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Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. ", "I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from writing songs through the rehearsal processes. I think we started observing each other, really—trying to pick up on each other's physical characteristics and rhythms. Ron put us in touch with each other as soon as we were both on board and we had Skype meetings where we shared the various bits of research we'd done. Since then, I've followed the musician-cum-actor's eclectic, mostly under-the-radar career closely—two more albums, several movie and TV scores, a Netflix series (Lovesick), a film opposite Anne Hathaway (Song One) and a starring turn alongside Mark Rylance in Twelfth Night and Richard III at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Below, Flynn opens up about the pressures of portraying an icon, his new album Sillion and how his music and acting influence each other. ", "Wouldn't it be great to tell the story of this true rebel, who actually did so much to reinterpret our universe and challenge our perceived notions of how things work?". The 20 Most Iconic Coats in Movie History, Protecting Yourself Against Chemicals in Clothing, Jennifer Garner's Secret to Perfect Beachy Waves. The characters that I play often come out in the songs and the challenges that they face, albeit in an abstract way.". I really got excited when I heard him talk about the project because he had a very curious approach: he wanted to uncover the myth of Einstein and get beyond that two-dimensional image of him. "We get to show that there were complicated aspects to his character. Johnny Flynn, from the Emma 2020 cast, stars in Lovesick on Netflix, one of the best romantic comedies of the decade. Johnny Flynn followed his childhood sweetheart to New York, then came back and fired up the English antifolk scene. 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We had the same dialect coach, who was helping us find similarities in rhythm and pace and stuff vocally, which got extended to physical stuff. Cordelia review – reality-bending drama of creepy neighbours, Johnny Flynn: 'I feel I need to do things with urgency', 'Can Tony Soprano make me a better parent? They met at university and she was this brilliant young physicist. Johnny Flynn is really, really good at gazing longingly. Flynn tried to not let the pressure of playing one of the 20th century's most iconic figures get to him. She made me do it. When he was a very young man, he renounced his German citizenship because he was reluctant to be identified with their militaristic and empirical attitude, and he became a Swiss citizen because they were neutral and didn't have the same ambitions in terms of conquering other countries and things like that. Don't make him choose between acting and making music. We've been re-appropriating her history as well, in telling this story, and making sure that she's in the spotlight. Now I'm going straight back on the road with that and my head is really into the music. "For me, [I was surprised by] all the times he resisted being pigeonholed [into] a certain group in society. He actually wrote a song about Einstein several years ago. Then I'll be doing festivals and, hopefully be back in the States for more music in September. I think maybe I get bored easily and I want to be doing something I haven't been doing. I'm super excited. There were complications in his marriages and his relationships, especially in his first marriage, to Mileva Marić, which broke down. It was a huge test of duty to capture this person who's so well loved. I was introduced to Johnny Flynn's music nearly seven years ago, when a YouTube black hole led me to this moving duet between Flynn and fellow British folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Flynn plays the future world-famous physicist as a young man, while Geoffrey Rush portrays an older, more recognizable Einstein at the peak of his fame. While writing this new record, I was doing another play by Martin McDonagh, who's a contemporary writer and one of the best living writers. It's me trying to explain the theory of relativity to my son, who was a baby at the time, in the form of a lullaby. And my friend was like, 'You idiot, you have to do it!' This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. I was very attracted to the idea of him as a role model in society, in the way the storytellers behind the series probably were as well. The song is kind of a joke. We gathered a lot of material that we could share together. The conversation: As Occupy London enters its fourth week, musicians Billy Bragg and Johnny Flynn reflect on the lack of new songs to accompany the protests, Johnny Flynn followed his childhood sweetheart to New York, then came back and fired up the English antifolk scene. We did some physical workshops; I organized one with an old drama teacher of mine where we walked around in circles and tried to match each others' gait. He's been in my consciousness [and] I've thought about him for years. Now, Flynn is poised for international acclaim with his starring role in Genius, National Geographic's first-ever scripted series, which chronicles the life of Albert Einstein. I sent the tapes off assuming that somebody would say, 'Ha ha, very funny.' You see how she initially helped him with his work and was arguably an invaluable person in proofing his work and stimulating him. Without doing that, I feel kind of lost. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. So we were just watching each other; I would watch him do his scenes on set and I kept thinking about him while I was playing Einstein.". I'm shooting Lovesick, a Netflix comedy we've been doing, at the end of April for a couple months. Harper's BAZAAR participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Dealing with his language and living inside the mouth of a poet like that was very inspiring. Just like, wouldn't it be great to tell the story of this true rebel, who actually did so much to reinterpret our universe and challenge our perceived notions of how things work? "I was free to do a certain amount of imagining who this guy was as a young man, but I also felt the pressure of the duty to his legacy, to get that right, and to keep in mind who he became, so that, in playing him as a young person, you believe that this was the person who was motivated to get to that stage in his life that we know him from. I get very absorbed by what I'm doing at the time and after Genius, I've gone straight into promoting and touring and working on my new album, which I was finishing while I was [filming] in Prague. We interviewed each other, like older selves to younger selves. [He] challenged everything. "I just said, casually, 'You know, I passed up on auditioning for Einstein.' It's how I process the world. That was just an example of me being interested in him, but it was amazing coincidence that I got the role and got to live it out.". Flynn worked closely with Geoffrey Rush to make sure their performances aligned. Johnny Depp Opens Up About "the Darkest Period" of His Life, Watch the Video: Burberry's Latest Couple, Karen Anne & Johnny Flynn. From a very early age, he was reactionary like that. While doing these plays, I did quite a lot of Shakespeare. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io, Zeeko Zaki Finally Gets to Play the Good Guy, Jonny Sun Knows Twitter Still Has Some Good In It, How Jake Gyllenhaal Became The Face of Eternity, Brandon Micheal Hall Is Fall TV's Hottest Newcomer, 'Victoria & Abdul' Star Talks His Big Break, Ben Robson Talks Season 2 of 'Animal Kingdom', '13 Reasons Why' Star Ross Butler On Season 2, Christopher Meloni Talks His 'Snatched' Cameo. I get excited about the next thing all the time. Quite a lot of this story is about that relationship. "We were really lucky. "That's pure coincidence, really. This content is imported from YouTube. 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Genius finds a new way to tell Einstein's story, specifically highlighting the women who contributed to his success. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. It provoked me to do some research and I realized that he was this really extraordinary, kind of reactionary, kind of sexy, rakish young guy, very dynamic and resistant to all the inherited knowledge that [was] passed on and he grew up with. We were both in London at the same time and we spent a lot of time together; he took me and my wife out to a comedy night. I was introduced to Johnny Flynn's music nearly seven years ago, when a YouTube black hole led me to this moving duet between Flynn and fellow British folk … And I just thought that was a cool story to be telling right now.". I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language. He really changed the way we perceive the universe.". Flynn didn't think he could play Einstein and almost missed his chance at the role, but a friend convinced him to pursue it. "They are kind of on equal footing. But I never dreamt that I could have played him. All rights reserved. I think the two are kind of synonymous for me; songwriting is like my form of diary making. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. He was a free-thinking radical who challenged anyone who dictated who they thought he was.".

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