All this is supposed to blend in order to tell a story ... (the play) should be natural when you're sitting in your seat watching, |
Eleanor is more vibrant than any female icon in our own century, |
I'm trying to see the reflection of what I want, it's a fascinating thing … the focus is now having all of these things and finding the right people who will create the ensemble that I have originally created in my mind. |
She's 82 years old, she's about to die, she knows it and she has this kind of a dream of what it would be if she was able to justify (her point of view), |
That's why I'm directing this show to the men in the audience. They're the ones who need the instruction, |
You could argue that she was the first feminist, but I think she was more than that, a visionary able to foresee and plan a dynasty that could cover all of Europe. |
You never get the totality of Eleanor in The Lion In Winter, |