Michael Malarkey, a graduate of the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, is currently rocking out as Elvis Presley at the Noel Coward Theatre in Million Dollar Quartet—the sort of task they don’t teach you at drama school. Seen last year at the National Theatre in two mighty pieces of American esoterica (Spring Storm by Tennessee Williams and Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill), the 27-year-old actor is making his West End debut in this Broadway-to-UK musical transfer. Malarkey took time one recent evening to talk Elvis-style quiffs, Ohio roots and the excitement of a career that clearly is only just beginning.
Does it surprise you to have landed the role of Elvis for your West End debut?
It’s pretty nuts, man. I mean, I feel really lucky, but I also feel like I’ve earned it. The process was crazy: I had to do eight auditions, which was unlike anything I’d ever seen or heard about before, and I tend not to go up for musicals; they’re not my forte. But this one felt quite different because it’s rock ‘n’ roll, and before I was an actor, I was playing ...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Michael Malarkey Brings Elvis to the West End in Million Dollar Quartet
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