At the grand old age of 35, Benedict Cumberbatch reckons it is time he played Hamlet. “I hope to return to the theatre soon, hopefully as Hamlet, as it’s a role I’ve been interested in for a long time,” the Sherlock actor tells Mandrake.
“I don’t know if there is such a thing as a right age to play the part, but 36 or 37 seems appropriate to me, so I need to do it before long.”
Last year, Michael Sheen got away with playing the Prince of Denmark at 42. David Warner, who played the part when he was 24 at Stratford, says that the scholars always reckon Hamlet to be 33 at the end of the play.
Still, Sir Michael Redgrave was 50 when he played the part and the “divine” Sarah Bernhardt managed to do it at 55 — and on one leg, to boot.
(from http://www.scoop.it/t/benedict-cumberbatch)
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