Now they've recalibrated their thinking that my young age is a plus." I can't imagine doing this role in 20 years. "There's jumping, leaping, hitching your leg over head - I'm young and it's exhausting. "The creative team was realizing how intensely physical the role is, and having a young strapping guy who won't get injured that much is worth its weight in gold. After Carvel departed the show, his replacement actors have been plagued by injuries. Ryness was in Denver before Dallas, and he took the time to chat over the phone about the role and his experience.Īs originated in London by Bertie Carvel, the role is a surprisingly physical showcase for the actor who plays it.
The Tony-winning musical by Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly, based on the book by Roald Dahl, is bringing its first national tour to the Winspear Opera House September 23-October 4. Miss Trunchbull is the tyrannical, terrifying headmistress - a role played by men in the musical - who makes life a nightmare for her young students, all except the cheerful bookworm Matilda. As the youngest of four children and competitive by nature, tell me 'no' and I go 'Oh no, she will be mine.'" "My agent thought I'd maybe be good for an understudy for the dad at some point, but I wanted to play Miss Trunchbull. "I was playing a douchey alpha male, which is completely the wrong type and wrong energy for Matilda," says Ryness. At the time, Ryness was performing in First Date, a short-lived musical starring Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez, and before that he'd made a splash in Leap of Faith and the 2009 revival of Hair.
When Bryce Ryness' friends first saw Matilda the Musical on Broadway in 2013, they told the then-33-year-old that he had to audition for it.
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