Most actors are much smaller in real life than the screen versions. With Eddie Marsan, the opposite is true. As the character actor par excellence, his physicality often matches the sidekicks and villains and compromised men he plays, but in person he is broad, open and the kind of presence that fills a room, or in this case, a student cafe at Mountview drama school in Peckham.
Mountview has just announced Dame Elaine Paige, Eddie Marsan OBE and Giles Terera MBE as its first ever Vice Presidents as part of its 80th year celebrations. They join Dame Judi Dench - “The guvnor,” smiles Marsan - who has been President of the school since 2006. The role of Vice President is an ambassadorial one awarded to exemplars in the field of the performing arts formalises the longstanding relationship Mountview has with the three.
