Australian actress Cate Blanchett will play the lead role in the play “The Seagull” based on the play by Russian writer Anton Chekhov, this is stated on the official website of the London Barbican Arts Centre. She will try on the image of the famous actress Irina Arkadina.
The role of Arkadina’s son Konstantin will be played by Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee. He appeared in the post-apocalyptic drama The Road, the horror film Let the Right One In, and the western Power of the Dog. English actress Emma Corrin got the role of Nina, with whom Konstantin is in love.
In August, Blanchett revealed that she had not received her salary for her role as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings. According to the actress, her only compensation was that she could eat sandwiches on the set. Blanchett noted that most of the film’s actors also did not receive their promised salary.
Earlier, the director and artistic director of the “Modern” theater Yuri Grymov spoke about the large number of theater premieres in Russia. He called the situation abnormal . According to Grymov, viewers cannot constantly go to productions.