One of those days that seems a long way in the future – and
then it arrives…
Today I had the
pleasure of hearing the letters of Matisse read by one of the acting world’s
greats, Simon Russell Beale. What a
honour to meet him and hear him bring the words of Henri to life. Simon even had a Matisse-style beard –
obviously he had fully immersed himself into today’s role…. (Or was it for the King Lear that he’s
filling in his spare time with??). We
had a good ol’ chat about classical music too. Hopefully all you folks saw his
Sacred Music series about 5 or 6 years ago.
I’ll need to cook something up for Simon and I to do in the future… After Simon had finished, I moved on to the
narrative of the Matisse film. For this important role, we’d chosen Rupert Young. My younger viewers will know him
from Merlin. He is, as my daughter explains, the knight that never dies. Very nice guy and I liked his approach to the
reading – nothing pompopus or arty – just good strong storytelling. That’s
exactly what we’re trying to do…. I love
the so-called business-end of production – it feels like every decision is a
creative one. All a bit scary now…only
3 weeks till air-date. At least tickets
are selling well. Click here to find a screening near you.
1 comment:
Thank you kindly from one of Rupert Young's older fans! I very much enjoyed the cinema event this evening (and I blogged about it here). Well done, all round!
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