Jonathan Bailey is talking about all of his exciting projects.
The 37-year-old actor spoke out as part of a cover story for British GQ’s Heroes Issue, out now.
During the conversation, Jonathan talked about his career, his role in Wicked, performing Shakespeare on stage, and starring in Jurassic World: Rebirth.
He will be speaking at the GQ Heroes conference, taking place at Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire from July 2-4 as well.
Keep reading to find out what he had to say…
On the new details added to Wicked: For Good:
“There really is lots of new stuff. When [Fiyero] leaves with Elphaba and they go to her lair where she’s staying – on stage you just accept that she’s living in a pit of dry ice, but in the film it’s really beautifully realised and thought out by the departments and Cynthia and me.”
On the surrealness of the sets in Wicked:
“Being slightly off the M1 in Munchkinland, with Ari [Arianna Grande] singing a beautiful mezzo soprano, and then seeing cars pulling up on the hard shoulder try-ing to record it. And then seeing men in the sky, [which] turned out to be microlights and drones. It was like Independence Day.”
Reflecting on an early rehearsal for Wicked where he headbutted Arianna Grande:
“I remember having four hours to learn how to do a dance move. I did it with Ari, headbutted her, and was like, gotta go! I think she might have even headbutted me, but it was a meeting of minds, literally.”
On the awe of being part of the Jurassic Park franchise:
“There’s a lot to be in awe of. The moment you wake up and you’re like, ‘Ugh,’ I think you have to get a big ol’ slap on the old botty bott bott.”
On the possibility of him and Jeff Goldblum appearing together in the Jurassic Park universe together:
“We’ll see how it goes, but there might be a few films down the line where me and him can appear in Jurassic together. Dr Ian Malcolm and Dr Henry Loomis on a night out.”
Co-star Scarlett Johansson on working with him on the upcoming Jurassic Park film:
“He’s so twinkly. He’s very alive in the moment. I think sometimes when you say that somebody has a positive outlook it can seem to diminish the fact they’re also deep, because it can appear superficial. But he’s a deep thinker and also incredibly compassionate.”
On the period in his 20s where he faced lots of rejection in his career:
“My memory and my experience of it was that there was never a moment where I was going to play a leading male part,”
On his sense of self as a child—before the world made him question it:
“I really remember knowing everything about myself at a young age. I remember at primary school being really clear and then it sort of gets murky as you get older, which is such a shame, especially when it’s to do with sexuality.”
On the importance of theatre being accessible:
“It can’t become an elitist, inaccessible thing. It’s amazing what filming live theatre has done, but nothing beats being in the room.”
On playing Tim Laughlin in Fellow Travellers:
“It’s easy to look back at something as brutal and terrifying and desperately angering as the AIDS crisis and think that nobody had fun. It’s bulls–t. People find more joy in desperation and terror, and so the lightness of touch was meaningful.”
For more, head to gq-magazine.co.uk.
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