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Jonathan Groff: “It’s so easy to fall in love with this show”

[ Written on May 30 2024 by rory ]

The guest star of ‘Rogue’ talks to Doctor Who Magazine about adapting to the Whoniverse…

Doctor Who and Bridgerton fans alike are hotly anticipating the upcoming episode ROGUE, which will see the Doctor and Ruby attending a Regency-era ball that has been infiltrated by aliens – as well as guest star Jonathan Groff!

Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine in the latest issue, Jonathan discusses joining the Whoniverse and adapting to a fast-paced TV production. Read an excerpt of the interview from issue 604 below…

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) is on sale as of Thursday 23rd May. It is available to order as a subscription, either physical or digital, here.

Jonathan Groff on adjusting to the challenges of being a guest star in Doctor Who…

“It’s always hard to come into a well-oiled machine as an outsider, as a guest star and jump on the train for a short period of time. On TV it’s so fast, so the biggest challenge for me is being shot out of a cannon and immediately making choices and trying to find the character as quickly as possible because it’s just for a few weeks and then it’s over. It’s different to theatre when you’re in every day over the course of months, you can build up a kind of momentum. This is more like doing a sprint as opposed to a long-distance run.

“Being chased by an alien was the first thing we shot, and I was like ‘what is happening?’ it was very strange, very surreal. To be with the Doctor and running away from people who are dressed as birds, it was really funny. It felt like I was in a sci-fi show… I assumed that Doctor Who was sci-fi, but it’s so much more than that. It’s easy to fall in love with this show.”

Read the full interview at DOCTOR WHO

(Video) LIVE with Kelly and Mark: Jonathan Groff Just Got His Third Tony Nomination

[ Written on May 28 2024 by rory ]

Jonathan Groff talks about “Merrily We Roll Along” and getting his third Tony nomination for his role in the show.

‘Old Friends’ perfomance at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

[ Written on May 21 2024 by rory ]

Broadway stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez perform a song from their Tony Award-nominated musical, “Merrily We Roll Along.” Catch the show during its strictly limited engagement, now through July 7th at Broadway’s Hudson Theater.

Jonathan Groff is fine not fitting in: ‘Being gay has allowed me to forge my own path’

[ Written on May 15 2024 by rory ]

Celebrating a Tony nomination for Merrily We Roll Along and the 10th anniversary of Looking, the Out cover star reflects on his groundbreaking and unexpected career as an out actor.

When the audience of Broadway’s Merrily We Roll Along first meets Frank Shepard (Jonathan Groff), the character has all the trappings of a beautiful life: He’s hosting a glamorous party at his Los Angeles home as a producer of hit commercial films.

Others might call this scene a certain kind of hell. At the fete, he flirts with a younger woman who is not his wife. It’s revealed that he missed his son’s graduation. One of his longtime best friends, the writer and theater critic Mary Flynn (Lindsay Mendez), effectively ends the gathering with a drunken dressing-down, in which she mourns Frank’s squandered artistry as a once-promising composer. At one point, Frank tells his wife, “I’ve made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over. That was saying ‘yes’ when I meant ‘no.’”

When Jonathon Groff first encountered Merrily, “that line went boom,” the actor recalls. “It went through my body. And I thought that I have to play this part, because this is a mistake that I have made often in my life.”

“I think everyone that was closeted at some point can relate to a version of that, of saying ‘yes,’ when I meant ‘no,’” he reflects. “This thing of presenting something that’s different than what’s happening inside felt super personal to me.”

Read the full interview at OUT Magazine

(Video) Late Night with Seth Meyers

[ Written on May 03 2024 by rory ]

Jonathan Groff talks about landing a Tony nomination for his work on Merrily We Roll Along, Lea Michele seeing the show on his birthday and his lie detector test with Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez.

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