'Life could have been very different for Craig Revel Horwood. The longest serving Strictly Come Dancing judge nearly didn’t take the job when he was offered it.'
“Strictly Ballroom was a film I loved so much. It came out in 1992 and I was in Miss Saigon in the. I was born in Australia and it felt like going home and really helped relieve the homesickness I was feeling,” says Horwood, who started his career as a dancer in Melbourne, before moving to London in 1989 to take advantage of the greater opportunities available there and to dance competitively.
“Phil McIntyre got the rights and asked me if I would be interested in being involved. I didn’t have to think twice. It is my go to film if I need cheering up.”Strictly Ballroom The Musical, tells the beguiling story of Scott Hastings, a talented, arrogant and rebellious young ballroom dancer – played by former Strictly Come Dancing professional and 2018 champion, Kevin Clifton.
“Kevin told me it was his dream to play Scott ever since he was ten years old,” says Horwood, 57. “He left Strictly Come Dancing to play his dream part but then Covid hit and he’s had to wait another two years. But on the plus side by then Maisie Smith was available- it’s the dream team.” “Last year was special but every year there is something surprising. Every year just seems to get better and better and so does the standard of the celebrities’ dancing.Horwood is also proud that despite Covid the BBC still managed to bring out Strictly, although he was forced to miss his first ever show due to contracting the virus.
"It was like coming home. Just to see people getting together again after spending so long wondering whether it was really going to happen and I am so grateful it did.He says it was John Travolta in Saturday Night fever that made it cool to dance if you were a man athough it took time for him to realise he could make a living out it.
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