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With his new highly-anticipated film Challengers bowing this weekend, Mike Faist looks to have found a new agent and manager as he as signed with WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation. He will continue to work with former agent Samantha Stoller, who transitioned to management in February.

Faist can next be seen in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers alongside Zendaya and Josh O’Connor in theaters April 26, 2024. His breakout role came as Riff in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story. His other credits include The Grief of Others, The Atlantic City Story and Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.

Also an acclaimed stage actor, Faist originated the role of Connor Murphy in the international megahit Dear Evan Hansen, which earned him a Grammy Award and a Tony nomination. Last summer, Faist starred as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain at London’s Soho Palace featuring songs by...

Universal Pictures’ Wicked has found its goat. Peter Dinklage is set to voice the character Dr. Dillamond in the movie adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical.

The news was revealed Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas as Universal closed out its CinemaCon presentation by sharing new footage of Wicked, which hits theaters over Thanksgiving of this year. Universal and director Jon M. Chu made the film in two parts, with the second installment set to open over the year-end holidays in 2025.

Wicked — the untold story of the witches of Oz — stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman who is misunderstood because of her unusual green skin and who has yet to discover her true power. Ariana Grande plays Glinda, a popular young woman graced by privilege and ambition but who has yet to discover her true heart. After meeting as young women, their extraordinary adventures ultimately see them fulfill their...

Game of Thrones alum Peter Dinklage was unveiled today as the voice of Dr. Dillamond in Universal’s upcoming two-part musical Wicked.

Peter Dinklage joins Ariana Grande as Glinda; Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba; Michelle Yeoh as Shiz University’s regal headmistress Madame Morrible; Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, a roguish and carefree prince; Ethan Slater as Boq, an altruistic Munchkin student; Marissa Bode in her feature debut as Nessarose, Elphaba’s favored sister; and Jeff Goldblum as the legendary Wizard of Oz.

There’s also the characters of Pfannee and ShenShen, two conniving compatriots of Glinda played by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James, and a new character created for the film, Miss Coddle, played by Keala Settle.

In the film adaptation of the Broadway musical phenomenon, Dr. Dillamond, a goat, is a professor of history at Shiz University who warns Elphaba about rising dark forces that threaten the speaking animals of Oz,...

Exclusive: It is exactly 13 years to the day that Ralph Fiennes’ feature directorial debut Coriolanus – in which he also starred alongside Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox – world premiered to acclaim at the 2011 Berlinale.

The Oscar nominee and Bafta-winning actor has since directed Rudolf Nureyev biopic The White Crow and The Invisible Woman about Charles Dickens’ secret mistress, alongside appearing in another 40 films including The Menu, No Time to Die, The King’s Man and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

The Berlinale will support another first for Fiennes, this time via its European Film Market, as Cornerstone kicks off sales on the actor’s next directorial feature project, based on his first feature film screenplay.

Set against Fiennes’ native English county of Suffolk, the drama revolves around an eco-idealistic family, living on a farm in a beautiful natural landscape by the sea, whose fault lines are revealed when the daughter’s...

A man flies through the city. That it starts with a telephone ringing might be a nod to the end of The Matrix. We see a child with a Superman shirt and action figure. Its perspective is at once older and more modern than 1999 or 1939. There's a social media analogue called 'Quacker', a series of vox pop interviews at street level, and an evolving rolling news response. As the film's few short minutes pass while the man who flies maintains course and altitude, the situation escalates.

It's remarkable that something that seems to so smoothly synthesise the panic of the Global War On Terror can be found in a student film from Piemonte. American cultural hegemony is such that their fears are universally projected, if differently (and often kinetically) received. A moment near the close seems to deliberately recall the Falling Man of September 11th, but that's one...

Taylor Swift celebrated her beau Joe Alwyn?s 29th birthday with a dinner date at a luxurious hotel Bob Bob Ricard on Friday night.

According to a reports, the famous lovebirds were spotted heading out for dinner at the luxurious London hot spot. They were accompanied by famed singer Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn and other close friends who joined them at a table of six for dinner.

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"They had fun drinking champagne at the table by pushing a button that says 'Press for Champagne' and having it immediately dispensed. They were there for several hours enjoying the night," according to a source.

The group was later spotted playing a game with Taylor Swift?s driver dropping off some books on the dinner table including the Oxford English Dictionary and A Month in the Country.

While...

David Hedison, a film, television, and theater actor known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in the sci-fi adventure television series “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and as the crazed scientist turned human insect in the first iteration of the film “The Fly,” died on July 18. He was 92, and the family said in a statement that he “died peacefully” with his daughters at his side.

