Eddie Redmayne ROASTED for 'terrifying' Tonys 2024 Cabaret performance - with star likened to 'Pennywise the clown' and a 'goblin' - as fans call for his Oscar to be revoked! By Eve Buckland For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:33 EDT, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 03:35 EDT, 17 June 2024 e-mail 174 shares View comments Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his 'terrifying' Cabaret performance at Sunday's 2024 Tony Awards - which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit. The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for The Theory of Everything - transformed into The Emcee for a chilling performance of Willkommen at the awards - amid his starring turn in the West End revival running on Broadway.
However, the star's extremely quirky rendition - which saw him belting out showtunes with a hunched back, making bizarre gestures and gazing wild-eyed at the camera in extreme close-ups - saw him likened to a 'sleep paralysis demon' with fans quipping that his Oscar should be revoked. One fan wrote: 'Why is Eddie Redmayne playing the emcee in Cabaret like he’s a goblin?' Another wrote of the star - who was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category: 'Eddie Redmayne is terrifying.' Eddie Redmayne was roasted online for his 'terrifying' Cabaret performance at Sunday's 2024 Tony Awards - which saw the star compared to Pennywise the clown in the eerie skit The British star, 42, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2015 for Th.
