… and Ben Whishaw fit the bill. He’s almost rock n roll like. A little Keith Richards in there. To be exact he looks like an Egon Shiele painting. And he’s very thin and had the humor. If you just saw him as an actor in rehearsal the sensual and sexual tension between this young, in-his-twenties actor and Helen [Mirren] was really cool.
-Julie Taymor
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