It wasn't just his remarkable intellect that enabled Wood to portray both the youthful and aged Henry Carr; it was also his ability to capture Carr's essenceIntelligence in acting takes many forms. In the case of Olivier, it showed itself in an extraordinary interpretative originality. It was a totally different type of intelligence from that of actors such as Simon Russell Beale, Ian McKellen and Michael Pennington,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM on June 1, 2015