Saturday 26 April 2008

Mariah's crush

Darius Danesh
Currently playing the lead role of Rhett Butler in Trevor Dunn's musical adaptation of Gone with the Wind on the London Stage, Darius Danesh is getting lots of coverage as the new Heartthrob in Great Britain. Happily and faithfully living with the stunningly beautiful Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge he is nevertheless being noticed for his onstage charisma, good looks and tremendous voice which has seduced British audiences since Darius was first noticed in the British Pop Ideal Contest.

Scottish by his mother and Iranian by his father, Danesh is quite comfortable and proud of both his roots and is certainly emblematic of the rising generation of Cosmopolitan Diaspora Artists. His latest Fan is no other than the single US Pop Star Mariah Carey who admired his performance on the London Stage.

The "Touch My Body" singer - who is divorced from record executive Tommy Mottola - prefers the "suaveness" of UK men, and revealed an unlikely crush. She told Britain's New! magazine: "I adore British men - and I rather fancy Prince Charles. He is suave, educated and is a great role model."

The 38-year-old singer also said she was impressed with former "Pop Idol" star Darius Danesh's role as Rhett Butler in new London musical "Gone With The Wind". She said: "Darius is a great-looking guy. I liked him a lot."

Mariah has been romantically linked to Latino singer Luis Miguel and baseball player Derek Jeter, while Darius is engaged to US actress Natasha Henstridge. Mariah recently revealed she finds it hard to trust men, because she doesn't know who is genuine and who just wants to be part of the Mariah circus. She said: "You don't know who is here for the glamour, for the gossip factor. You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it."

Darius Danesh only took the role of Rhett Butler in "Gone With The Wind" after receiving a "moving, touching" letter from producer Trevor Nunn. The singer - who shot to fame when he starred on "Pop Idol" in 2001 - will play the role made famous by Clark Gable in the 1939 film in the new musical production from April 22, but had to be persuaded to take on the challenge.

Darius said: "I thought they would get a big name to open the show, someone like Ewan McGregor in 'Guys and Dolls'. So I was taken aback when I got the call. Trevor wrote me this beautiful letter asking me to be Rhett. It was the most moving, articulate, touching letter that I have ever received. He blew me away."

Darius also said despite living in Los Angeles for the past few years, he has not adopted any of their habits, and still thinks of himself as a true Scotsman. He added: "I'm Scottish through and through. It comes from my mother."

(Persian Mirror)



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