In the first of a series looking at first auditions, Jeff Goldblum recalls his ‘lucky’ early career скачать в хорошем качестве

In the first of a series looking at first auditions, Jeff Goldblum recalls his ‘lucky’ early career

(12 Sep 2018) IN THE FIRST OF A SERIES LOOKING AT FIRST AUDITIONS, JEFF GOLDBLUM RECALLS HIS 'LUCKY' EARLY CAREER CHOICES Jeff Goldblum says he was "miraculously lucky" to land his first acting jobs. "I fell into jobs before I ever sought them out much," says the Hollywood star, recalling his first auditions as a young actor in the early 1970s. "I went to drama school – this place called the Neighborhood Playhouse, Sanford Meisner was the great teacher who was there. And in between the first and second year, they called, they had called the school up, the Shakespeare Festival – Joseph Papp was still doing it. And they said, 'We're doing a free Shakespeare in the Park,' famously as they did, and still do at the Delacorte Theater (New York), 'And they need a guard for Two Gents – this musical version of 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' that Galt McDermott who had just had a hit with 'Hair,' is writing songs for and John Guare, a brilliant playwright, is adapting and they need a tall guard." "I went down," Goldblum continues, "and hello, met somebody – that was my audition. I had said, 'Hello.' I was the only person who never had to sing because the musical, never had to sing or audition, luckily, as you now know, I never would've made it, but soon they said as I was sitting there, they said, 'Well, you're in the show. They want you in the show.'" That production of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" kickstarted Goldblum's career. After its initial run, the show transferred to Broadway, where it played from November 1971 through May 1973, in the process winning a raft of honors, including the 1972 Tony Award for Best Musical. Following his time on the stage, Goldblum auditioned for a "show that originated in England called, 'El Grande de Coca-Cola.'" "I went and showed up with a lot of other people and sang a little bit," he says. "There was some music in it but mostly fooled around, it was a kind of funny show. I got the part. I got that part. And then Robert Altman saw me in that show and put me in a couple of movies, 'Nashville,' and next up, and 'California Split.'" Those movies marked his second and third appearances on the silver screen. Goldblum's debut role, however, was in the 1974 vigilante thriller, "Death Wish," where he played "Freak #1". "The first part (my agent) ever sent me up for was 'Death Wish,' in 1973," he says. "Never been up for a movie audition before, for a very brutal character… I sat there for a while and I think I left and my agent that day said, 'Well, you got the part, they want you in the movie.' And then I did that movie… So those were my first couple of auditions and was very lucky and kind of, but I was thrilled to act." "I knew nothing. I was not very good, besides whatever flair I might have had, you know, and so I did whatever I did. But I've had a lot to learn. Thank goodness I kept getting chances and still am getting chances to get try to get better, for heaven's sakes," he smiles. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...