The Leading Man

The Leading Man by John Duigan

5.20

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...

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Cast

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi as Robin Grange

Anna Galiena

Anna Galiena as Elena Webb

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson as Felix Webb

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton as Hilary Rule

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries as Humphrey Beal

David Warner

David Warner as Tod

Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge as Delvene

Diana Quick

Diana Quick as Susan

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter as Liz Flett

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman as Academy Awards Presenter

Tam Dean Burn

Tam Dean Burn as Henry

Claire Cox

Claire Cox as Serena

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd as Ant

Victoria Smurfit

Victoria Smurfit as Annabel

Laura Austin-Little

Laura Austin-Little as Miranda Webb

Danny Worters

Danny Worters as Danny Webb

Camilla Ohlsson

Camilla Ohlsson as Jessie Webb

Geoffrey Freshwater

Geoffrey Freshwater as Attendant

Neve McIntosh

Neve McIntosh as Cashier

Ginny Holder

Ginny Holder as Georgina

Billie Piper

Billie Piper as Girl (uncredited)

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