Miranda Richardson and Martin Short, both stars at the
mini-series Merlin, are together again
this week, and Richardson is again playing the queen.
The two are part of a star-studded cast for Alice
In Wonderland, to be screened on Channel 9 on
Wednesday at 7:30pm
"He is as magnificent as the Mad Hatter as he was as
Frik," Richardson says of her costar, while Short is
equally complimentary.
"I only work with Miranda if she plays a
queen,"he says."ln Merlin she
was Queen Mab..... in Alice she's the Queen at Hearts.
Hopefully, next time I'll be her Essex.
"I love working with her because she's so good that
she doesn't need to worry or make others worry. "She
can be relaxed and playful on the set and then go right
into character using all of that joyful energy in her
performance.
"I suspect a lot at people are just learning what a
brilliant comedian she is. Blackadder,
her TV show with Rowan Atkinson, is total genius."
Short says he's always wanted to play the Mad Hatter -
"and then along came this marvellous script and with
it the opportunity to create something real and three
dimensional out of pure whimsy."
Likewise, Richardson says she was thrilled at the
prospect at playing one of Lewis Carroll's characters -
"especially such a delightfully wicked one!"
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