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Geoffrey Rush on playing King Lear: 'What's to like? His parenting skills are appalling!'

by Interview By Nancy Groves

The actor tells how, after years making a mixed bag of films, he and director Neil Armfield brought 'the greatest play in the English language' to Sydney My career turned a sudden corner in my mid-40s when I did Shine. I kept doing theatre but I over-indulged in cinema. Interesting films, and less interesting films. I dropped out of theatre for a period of about 10 years. And then I ran into Stephen Daldry at a party…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:22pm on November 22, 2015