UNITED KINGDOM: VAL KILMER OPENS IN LONDON'S WEST END IN "THE POSTMAN AKWAYS RINGS TWICE"

Record ID: 336852

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: VAL KILMER OPENS IN LONDON'S WEST END IN "THE POSTMAN AKWAYS RINGS TWICE"
  • Date: 7th June 2005
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 7, 2005) (REUTERS) WIDE/ PAN OF EXTERIORS OF PLAYHOUSE THEATRE WITH CROWD VARIOUS OF (UNIDENTIFIED) PEOPLE MINGLING OUTSIDE THEATRE BEFORE PERFORMANCE CLOSE OF POSTERS OF "THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE" VARIOUS OF VAL KILMER AND CO-STARS ON STAGE AT END OF PLAY/AUDIENCE APPLAUDING WIDE OF EXTERIOR "THE MINT LEAF" WHERE AFTERSHOW PARTY TAKING PLACE SLV PEOPLE MINGLING AT PARTY WIDE OF PEOPLE DRINKING AT BAR VARIOUS OF VAL KILMER BEING INTERVIEWED SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) VAL KILMER, SAYING: "I feel very happy. It was a good show, it's a great cast so I just feel relieved." PAN OF KILMER CO-STAR CHARLOTTE EMERSON POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FRIEND ACTOR IAIN GLEN SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) VAL KILMER, SAYING: "It's a very tough play and I just hope that people appreciate it, it's very active, the cast is great and I just hope they enjoy it as much as we do." QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LONDON? VAL KILMER, SAYING: "I love it here, I made my first movie here, I married an English girl a long time ago." SLV KILMER LAUGHING AND WALKING OFF
  • Embargoed: 22nd June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAAZTE9CLHUKV8EONOOBAFQDIPW
  • Story Text: He swapped the West Coast for the West End. Val
    Kilmer makes his London stage debut with 'The Postman
    Always Rings Twice'.




    Batman actor Val Kilmer has made his stage debut in
    London on Tuesday (June 7) taking on the part made famous
    by Jack Nicholson and John Garfield, who both starred in
    film versions of the novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
    by James M Cain.

    Fresh from a critical mauling in the Oliver Stone film
    "Alexander", Kilmer portrays a drifter who seduces a lonely
    housewife.

    The 1981 film which paired Nicholson with Jessica Lange
    was so racy it upset censors. Kilmer and British co-star
    Charlotte Emerson aren't shy either - the pair manage to
    generate some heat with their passionate embraces.

    The play is the first that brings Kilmer to London stages.

    "It's a very tough play and I just hope that people
    appreciate it, it's very active, the cast is great and I
    just hope they enjoy it as much as we do," he said.

    Kilmer has starred in over 40 Hollywood films,
    including "Top Gun", "The Doors" and "Heat". His stage work
    includes many Broadway productions including "Henry IV Part
    !" and "The Slab Boys".

    "The Postman Always Rings Twice" will be shown at the
    Playhouse Theatre for a 10-week-limited season.

    Although he's a pro when it comes to stage work, Kilmer
    was nevertheless nervous about how English audiences would
    react to his debut in London.

    "I feel very happy. It was a good show, it's a great
    cast so I just feel relieved", he said at the play's
    aftershow party.
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