You may recognize handsome actor Jack O’Connell from his role in the British drama Skins or his performance in 2014’s Unbroken.
Now, he’ll be baring his soul in a boozy, beefy revival of Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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In fact, he’ll be baring considerably more than his soul: He’s treating audience members to some good, old-fashioned nudity, in an onstage shower scene pencilled into the script for dramatic purposes only.
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Here’s a photo taken from that scene:
The actor –who plays tormented alcoholic Brick — says he had absolutely no idear he’d signed up for nudity when he won the role.
It was a role immortalized by Paul Newman in the film version, like so:
“It was just turning up to the rehearsal room and there was a pole on the stage representing a shower,” he tells The Evening Standard.
“When you read the script you were led to believe the shower was off-stage, so it was a revelation to realize I would be starkers.”
You can watch a teaser below:
yaletownman
He is a superb actor and anyone who has never seen “Skins” owes it themselves to check it out. Fantastic series.
Xzamilloh
Not that unholy abomination that MTV tried to put out… the hell were they thinking??? My favorite era of Skins was with Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel and company.
Herman75
The Antaeus in LA just did Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Brick gave us a peak at the goods twice. Quite sensual and erotic looking fellow.
nitejonboy
The teaser makes the play look like something it’s not…the play is not about sex, if anything it’s about the lack of sex and affection between the two because of Brick’s homosexuality or bisexuality. And Maggie the Cat would not be caught dead in a shirt. These people obviously don’t understand this play. British people should stick to what they know, and it ain’t Tennessee Williams.
Stevenw
Actually, of the 3 directors, one is Belgian and the other Australian.
Mkiel
The english were doing great plays for centuries before US was a nation.
ohiodude88
Just watch the great film “Starred Up”. Plenty of Jack in that prison flick.