11 Questions with the cast of The Changeling: Danny Cerqueira

Tell us about your character.

He’s called Deflores. He is in love with Beatrice Joanna, who thinks he’s disgusting, but he will still do anything for her in the hope that she will love him.

Favourite word?

Genau (German for ‘exactly’).

Proudest moment?

Learning to drive a pony and trap for The Woman In Black and being allowed to drive it in the actual film.

If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?

Learn something.

Favourite holiday?

Hitching from Paris to Berlin to climb the wall in 1989.

Weirdest quirk?

Talking to myself.

Favourite play?

Long Day’s Journey Into Night .

If you had one super power, what would it be?

I would be invisible.

Do you have any regrets?

No.

Favourite midnight snack?

Cheesy toast.

What were you doing at 17?

I had left home and was working in a hotel.

Stellar Cast & An Extension For The Changeling

Big news!  We’ve announced casting and an extension for The Changeling, opening 26 January and now playing through 25 February.

Rising star Jessica Raine, who has won rave reviews for her performances in Earthquakes in London, Rocket to the Moon, Gethsemane and Harper Regan (all NT) will play Beatrice Joanna.  Young Vic regular Daniel Cerqueira has been cast opposite as De Flores.  Cerqueira’s other screen credits include Saving Private Ryan and television series I’m Alan Partridge (BBC) and Rome (HBO).  Both Raine and Cerqueira will soon be seen in the film adaptation of The Woman in Black.

The rest of the exciting cast includes:

• Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Inbetweeners, C4/ film; Posh, Royal Court) as Tomazo/ Antonio
• Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Young Vic; Sirens, C4) as Alsemero
• Charlotte Lucas (Yes, Prime Minister, West End/Tour; Posh, Royal Court) as Diaphanta/ Isabella
• Alex Beckett (Sixty-Six Books, Bush; Much Ado About Nothing, West End) as Jasperino

The Changeling will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins (Young Vic’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Glass Menagerie). Find out more and book your tickets for The Changeling here.  Make sure you don’t miss this outstanding cast of young British talent!