“Even in our deep sadness, we are comforted by the memory of our wonderful father. He loved us all dearly and expressed that love every day. He was adored by so many, all of whom benefited from his warm and generous heart. Our dad brought joy and humor wherever he went and did so with great style,” said the family in a statement.

David Hedison, born Al Hedison, was from Providence, R.I. and studied at Brown University where he grew fond of the theater,...

The American actor on playing a rabbi, jet ski racing with Robert De Niro and exploring his Italian-American heritage

Alessandro Nivola was born in Boston in 1972. Graduating from Yale, he made his Broadway debut in 1995 opposite Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country. Two years later he played Nicholas Cage’s villainous younger brother in Face/Off, before decamping to Britain to star in a series of independent films including Love’s Labour’s Lost. Last year he played a London rabbi in Sebastian Lelio’s Disobedience and, in the forthcoming Channel 4 adaptation of Lucy Kirkwood’s play Chimerica, he stars as a war photographer haunted by his image of a Tiananmen Square protester in 1989. Nivola lives in Brooklyn, New York, with Mortimer and their two children.

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Chicago – There ain’t nothing like Dame Helen Mirren, international star and Oscar winner for “The Queen.” She, along with her husband Taylor Hackford (director of “Ray” and “An Officer and a Gentleman”), were honored at the Cinema/Chicago Spring Gala on May 24, 2017.

Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to fostering communication between people of diverse cultures through the art of film and the moving image. Their programs include the Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago International Television Festival, the CineYouth Festival, international screenings, and a year-round education program. Celebrating its 53rd edition October 12-26, 2017, the Chicago International Film Festival is North America’s longest running competitive film fest.

Helen Mirren at the Cinema/Chicago Spring Gala, May 24th, 2017

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren was born in London, and...

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team of the first offering in the 2017 Summer Shakespeare Festival William Shakespeare's epic King Richard II, helmed by award-winning director Erica Schmidt Off Broadway's A Month in the Country, All the Fine Boys, Humor Abuse in her Globe debut. The play will run June 11 - July 15, 2017, in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Previews run June 11 - 17. Opening night is Sunday, June 18 at 800 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peekat the cast below, plus Robert Sean Leonard in character as King Richard II...

By Doug Oswald

Two men find peace and friendship as they uncover a mystery in the Yorkshire countryside. “A Month in the Country” is one of those elegant movies about a bygone era in post Victorian England that has become enormously popular in movies such as those produced by Merchant-Ivory and in TV series like the recent “Downton Abbey.” The exploration of class distinctions and gender roles has been a staple in English drama in movies and TV for decades and the audience appears to always be hungry for more. The likes of Austen, Bronte and Dickens and stores of England through WWII have provided fertile ground for countless tales that continue to fascinate and entertain.

“A Month in the Country” features early career performances by Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh. Both actors went on to enormous success and in the case of Branagh, as a successful director, too. Firth...

Cooper, a Tony nominee for his title performance in a hit revival of The Elephant Man, and Schilling, the Orange Is The New Black star who braved off-Broadway in a revival of Ivan Turgenyev’s A Month In The Country, have joined the roster of presenters for the 69th annual Tony Awards. The shebang will be broadcast by CBS live from Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 8-11 Pm. Alan Cumming and nominee Kristin Chenoweth (On The Twentieth Century) are the hosts. Former and, no…...

The British dominate the race for Best Actress (Play). The clear favorite is Helen Mirren who is ruling Broadway as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience.” Do you think she will win a Tony to go with the Oscar she won for playing the reigning monarch in "The Queen"? Make the best predictions in our Tony nominations contest and you could win a $100 Amazon gift certificate and a place of honor in our famous leaderboards. -Break- Mirren snagged one of her four Emmys for portraying Elizabeth I on HBO (the other three are for two seasons of “Prime Suspect” and “The Passion of Ayn Rand”). She won an Olivier Award for the London run of “Audience” and has been nominated for a Tony twice before (for revivals of “A Month in the Country” and “Dance of Death”) without a win, so she is due. It’s also an excellent performance...

Catch up on the week's biggest stories from Broadway and beyond in BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures,' featuring coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights, and more. Highlights this week include coverage of the opening night of A Month In The Country, a first look at Disney's new Frozen Fever, all-new photos from Sutton Foster's upcoming TV show, and more...

