Alan Cumming Helps Solve the Mystery!
Alan Cumming by Riker Brothers/PBS
As versatile as he is charming,
Alan Cumming has not only acted on stage (
Cabaret) and screen (
X2,
The Anniversary Party), he's penned a novel (
Tommy's Tale) and even created a fragrance (Cumming). Tonight, he takes over as the host of PBS' anthology of British whodunits
Masterpiece Mystery! (Sundays at 9 pm/ET). -
G.J. Donnelly
TV Guide: Dude, what can't you do?
Alan Cumming: I can't pronounce "library" properly! [
Laughs]
TV Guide: What attracted you to the show?
Cumming: I love PBS and I loved how campy it was with [1989 2003 host] Diana Rigg introducing the stories out of the shadows.
TV Guide: Recently, you played the Scarecrow in Sci Fi's The Wizard of Oz reimagining. That zipper in your head had to hurt.
Cumming: There's this crazy thing we have called prosthetic makeup! [
Laughs] The worst thing was getting my hair flattened enough so they could get the thing on.
