There was excitement at Upper School today as we welcomed Oscar-winning actor #EddieRedmayne to talk to students about his career as part of our Creative Artist programme. pic.twitter.com/cOvRKBC4Qs— Royal Ballet School (@RoyalBalletSch) April 30, 2019
Students Liam Boswell and Brigid Walker interviewed him in front of an audience
of students and staff. Eddie explained how he got into acting through his love for music
and described his first experiences of working in film as a young actor. He offered the
students his words of wisdom on coping with nerves and how to deal with criticism.
He also talked about some of the challenges he himself has faced along the way.
He said: ‘For us all [dancers and actors] the enjoyment is the journey.
Enjoying the aspiration for perfection.’
He also described working with dancers in preparation for his role playing
Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. He said: ‘I knew it was
going to be a physical part. It’s so interesting; you think of dance as
one thing, and acting as another, but all of these things merge.’
The students asked Eddie about his favourite ballet and he said that seeing
Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta dancing in Manon at the Royal Opera House
was ‘one of the most extraordinary nights of my life’. He said: ‘Interestingly
one of the reasons was it was so well acted.’
At the end of the talk Eddie paid tribute to the students. He said:
‘I have such admiration for what you do. It’s a formidable thing,
it’s a painful thing, it’s a beautiful thing, and it’s the stuff that
dreams are made of. Just keep being brilliant.’ (source)
More photos via @eddieredmayne.obe on IG
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