Hamlet<\/em> with me. He just dropped it\u2014he said, \u201cWhat do you say?\u201d<\/p>\nWhat was it like, hearing that from the incoming associate artistic director of the National?<\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019m so grateful for what Indhu and Rob are doing with me, because I feel like, with roles like Hamlet<\/em> and then The Jungle Book<\/em>, there is this belief that they\u2019re putting in me, and that\u2019s making me feel much stronger and capable of these things. I have such self-doubt, and when people like Indhu and Rob put their belief in me\u2014I\u2019m hugely grateful for that.<\/p>\nNow you\u2019re reprising the role and bringing it to New York. Are you preparing for it any differently than when you first performed it in London?<\/strong><\/p>\nIt\u2019ll be a different audience. This play is so dependent on the audience and what their vibe is. I want to see what New York will bring to my performance. With the soliloquies, I\u2019ve been trying to really connect with the audience and really speak to them\u2014rather than it being a performance of verse, having it be questions asked of, and figured out with, the audience. When I was doing Life of Pi<\/em>, I felt that they were much more engaged and much more vocal about their feelings as the play was going on, and I wonder what will happen with this. At the end of the [London] run, I was feeling excited about it, but I think, after a break, I\u2019m feeling a bit nervous again!<\/p>\nWhere do you think that\u2019s coming from?<\/strong><\/p>\nI think I may have taken for granted the size of Hamlet<\/em> and what it means to perform it at the National. I think I may have underestimated the impact that it would have and the weight of it all. Now that I have done it, I know what it is, and it probably won\u2019t be the same, but I\u2019m a bit apprehensive about revisiting it again. I feel like I\u2019ve done it, and it was a difficult task. Even though I enjoyed it and I loved it, there was a pressure that I didn\u2019t fully understand until it was over.<\/p>\nThere\u2019s a real physicality and emotional depth to your Hamlet. Have you thought about the relationship between his self-expression and the constraints of masculinity within his role at court?<\/strong><\/p>\nHe is very open with the audience, isn\u2019t he? He tells them everything. I have wondered what they are to him\u2014the audience\u2014why he feels comfortable telling them so much. I think it\u2019s a survival tactic, right? If he doesn\u2019t speak about it with the audience, he\u2019ll probably explode with all that is going on. So there is a sense of desperation, and also a sense of relief that they are there to hear his thoughts and feelings. We tried to find this relationship with them as if they were his friend. But then, throughout the play, certain interactions change. At one point, when he thinks the audience is on his side and they don\u2019t reply to him the way he wants, he suddenly goes, \u201cOh, maybe there falls, too, their friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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