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Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe on Amadeus, Genius, and the Burden of Talent: Podcast

Consequence·Kyle Meredith·26 days ago
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Listen via:  Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Amazon Podcasts  |  More Platforms   There’s a dangerous thing about revisiting Amadeus . The 1984 film directed by Miloš Forman has hung over pop culture for decades like some powdered-wig ghost, but the new Amadeus series from Starz isn’t trying to remake the movie so much as crawl deeper into the rot underneath it. Speaking with Kyle Meredith , stars Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe talked about stretching Peter Shaffer’s story across five hours, which gives the rivalry between Mozart and Salieri far more room to bruise, obsess, and spiral. Listen above or  wherever you get your podcasts . Bettany, who plays Salieri with the kind of simmering resentment that could curdle wine, pointed out that the original stage play mostly lived inside Salieri’s head.…

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