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Geoffrey Rush: Roles
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After marking time in box-office duds like "Mystery Men" and "The House on Haunted Hill" (both 1999), Rush received some of the best reviews of his career playing the sadistic Marquis de Sade in "Quills" (2000). Preening and prancing about like a decadent 18th-century rock star, Rush turned de Sade into a charming, wickedly humorous but quite intelligent creature. Although some critics questioned the choice of casting, most felt that Rush was superlative in the role and he earned another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He followed with another literary-based character, playing the title role in "The Tailor of Panama" (2001), adapted from John Le Carre's spy novel. As the Cockney ex-con turned clothing maker, Rush found another role in which he could display his acting prowess and sharp comedic timing.
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In September 1998, Rush played the title role in the Beaumarchais play "The Marriage of Figaro" for the Queensland Theatre Company. This was the opening production of the Optus Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre at South Bank in Brisbane. A pun on Geoffrey Rush's name (and the circumstances), was used in the opening prologue of the play with the comment that the "Optus Playhouse was opening with a Rush".
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is preparing to shoot Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 concurrently in Los Angeles and the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, reuniting lead star Depp with castmates Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. New to the crew are Rolling Stone Keith Richards, the inspiration for Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow character (he'll play Jack's dad), and Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat (he'll play Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai).
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In the role of a lifetime, GEOFFREY RUSH explores the art, beauty and perversion of the legendary Marquis de Sade. And as you'll see once you drink him down slowly in the erotically hypnotic 'QUILLS' - he's just the man to do it.
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Craft and art are terms that can be used when referring to Geoffrey Rush’s acting abilities. Reared on stage, his work has translated exceptionally well to film where in a limited number of roles he has already been nominated for three Oscars.
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