I'd love a copy of 'Shakedown' - I'd even forgotten it was called that.

 

I think it was the way he dealt with the emotions in GWTW that impressed me. The first and last time he had tears when Bonnie died and when he sang 'Alone' The frustration of 'Just 2!' makes that song. I wish they had a clip of that now rather than one from before previews.

 

Bonnie was on stage when she died. It was gone 10:30 when the scene with the lullaby was played, so I watched Darius shapinfg the bed to make a body shape and then you just saw the hair.

" think if we're honest even we were gobsmacked when we first saw him as Rhett. For me, he was still Darius acting (very well) up there in Chicago and G&D but after "1861", he was the living breathing Rhett Butler. His songs really showed off his voice. Have you ever heard Darius sing such a low bass note as the one at the end of "deleterious to trade?" And the final high notes of "Nobody Knows You" were divine. "Alone" so emotional and Bonnie's Lullaby so sweet."

 

 

I so agree, BT - his voice just made me tingle, I didnt think I would forget he was Daiurs - but up there second time and third - it was Rhett

I read the book and he was Rhett. A perfect role for him and he excelled in it.

I'm sure there will be many more roles which will be perfect for Darius later on. I just can't think what they might be at present.

 

Isn't it encouraging though that on theatre sites, veteran members have suggested he could be the Phantom or Valjean/Javert in Les Mis - those are hallowed roles for them.

 

I can't see Darius ever giving up acting entirely nor music entirely. He loves them both. I also think it's inevitable that he will do some straight acting but I wonder if he could take to either TV or films. Performing for cameras must be much less exciting than performing for live audiences.

I cannot beleive we are back to waiting and twiddling our fingers again, wondering what will happen next! it only seems yesterday when we were overjoyed he had landed the Rhett role

He doesn't know himself. He'd thought the next 6 months booked.

I hope Darius doesn't regret turning down the other offers he had for GWTW, because I definitely think it was a great decision, although it didn't turn out as long as he expected.

I hope Darius doesn't regret turning down the other offers he had for GWTW, because I definitely think it was a great decision, although it didn't turn out as long as he expected.

 

I wonder what the 'scripts' were that he was reading and if they are possibly still pending B) :D

 

Julie

 

It still showed his abilities. I wonder if he'd take the risk again? Well, probably he likes risk, just doesn't like being tied down.

It was a big step for him to tie himself down for 6 months. I don't suppose he had much choice other than Hobson's choice take it or leave it. Thanks goodness he did the sensible thing.

Did you know that Darius is Natasha's new boyfriend. They've only been stepping out for over four years.

 

Now we know why she wasn't here supporting Darius at the end of Gone With The Wind. She was tied up filming.

 

 

Natasha Henstridge says Species gave her a chance to develop her career

Michael D. Reid, Times Colonist

Published: Monday, June 16, 2008

Thirteen years after steaming up screens as a seductive alien babe with a killer instinct in Species, Natasha Henstridge still can't escape recognition for her movie debut -- even while filming another sci-fi flick.

 

"People on set were going, 'Hey, Species was on last night!'" laughs Henstridge, balancing a tray of food while she navigates a maze of cables and movie sets depicting the moon, a European space agency's mission control and the Pentagon war room.

 

Not that the Newfoundland-born beauty is complaining, she says over lunch in a makeshift film studio where she's filming scenes for Impact, a $14-million sci-fi miniseries about the repercussions of a galactic disaster.

 

"Species made its mark and became a cult classic, and it gave me all the opportunities I have, so in many ways I'm grateful for it," says Henstridge, 33. "But sometimes I think, 'Didn't they see [ABC's] Commander-in-Chief?' Wouldn't it be nice if they remembered that, or the 25 other things I've done?"

 

If the model-turned-actress doesn't seem too hot and bothered, it's because she has branched out into comedies (Dog Park, The Whole Nine Yards), dramas (Bounce) and TV. After her recurring role as speaker's chief of staff Jayne Murray in Commander-in-Chief, she was cast as the fiancée of Jonny Lee Miller's character in ABC's offbeat legal series Eli Stone.

