Movie star Jeremy Irons has been cast opposite Melissa Errico in the Hollywood Bowl's summer production of Camelot.
The Lerner and Loewe classic, which recounts the love triangle between King Arthur, his queen Guenevere and Sir Lancelot, will be presented on August 14th at 7:30 PM for one night only. Gordon Hunt will direct the performance, while John Mauceri will lead the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.While best known as a film actor, Irons is no stranger to the stage. He played the title role of Richard II and Leontes in The Winter's Tale for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and his sole Broadway appearance in Stoppard's The Real Thing brought him a 1984 Tony for Best Actor in a Play. This will be Irons' second role in a Lerner and Loewe musical; in 1987, he played Henry Higgins in a concert production of My Fair Lady.On screen, the intense actor has often been cast in villainous roles, but has played his fair share of leading men as well. Film credits include Kingdom of Heaven, Being Julia, The Time Machine, Stealing Beauty, The Lion King (as the voice of Scar), M. Butterfly, Reversal of Fortune (for which he won a Best Actor Academy Award in 1990), The Mission and The French Lieutenant's Woman. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the TV minseries Brideshead Revisited, and also starred in the telefilm The Last Call (as F. Scott Fitzgerald) and the HBO remake of Lolita.Videos