John Owen Jones interview as the phantom

[vampireheart85]

love his accent *purrs*

[PhantomOftheOpera25]

@lemk19 From the oliveria awards from last year 13/03/2011

[lemk19]

Can anyone tell me what date this was? And what for? I'm writing my dissertation at uni on Phantom, and I may want to reference this... Thanks xx

[thebttfchannel]

Hes one of of those classic phantoms..

[prettylittleroslyn]

Makes me even more proud to be Welsh :) xxxxx

[BooBop1987]

Wow!

[embily07890]

My god he's so modest! I love him!!!

[lisafan38]

BROADWAY!

[Sweeney541]

@fairgrounddiva Michael is one of the most down-to-earth performers I've met. He loves his fans and he always stops to chat and sign stuff or have pictures taken when asked.

Are you sure you have the right adress? The best way to ensure he gets your letter is to send it to Maureen and Gill at the fanclub - they will then pass it on to Michael.

[audiesgirl]

I wish they'd cast JOJ in the 25th anniversary performance. Ramin is fine, but JOJ is better. But then again it might have been too difficult to adapt to changes made for the RAH venue while performing on stage. If they ever do a video of the stage version, I hope it's with JOJ.

[inlovewithKStewart22]

@audiesgirl No way! Ramin Karimloo is second best after Michael Crawford.

[Sweeney541]

@inlovewithKStewart22 We are all allowed our opinions - just like you.

My top 5: Colm Wilkinson, Michael Crawford, John Owen-Jones, Hugh Panaro and Peter Jorde. Ramin is probably somewhere around 9th or 10th on my list(which is a great place out of hundreds of Phantoms). My favorite performer is Michael Ball though and I hope he will don the mask someday. If he does I'm sure he will be amongst my top 5 Phantoms. :)

[TheTitanic4]

lol he might get told off by cameron mackintosh for showing too much of the make-up,, XD

[Invaderphantomstar11]

YES YES VEGAS!!! PLEAS! 

[dht23]

OMG I love his accent!!!

[Eleanorminblack]

3:43 sexy stroke of the hair, love it!

[thebttfchannel]

he needs to be the NEXT LAS VEGAS PHANTOM.. ANTHONY CRIVELLO is an equally GREAT Phatom... but if JOJ is in the US hes is made for suck a SPECTACULAR

[thebttfchannel]

Taught him everything he knows ... LOL RAMIN

[DarthxErik]

BRING THIS MAN TO THE U.S., PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sweeney541]

@DarthxErik He did Les Mis on Broadway a couple of years ago :)

[GrobanPhreak11284]

God I love this man

[Nicolalalala92]

i find it funny seeing the phantom say "my mother will be pleased!" :P x

[PhantomOftheOpera25]

@Nicolalalala92 LOL,his mum must have been watchin

[jkaloha1101]

But did he ride the tube/undergound in full kit/gear?? that would clear the way or cause a riot!!

[MrBarnardoo98]

I don't understand why he has to wear the full prosthetics underneath, he only sang the title song it's completly unnecesary.

[spiderpigc]

@MrBarnardoo98 @1:40 He pretty much explains why......

[MrBarnardoo98]

@spiderpigc But still it was not a full explanation, if i have to sing only one song from the musical in costume i can feel like the phantom with just the mask on and without any makeup. That's why i asked,because it's not an easy makeup.

[JAyala7293]

@MrBarnardoo98 Without the prosthetics the mask probably wouldn't fit properly because its made to fit perfectly with the prosthetics.

[MrBarnardoo98]

@JAyala7293 I've seen rehearsal photos and the actors rehearse with the mask perfectly fit on their faces.

[MrBarnardoo98]

@MrBarnardoo98 without makeup.

[amangkalikasan]

Am I the only Filipino who really admires JOJ? hmmm not really. I've introduced JOJ to some of my fellow choristers and majority of them adored JOJ the moment they hear him on my blog entry.... :)

[Nevthonieli]

It's so awkward around 0:50...



[devmoran2]

where when ? in the city ?

[carly3592]

oh my Lord, PLEASE come to Broadway!

[GrobanPhreak11284]

@carly3592 I second that!!! I would fly my butt from Hawaii to New York to see him any day! Maybe many days!

[elsabear99]

GOD, he's beautiful!!!

[excaliburtation]

I would love to see JOJ on Broadway!!! That'd be great...or maybe I could just get myself over to London ;)

[indiacraigx3]

this is my mums best friend! i've been out for food with him and his children in the harvester!:D

[Chizpurfle52595]

@indiacraigx3 You are insanely lucky, I hope he is as awesome a person as this interview indicates. He seems like a genuine gentleman with a very warm, generous personality. It would be pretty cool to have him for a dad, too, only you'd have to work around not being able to spend much time with him in the evenings!

[Elanchana]

...That awkward moment when they looked at each other. XD

[gags24601]

Lol at Mikey. "You're not even wearing make up John" LMAO XD

[gags24601]

I wanted to see the full make up behind the mask. I have never seen it fully up close before. I was near the back of the dress circle when i saw it on stage so didnt get a full view of the make up. But never mind. Maybe nxt time ;)

[MsDarcyW]

@gags24601 Check out the "Week in the west end: John Owen-Jones: the phantom of the opera"  vid here on youtube. They go through the make-up process there.

[gags24601]

@MsDarcyW wow thanks

[SrbUNC42]

Oh dear lord he wants to come to Broadway to play the Phantom?!?!?!?!?! This definitely needs to happen sometime in the near future. This definitely needs to happen for those of us that have the Atlantic ocean keeping us from seeing him!

[dirty06maggot]

@SrbUNC42 i agree. he should come to broadway!!

[TheTitanic4]

Awesome! not many phantoms do an interview in costume! :D

[PuppetMuffin]

Ohhh JOJ, he's so cute~ <3 I love his sort of ambiguous "yeah, I've seen LND" answer. It seems, and only seems!, he doesn't play into that shit. Good for him!

[EmilyGreene1984]

John Owen Jones is a really nice man. :)

[TheVildee]

hahaha so cute when he lifts his mask <3

[Eleanorminblack]

@TheVildee When I watched this, I literally sat on the sofa with my mouth open with awe, wow

[TheVildee]

@Eleanorminblack Yeah, me too!

[notperfectable]

Slightly surreal to hear that lovely welsh voice with the full phantom makeup. Lovely, lovely man.

[ArtistkaeSewing]

Thank you Stephen!

[adam4757]

Great Phantom. I can't help but pick up that he didn't like "Love Never Dies" when he saw it. Makes me like him even more!

[TLKthing3]

@adam4757 I thought he auditioned for it...? Heard that somewhere.

But I hope he stays in the london POTO! He's awesome!

[adam4757]

@TLKthing3 I'm surprised if he did. I believe he thinks POTO had the better score, and he isn't exactlty lavish in praise about LND here! He was in Les Mis at the time of LND opening anyway so I doubt he would have

[TLKthing3]

@adam4757 I mean auditioning recently :p

But I think you're right, according to the way he talks about it here.

[animelover13579]

such a wonderful phantom

[MsDarcyW]

How can you not love this man??? Made me laugh at loud at least twice. :) What a legend.

Thanks for posting!

[Eleanorminblack]

@MsDarcyW yeah same

[NutmegGiry]

AAHHHHHHHHHH I love this man <3

[TLKthing3]

Do you have Ramin's performance from that evening in the same quality? :p