New York Cool
Diedre Kilgore
A
useful teaching tool for any new actor or director Special
Thanks to Roy London is a fascinating documentary which pays homage to the
hugely popular and much admired acting coach Roy London, showing his personal
approach to teaching. Roy London’s
life story is depicted through a series of interviews with ex-lovers,
colleagues and students all of whom talk about the successes they achieved
through his help. The film
chronicles Roy London’s life, starting when he was a five-year-old mathematical
genius onto his career as an actor, playwright and acting coach through to his
tragic death from AIDS at the age of fifty. Interested in empowering the actor,
rather than diminishing him, Roy helped many students grow and find themselves,
and through his teachings, many of them have obtained the confidence needed to
become major successes. A
useful teaching tool for any new actor or director, Special Thanks to Roy
London also serves as an entertaining behind the scenes look into the world of
an extraordinary man who deeply touched the lives of an enormous amount of
people.
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