A
A TRAIN
A TRAIN FULL OF SUSPECT HEADING DOWN THE TRACKS 4@TO OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
>> THIS IS A MYSTERY WITH A
RICH HISTORY, BUT A NEW
THEATRICAL LIFE.
WITH US HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT
THREE OF THE ACTORS BRINGING
THE SHOW TO LIFE AT OGUNQUIT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMI4@NG.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
>> GREAT TO BE 4@HERE.
>> EVERY ACTOR STARTS OUT AS A
KID PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE.
WHEN YOU GET TO BE IN 4@A SHOW
LIKE THIS WITH ELABORATE
COSTUMES AND 4@EXOTIC CHARACTER
SET ON THIS TRAIN ROLLING
ACROSS EUROPE, MUST FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR INNER
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JUST HAVING FUN
AND PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE.
>> I DO LOVE TRAINS.
I WAS AN AVID, I AM AN AVID
AGATHA CHRISTIE READER.
MY ONLY CONCERN 4@WAS, DOES
EVERYBODY KNOW WHO DID IT?
AND THEY
4@
4@ [
4@ [ SCREAMING
4@4@4@
>>
>> AGATHA
>> AGATHA CHRISTIE WAS THE QUEEN OF THE BRITISH MYSTERY AND THE STORIES REVOLVED AROUND
WHO COMMITTED THE MURDER.
YOU PLAY THE ROLE OF 4@4@A FAMO
SLUICE, AND ECCENTRIC
CHARACTER.
THIS MUST BE A PRETTY RICH WALL
FOR AN ACTOR TO SINK HIS TEETH
INTO.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
ALL MY LIFE I'VE WANTED TO PLAY
THIS ROLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ME
INTO THIS ROLE BECAUSE I AM
SHORT, I HAVE A GOOD 4@BELGIAN
ACCENT.
>> SOMEONE ON THIS TRAIN
COMMITTED 4@THIS MURDER.4@ 4@
AND I WILL FIND OUT WHO IT IS,
I PROMISE YOU.
>> THIS JUST WORKED OUT.
I HAVE HAD A 4@VERY BUSY YEAR I
WAS GOING TO HAVE A VACATION
RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE LIKE
HIM DO THIS AT THE OGUNQUIT
PLAYHOUSE.
IT IS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
JOY AND 4@ADVENTURE.
IT IS AN INTENSE ROLE.
>> IT IS VERY INTENSE.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
HOW HE CONTROLS 4@THE WHOLE TRA
CAR IN THE FINAL SCENE. 4@
THE AUDIENCE, I THINK THEY ARE
LITERALLY HOLDING THEIR BREATH.
YOU COULD HEAR 4@A PIN DROP.
AFTER ALL THIS LAUGHTER ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE SHOW, SUDDENLY
THERE 4@ARE TEARS AND THERE 4@
HOLDING ON.
I DON'T LOOK OUT THERE TOO
MUCH.
[ LAUGHTER 4@] ANYWAY,
>> THE FACT THIS IS SUCH A WELL-
KNOWN STORY, BUT THERE ARE
STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE4@ WHO 4@D
KNOW WHODUNIT, AND 4@THIS IS A
FAIRLY NEW ADAPTATION TO 4@THE
STAGE.
IS THIS STILL VERY SURPRISING
FOR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE?
>> I THINK IT IS BECAUSE WHAT
HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF THE SHOW IS YOU KIND OF GE4@
TO KNOW ALL THE CHARACTERS ON
THE TRAIN, AND YOU BEGIN TO
FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH
OF THEM.
YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THEM HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER.
YOUR HOPING, I REALLY LIKE 4@TH
ONE, I HOPE THEY DID NOT DO IT.
I REALLY LIKE THIS STORY LIKE I
RELATE TO THIS PERSON AND HOPE
THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
SO AGATHA CHRISTIE WAS VERY
SMART TO PULL AT 4@OUR
HEARTSTRINGS AND MAKE US USE
OUR HEADS AND OUR HEARTS AT THE
SMART TO PULL AT 4@OUR HEARTSTRINGS AND MAKE US USE OUR HEADS AND OUR HEARTS AT THE@
SAME TIME4@ TRYING TO SUSS OUT
WHO COMMITTED THE MURDER.
>> YOU WILL HAVE VERY EXTENSIV4
ACTING BACKGROUNDS.
ANITA, YOU SPECIFICALLY HAVE
STARTED MANY ROLES, BUT FOR
THOSE MILLENIALS WATCHING, THEY
WILL REMEMBER YOU FROM 30 ROCK
AS WELL.
>> I WAS THE MOM TO TINA FEY.
>> IT IS GOT TO BE VERY
DIFFERENT DOING SOMETHING
TELEVISION WISE AND DOING GA4@M
SHOWS AND THEN DOING MOVIES.
>> LIKE MOONSTRUCK, THAT WAS MY
OTHER BREAKOUT FILM CAREER.
PLAYING 4@THE MISTRESS.4@
THE LITTLE GIRL ON THE SIDE.
>> YOU SAY THAT SO SWEETLY.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND BAD AT ALL.
>> SUITE IS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS HONEY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU NEVER 4@KNOW.
>> IT IS BECAUSE I AM OLD.
THAT'S 4@ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GOOGLE
ME. 4@
IT DOESN'T JUST SAY YOUR DATE 4@
OF BIRTH, INPUTS IN PARENTHESES
YOUR ACTUAL AGE SO THEY DON'T
EVEN HAVE TO DO THE MATH.
I RESENT THAT.
BUT ANYWAY.
[ LAUGHTER ] THAT'S WHY I'VE
DONE SO 4@MUCH.
>> YOU'VE DONE A LOT, YOU
MENTIONED THE BELGIAN 4@ACCENT.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO DO THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT @
YOU'RE DOING.
>> I AM INVESTIGATING 4@4@THE M@
.
>> I HAVE DONE ACCESS BEFORE,
AND THIS IS BEEN SUCH AN
INTENSELY QUICK PROCESS TO PUT
THIS PLAY OUT.
SO I JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT.
IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY EASY
BECAUSE I AM KIND OF FALLING
BACK UPON A FRENCH ACCENT
BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE CLEAR AS
THE AUDIENCE COMES ALONG WITH
US ON THIS JOURNEY YOU DON'T
WANT TO PUSH THEM AWAY.
IT IS A MODIFIED FRENCH BELGIAN
ACCENT.
>> THAT IS WHAT YOU ALWAYS 4@WA
TO DO, BRING TH4@E AUDIENCE ALO
OF THE JOURNEY.
WE HAVE GOT TO LEAVE IT THERE. @
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE TRAIN WALSTER THE
OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE THROUGH THE
END 4@OF