Most young British actor standouts will have the ermine mantel of “The next Lawrence Olivier” immediately draped on their shoulders to try out for size. Olivier is widely considered to have been the greatest stage actor of all time, in addition to being an old-school Hollywood movie star, an accomplished and prolific director, and founder of one of the most prestigious theater companies in England. It’s a ponderous cape; but I remember thinking at the time of his breakout performance in Shakespeare’s “Henry V” that actor-director-writer Kenneth Branagh might indeed be able to succeed in bearing the weight of it.
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By Mark Jackson
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