Billie Piper has been "short listed"...YAY!

[rabid1st]

And I know most of you are saying "Wha-huh?" and the British could be saying..."Who cares? That award is always going to rubbish, soap opera actors." But I'm all happy that Billie Piper is on the short list of nominees for The Evening Standard Theater Awards.

And I'll tell you why? It was painfully obvious pre-Treats that the Theater community wanted nothing more than to send Billie packing as an upstart pop star with pretensions to the stage. But, I could tell by the tone of the articles that followed her debut that, even though she made an appalling choice in plays, they were grudgingly impressed by her performance. And sure enough...it stands up.

This is one time where I don't feel like she has to win. I think it's an honor to be nominated. And hopefully, she will now find the courage to do stage again...and pick a more accessible play.

Rae

Comments

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Go for Billie. No typecasting for her.

[np-complete.livejournal.com]

What was the play like? I don't recall hearing about it.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

The play was called "Treats" and it's about a woman torn between a good but boring man and a hot but dysfunctional one. At one point Billie has to cry on stage for about 10 minutes. That's every night and twice on weekends, balling her eyes out. And they say she wrenched people every single time. She says, and I believe her, that it was amazingly draining and that's why she lost all that weight and got sickly for a bit there.

Like David Tennant says, the reason Billie is so good as an actress is she's fearless emotionally. She really does give exactly what the role needs emotionally. Now, I want to see her expand into something really high brow...because so far, I think she's played to that emotional strength of hers.

Rae