If you’re lucky,” says John Lithgow, “an actor gets to speak a few lines in his career that you just absolutely know are going to have a terrific impact. It’s just quickened everybody’s attention.” open image in gallery John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in ‘Giant’ at the Royal Court If the play fits the times, the role fits the actor. …
Roald Dahl was a cankered giant of children’s literature, casting a dark shadow over the pastel-tinted landscapes of a usually benign genre. Dahl would have been 66 at this time but Lithgow’s portrayal makes him seem a decade older – white-haired and almost entirely past caring about the opinion of professionals he derides as “children”. And Lithgow faultlessly captures Dahl’s …
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