Tony Curran ; Close Up ++ PHOTOGRAPH BY ELLIS PARRINDER ++ Fresh from Hollywood, the Scottish actor returns home for a stab at Greek tragedy

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: August 5, 2007| Author: WORDS BY HERMIONE EYRE | Copyright information

"Ah, it's great to be back, sipping Guinness in the rain," says the Scottish actor Tony Curran, who has spent the last three years in LA filming blockbusters ( Miami Vice, The Good German) until being lured home to play Pentheus in The Bacchae at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Curran is currently at the top of his game - he recently won a Bifa (British Independent Film Award) for his performance in Andrea Arnold's Red Road - but you can see why The Bacchae appealed: the directo...

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