Post by jill on Aug 27, 2005 3:02:50 GMT -5
found this on the Rachel McAdams online forums...
You can read the whole article here:
www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001016956
It's really a fascinating one.
Asked about the complex chemistry between the characters, Craven says, "It began to occur to me during the initial stages of filming them meeting and kind of falling in love that an interesting [aspect] with Cillian's character would be that, in a sense, he really does fall in love and that he's in a state of confusion almost from the beginning, because he sees something in her that he has lost. I always would talk to Cillian about: This is a guy who realizes he can never really date this woman. He can never call her up after it's over and say, 'Let's get together for coffee.' But, from time to time, he actually will act like it's possible, and that's part of his vulnerability and his humanity. You can see that there is some decency in him, or shreds of it."
Jackson's admiration of Lisa never surfaces to the level of plot but shows up in expressions and little dissonances: for instance, when Lisa reveals that she was assaulted two years before and Jackson responds--Craven notes--with "something a friend would say.
"I just found that fascinating throughout," says the director. "Right up to the last look; he's looking at her, and it's not entirely defeated. There's the half-smile there where he just almost admires her and has to admit to himself, 'This woman is really something'--and he's got two bullets in him. I just really liked that." Originally, he notes, there was a line spoken in that final moment: "The very last thing he says to her is, 'Never underestimate your enemy. That was my mistake.' And it just...it felt too cute. We took it out and just did it with looks."
Jackson's admiration of Lisa never surfaces to the level of plot but shows up in expressions and little dissonances: for instance, when Lisa reveals that she was assaulted two years before and Jackson responds--Craven notes--with "something a friend would say.
"I just found that fascinating throughout," says the director. "Right up to the last look; he's looking at her, and it's not entirely defeated. There's the half-smile there where he just almost admires her and has to admit to himself, 'This woman is really something'--and he's got two bullets in him. I just really liked that." Originally, he notes, there was a line spoken in that final moment: "The very last thing he says to her is, 'Never underestimate your enemy. That was my mistake.' And it just...it felt too cute. We took it out and just did it with looks."
You can read the whole article here:
www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001016956
It's really a fascinating one.
that wou've been nice. (when she said you dot'n ahev to do it and he was like, "OK MARRY ME!" hehe that's my version)
Great read! Thanks so much for that article.
