LOS ANGELES – When Solly McLeod was asked to audition for “Tom Jones,” he thought it was for a screen biography of the Welsh singer.
Then he was clued into “The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling,” the comic novel by Henry Fielding. In the book, Tom is a lusty adolescent who falls in and out of love with a number of women.
People are also reading… Because he didn’t want to be influenced by Finney’s choices, McLeod didn’t watch the 1963 film until after he had completed his version and was flying to the United States to promote it.Because there are 60 years between the two editions, it’s likely a younger audience wouldn’t have seen the first, Executive Producer Susanne Simpson says.To lean into this new Tom, “I kind of imagined him as if my life had been going one way and then, maybe at 10 years old, I’d split off.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Luckily, McLeod’s parents supported his creativity. He acted in school, too, but when he told classmates he was going to become an actor, they laughed. “It was almost like they thought it was a waste.”After school, McLeod made films with friends while he supported himself working in a café. “I was seen in a showcase in an acting class and, from there, it just started progressing.
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