When Elliot Levey was cast in Henry IV, Parts One and Two, he didn't expect water-bombing, corpsing and a character redefined by new teeth In 2005, I was in my late 20s and just getting going as an actor. Nick Hytner cast me in his production of Henry IV Parts One and Two, with Michael Gambon as Falstaff. It was front-page news: the expectations on him were so ridiculous. And it didn't quite work, at first. My centra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM on July 15, 2025