M
ark Rylance is constantly learning and evolving. It is the secret to his genius. I know this because when I meet him in the bar of the Bristol Old Vic, in the closing days of his play Dr Semmelweis, he tells me as much. He doesn’t admit to genius.
On the contrary, even though Steven Spielberg and Al Pacino are his biggest fans, the Oscar-winning star of Bridge of Spies and Wolf Hall is critical of his own abilities. He refuses to watch his films and of his performance technique, honed over 40 years of stage and screen roles, he will only say: “I find myself a little busy as an actor, and it’s something that is going to calm down now that I’m
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