Wunderschönes, ausführliches Interview von Simi Horwitz mit Vincent Kartheiser zu dessen Theaterstück Slag Heap im April 2005 in New York. Dabei lobt sie brav seine Performance ebenso wie seinen für das Stück notwendigen Manchester Akzent ;-)

Actor Vincent Kartheiser is one sly trickster. In his Playbill bio, it says he was named after Vincent van Gogh and grew up surrounded by his paintings.
"Not true," he quips. "I like to throw noodles on the wall and see where they’ll stick. I like to be ambiguous. Most people never know who I am."
Perhaps that’s true in life. But in the play "Slag Heap," which bowed Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre on April 13, Kartheiser's character, Dave, is not an especially ambiguous figure, albeit one probably far removed from the experience of most theatregoers.
Set in the 1980s, "Slag Heap" details the sleazy and depressing lives of baby-faced prostitutes who live in squalor on the bleak streets of northern England, hanging about in search of their next trick. When Dave encounters a rich john, he believes his luck has changed and trails after him to London, where Dave becomes a commodity on the party scene and finally a player in a low-end pornographic film involving bloody self-mutilation. Kartheiser, having mastered a Manchester accent, gives a totally convincing performance, evoking a cocky youth who clearly has no idea how downtrodden he is.
The 25-year-old Minneapolis native, who meets with me at the theatre before a preview performance, insists he did not have to overcome any distaste in order to tackle this material. Pushing his stringy neck-length hair away from his face, Kartheiser suggests that Dave emerges from a "misunderstood" subculture that is interesting by its very nature.

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