Succession‘s Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) may have at times fought and tumbled her way through the HBO dramedy, but the Emmy-winning actress is putting her stamina to the true test in her one-woman Broadway adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray — and he or she’s taking a cue from popstar Taylor Swift to arrange.
As described by The New Yorker, which profiled Snook forward of the strictly restricted engagement, the play is an “athletic feat” involving her talking for 2 hours reverse pre-recorded variations of herself sans a break and with solely three temporary “moments when she can sneak a sip of water.”
When requested how she educated for the distinctive position, by which she portrays 26 characters female and male, she replied, “No alcohol, no caffeine. Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep. And I do my lines at pace on a treadmill, you know.”
After the interviewer identified the similarity between Swift’s routine and hers, Snook added that the singer-songwriter impressed her strategy. “I heard that and thought, ‘That’s a genius idea. I’m gonna do that.’”
The multi-Grammy winner informed Time in 2023 that she launched into a rigorous exercise routine half a yr previous to her sprawling Eras Tour, which ran from March 2023 by December 2024 to develop into the highest-grossing tour of all time. That included operating on the treadmill each day whereas singing your entire 3.5 hour setlist aloud: ”Fast for quick songs, and a jog or a quick stroll for gradual songs,” she stated.
“I wanted to get it in my bones. I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought. Learning choreography is not my strong suit,” Swift added.
The Picture of Dorian Gray started previews March 10, opening March 27 and operating by June 15.