WHY THE XENA LIVE SHOW ACTORS DO NOT LOOK  & ACT EXACTLY SAME AS THE ONES ON TV?


As serious actors to be authentic in our roles we cannot imitate other actors, we have to fill the story-characters with our own individuality.
To try to copy one to one a famous actor easily can go awry, seem ridiculous and loose credibility, cause humans are different.

As we do live theatre - as well the acting technic is different than in a movie.
 We have no computer tricks or stuntmen, who replace us at the difficult parts – everything happens real on stage.

For that reason we have to find alternative solutions for tricks from the TV-Series. E.g. Tricks like the Chakram comes back after throwing, huge flips – wire chain-block -stunts, beaming of the gods are hardly possible.

Anyway I try to cast my crewmembers from their natural personality as close as possible to the beloved TV-Xena characters.

It is not easy to find adapted skilled professional actors, who can act, fight, ride on horseback, do fire spitting and look like the TV characters as well.

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. 
There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”
Johnny Depp

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