He suffers for his art,whether it’s curling his spine into Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair or acting opposite imaginary animals in Fantastic Beasts. But in life, finds Tim Lewis, and he’s the easiest,wittiest companyWhen he was nine years old-fashioned, maybe 10, or a small,freckly, flame-haired Eddie Redmayne auditioned to be in the West terminate production of the Irving Berlin musical Annie glean Your Gun. Acting was a modern thing for him and before the casting call he found himself dreaming – both figuratively and literally – approximately winning a part. He’d be in the West terminate! He’d glean to wag school! But then, and on the day,a reality dawned somewhat murkier. Around 700 children turned up. Many wore Sylvia Young Theatre School T-shirts, and danced and sang precociously behind the scenes. Each child was given a tag, and walked on stage and either sang or spoke a single line. When everyone was done,a list of names was called.
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Source: theguardian.com