INTERVIEW - CRAZY LOVE
David Tennant has a deliciously disrespectful theory about Shakespeare. It comes up when he is telling me how Michael Boyd, the man who is directing his performance as Romeo in a new RSC production of the Bard’s most famous love story, decided to "tweak" the script. This tweaking, he explains, included the alteration of references to Juliet’s age. After extensive studies of the original play, Tennant says, he has come to the conclusion that Shakespeare was, basically, a dirty old man. "He makes it specifically clear that Juliet is 14, and then, not much further on, he makes it very, very clear that she’s been f****d," he says. "I think he was probably something of a dirty old man ." Still, he is enjoying playing what he calls the "ultimate romantic lead". This is the Scottish actor’s second time with the RSC, and he talks of the "terrifying baggage" that working for the company brings. Then again, Tennant has plenty of baggage of his