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I have started looking at the age of my roles now: Geoffrey

In the last few years, the 65-year-old Australian actor has played dowager Lady Bracknell, King Lear and Albert Einstein.

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He is one of the most celebrated character actors in Hollywood and after spending more than four decades in films and theatre, Geoffrey Rush says it is now that he has started looking for roles that are closer to his age.

In the last few years, the 65-year-old Australian actor has played dowager Lady Bracknell, King Lear and Albert Einstein.

The Oscar-winning actor says he is choosing such roles as he can identify with their stage in life.

"I have realised in the last five years that I am older.

So, I look at the roles like that. I never thought about the age of the characters before.

"In the last five years, I have played Lady Bracknell in 'The Importance of Being Earnest', King Lear in theatre, Ra in 'Gods of Egypt' and now Albert Einstein. These are the roles that I think I am in the right age group to do. I look at their landscape and what I can bring to them," Rush told

 

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