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Could Ewan McGregor Finally Score First Oscar Nomination for 'The Impossible'?
10:59 AM PST 11/19/2012 by Scott Feinberg
It's hard to think of many movie stars who have had the sort of career that Ewan McGregor has had -- long, prolific, and consistently impressive -- but have not received an Oscar nomination. And yet the dashing 41-year-old Scotsman, who has been acting on film for 18 years, is still in search of his first.
McGregor has a credit list that includes Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996), Mark Herman's Little Voice (1998), Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001), Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003), Chris Noonan's Miss Potter (2006), Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007), Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010), and Mike Mills' Beginners (2011), not to mention three of George Lucas' Star Wars films (1999, 2002, 2005).
He is widely respected within the community of actors, in no small part because he has a proven track record of being a great scene partner. Indeed, though he has never been recognized by the Academy, the Academy has recognized three people -- Brenda Blethyn (Little Voice), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!) and Christopher Plummer (Beginners) -- for their work opposite him. That's quite a figure.
And he is widely-regarded as one of Hollywood's truly good guys. He's been married to the same woman, French production designer Eve Mavrakis, since 1995, before he was really a "name." He is the proud father of four daughters, who range in age from 16 to two. And he's not a diva or someone who takes his good fortune for granted -- he lives quietly and modestly in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles and says that he has not had a drink since the turn of the century.
Now, for his widely-heralded work in Juan Antonio Bayona's tearjerker The Impossible -- a film based on the true story of a family that was vacationing in Thailand when the 2004 tsunami tore them apart, in which he plays a loving and tenacious husband and, for the first time on screen, a father (he has four daughters in real life) -- this great leading man may finally get his due... ironically enough, in the best supporting actor category.
VIDEO: 'The Impossible' Trailer: Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor Caught in Deadly Tsunami
The film's distributor, Summit Entertainment, has decided to push 16-year-old Tom Holland and Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, who have more screen time in the film, as the leads. And the truth is that this is good news for McGregor, who faces much less competition in the supporting category than he would have in lead.
I recently sat down with McGregor in New York for a long and wide-ranging conversation about his life and career. You can watch the full video at the top of this post or read highlights from it below.
The Hollywood Reporter: Early in your career you made three acclaimed films with director Danny Boyle: Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). Why do you think you and Boyle brought out some of the best in each other?
Ewan McGregor: It’s something I don’t know that you can really explain. There was a very strong connection that I felt about Danny. He was my first movie director. Shallow Grave was my first film and his first film, and when people saw it in Britain that was a real turning point. People went, ‘Wow, okay, this is new and different.’ And it was. It was clever, and it looked amazing, and it made a mark, in that respect. All through that period to A Life Less Ordinary, that was who I was: I was Danny Boyle’s actor. And I agree with you, I think he got the best out of me. And it ended sadly. It’s something that came to a close after A Life Less Ordinary and it’s never returned, and that’s a great shame. I’ve always missed what we might have gone on to do.
THR: It’s been 15 years, but you’re both still very active. Is there a chance you’ll work together again?
McGregor: I’ve got no idea.
THR: Would you like to?
McGregor: I’d love to. Yeah.
THR: Your level of fame must have shot to a whole new level when you signed on to do Star Wars. Did you have any reservations about assuming the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi?
McGregor: The big decision about Star Wars for me—and it was something that I really considered properly—was what kind of actor I was and what I felt I stood for, which was a real sort of independence. All my work had had quite a lot of edge in it, in one way or another. The worry about a film of that scale is that you don’t survive it, in a way. You don’t survive the hype; you become typecast. Harrison Ford did all right after the Star Wars films, though he was sort of alone. And so you have to consider that. You know, ‘Am I selling out?’ I phoned Danny and spoke to my uncle [role model/mentor Dennis Lawson], who told me, ‘Don’t it. You’re crazy.’ He said, ‘If you want a career after you’re 30, don’t do it.’ And I disregarded his advice in the end because the nearer I got to it the more I wanted to do it.
VIDEO: Director and Stars Reveal How They Made 'The Impossible' Possible -- Without CGI
THR: Moulin Rouge! was the first really successful musical in decades. Were you always convinced that it was going to work?
McGregor: Yeah, I never doubted it for a minute. I met Baz to audition for Romeo + Juliet, and I think my audition for that film got me in Moulin Rouge!. I was just so absolutely convinced because of his two movies at that point, Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet. The first musical sequence that I shot was “Your Song” up in the elephant. And there’s that one shot where I’ve got my back to Nicole, and I break into song. It was the first time that I’d done it on set. There was never a moment of embarrassment, as you might imagine there would be when you break into song. It was just second nature.
THR: A movie that constantly pops up as one of people’s favorites is Big Fish. What made that one special?
McGregor: It touches the heart of a lot for men about their fathers, and fathers about their sons, and all of us about our lives, and how we remember things, and our fantasies, and how those two things can kind of mold together. There’s something very beautiful about it. It’s Tim Burton at his best really, I think. I loved very much working with him.
