Tara Fitzgerald is in an enviable position. She co-stars with heart-throb
Hugh Grant, in the film, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came
Down a Mountain, and she's on Broadway in Hamlet playing Ophelia,
opposite Shindler's List co-star Ralph Fiennes. This is Tara's second
film playing Hugh Grant's love interest. They were also paired together
in Sirens.
TARA FITZGERALD: He's terrific, that's why I went back for more. You
can't really ask for someone, sort of, easier, in a way, to be on a film
with. He's very funny and he's very cool as well. He doesn't ever lose
his head and you know, he's very generous.
The 'Englishman' is about a village in Wales that has always been very
proud of it's mountain. Then two Englishmen arrive to measure it and say
it only classifies a hill, not a mountain.Why is it so important that this
hill be called a mountain?
TARA FITZGERALD: If you have, for generations, regarded your piece of
land as something very great, such as a mountain, to have two English people
come and tell you that it cannot be classified assuch, must be extremely
infuriating.
Tara Fitzgerald's daily focus right now is not on the 'Englishman',
but on her Broadway debut in a critically appraised production of Hamlet,
which stars Ralph Fiennes.
TARA FITZGERALD: It has been very exciting. I mean it's an actor's dream
to come to Broadway, I think,most actors. And its sort of lived up to all
expectations.
Fitzgerald, who is from London, is enjoying her stay in New York for
the show, but she says she's not pursuing other acting opportunities while
playing Ophelia.
TARA FITZGERALD: I like to really sort of focus on one thing.
By performing in the Shakespearean tragedy at the same time as appearing
in a light romantic comedy, Fitzgerald is proving she's not only lucky,
but a very versatile actress as well.
