Why Peter Dinklage Didn’t Want a Fake Nose for ‘Cyrano’
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variety.comGordon Cox Theater EditorPeter Dinklage was never very interested in playing the lead role in “Cyrano de Bergerac” — until a new musical adaptation of the story got rid of the fake nose that has come to define the character in the minds of many.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“It didn’t really speak to me,” said Dinklage of the original 1897 Edmond Rostand play.
Speaking on the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast, he explained, “It was very theatrical and it was all about a guy and a nose, and inevitably the nose was a fake nose, and [the role] was played by a handsome actor… I always thought, What’s the big deal?
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