claflin got his groove on (Rolling Stone UK)

It had been 20 years since their wildly successful 11th album, Rumours, and 21 years since the break-up of singer Stevie Nicks and guitarist Lindsay Buckingham, ...

It comes from the yearning and the not having and the desperation and the hunger and the want and the desire and the lust. The difficulty with six actors is that our schedules are all over the place all over the world, so the chances of that happening are quite slim — but hopefully. We go through many different things in our lives, and I was coming from a place, at the time, where I felt quite a lot broken and needed rebuilding in a sense and that’s the journey he predominantly goes through in this story. I learnt how to play the songs in the show. There are certain scenes where they’d capture me and Riley writing a song and I’d be like, ‘What would I say at this point?’ I didn’t know what the language or terminology was, so I tried to read musical references to get me into the mindset. There was a lot to learn obviously, and by no means would I call myself a guitarist — the only things I can play are the songs from the show. And then lockdown happened, and it meant we were able to familiarise ourselves with the music and instruments. The first time I’d ever been in a recording studio was to audition for this. “The couple of clips from that show I saw as a teenager were why I started listening to Fleetwood Mac,” Reid told Having the opportunity to explore that made me want to live it forever. But it’s hard to deny the parallels between the two stories — particularly when it comes to the love-hate chemistry that simmers between Dunne and Daisy Jones, played expertly by Riley Keough, or the fact that they perform as a coked-up 70s Californian rock band whose on and off-stage tension ultimately contributes to their brilliance and downfall. Much to her chagrin, the song had been left off Rumours and relegated to a B-side, but now it would [go on to have a second life](https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/silver-springs-inside-fleetwood-macs-great-lost-breakup-anthem-201303/) for live album, The Dance.

How Sam Claflin Became a Rock God for Daisy Jones & The Six (menshealth.com)

Sam Claflin plays Billy Dunne in 'Daisy Jones & The Six,' based on the book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Here's how he got into shape and prepared for the role.

The one thing that I just had to remember, and that I wrote on almost all my sides daily, was “you are still an alcoholic” or “you are still an addict.” It’s just that thing where sometimes you just get lost in the moment, and get lost in a scene, and then you’re focusing on the scene, but you then have to realize that at the end of every single scene, all he wants to do is have a drink, you know? And I think once you know that Marcus Mumford had a touch in it, you hear a Mumford and Sons feel to it, or a Marcus Mumford feel to it—I certainly do. But doing this job, it allows me the opportunity to really get to know people in different walks of life who are dealing with different things like this, and to better understand it. Like, that’s your go-to, and it’s been your go-to for 20 years, or 10 years, and all of a sudden, you don’t want to do it because you don’t want to let yourself down, or let people down, but it's all you can think about. And there was a point where he came into the studio listening to me doing it, and he was then saying, “No, no no, I think it should be a bit more like this,” and I was like “Why don’t you just sing this? But I was in the lunchroom, trying my best to play the guitar of this song, and he came in, and him and Blake Mills just started basically writing a song for his album. That really helped me find the physical life of each different song, because so many of the songs are so different in tempo and in feel. It was then, like, a year-and-a-half before I needed to be skinny and ready to go. What was your key to the effortless rock star vibe, and did you look to anyone else for inspiration? But it was less of a crash course, and more of a gradual process. A bit ironic, given that one of the defining character traits of Billy, the character that Claflin was vying to play in Daisy Jones & The Six, is his addictive personality—whether that's an addiction to something like being "the leader" of a band or tinkering with recordings, or more dangerous addictions like those to drugs or alcohol.

Riley Keough and Sam Claflin Recall Their "Electric" First 'Daisy ... (Decider)

"And you know, it felt electric, 'cause it was electric."

