For Andrew Scott Fans

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He has the biggest stage role of his career on his hands and two high profile television jobs around the corner, but Andrew Scott is taking it all in his stride, finds Caroline Bishop.

It’s not often that an actor can describe the role he is playing as “bigger than Hamlet”. But that is the scale of the daunting job taken on by Andrew Scott, whose return to the National Theatre sees him play fourth century Roman Emperor Julian in the first English production of Ibsen’s epic masterpiece, Emperor And Galilean, playing as part of the Travelex £12 season.

“Jonathan [Kent, the director] said he’s never come across a bigger part, which made me want to vomit,” says Scott with a grin. “I think it’s because I don’t get much of a rest, I’m on stage quite a bit. But that’s the gig.”

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Source: OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk
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