STEVEN BERKOFF - BERKOFF SEARCHES UK FOR NEW BRANDO

BERKOFF SEARCHES UK FOR NEW BRANDO

British film director STEVEN BERKOFF is set to bring 1954 MARLON BRANDO movie ON THE WATERFRONT to the London stage - and launch a nationwide search for the lead role. After watching SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER use a reality TV show to audition actresses to play MARIA for his new stage version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Berkoff wants to use the same method to find a new TERRY MALLOY - the role Brando made famous - for London's West End. Berkoff says, "I've been in New York meeting with BUDD (SCHULBERG - On The Waterfront author) about it and we're hoping it will happen. I'm keen to have a crack at directing it myself, but I'm not sure who should play Terry Malloy. "Perhaps I should hold a nationwide search for him like Andrew Lloyd Webber has done."