UrbanCinefile 1999 Still recovering from the intense training and physical workout of filming The Matrix for almost a year, Hugo Weaving is fit and dangerous – at least he hopes you think so. He talks to ANDREW L. URBAN on his return from the Los Angeles premiere and party. "I might scare some people who’ve […]
The Sun Herald August 16, 1998 In-demand actor Hugo Weaving says getting his gear off is just a bit of a laugh BABE 2. Keanu Reeves’s new Hollywood action flick. A British sex romp. A classy Australian psycho-thriller. Surely, these have nothing in common? Think again, Sherlock. Hugo Weaving, that guy who can act and […]
The Age September 6, 1998 The brow furrows. He speaks slowly, rubbing his hands together. So convincing is Hugo Weaving in his latest role, it’s hard not to be reminded by his real-life mannerisms and gestures of a suspected serial killer. It’s not that you confuse the actor with the character. But so much of […]
The Age 10 April 1996 Hugo Weaving likes a challenge, but his role in ‘The Bite‘ tested his resolve, writes Wendy Tuohy. HUGO WEAVING hesitated before he made the leap from all-dancing drag queen to all-Aussie bloke for his latest TV role, in the ABC-BBC thriller, The Bite. The actor has galloped through roles as […]
The Sunday Age By Muriel Reddy October 8, 1994 Burning House looked far and wide for material but found the perfect source close to home. Muriel Reddy reports. WHEN the Burning House production of ‘That Eye, The Sky‘ is performed at the Melbourne Festival this month, it will be without Hugo Weaving. "We couldn’t get […]
The Sydney Morning Herald By Judy Robinson December 31, 1993 HUGO Weaving’s muscles are stiff and sore, but he is having far too good a time to care. He and seven other performers make up the cast of the world premiere production of Tim Winton’s That Eye, The Sky – the first play of […]
TheSunday Age July 10, 1993 As an actor Hugo Weaving is a dominating presence; off stage he is more vulnerable. Muriel Reddy reports. HUGO Weaving, the highly lauded theatre, television and film actor, was standing on a chair in the middle of a stage during a performance of ‘Ring Round the Moon‘ in Adelaide four […]
The Age by Graham Reilly May 23, 1993 Hugo Weaving’s eyebrows have landed him many a villainous role. He spoke to GRAHAM REILLY about playing a different part. IN his early teens, Hugo Weaving attended a boarding school near Bristol, England, built around 1600. Its pupils were required to wear as a uniform an anachronistic […]
The Sydney Morning Herald by James Waites June 10, 1994 EVEN a leading actor as unassuming and modest as Hugo Weaving gets a kick out of being in a movie that hits the big time at Cannes. While Proof (1991) and Frauds (1993), both starring Weaving, were well regarded at the annual film festival, […]
The Sydney Morning Herald by Catharine Lumby September 5, 1989 BABIES are the last people you’d expect to spark off a love triangle. Sweet, unblemished and innocent, they don’t exactly look like romantic interlopers. Nonetheless, the birth of an infant may be the beginning of a sexual rift between its parents.On a physical level, Tupling […]