Monroe: interview for NZ Dominion Post

There is an amusing interview with Tom on the Dominion Post website about Monroe as the series has been recently broadcast in New Zealand.  He also mentions Arcadia, Hamlet and his own hospital experiences. Read the interview in full on the Dominion Post website.

Have you ever ended up in hospital?

A kidney stone once put me in hospital for a week. I was watching a late night episode of something and in the space of the commercial break I went from sitting happily on the sofa to writhing on the floor whilst my flatmates panicked and offered me water. The water didn't help.

What qualities does James Nesbitt have that will make him a good dwarf in The Hobbit?

His height. He is only three-foot tall (less than one metre), and plays the part of Monroe almost entirely on stilts, which makes his performance doubly impressive.

You've been performing on Broadway. What's the biggest difference about working in America?

The scope and spectacle of everything. It feels like you are on the world stage, and the response and reception is on a far greater scale. It's both exhilarating and intimidating. These last six months in New York have been among the best of my life.

You studied English Literature. What literary character would you most like to play?

Being able to play Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia on Broadway, having studied it at university, feels like I've been lucky enough to have that dream come true already. That said, if Hamlet came my way . . . 

Will there be another series of Monroe?

You'll just have to wait and see!