Savage
Need for Film Role
Darren
Hayes may be gearing up for the
release of his
new solo album, but the
singer has
revealed his film ambitions.
Hayes
has auditioned for a leading role
in a
film musical in London. While he
won’t
reveal the name of the movie,
he has
declared: “I wanted to get this
part so badly.
I’ve never been in a film
before, but it
is a musical I really love.”
The
singer attended auditions in London
alongside a host of hopeful actors, and
is
yet to hear whether he’s been
successful.
But even when he was a teenager
in
suburban Brisbane, he had his eye
on an
acting
career.
“I’d
won a scholarship at school to a
drama
course and was always in school
musicals, and the choir, you know,
the
star performer,” he told S, with a
laugh.
“When I sang, people just stopped
and
listened. I was going to be this
performer,
but I had my
guidance counselor talk
me out of it
and my family talk me out of
it. They said
‘You’re too smart, you’re too
intelligent.
You can do that one day, but
you need to be
a doctor or a lawyer or
whatever.’”
Needless to say, a music career won
out
in the end, after Hayes spent five
years
at university (studying
journalism, then
teaching). He
scored a record deal with
his Savage
Garden bandmate, Daniel Jones,
in
the final semester of the
Queensland
University of
Technology and quit the
course before
finishing his degree. For
the record,
he’s still love the piece of
paper.
“I
never finished, I’m still one
semester
away from
having a bachelor of education.
If they’re
reading this, I’d love them to
give it to me,
I want my degree. I did five
years
of university and I have nothing to
show
for it,” he said.
Of
course, singing remains Hayes’
greatest
passion, but he
hasn’t ruled out pursuing
an acting
career if he is awarded the film
role.
The 32
year old singer will be back in
Australia on
Friday to promote the new
material from
The Tension and The Spark.
He’ll visit
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
His
new album is being released in Britain
tomorrow, and he hopes his
pop
experimentation will strike a
chord
with British
audiences.