 

"I feel like I've passed the threshold," Henstridge says, chatting amiably while nibbling on a plate of salad and stew. "I do play strong female characters that have a vulnerability about them and you see this other side, thank God. I feel like I'm out of the stereotype of the hot babe, the cute girl -- the 'this,' the 'that.' I love playing strong, super-intellectual role models. It's fun not having to go to university for eight years and still get to be a genius."

 

In Impact, she plays Dr. Maddie Rhodes, a brainy astronomer called upon by the U.S. president to trouble-shoot when an asteroid crashes into the moon, sending it on a collision course with Earth.

 

Not that Henstridge doesn't still get offers to disrobe in cheesy movies. "Oh, they try," smiles the actress, now a happy single mother -- of Tristan, 9, and Asher, 7 -- with a new boyfriend, Scottish actor and singer Darius Danesh.

 

She says she'll never forget her taste of Species-era fame in Hollywood. It was worlds away from Fort McMurray, Alta., where she was raised in a trailer park before she moved to Paris to pursue a modelling career. At age 15, she graced the cover of France's Cosmopolitan and other magazines and later did modelling gigs for Oil of Olay, Old Spice and Lady Stetson.

 

Although "now it's cool to do both," she says she wanted to make the distinction between being a model and actress early on.

 

"I was in a place at the beginning of my career where I was like a fish in a fishbowl and I was absolutely terrified," she recalls, explaining why she sabotaged her own career by turning down opportunities to appear in Independence Day and Men in Black.

 

"I didn't realize at the time that the better the people are that you work with, the better it is for your career."

 

An exception was Deception, the recent thriller starring Hugh Jackman as a charismatic attorney who lures Ewan McGregor's mild-mannered auditor into an elite sex club of sorts for busy executives. The actress, who had a nudity rider, recoiled in horror when more of her natural assets than she had consented to were revealed in a sex scene with McGregor.

 

"They messed up, so you won't be seeing it that way in the DVD," says Henstridge, cringing.

 

Henstridge says she doesn't regret not becoming an Angelina Jolie-like superstar.

Beauty can be a door-opener, but it can also work against you, adds the actress who insists she doesn't see herself as such.

 

"Maybe I need to go into therapy for this, but I don't see it at all," she says, laughing. "I don't think that way. I'm your typical woman. I often look at the flaws."

 

There are times she wishes casting directors felt the same way.

 

"I'll hear, 'She's too pretty or it's just not believable,' and I'm thinking, 'You know, I wish they'd told me this before I spent an hour doing hair and makeup before going to that bloody audition. You should have seen me when I got up this morning.' "

 

Does she worry about falling into the "whatever happened to" category? Not a bit.

 

In fact, she says she is amused and bothered those words have such negative connotations, using as an example comments from people who wonder aloud where such stars as Elisabeth Shue have gone.

 

"Well, she's probably really enjoying her life. She has children and went to university," Henstridge says. "They made money and don't want to be on set 16 hours a day. Maybe they're creating something else. Good for them, man!"

Thanks Baytree, interesting read.

so true too, the what happened to ..

It made me laugh when I read that. 4 yrs and now new. It's interesting that she seems to like the idea of a life after films. Maybe that's D's next step.

Life after... is all very well, but the bills still have to be paid.

Salad and stew sounds to be an interesting combination.

Unless you've made enough money or have someone to support you.

Just noticed the there's no link for the Metro review in the GWTW reviews thread , just the little bit about Darius.

 

The whole review can be found on

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.h...mp;in_page_id=9

 

 

Just noticed the there's no link for the Metro review in the GWTW reviews thread , just the little bit about Darius.

 

The whole review can be found on

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.h...mp;in_page_id=9

Thanks BT...done

Even at the first preview it was remarked , not by us, that Darius should be on stage more as he made the show. Jill really grew into her role and ended up brilliantly. The first preview just gave her too much to do.

Funnily enough that's almost exactly what the missing piece of the Metro review says

 

"You just wish he had more to do"