Exclusive: Roth Takes On The Bard

Tim Roth has confirmed rumours that he's stepping on to Kenneth Branagh's turf with a film of Shakespeare's King Lear in the works. In an interview to be found in the August issue of Empire (out on sale 1 July 2000) Roth answers questions sent in by readers of the magazine, one of which concerned the Lear adaptation. 'Harold is doing the adaptation for me,' Roth told Empire, 'And I've spoken to some actors who I really admire - all unofficially of course. So hopefully we can go into pre-production towards the end of next year. I felt that as we'd already dealt with one kind of family (The War Zone), we could make some really interesting comparisons. But although I'm not afraid of the project as such, it is very, very scary in theory, and essentially a terrifying prospect.' In response to another readers' question about linking up with Tarantino again, Roth had this to say; 'The last time I saw him, he did talk to me about doing another film. I'm not going to say what it is, but he's such great fun that, yes I'd love to work with him again. Make of that what you will...'.