Darius Campbell Danesh dead: How he rejected Simon Cowell to become pop and musical star
17.08.2022 - 02:03
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The following year, the versatile performer swapped the charts for the West End, playing Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago. Rather than just celebrity stunt casting, he soon became a respected theatre star, taking the lead in the 2007 Olivier-Award-winning Guys and Dolls and then playing Rhett in the 2008 musical of Gone With The Wind. Five years later he originated the role of Warden in the London production of a new musical based on From Here To Eternity.
In between stage roles, Darius returned to TV in sensation style, winning the first series of Popstar to Operastar. The following year the show would be won by his old Pop Idol rival Gareth Gates. Meanwhile, Darius then headlined a major arena version of Bizet's Carmen at London's O2, playing the lead male role of Escamillo.
It was the largest opera production ever staged in the UK at that point. One more major musical role saw him play the male lead Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End opposite Sheridan Smith's Fanny Bryce from 2015-2016. In his personal life, his most famous leading lady was wife Natasha Henstridge.
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