Official Secrets (2019) – Movie #169

Very occasionally, you get a glimpse of Matthew behind his serious character in Official Secrets.

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in Official Secrets.

Official Secrets my edit

Beaver: “My sources would never trust me again.”

Peter: “Understood.”

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in Official Secrets 

Official Secrets my edit

Peter:“If this is real, you can got to jail just for having this in your possession.”

Yeah.  Shit just got real.

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in Official Secrets - with Matt Smith as Martin Bright.

Official Secrets my edit

Where’s my hair gone? 

Oh yeah - I remember now.  Dog clippers. 

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in ‘Official Secrets’.  

Goode Rewatch week 43.

Official Secrets my edit

The search for the infamous ‘weapons of mass destruction’ comes up with - 

“Not a f**king thing.”  

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in ‘Official Secrets’ 

Goode Rewatch week 43.

Official Secrets my edit

“What the f**k is going on?”

Sometimes spellcheck is not a good idea.   SPOILERS below!

 When The Guardian finally published the leaked document - no one believed it was really from the NSA coz the spellings were wrong.  A poor intern just ran it through spellcheck and all of the American spellings were changed before publication.  This actually happened.  It would be funny if it didn’t undermine the whole story. 

Matthew Goode as journalist, Peter Beaumont, in ‘Official Secrets’ with Matt Smith as Martin Bright.  

Goode Rewatch week 43.

Official Secrets my edit