Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his ‘terrifying’ Cabaret performance at Sunday’s 2024 Tony Awards – which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit.
The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for The Theory of Everything – transformed into The Emcee for a chilling performance of Willkommen at the awards – amid his starring turn in the West End revival running on Broadway.
However, the star’s extremely quirky rendition – which saw him belting out showtunes with a hunched back, making bizarre gestures and gazing wild-eyed at the camera in extreme close-ups – saw him likened to a ‘sleep paralysis demon’ with fans quipping that his Oscar should be revoked.
One fan wrote: ‘Why is Eddie Redmayne playing the emcee in Cabaret like he’s a goblin?’
Another wrote of the star – who was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category: ‘Eddie Redmayne is terrifying.’
Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his ‘terrifying’ Cabaret performance at Sunday’s 2024 Tony Awards – which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit
The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for The Theory of Everything – transformed into The Emcee for a chilling performance of Willkommen at the awards – as he stars in the West End revival running on Broadway
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Others wrote: ‘is it possible to have someone’s oscar revoked (this is an eddie redmayne tweet)’ and ‘f*** eddie redmayne. Give your #Oscar to Michael Keaton! #TonyAwards
Another penned: ‘Eddie redmayne giving us pennywise the clown emcee’ while one fan typed: ‘We didn’t need Eddie Redmayne in close-up during Les Mis and we don’t need it during this!’
Others wrote: ‘eddie redmayne is scaring me’, ‘Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret is my new sleep paralysis demon. jesus christ’, ‘imagine flipping the channels and seeing eddie redmayne the muppet crawling on the floor’ and Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me Eddie Redmayne in closeup can’t hurt me.’
Others praised the performance with one follower writing: ‘Eddie Redmayne COOKED with this performance’ and another penning: ‘Eddie Redmayne is everything.’
The actor is currently reprising his award-winning performance as Emcee in the production – directed by Rebecca Frecknall – as part of its transfer from London to NYC.
The Theory of Everything star’s performance as Emcee in the acclaimed West End revival of the 1930s Kander and Ebb musical, alongside Jesse Buckley, earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
The production had its official opening night at the August Wilson Theatre – which has been transformed into the in-the-round nightclub The Kit Kat Club – on Sunday.
The Broadway revival, where audience members are invited at allotted times to enjoy pre-show entertainment, cocktails and dining ahead of the show starting – will see Eddie play Emcee for a limited run until August 31.
The musical has a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb,with the book from Joe Masteroff and Eddie will play opposite Gayle Rankin – who played Sheila in the Netflix series GLOW – as Sally Bowles.
However, the star’s extremely quirky rendition – which saw him belting out showtunes with a hunched back, making bizarre gestures and gazing wild-eyed at the camera in extreme close-ups – saw the star likened to a ‘sleep paralysis demon’
The actor’s expressions were likened to that of iconic clown villain Pennywise
Some fans quipped that his Oscar should be revoked after the performance – pictured 2015
Fans were quickly left terrified by the haunting performance
Some fans lauded the performance and praised the star’s ‘range’
The star looked dapper earlier on in the night
The couple got engaged in June 2014 and later married on December 15, 2014 at the Babington House in Babington, England. They are parents to daughter Iris, eight, and son Luke, six.
The star is married to Hannah Bagshawe who he first met in 2000 at a charity fashion show while attending Eton College.
The two soon struck up a friendship and later started dating in January 2012 after Redmayne invited her to a trip to Florence during a shooting break for Les Miserables.