With stars like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, it maybe it is not surprising that “Otherlo” has become just a play in Broadway at all, reaching $ 2.8 million in one week.
Washington said: “It’s the most enthusiastic I was this century. I was seriously. I was not enthusiastic about anything I did as I am,” Washington said.
This says something coming from Washington. He is famous for the roles in films such as “Glory” and “Daying Day” (both of whom won by the Oscars), and he was called the greatest actor in the twenty -first century. But be careful before calling him “Hollywood actor”.
“What is the definition of Hollywood actor?” He said. “Myself, I am from Mount Vernon, so I am a representative of” Mount Vernon “. I don’t know what Hollywood means.
“A famous person in the movie? Actor, a great success in the movie?”
Washington said: “I am a theatrical actor who performs the film, it is not the opposite,” Washington said. “I did the stage first. I learned how to behave on the stage, not in the movie. Films are a film way.
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“Othello” is the Broadway VI in Tony Winner. He plays the title of the title, Oatho, the military commander who sparked a fatal anger after the banner of Igu was convinced by his wife, Desdemona, unclear.
Jake Gielnhal plays the deceiving Iago, who has been seeking revenge on his companion and leader for a long time because he was passed on to the upgrade.
Shakespeare wrote “Othello” around 1604. But this production puts the play in the “near future”, adding recent topics such as members of service who suffer from PTSD.
Washington said: “People, as you know, usually think,” Oh yes, it is about jealousy. He betrays him. ”No, he relates to two soldiers who trust in their lives.
“Good, then… “Gilinhall laughed.
“Yes, what are you very angry? What did you do for you?” Washington laughed.
“What do you know, you know!” Gyllenhaal answered. “But I mean, what is common is, as you know, and what is common behind something they share with others. This makes their bond very strong.”
At the age of 44, Gyllenhaal is widely celebrated with the emotional range and intensity that he brings to the roles, in films such as “BrokeBack Mountain”, “Zodiac” and “NightCrawler”. Like Washington, he is an old warrior in the theater, with “Otherlo” whose fourth appearance in Broadway determines. But this is the first time that Shakespeare (almost) performed. “You know what I realized? I did a lot of confusion about nothing in high school,” he said. “I realized this morning.”
“You I forgot? Washington laughed amazed.
“Maybe the audience and maybe I would like to forget!”
We visited Gyllenhaal before last week at the Barimore Theater. “It is my favorite place,” said the actor, standing on the stage.
He explained his personality feeding on the audience: “[Iago] He has a lot of moments [where] He has interactions with the audience, and they become a partner in it, and every night. This is what I love so much about it. “
Washington, who is now 70 years old, is not alien to Shakespeare. On the stage, Richard III and Julius Caesar played, and he starred in cinematic versions of “a lot of confusion about nothing” and “Macbeth” air conditioning. He played for the first time O and Otherlo as a student at the University of Fordam, New York City.
When asked about how he was associated with the play and its language differently from when he was 22 years old, Washington replied, “I know a lot now. I thought I knew everything at the time!
“Otherlo” has been organized in Broadway more than 20 times. For most of these offers, Onthello played by a white actor on the black front. This changed in 1943, when Paul Robson gave a legendary performance in this role. The last actor to play in Broadway was James Earl Jones, in 1982.
“James Earl Jones was my northern star when I was in college,” Washington said. “I wanted to be. I couldn’t see Otilo, but I know it was not as good like my 22 -year -old!
What a turn. The offer is already the success of the box office. but Standard sales paid prices to the height of the sky; The main seats go for approximately $ 1,000, and attract some criticism.
But the audience appears, and its voice enjoy themselves – as well as stars.
“I have reached a point you love,” said Gyllenhaal. ”
“This is what it also seems to me,” said Washington. “I have done my entire profession at this moment. This is a 48 -year journey for me. It is great to be very small for the part, and some may now say very old. But 48 years of experience, so I have reached 48 years of pain, pleasure and life, my approaches to play the role.”
“I feel huge. It makes me feel it when I walk in this rehearsal room every day.”
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A story produced by Wonbo Woo and Sara Kugel. Editor: Remington Corber.
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