Exclusive: It’s tempting to say that Alessandro Nivola lives a charmed life, and that might be true if he weren’t working so hard. He’s Zelig in plain sight: At this moment in time you can see him in Selma as Justice Department civil rights lawyer John Doar, who would become the lead prosecutor in the government’s case against the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. And you can see him on the other side of the mirror, as a mobbed-up oil distributor and bete noir of Oscar Isaacs in A Most Violent Year. He played another nemesis, FBI agent Anthony Amado, on the trail of Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. And he’s still batting it around with Cooper, but now on Broadway, where he plays Frederick Treves, the humanistic doctor who rescues Cooper’s John Merrick ­­– Aka the Elephant Man – from life in a freak show booth.

Two British privates named Peaceful fight side by side in the trenches of World War I, and both face the wrath of their superior officers in a court-martial. Director Pat O'Connor constructs Private Peaceful as a mystery, using flashbacks to reveal the intertwined lives of brothers Charlie (Jack O'Connell) and Tommo (George MacKay) as one of them awaits the firing squad. Both the young-adult novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) and screenwriter Simon Reade's 2004 stage adaptation employ the first-person narrative of teenage Tommo, and the director's decision to open up the story to other perspectives makes this Private Peaceful feel more shaded and mature, with echoes of O'Connor's wistful A Month in the Country and haunting Cal (whose John L...

And she’ll always be royal (royal).

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will make her return to Broadway this spring as Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan’s The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry.

Mirren earned an Academy Award for playing Elizabeth in 2006’s The Queen, which was also written by Morgan. Mirren earned the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play for the role when The Audience played a record-breaking run in London’s West End in 2013.

While The Queen addressed the 1997 aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, The Audience stretches back from the 1950s through today, imagining...

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, announces Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren as the recipient of its 2014 Woman of the Year Award.

“How very saucy of the Hasty Pudding organisation to offer me their award,” said Dame Helen Mirren. “As someone who adores Pudding in all its manifestations… Suet, Christmas, Treacle, Bread and Butter, Yorkshire, Plum, Figgy, etc., etc., I am so looking forward to the famous Hasty Pudding.”

Helen Mirren has won international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 of “The Queen,” she received an Academy Award®, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award®, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.

In 2013, she again met critical acclaim for reprising her role of Queen Elizabeth II, this time in Peter Morgan’s play “The Audience.” For her performance, she was awarded the prestigious...

As previously announced, the complete 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival season closes this weekend, August 19, 2012. This season included Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest, a Preview Production of the new musical Far From Heaven, and a new translation of Ivan Turgenevs A Month in the Country on the Main Stage, with Lucy Boyles The Blue Deep, Neil Simons Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Bernard Pomerances The Elephant Man, and Katori Halls Whaddabloodclot on the Nikos Stage. The season also included a special workshop production of David Byrnes Here Lies Love, which played at nearby Mass MoCA.In the video below, the whole Wtf team bids farewell to the 2012 season with a special lip dub featuring over 200 participants. Click below to check it out...

Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced in Williamstown today the roster of Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions for the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival Wtf Season, the Festivals 58th season and second under Ms. Gerstens leadership. The Main Stage Season will kick off with a production of Oscar Wildes classic The Importance of Being Earnest as youve never seen it before, directed by Tony Award-winner David Hyde Pierce an alum of the Festivals training programs, making his Wtf directorial debut, playing from June 26 July 14, 2012. A new translation of Ivan Turgenevs A Month in the Country, directed by Tony Award-winner Richard Nelson James Joyces The Dead has also been added to the Main Stage line-up, from August 1 August 19, 2012. On the Nikos Stage, Wtf veteran Jessica Stone A Funny Thing...Forum directs Neil Simons comedy Last of the Red Hot Lovers, playing from July 11 July 22, 2012, and the World Premiere of Olivier Award-winner Katori Halls The Mountaintop Whaddabloodclot,...

London, Aug 17: Helen Mirren has revealed that she is excited to complete her film schedule quickly to resume her Broadway career, almost a decade after her last stage stint.

‘The Queen’ star had previously amazed the theatre audiences in New York when she starred in ‘A Month in the Country’ in 1995 and in ‘Dance of Death’ in 2001, 2001.

The 66-yar-old English actress, who won Tony Award nominations for Best Actress for both the projects, is eagerly waiting for the perfect project to come her way.

“I very much want to do Broadway. Soon. Quite soon. I’m hoping something will jell,” the.

Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren is eager to clear her film schedule so she can return to Broadway, almost a decade after her last stage stint.

The Queen star previously wowed theatre audiences in New York when she starred in A Month in the Country (1995) and Dance of Death in 2001 and 2002; both projects earned her Tony Award nominations for Best Actress.

