Waiting in the wings to go on was joyful – participants, volunteers, performers were all shaking hands. Time stood still. I remember walking up that hill, turning around to see a stadium of 80,000 people, with Elgar ringing in my ears and the stage manager very sweetly saying through my earpiece: “Ken, you’re on.”
After our piece was done, and we walked backstage to change, we all turned around and saw what appeared to be Her Majesty the Queen parachuting into the stadium. There was what I can only describe as a great, big collective smile. It was a delicious moment – and another perfect expression of the sureness of tone that the ceremony seemed to set. It was a reflection of who we are – and a beautiful thing to be a part of.
” Kenneth Branagh recalls the opening ceremony of London 2012 | Eyewitness 2012 | From the Observer | The Observer (via fuckyeahkennethbranagh)(via fuckyeahkennethbranagh)
