Succession‘s Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) could have at occasions fought and tumbled her approach by way of the HBO dramedy, however the Emmy-winning actress is placing her stamina to the true take a look at in her one-woman Broadway adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Image of Dorian Grey — and he or she’s taking a cue from popstar Taylor Swift to arrange.
As described by The New Yorker, which profiled Snook forward of the strictly restricted engagement, the play is an “athletic feat” involving her talking for 2 hours reverse pre-recorded variations of herself sans a break and with solely three transient “moments when she will sneak a sip of water.”
When requested how she skilled for the distinctive function, wherein she portrays 26 characters female and male, she replied, “No alcohol, no caffeine. Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep. And I do my traces at tempo on a treadmill, .”
After the interviewer identified the similarity between Swift’s routine and hers, Snook added that the singer-songwriter impressed her strategy. “I heard that and thought, ‘That’s a genius concept. I’m gonna try this.’”
The multi-Grammy winner instructed Time in 2023 that she launched into a rigorous exercise routine half a 12 months previous to her sprawling Eras Tour, which ran from March 2023 by way of December 2024 to change into the highest-grossing tour of all time. That included working on the treadmill daily whereas singing all the 3.5 hour setlist aloud: ”Quick for quick songs, and a jog or a quick stroll for sluggish songs,” she stated.
“I needed to get it in my bones. I needed to be so over-rehearsed that I could possibly be foolish with the followers, and never lose my practice of thought. Studying choreography will not be my sturdy swimsuit,” Swift added.
The Image of Dorian Grey started previews March 10, opening March 27 and working by way of June 15.
