CROOK’S TORTOISES STAR IN WEST END PLAY
British star MACKENZIE CROOK is enjoying some familiar company on the Lon= don stage - his three pet tortoises appear alongside him during the play = JERUSALEM.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is currently starring in Jezz Butter= worth’s West End production, which is set in the English countryside.
And he’s provided reptiles from his own plot of woodland in Essex, Engl= and to lend some authenticity to the stageshow at the Apollo Theatre in t= he British capital.
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show, he says, "I do have some woodland in = Essex. I am an environmentalist… I bought some woodland in Essex three = years ago as a longterm conservation project and to take my children ther= e." His Jerusalem co-star Mark Rylance adds, "He has a herd of tortoises up= there. He provides the tortoises for the play - we have three tortoises = in the play and they come from his herd."
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