“When you have two completely volatile and really intense personalities who have a lot of artistry each in their own way and you’re trying to put them together… “I think it was that thing where we’d done like a year and a half of band camp. “And the scene’s just really well written as well, so I had a lot of fun.” As a part of prep for the Amazon series, Keough, Claflin, and their co-stars underwent a rigorous “band camp.” When production finally began, the cast found themselves split up between Daisy’s and The Six’s respective backstories. It takes three whole episodes of Daisy Jones & the Six for Daisy and Billy to finally meet, but it’s well worth the wait. [Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront?filterId=OFFER_FILTER%3DPRIME&tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/03/daisy-jones-and-the-six-episode-3-sam-claflin-riley-keough-first-meeting-honeycomb/&asc_source=web)‘s new series [Daisy Jones & the Six ](https://decider.com/show/daisy-jones-and-the-six/)tells the tale of one fictional rock band’s epic rise and shockingly fast fall in the 1970s.

Sam Claflin opens up on 'horrific' part of filming Daisy Jones and ... (Daily Express)

Daisy Jones and The Six's Sam Claflin has lifted the lid on the recording process of the eagerly awaited musical series.

“In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world. [Prime Video](/latest/amazon-prime), with the first three episodes now available to stream. Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and The Six followed the rise and fall of the fictional rock band during the '70s. Daisy Jones and The Six has finally landed on Daisy Jones and The Six's Sam Claflin has lifted the lid on the recording process of the eagerly awaited musical series. Sam Claflin opens up on 'horrific' part of filming Daisy Jones and The Six role

'Daisy Jones & The Six': Riley Keough and Sam Claflin debate ... (INSIDER)

Daisy and Billy's will-they-won't-they tension is the heart of Amazon's new series. Insider asked the actors if their characters are meant to be.

"There's the version that you marry and there's the version that's the Daisy version. "That's beautiful," Keough said of the quote. My family was my water." "Totally," Keough nodded. "One hundred percent," Claflin said. "I'm as confused as Billy was, honestly," he said.

Sam Claflin's profile: Age, height, love life, net worth, movies and TV ... (Bolavip)

Sam Claflin is one of the actors of the moment, especially after the premiere of his new series Daisy Jones & The Six, where he plays Billy Dunne.

However, the love came to an end and in August 2019 they confirmed their separation. Sam attended Costessey High in Norwich and was a member of the School of Excellence for Norwich City FC. Claflin not only brings out his talents as an actor, but also as an artist, as he sings several of the songs we hear in the He is the third of four children and his parents are Mark and Sue. He participated in several big projects, such as The Hunger Games saga with This morning she premiered one of her latest works: [Daisy Jones & The Six](https://bolavip.com/en/offside/Is-Daisy-Jones--The-Six-a-real-band-The-inspiration-behind-the-series-20230220-0021.html).

Sam Claflin just criticised Daisy Jones and The Six over this part of ... (cosmopolitan.com)

Sam Claflin stars in the show as rock-and-rolling lead singer Billy Dunne, but, he just took to TikTok to criticise a part of the show. Advertisement - Continue ...

[dropped exclusively on Prime Video](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Video/b/ref=atv_pr_sw_sc?node=3010085031&ie=UTF8&linkCode=ogi&tag=cosmopolitan.comuk-21&ascsubtag=%5bartid%7C1919.a.42730618%5bsrc%7C%5bch%7C) on March 3rd, with more dropping every Friday. [Watch Daisy Jones & The Six here](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Video/b/ref=atv_pr_sw_sc?node=3010085031&ie=UTF8&linkCode=ogi&tag=cosmopolitan.comuk-21&ascsubtag=%5bartid%7C1919.a.42730618%5bsrc%7C%5bch%7C) [Daisy Jones & The Six](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/g43020622/the-daisy-jones-and-the-six-cast-in-real-life/) alongside [Riley Keough](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a43153772/riley-keough-daisy-jones-and-the-six-audition/) (who is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, BTW), Suki Waterhouse, Camila Morrone and others who all wear some very envy-worthy, 1970s-inspired outfits – think lots of colour, bootlegs and cool jackets. [Daisy Jones & The Six](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a40740314/daisy-jones-and-the-six-series-release-date-cast/) has just been released and we’re already hooked. The first three episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six is [Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a43144622/taylor-jenkins-reids-characters-connected/)'s best-selling book, follows a fictional rock band in the 1970s at the height of their fame and the drama that follows.