Joe Freeman

[besleybean]

Martin's son...

and I am assuming he is is using this name!

Were fans aware that he is starting his own acting career?

[Carol the Dabbler]

No, I hadn't heard that, Bev!  Where did you find that information?

Amanda was (quite visibly) pregnant with him while filming one series of Man Stroke Woman (aired 2005-2007), so he must be in his mid-late teens now.  I wish him well!

 

[besleybean]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11764157/Martin-Freemans-son-Joe-launch-acting-career-appears-musical.html

[Carol the Dabbler]

Good photos, which do seem to be Daily Mail's strong suit.  I've thought in the past that their reporters don't necessarily go on location with the photographers -- some of their reports about location filming for Sherlock were pretty clearly just guessing from the photos (and sometimes guessing wrong).

So (taking what they say with a tiny grain of salt) that's interesting -- Joe is starting out on stage like his father (and perhaps his mother) did.  They say he's 17.

 

[besleybean]

Yeah and I think his sister is 15.

Both good looking kids.

[Carol the Dabbler]

True!

Just double-checked, and none of the photos in that article are new -- all are re-used from prior events.  The only photo related to the play is the close-up photo of an actor in costume as Jamie, and it's from a West-End production some years back.

 

[besleybean]

There were recent pics of them...

I will see if I can find them.

[besleybean]

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/martin-freeman-makes-rare-appearance-183229970.html

[Carol the Dabbler]

You'd think if Daily Mail was "covering" Joe's acting premiere, though, they'd have at least sent a photographer to cover the play.  Maybe the first time he has a major role, they'll do that -- this time they just said that he was a "member of the cast."

 

[besleybean]

I wasn't sure if it was an upcoming role...

One where several kids take turns.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Or could have been one of several "classmate" roles or something of that sort.  Or maybe Daily Mail didn't know what role he had.

I suppose it's even possible they saw there was a Joe Freeman in the class and just assumed it was Martin & Amanda's son.  I'm not offhand seeing any other online references to his participation.  Of course that was back in November, so some items may have been taken down by now.

 

[besleybean]

No sorry this, is an actual thing.

I just apologise, I really find it difficult to copy/paste things on here!

Managed fine on my other forum.

Is your Google not bringing stuff up for you? Cos it did for me...

I simply googled Joe Freeman, or something and it came up...

[Carol the Dabbler]

OK, I found another reference.  This time it's The Guardian (which according to Wikipedia is "a newspaper of record in the UK") quoting Amanda Abbington as saying, "My son played Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, and he was a wonderful drag queen."  So not only was it indeed her Joe in that production, he had the lead.  Odd that Daily Mail merely called him "a cast member" -- though as you say, the cast members may have taken turns playing Jamie.

As I've said before, Daily Mail strikes me as a tabloid with generally good photos (though in this case, the photos are re-used from coverage of earlier events) and generally iffy writing.

 

[besleybean]

Yeah and I think his sister is 15.

Both good looking kids....

Ooh, found the above lines here, did I not post?

Anyway, yes it was The Guardian I tried first.

[Carol the Dabbler]

9 hours ago, besleybean said:

Ooh, found the above lines here, did I not post?

Sorry, just the Daily Mail link and some "event" photos of Martin & the kids.

9 hours ago, besleybean said:

Anyway, yes it was The Guardian I tried first.

Good choice!