And Mirren is keen to head back to the theatre once again - she's just waiting for the perfect project to come her way.

She tells New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, "I very much want to do Broadway. Soon. Quite soon. I'm hoping something will jell."...

Subject: Colin Firth, 50-year old English actor

Date of Assessment: March 30, 2011

Positive Buzzwords: Underrated, mainstream

Negative Buzzwords: Stiff, posh, bore

The Case: The good news, as accurately declared by Colin Firth in his recent (Best Actor) Oscar acceptance speech, is that his career really has just peaked. The bad news, however, is that in the event of a career peak, a downward slide might be inevitable. In the best case scenario, it is entirely possible Firth could parlay his Oscar win into more exposure for the sorts of roles that he's played before and for which he hasn't yet received proper recognition.

Most of us know Firth as the quintessential Englishman and for good reason. He's quite notorious for his straight-out-of-the-novel portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the six-episode miniseries Pride and Prejudice, in which he performed the classic Regency version of a one-man wet t-shirt contest. Indeed, there's something strange...

Helen Stenborg, 86, a Tony-nominated stage, film and TV actress who was the wife of the late Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes and mother of the Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes, died Tuesday at her Manhattan apartment, according to press agent Chris Boneau. The cause was not given.

Stenborg is known to soap opera fans for her role as Helga Lindeman on Another World from January 1977 to February 1978. Helga was the Cory housekeeper and a reluctant participant in several of Sven Peterson's schemes over the years. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope and One Life To Live.

Stenborg earned a Tony nomination for her 1999 role as pyromaniac Sarita Myrtle in Noel Coward's "Waiting in the Wings." She and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary onstage in the Coward play and were honored with Drama Desk Awards for Lifetime Achievement in 2000. He died in 2006.

Stenborg's last Broadway performance was in 2002 in...

Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86. The actress passed away on Tuesday, March 22 at her apartment in New York.

Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show "Da" in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play "Waiting in the Wings". She also starred in Hugh Leonard's "A Life" in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country" (1995).

Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000. She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series "Little House on the Prairie" and soap opera "One Life to Live".

Her last Broadway stint came in "The Crucible" in 2002, when she took the...

Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86.

The actress passed away on Tuesday at her apartment in New York.

Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show Da in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play Waiting in the Wings. She also starred in Hugh Leonard's A Life in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country (1995).

Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honours at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000.

She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series Little House on the Prairie and soap opera One Life to Live.

Her last Broadway stint came in The Crucible in 2002, when she took the stage with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.

She also played Sister Teresa in 2008's Doubt - her final film role.

Stenborg is survived by a son and daughter. Hughes died in 2006.

Oscar® Winner Helen Mirren Will Add Her Hand

And Footprints To The World-famous Star Collection At

Grauman’S Chinese Theatre

Internationally renowned actress Helen Mirren will be honored March 28 at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood by placing her hand and footprints in cement in the landmark’s famous forecourt. The ceremony will begin at 11:30 Am, inducting Mirren into a select group of industry luminaries who have left their indelible mark in this grand Hollywood tradition.

Introducing Mirren at the event will be Russell Brand, her friend and co-star in the upcoming romantic comedy Arthur.

Mirren has earned worldwide recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. She swept the Academy®, Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG® Awards and every major critics’ award for her performance in “The Queen.” Additionally, she received Oscar® nominations for her work in “The Madness of King George,” “Gosford Park” and “The Last Station,...

Washington, D.C., March 14, 2011 . Academy Award®-winning actress Helen Mirren will receive the “CinemaCon Career Achievement Award,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, managing director of CinemaCon, which will be held March 28-31, 2011, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Mirren will be presented with this special honor at the inaugural “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony to take place on Thursday evening, March 31st, in The Colosseum of Caesars Palace. The Coca-Cola Company, Official Presenting Sponsor of CinemaCon will host the final night gala awards program.

“A consummate actress, Helen Mirren has entertained audiences around the globe for over four decades with her stunning performances on the big screen,” noted Neuhauser. “With an incredible diversity in role selection, Mirren has graced the screen in such memorable movies as ‘The Queen,’ ‘The Last Station,’ and the ‘The Madness of King George,’ and, more recently, in 2010′s summer action hit ‘Red,...

Golden Globe-tipped star of The King's Speech dedicates honour to his wife

The King's Speech star Colin Firth made his own emotional oration yesterday when he unveiled his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Firth, 50, dedicated the honour to his wife, Livia, saying: "When I look down there at that star, it's her name I see."

