There is no escaping for Jonny this time as his mum Eileen and his niece Olivia are there to let us know whether Jonny's telling the truth! Hi
Jonny, can you tell me whether you'll be taking
part in Ant & Dec's celebrity golf tournament? Jonathan: "It is true I'm in the show, but I'm not playing I'm presenting. I'm on the course and will be on the show. I'm looking forward to it, it's going to be fun." What
was your reaction like when you were asked to
play Tommy? Jonathan: "It was something completely different, so I was ready for that challenge whether it would be Tommy or something else. It was a big move because this show tried to tour about 8 years ago and it closed after 3 weeks because it didn't do very well. It was kind of nerve wrecking and a bit of a risk, but it was a risk I wanted to take on. I've enjoyed it and I hope the fans have enjoyed it, but I think they have."
Hi
Jonathan, you're fantastic, do you ever get bored
of doing the show over and over? Jonathan: "Hi, thank you. It sometimes gets hard to motivate yourself, but not really, no. I'm still enjoying the show with a week to go, so that's good. I think this one has just been nice, about 4.5/5 months. But give me another month, I would have been a bit bored. I'm alright on this one, I've enjoyed it a lot actually." Do
you have any phobias? Jonathan: "I'm not a fan of pigeons and birds. I remember going to Trafalgar Square as a kid and my dad thought it would be very funny to put bird seed on my head. And all these pigeons came and flew on my head and it has freaked me out ever since." I
just wondered how did you get the scar on your
side? Jonathan: "That was the Falklands." Not Vietnam? Jonathan: "No, that was another one." Jonathan's mum: "Followed by his appendix." Jonathan: "Mum, you're not supposed to say that! OK...it was my appendix." Is
there any chance of a Jonathan Wilkes calendar in
2006? Jonathan [laughs]: "Ooh, I don't think so, I can't imagine me in some tighty-whities, posing!" Is
there any Tommy merchandise available? It's such
a fantastic show! Jonathan: "No I don't think there is actually, it's not like Rocky and Grease where we had merchandise available. This was a very unique show, nobody really has ever really tried it before on tour, so it was a big experiment, cos it's such a different concept. I knew with this show ticket sales wouldn't be like they were with Rocky, Grease or Godspell, because people don't know Tommy. I think with merchandise, people already had the Who album, so there's already an album out there, so you'd be selling old-hat stuff really." A lot of people ask for a soundtrack... Jonathan: "You never know, I'm going to be doing an album hopefully soon and I might put a couple of tracks on there." Did
you have fun on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night
Takeaway when you went undercover? Jonathan: "Yeah, but I reckon I was the most nervous I've ever been! Remember these guys do set-ups all the time and I was so nervous thinking they were gonna twig on as soon as we got there. But it all worked out very well, it was very funny."
Hey
Jonny, how did you get into acting and are you
going to do more shows like Tommy? Jonathan: "I've always been interested in theatre, Godspell was the first big one I did. I've enjoyed Tommy as it's completely different to what I've done before, but I'm ready for some light-heartedness again. I'm ready to have a bit of comedy where I can have a bit of fun!" Hi
duck, well done on Tommy , it was fab! How did
you manage to keep a straight face on stage when
you were not supposed to be able to see or hear? Jonathan: "It is hard because the thing about this show is you cannot corpse, because it will shatter the illusion for everybody. Everybody in this cast gets on so well and makes each other laugh, that it is a problem sometimes. In Rocky and Grease you could get away with that. In Tommy, you want to laugh but you can't and that makes it harder."
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