Sep 25, 2008 23:43
Why Helen is hanging out in the Big Apple (from the Mail):
Helen Mirren's busy in New York rehearsing a film version of The Tempest with director Julie Taymor - and the Oscar-winning actress will give us a Prospera rather than a Prospero.
Taymor's preparing her company of actors at a studio space in Manhattan and plans to fly her cast to Hawaii in November to shoot the island scenes, and finish filming in London.
... Gee, rough life, that. I'm thrilled about this project. Gender-bending, queer Shakespeare? Wacktastic director? Can't. Wait.
A rainy Friday morning sounds like the perfect time for me to do a little detective work. I knew I read all those Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie books for a reason...