But he's perfectly cast in Amit Sharma's immaculate production pitching holy virtue against infernal intrigue. Jeremiah will play more complex characters. Still, Ivanno Jeremiah, as Poitier, oozes the cool charisma necessary to maintain interest in the role of a good and virtuous man. Ian Bonar, as the nerdy Bobby, also has to pull off some fancy footwork to land Sidney in his new movie and bills himself as 'the blackest white guy you know'. Some of the play's best riffing is between the two execs, fighting over who's boss. 'The horns on my head hold up my halo,' he grins. The most interesting character is therefore the Devil, in the form of Daniel Lapaine's mischievous Parks. Cameron never doubts Poitier's integrity - and nor do we. But the real fun of Cameron's 90-minute examination of conscience is the dialogue, packing the cussive intensity of David Mamet at his best.Īt one point, the tricky, manipulative Parks boasts: 'If I were any more broadminded, my brain would fall out.'Īnd yet for all the great lines, glittering like gems in a designer dung heap, the obvious agenda of canonising Poitier weakens the play as drama. We find ourselves in the 1950s office of Hollywood king-maker Mr Parks, where the young actor is due to sign a contract that will make him a megastar
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