Jonathan Pryce
in Actors and Performers, International
18th October 2018
INTERVIEW: JONATHAN PRYCE. Jonathan Pryce talks about appearing in Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm, in which he plays a novelist who may or may not be grieving for his wife of many years, played by Eileen Atkins. He also tells Heather Neill about his varied 50 year career, including Comedians, for which Trevor Griffiths wrote the part of Gethin Pryce especially for him, a visceral Hamlet possessed by his father’s ghost, both Mick and a Welsh Davies in The Caretaker, his roles in musicals, especially in Miss Saigon, playing Shylock and acting with both his wife and daughter. Recorded at the Wyndham’s Theatre on 05 October 2018.
“If you’re part of any sort of dynasty, you’re not going to get a part like you used to. In fact, I think it’s more difficult. People’s expectations are greater.”
