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 The first thing you notice about Rebecca Hall — on stage, as in person — is her sheer loftiness. There may be taller women, but she is serenely, aristocratically vertical. In her own words, she is “a giant” — disablingly so, given the half-pint proportions of so many actors. In the cauldron of performance, she has had to compromise. “I’ve got really good at dropping my hip and drooping my shoulders, and making myself look small,” she says. No amount of folding herself into creases will stop her from towering over Simon Russell Beale, opposite whom she is now playing at the Old Vic in two great classical roles. But there is another side effect of being 5ft 10in — and not blonde — in her line of work. Or so she reckons. You get typecast as a brainbox. “I’m often cast as clever people. It doesn’t mean I necessarily am.” Read More…
Thanks to Jack for the heads up and scan!
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