Is it nice to be in London, the rain has stopped.
It's yeah, we have a deal with the rain gods.
No, it's incredible to be back in London and make my home away from home, for sure.
Also excited by the film you're singing, your heart,
warming, you're dancing and singing, You can call it singing - but no thank you.
It's a very it's a very lovely film.
It has a really big beating heart to it, and I hope people come away
with a song in their heart.
You play this character
He's going to talk about so many times before.
How did you...
And this isn't the last.
Tell me about taking on this role and what was important for you
to showcase.
Well, I love that he's such a sort of a contradiction, he's
so he has such courage in many other aspects of his life, except for
the woman he
loves and capable of professing his love to her.
And so much as relevant as it is today
because people hide behind behind online profiles of themselves constantly.
And that's the reason why these classic stories are still around
because they will always be relevant to what we're experiencing on a day to day
basis for life.
This is awesome and this Oscar buzz as well around it,
which I think is definitely deserved.
How does that feel?
It feels it's nice.
You know, it's whatever it is.
It's it's just people.
It means that people really like the show.
It's just like, can you just ask obviously the object of Cyrano's affection
played by the amazing Hayley Bennett, can you talk about
what makes her such a very special actor
and how you got that unique blend of chemistry that your Cyrano
has with her?
I mean, Hayley and I had the opportunity and the benefit of
doing the stage production before the film a couple of years before the film.
So we had that familiarity, which really helps when you're
going into a movie when you don't know anybody most times.
So that really helped. You never forget.
Roxanne and Cyrano are also old friends
who happens to be in love with this old friend,
but they have that real familiarity that was as great and Hayley is all in.
Like Kelvin [ Harrison Jr.] and Ben Mendelsohn, they wear their hearts on their sleeves
as actors and as people and very important in a story like this.
It's an old story.
Why do you think each generation keeps rediscovering it?
Well, because who isn't
terrified in the face of love and
trying to figure out the smartest people in the room
are still trying to figure out the mystery of what that is,
and I'll always be that way.
Scott from HeyUGuy, nice see you again. Cyrano is such a wonderful character.
Why do you think he's endured for all these years?
What is it about him that people seem to connect with all this time?
Well, you want him around his beloved,
but he also is weak without ego, completely humble.
And that makes him even more attractive.
Yes, he's strong, but but no but kind. You've a great relationship with Hayley
And I want to tell us just quickly about working
with Kelvin [Harrison Jr.], you and Christian, obviously, and they're very important to the story.
What was like working with him and then bringing those two characters to life?
Well, I think Christian is, for me, one of the most fascinating characters
in the piece, because he's often mistaken as not being intelligent.
But I think what Christian is is he's pure kindness.
He's he's has such an open mind and such an open heart.
And I think especially nowadays, we can mistake that for a lack of intelligence.
And we think like
if you're cynical and brooding and mad all the time, you must be smart.
But it's not necessarily the case.
It's my experience.
And I thought that was it.
We really tried to emphasize that Christian is he's the only one
that exposes the lie at the end and wants to get out of it.
You know what? And that's if that's that's intelligence
Thanks for your time, pleasure.