Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?

[HeartinNYC]

Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#0

Posted: 9/16/04 at 10:36pm

I've read several times that Eddie Izzard plans to bring Victoria Hamilton back to Broadway (after their stint in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg") in 2005/2006 in "MacBeth". HUH? I adore Eddie, but he has no classical theater experience, and this role is, as you know, huge. I think he's biting off more than he can chew. Do you agree? Who else do you think has done this kind of thing, and has it ever worked?

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Updated On: 9/17/04 at 10:36 PM

[lildogs]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#1

Posted: 9/17/04 at 8:56am

why would playing the scottish king be any different than playing Brian in "Joe Egg"? I get your point, but an actor's an actor...he has a great deal of experience..and if he can do stand-up comedy, anything else is a laugh....so to speak...

[popcultureboy]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#2

Posted: 9/17/04 at 8:57am

I think, I THINK he has done a Shakespeare play before, it may even have been Macbeth, and he received wildly mixed reviews for it, from effusive raves to furious pans.

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[G]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#3

Posted: 9/17/04 at 9:27am

He's an amazing comic, but I think he should stick to stand-up. Clive Owen - who did 'Joe Egg' in London before Eddie took over - blew me away! Eddie was just being Eddie. I really didn't get all the fuss about his performance.

[lildogs]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#4

Posted: 9/17/04 at 10:05am

i think Clive owen is a great actor too, but unless you know Eddie, i really don't think you can say he's just "being Eddie" whatever that means....and if you do know him, well then i guess you CAN say that... :)

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re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#5

Posted: 9/17/04 at 10:15am

lol. i meant he was being eddie the comedian in 'joe egg'.

[lildogs]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#6

Posted: 9/17/04 at 10:24am

i know, i was just funnin' ya...

[MargoChanning]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#7

Posted: 9/17/04 at 11:15am

I absolutely adore Izzard as a standup, but I also was a bit underwhelmed by his "Joe Egg" performance -- it really felt like he was just doing variations from "Dressed To Kill" and his other standup work (which would be fine in another play -- such as "Lenny" which I didn't get to see him do, but I understand he received very good reviews for).

Not sure what he'd do with Macbeth. The role regularly defeats some of the greatest classically-trained actors -- perhaps he could find a different spin on it because of his background that might prove successful.

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Updated On: 9/17/04 at 11:15 AM

[G]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#8

Posted: 9/17/04 at 11:20am

I saw him in Lenny. Again, he was very funny, but mostly doing his standup thing. It was a memorable night though, as in the sex scene with Elisabeth Berkley he was naked and actually got a hard-on on stage. But he really didn't seem to care.

[popcultureboy]

re: Biting off more than you can chew - Izzard?#9

Posted: 9/17/04 at 11:22am

I'm sure Ms. Berkeley was thrilled

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.