In Los Angeles for this Sunday's Golden Globes, where he is tipped to win best actor for his performance as King George VI in Tom Hooper's speech therapy hit, Firth continued his tearful address by paying tribute to "everybody that has accompanied me on this extraordinary journey, but, probably more than anybody I could ever imagine, Livia, who has walked every step of this with me joyfully and truthfully".

Firth came to public attention opposite Kenneth Branagh in 1987's A Month in the Country, cementing his fame in the UK as Mr...

Born only one day apart their careers have run in parallel and overlapped, but there is an essential difference in their characters

The year 1987 was a good one for big budget American films of the kind that spawn sequels and stage shows. Three Men and a Baby, Fatal Attraction, Lethal Weapon, The Witches of Eastwick, Wall Street, Dirty Dancing and Robocop all came out in rapid succession.

But in Britain the film industry was working at a gentler pace. Two thoughtful, very English films about male friendship came out that year and helped to launch the screen careers of actors who have proved our most enduring homegrown stars. Maurice, the film of Em Forster's tale of blighted love, starred a 27-year-old Hugh Grant opposite James Wilby as Edwardian schoolfriends who fall in love while at Cambridge. A similarly poignant story was being played out in A Month in the Country,...

Paul Dano’s career has been defined by strong performances opposite award-winning actors. The stunning list of his high-profile onscreen pairings range from his breakthrough, Indie Spirit Award-winning turn for Best Debut Performance in 2001’s L.I.E. as the target of a pedophile, played by fellow nominee Brian Cox, to his portrayal of a nihilistic teen as part of Little Miss Sunshine’s 2007 SAG Award winning ensemble where he shared a backseat in the Hoover’s family van with Alan Arkin in the 76-year-old’s Oscar-winning performance, to his performance of a preacher and his twin (Paul and Eli Sunday) opposite eventual Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis’ unhinged oil man Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.

Collider caught up with the 26-year-old to discuss his latest big screen partnership in The Extra Man, which opened in Los Angeles this past weekend to continue its national rollout, opposite Kevin Kline.

Even by the colourful standards of her own family's public profile and professional achievements, Lynn Redgrave, who has died of breast cancer aged 67, was an exceptional personality. Her death seems particularly cruel after the loss of both her niece, Natasha Richardson, after a skiing accident last year, and her brother, Corin Redgrave, last month. The third child of the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lynn was a gifted comedian who received her first Oscar nomination for a delightful, clownish performance in the title role of Georgy Girl (1966), one of the defining movies of the so-called swinging 60s. She went on to spend many years living and working in America. Less politically engaged than her older siblings, Vanessa and Corin, she was no less a remarkable talent.

Her 1991 television remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with...

Helen Mirren has described British actors as unable to match the work ethic of their American counterparts during a stage production of A Month In The Country. Mirren, who recently accused the movie industry of typecasting British actors, made the comments about the 1994 production while speaking at the Brit Week Film & TV Summit in Los Angeles. "They were two wonderful casts and great productions," she said. "But in England, at the first rehearsal a lot of the cast were still not on top of their lines. "We used to finish at two in the afternoon (more)...

London, April 25 – Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren feels British actors are less hard-working and take longer to learn their lines than American performers.

The Oscar winning actress’ comments were related to a 1994 London play ‘A Month In The Country’, in which she starred along with Joseph Fiennes and John Hurt, although she made no mention of individual members of the cast.

Speaking in Los Angeles at the Brit Week Film & TV Summit last week, she said there.

London, April 25 – Dame Helen Mirren says that British actors are less hard-working as compared to their American counterparts.

The Oscar-winning actress described British performers as ’struggling’, claiming they had to take hours off from rehearsal to learn their lines.

The 64-year-old star of The Queen was referring to the 1994 London production of A Month In The Country, in which she co-starred with Joseph Fiennes and John Hurt, although she did not mention specific cast members.

Speaking at the Brit Week Film.

"Listening" is the key to good acting, according to Helen Stenborg. Co-starring Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre in Morris Panych's "Vigil" gives her the chance to exercise that talent. This two-hander centers on the evolving relationship between a misanthropic young man (Malcolm Gets) and his dying, estranged aunt Grace (Stenborg), who barely speaks.While the 84-year-old Minneapolis native has never played a silent character before, her preparation for this part is basically the same as for any other. There is one major difference: She will not share certain elements of Grace's inner life with Gets or the director, Stephen Dimenna. "Sometimes they ask me, 'What are you thinking?' That's my secret. But it's interesting: If I change my thoughts, I'll get a different reaction from Malcolm." She adds she is able to offer variety in her silent responses, by registering his change of mood.At this point in her six-decade career,...