In his new film, Alan Cumming plays a colourful cross-dresser looking to adopt a neglected child. The star talks about his own plans for parenthood – and his dreadful dancing
Early in our conversation, Alan Cumming declares that he is not the flamboyant extrovert he appears to be on stage – which is, after all, where he has given his career-defining performances: a decade ago, as Emcee in Sam Mendes's Cabaret; and last year in his one-man Macbeth. Both will be spoken of long after everyone has forgotten his roles in The Smurfs, Garfield or The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
At 48, there is certainly an enduring softness about Cumming. It's there in his accent (2% New York, but largely Scottish Highlands), his appearance (elfin with greying spiky hair) and his sentiments ("It's too easy to be mean in life"). And he is as understated as anyone can be while sporting a...
Early in our conversation, Alan Cumming declares that he is not the flamboyant extrovert he appears to be on stage – which is, after all, where he has given his career-defining performances: a decade ago, as Emcee in Sam Mendes's Cabaret; and last year in his one-man Macbeth. Both will be spoken of long after everyone has forgotten his roles in The Smurfs, Garfield or The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
At 48, there is certainly an enduring softness about Cumming. It's there in his accent (2% New York, but largely Scottish Highlands), his appearance (elfin with greying spiky hair) and his sentiments ("It's too easy to be mean in life"). And he is as understated as anyone can be while sporting a...
- 9/4/2013
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Alan Cumming has had such a chequered love life he wants to recapture lost relationships through a book and documentary about himself. The Scottish star - who has split his career between high profile films like Spy Kids and cutting edge theatre work - divorced wife Hilary Lyon to date fellow actress Saffron Burrows, before declaring he was in a gay relationship. And now Cumming has started his auto-biographical work to try and recapture his hurtful past. He says, "The trouble is, the person I shared a lot of things with, we don't talk anymore, so I feel there's a big chunk of my life missing and I so miss that chunk. I feel I don't have any hold on it. I've got quite a long way to go with my book, and the really interesting thing is that now, when I go out, at the end of the night I want to recap it, write it down so I don't forget. So it doesn't go missing again."...
- 12/18/2001
- WENN
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