When it comes to comparisons, Stephen Fry has certainly been compared to Oscar Wilde any number of times. It didn’t help that he played him in a 1997 film, I suppose. Yet if you are going to be compared to someone, you could do far worse than Wilde. Of course, that wasn’t always the case and here, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery in London, Fry talks about his discovery of Wilde and the connection he feels to the man is obvious – he gets quite emotional at one point in this short. One can only wonder at how Wilde would have judged Fry’s recent turn as Lady Bracknell in a controversial but nevertheless very popular revival of The Importance of Being Earnest. This video is part of a series by the National Portrait Gallery which gives people the opportunity to discuss a portrait that has shaped their lives. It’s a lovely idea and I hope it long continues. Watch Stephen Fry wax lyrical over Oscar below.
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