As director-choreographer Rob Ashford readies the 50th Anniversary revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, he sits down with the show’s leading man Daniel Radcliffe for an in-depth conversation about theatre, film and all points in between. Part One in a three-part series.
Jon Hamm, move over. The latest looker to leap back into the 1960s: Daniel Radcliffe, who is assuming the musical role of quintessential company man J. Pierrepont Finch in the new Broadway revival of the 1961 classic How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
As shown in these exclusive-to-PEOPLE rehearsal shots, Radcliffe is already off and running ahead of the chorus. As Finch, he starts in the mailroom of Manhattan’s World Wide Wicket and works his way up the corporate ladder.
En route, he meets the adoring secretary Rosemary Pilkington – played by Philadelphia-born Rose Hemingway, in her Broadway debut after touring nationally in Mamma Mia. She’s also appeared in Donmar Warehouse’s U.S. production of Parade at Los Angeles’s Mark Taper Forum.
In the production, which marks Radcliffe’s return to the Great White Way for the first time since starring in a 2008 revival of Equus – Anderson Cooper narrates Finch’s meteoric rise … and fall.
“Anderson Cooper just always stood out for me,” the Harry Potter star, 21, says on the How to Succeed Web site about the CNN anchor. “He always had this kind of really cool … playful glint behind his eye, I think, which I always found quite funny.”
Also in the cast: John Larroquette, as J.B. Biggley, the boss of the World Wide Wicket Company, who admires Finch’s fortitude. Previews begin Feb. 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with the opening night set for March 27.
Coincidentally, Radcliffe’s role made a star of Robert Morse when he originated J. Pierrepont Finch in the original How to … 50 years ago (and in the 1967 movie) – and, today, Morse, 79, memorably stars on Mad Men, as the advertising company’s founder, Bertram Cooper.
Source: People.com
Now that he’s finished up his Harry Potter days, Daniel Radcliffe is moving on to other roles. I’m sad too, but we all knew this day would come. Now we’ve got our first glimpse of his first post-Potter flick, The Woman in Black. No more boyish, lightly tousled locks and impossibly round glasses for Radcliffe; no sirree. He’s onto harder stuff now; just look at the furrowed brow, that tightly fastened collar, that stubble, that…is he holding a PICK AXE? This new Radcliffe means business.
We know little else about what’s going on in this photo, but doesn’t he look dashing? I think he looks dashing. Enjoy.
Source: hollywood.com
Daniel Radcliffe will probably be 40 years old before he grows out of the “Harry Potter all grown up” cliches. So while we still can let’s indulge in this Vogue photo shoot with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz of Radcliffe starring in the upcoming Broadway production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
“Dan has always had a musical performer inside him waiting for a chance to come out,” his director, Rob Ashford tells the magazine.
In his behind the scenes video Radcliffe chats about life post Harry Potter (very busy), dancing in public (frightening) and why he loves the character he is playing on Broadway.
“I love Finch because nearly everything he does is morally reprehensible, but you still root for him. The part is perfect for where I am right now — I’m a little guy, I’m 21, and people are used to seeing me play a kid who always tries to do the right thing,” Radcliffe says.
“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” opens on Broadway March 27th.
Source: Stylelist.com
This is the last year for Harry Potter movies. Will the three main actors ever be this famous again? —ConV, via the inbox
Saying goodbye to Harry and Hermione and Ron—oh, the mere idea probably has you weeping and reaching for your Pensieve to relive the old days, before Hermione got her Brazilian blowout, and Dumbledore floated up to his glowing wizard bench in the sky.
Weep not, muggle, for I have good news:
Let’s start with the boy who lived himself, Daniel Radcliffe.
He just announced a role in an indie comedy called The Amateur Photographer. Per Variety, Radcliffe plays a resident of a mill town in the 1970s. The character starts photographing the “most intimate moments” of the townspeople’s lives, before rousting the “local authorities while bringing a bit of a velvet revolution to the community.”
Not exactly mainstream fare.
But then again, Radcliffe is still attached to a new version of the war classic All Quiet on the Western Front. And if that isn’t Oscar bait, I don’t know what is. (Oscar bait, of course, means Oscar campaigning, and red carpets, and all the renewed fame therein.)
Source: eonline.com
Daniel Radcliffe, iconically known for his leading role in the Harry Potter franchise, has signed on for The Amateur Photographer, Variety is reporting.
Christopher Monger (The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain, “Temple Grandin”) will direct the film from his own script, telling the story of a young man (Radcliffe) who is asked to photograph the private lives of a small town in 1970’s New England.
Radcliffe will next appear in the final entry in the filmic Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and then in the horror thriller The Woman in Black.
Source: ComingSoon.net
Daniel Radcliffe who plays the eponymous hero remarked, “I am thrilled that the Harry Potter film series is being honored with this Award. I have loved every minute of making these films and to me the real heroes are the crew and the huge team of craftsmen that have made all eight of them possible – this Award is a testament to their incredible work.”
I upgraded the page on facebook, because of the change it appears the fan box doesn’t work with it so I’ll find another means to re-add it back, but for now I need to get some sleep. 🙂 You can check out the new layout on the link above.
About Rosemary Pilkington
This lovely and loyal Mad Men-era secretary is smitten at first sight with J. Pierrepont Finch (Daniel Radcliffe) and sings of sharing an imaginary mansion in New Rochelle with her man in the retro ballad “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm.” Will the single-minded Finch realize what a prize Rosemary really is?
Source: Broadway.com
The upcoming bafta’s this weekend on Sunday Feb 13, will be featured on BBCone
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The British Academy Film Awards
2011, 13/02/2011
Jonathan Ross hosts the star-studded movie event at the Royal Opera House in London.
The Bafta website has included a slideshow on Harry Potter. JK Rowling and David Heyman will receive the award on behalf of the franchise during the ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 13 February 2011.
