Cilla (miniseries) Cilla (miniseries) Cilla is a British drama television miniseries about the early career of Cilla Black. It was broadcast in three parts on ITV, and began on 15 September 2014 with Sheridan Smith playing the starring role. Smith was highly praised for her performance. Following Cilla Black's death in August 2015, the series was broadcast again on ITV between 4–6 August 2015, as well as repeats on ITV Encore. The series is based around Black's hometown of Liverpool and follows her rise to fame from 1960 amateur appearances in clubs, her relationships with Bobby Willis and Brian Epstein to the
Paul Giamatti Giamatti played the role of New Yorker Harold Levinson, the brother of Cora, the Countess of Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), in the 2013 Christmas special of the period drama, ITV Studios/Carnival Films television series, "Downton Abbey". In 2014, Giamatti played villain The Rhino in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". Also in 2014, Giamatti portrayed psychologist Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy". In 2015, he played a scientist in the disaster film "San Andreas". He portrayed manager Jerry Heller in the biographical drama "Straight Outta Compton", released in August 2015. In 2016, Giamatti began appearing in commercials for Prism