In an interview with the Independent, Long Day's Journey into Night stars Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson responded to the idea of celebrities being used in theater as a marketing tactic.
The question was asked in response to Jeremy O. Harris's claim to the Guardian last month that casting famous people “is detrimental to great theater because people are treating it like a Disney World attraction where the play takes the background.” for the pleasure of seeing them.” Favorite star in front of them.”
Kit Harrington, who played Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, will star in Harris' Slave Play in the West End this summer.
“It depends on what you mean by celebrities. These are people who have earned their stripes as actors,” said Cox.
“Sarah Jessica Parker should star in the play,” said Patricia Clarkson, reacting to journalist Laura Kuenssberg's allusion to Parker in the West End's Plaza Suite as an example of one of those celebrities.
Cox continued: “I've done quite a bit of theater over the years… it's kind of nonsense in a way. Honestly, half of the journalists don’t even know what the hell they’re talking about most of the time.”
Long Day's Journey into Night, starring Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson, is currently in previews at London's Wyndham's Theatre. The premiere will take place on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox plays James Tyrone in his first West End role in almost a decade. He is joined by Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress Patricia Clarkson as matriarch Mary Tyrone, as well as BAFTA nominee Daryl McCormack as James Jr., Laurie Kynaston as Edmund and Louisa Harland as Cathleen.
O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, often considered the greatest American play of the 20th century, depicts a summer day in the lives of the Tyrones and is closely based on O'Neill's own dysfunctional family. Equal parts moving and inspiring, O'Neill's masterpiece is a riveting tale of love, hate, betrayal, addiction and the impossible fragility of familial bonds.
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