When we heard that Pop Idol reject Darius Danesh had won the coveted role of Rhett Butler in the stage version of Gone With The Wind we were a little sceptical. Rhett Butler is one of the most charismatic, ruggedly masculine, and sexily roguish characters of all time (if you’ve read the book or seen the film you’ll know exactly what we mean). While Darius is a handsome enough chap, we weren’t entirely convinced that he would be up to the challenge of playing Rhett, but this new press shot of Darius in character has gone someway to alleviating our fears. He’s no Clark Gable, but does look fairly dashing, don’t you think?
Darius does dashing