Playing the Dane
30 October 1994, BBC2
Role: Himself

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Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The documentary was part of the BBC's Bard on the Box season (October-November 1994). -- BFI database  

This was one of the last interviews Jeremy gave. Among his comments about his performance were these:

I couldn't believe the circumstances. I thought they were monstrous. I was very rough on my mother [in the play] ... I was angry at that time. My mother had been killed savagely in a car accident in 1959. And I was very angry about that because my son when she was killed was only 3 months old. There was anger...in me and I think that came through. I felt cheated; I felt my mother was cheated. The rage of that I think came through...

Other actors interviewed included Ian McKellen, Richard Briers, Steven Berkoff, Frances de la Tour, Kevin Kline, Christopher Walken, Christopher Plummer, Stacy Keach and Tom Hulce. -- BFI's Screenonline: Hamlet on Screen

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