| Ray Winstone Becomes Incredibly Transformed Into Beowulf - Page 3 |
| Written by Brad Balfour | |||||
| Friday, 16 November 2007 11:06 | |||||
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the Los Angeles premiere of "Beowulf"
Crispin Glover is known for being the "Creepy Thin Man" from Charlie Angel's movies is now playing another unique character, Grendel in "Beowulf"
Q: It was like CGI plastic surgery. RW: I guess so. I don't know the terminology of it. When I watched it, the performance that Anthony Hopkins gives on the screen is what he gave in the studio. And I felt that was mine as well, and likewise with everyone else. It's just this word "computer" that freaks people out. It's a performance. Putting three of the takes together, messing them around. In theater it's different, if you mess up and they don't like you they boo you. And quite rightly so. Q: Did you see the film in the IMAX 3D format? RW: I haven't seen that yet. I've only seen normal 3D. To me it blew me away. I'm going back to England, rest a bit and book it. Q: What was your reaction to see Angelina in 3D? RW: Well, there'd be something wrong with you if you didn't think she was beautiful. She's an absolutely stunning girl, as is Robin Wright Penn. They are two of the most beautiful women in the world. You get that impression when you meet them anyway. They're just stunning, and fantastic actresses as wel, which makes them sexy. Doesn't matter what they look like, but their acting makes them sexy. They're beautiful women. They're really good girls, and I had fun working with them. Q: Do you have films you want to produce, films you want to make? RW: I don't have the money to produce this. What's this cost? 140 million dollars? I'm lucky if I've got 40 pounds. I do have my own company and we've made several small films that I'm proud of, and we're making one after Christmas. We're just jumping along and working with people. I'm doing a film with people who've done "Sexy Beast," with a new director Malcolm Venville, called "44 Inch Chest." It's about a man who loves his wife too much. It's very well written. I'm doing another film in Brighton with [writer/rock musician] Nick Cave, who wrote "The Proposition," with the same director, John Hillcoat—it's called "Death of a Lady's Man." It's very dark, funny, and it will break your heart. It's a really great script. That's me. I'm back at work. Q: In doing "The Proposition," [playing Captain Stanley] though it was set in Australia, it was a chance to do a western. RW: That was one of the reasons I loved it. I loved Australia and went straight to the outback. It's like London was 40 years ago. They are very direct and open there, like New Yorkers as well. You got to be abrupt here. I was lighting a cigarette outside the hotel here, and I asked a person if they've got change and they said "No! Have a nice evening." But that's the vibe in doing a Western, all the ranches and aborigines... like New York. I love it. Q: When they yelled "cut" on the set, I can just imagine you, Brendan, and Anthony going out to a pub. Did you guys do some damage? RW: Me and Brendan did on a few occasions [laughs], but Anthony doesn't drink and hasn't done so for years. He's the funny one, he'll keep you laughing all day long. He'd be doing Tommy Cooper [a famous British comic] impersonations and he'd impersonate you. He's a ball, he's a pleasure. Me and Brendan would have a beer when we felt like it, because at the end of the day you were knackered and wanted to go home and do work the next morning. It depends on what kind of day you had the next morning. We were very professional about, it as you can imagine. [laughs] Q: What about your experience filming in New York? RW: We did "The Departed" here and also in Boston. I like this place. I've been here many times, and it's always been the same way. It's been a ball. But I've only worked here once. Q: Was Anthony jealous that you looked better in the nude than he did? RW: Yeah, but you didn't see that, it was all covered up. You don't know. The funny thing about that is, when you look at it in the theater, people kind of swerve to one side to see if they can see it [laughs]. They want to see what it looks like. Q: The animation people could extend it if you wanted them to. RW: I've never had that problem, to be honest with you [laughs]. © Brad Balfour 2007 |
