G’day visitors,

Thanks to Philip for linking me to this interview of Jamie Bell with San Francisco Chronicle about Billy Elliot the Musical.

Jamie Bell, the star of the film “Billy Elliot,” offers his thoughts on the stage musical:

Q: What’s your general reaction to the stage version?
A: I think it’s difficult when you try to take a film and turn it into something else; I don’t think it’s an easy thing. And they’ve done it very successfully. It works. The story is a great story. It’s so universal, it’s so accessible on a universal level that it doesn’t actually matter what (medium) you tell it in; it will work. It’s fantastic literature. You take a guy with everything against him, and he’s going to win. That’s the basic principle. So it’s a great show. It really works; I was surprised, really surprised.

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Also, there are new paparazzi photos of Jamie Bell strolling the streets at JustJared – we no longer add paparazzi photos here at JBO.