There is an extensive feature on Michael in today’s issue of The Times. Subscribers can view the online article here or you can read it below. With a special thanks to ‘redprincess‘. The pictures from the photoshoot have also been added to the Gallery. Enjoy!
- Photoshoots 2011: Set #05 (new!)
We’ve seen him as Tony Blair, Brian Clough and David Frost. But what of the man himself? William Leith tries to find out…
His face is still sharp and angular, although the beard makes it seem fuller. He has a longish nose that comes to a point at the end and a delicate, expressive mouth. He’s slim and slightly above average height. He’s one of our best actors. He’s absolutely brilliant. You could say that he’s made a career of impersonating men who are very bright, but also deeply flawed. He’s been Tony Blair three times, most famously in The Queen. He’s done Brian Clough, Kenneth Williams and David Frost, all with uncanny precision. He has said that when he plays someone, he looks for similarities between that person and himself. He was married to Kate Beckinsale, one of the most beautiful women in the world by any reckoning. Now he’s about to play Hamlet on the London stage. But who is he?
