Eddie Izzard channelled stand-up energy in Doctor Jekyll
Eddie Izzard's own stand-up comedy inspired her performance in 'Doctor Jekyll'. The 61-year-old trans comic will play the dual roles of the calm and sweet Nina Jekyll, and the maniacal Rachel Hyde in the retelling of the classic story and wanted to harness the energy of her live show for her latter character. During an interview with SFX magazine where she was asked how she approached the final scene where Hyde brutally beats a man to death with a stick, the comedian and actor said: "I had to go somewhere at the end and I honestly wasn't sure what was going to come out. "When I do stand-up, an...