Award-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has been welcomed as the newest celebrity fan to join Mandarin Oriental’s USD multi-million global advertising campaign ‘He’s a Fan/She’s a Fan’. The campaign highlights celebrities who regularly stay at the Group’s hotels, elegantly incorporating the company’s well-recognised symbol, the fan into personalised photoshoots.
As an appreciation of the celebrities’ support, the Group makes a donation to each celebrity’s individual choice of charity. Geoffrey Rush is the Group’s thirtieth fan to join the campaign and has chosen UNICEF to benefit. Rush chose to be photographed at the Victorian and Albert Museum in London as his destination of choice. Rush was photographed by renowned photographer Mary McCartney.
In an interview, Rush described watching the Horse Guards Parade from a guestroom balcony of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, with his young children 20 years ago. Rush references this moment, among many, as being one of the reasons he is so fond of staying in Mandarin Oriental hotels.
As one of only a handful of actors to have won the ‘Triple Crown’ – namely an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy, Rush has suggested that there is “no guidebook for winning an Oscar”. Rush has starred in 63 diverse feature films and is most well-known for his roles in Shine, The King’s Speech and Pirates of the Caribbean. As well as being a talented actor, he is also an accomplished pianist.
Mandarin Oriental’s other celebrity fans include Chen Kun, Isabelle Huppert, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Cecilia Bartoli, Caterina Murino, Sir Peter Blake, Lin Chiling, Karen Mok, Kevin Spacey, Christian Louboutin, Sophie Marceau, IM Pei, Michelle Yeoh, Jane Seymour, Kenzo Takada, Jerry Hall, Vanessa Mae, Vivienne Tam, Barry Humphries, Frederick Forsyth, Darcey Bussell, Bryan Ferry, Dame Helen Mirren, Maggie Cheung, Sigourney Weaver, Sir David Tang, Hélène Grimaud and Sa Ding Ding.