THR: What drew you to your latest film, The Impossible, a film based on a real family’s experience during the 2004 tsunami that struck Thailand?
McGregor: There was just an immediate, visceral response to some of the things that were written on the page—and then I found out later that it was, in fact, a true story, and that the writer and the director had spent weeks with the real family, and these lines of dialogue were things that they said or remember having heard being said. And then there was the director, Juan Antonio Bayona, whose film The Orphanage I’d seen and really liked. I thought it was a powerful first movie, by any standards. I’m always interested in working with great, experienced directors, and also the exciting new talent, of which he’s right at the top of the list. And then, thirdly, it seemed to me to be the first time in my career that I would play a father; I’ve been a dad for 16 years, and yet this is the first time that I’ve really explored that in my work.
STORY: Ewan McGregor to Star in Crime Drama 'Son of a Gun'
THR: Bayona wanted to recreate the tsunami without using CGI. How was that achieved?
McGregor: He made a very complicated but good decision to only use real water. They spent over a year trying to workout how they were going to do that. Of course, there’s some huge wide shots, and they’ve taken a section of what we shot and replicated it, so that it’s on a bigger scale than we actually had there. But it’s all real water. All of that was shot in a huge tank in Alicante in Spain. [The actors] were literally on tracks under the water that pulled down through the water. They had pumps and jets shooting at them. Debris thrown in. You know, shooting in water is so complicated and slow. They were getting two or three shots a day. It was really slow and brutal. But, oh my God, what he’s done with it is breathtaking, in terms of its power. When the tsunami comes in the movie, you fully appreciate the horror of what it might be like.
THR: What’s next for you?
McGregor: I’m really thrilled to be working on August Osage County at the moment. It’s great writing, working with an extraordinary cast, John Wells directing—it’s a really thrilling experience. And it looks like I’m going to be making a film with Wim Wenders; I’m making a film in Australia; and I’m making a film with Peter Capaldi. It’s nice, three independent movies. I’m excited about all of them.
Anthony Breznican @Breznican
Kristopher Tapley
@kristapley
@Breznican @ME_Says I'm not too sure. I've been waiting for release to see the buzz come back around.
@kristapley @me_says One thing holding The Impossible back is the unfortunate perception that it's a chore, or an unpleasant experience.
@Breznican @ME_Says Well it ain't fluffy pancakes. My emotions definitely got a workout.
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Over the course of roughly a half-hour, we discussed, among other things:
THR's Scott Feinberg recently sat down with the 41-year-old for a long conversation about his life, career, and acclaimed performance in "The Impossible."
It's hard to think of many movie stars who have had the sort of career that Ewan McGregor has had -- long, prolific, and consistently impressive -- but have not received an Oscar nomination. And yet the dashing 41-year-old Scotsman, who has been acting on film for 18 years, is still in search of his first.
McGregor has a credit list that includes Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996), Mark Herman's Little Voice (1998), Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001), Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003), Chris Noonan's Miss Potter (2006), Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007), Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010), and Mike Mills' Beginners (2011), not to mention three of George Lucas' Star Wars films (1999, 2002, 2005).
He is widely respected within the community of actors, in no small part because he has a proven track record of being a great scene partner. Indeed, though he has never been recognized by the Academy, the Academy has recognized three people -- Brenda Blethyn (Little Voice), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!) and Christopher Plummer (Beginners) -- for their work opposite him. That's quite a figure.
And he is widely-regarded as one of Hollywood's truly good guys. He's been married to the same woman, French production designer Eve Mavrakis, since 1995, before he was really a "name." He is the proud father of four daughters, who range in age from 16 to two. And he's not a diva or someone who takes his good fortune for granted -- he lives quietly and modestly in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles and says that he has not had a drink since the turn of the century.
Now, for his widely-heralded work in Juan Antonio Bayona's tearjerker The Impossible -- a film based on the true story of a family that was vacationing in Thailand when the 2004 tsunami tore them apart, in which he plays a loving and tenacious husband and, for the first time on screen, a father (he has four daughters in real life) -- this great leading man may finally get his due... ironically enough, in the best supporting actor category.
VIDEO: 'The Impossible' Trailer: Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor Caught in Deadly Tsunami
The film's distributor, Summit Entertainment, has decided to push 16-year-old Tom Holland and Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, who have more screen time in the film, as the leads. And the truth is that this is good news for McGregor, who faces much less competition in the supporting category than he would have in lead.
I recently sat down with McGregor in New York for a long and wide-ranging conversation about his life and career. You can watch the full video at the top of this post or read highlights from it below.
The Hollywood Reporter: Early in your career you made three acclaimed films with director Danny Boyle: Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). Why do you think you and Boyle brought out some of the best in each other?
Ewan McGregor: It’s something I don’t know that you can really explain. There was a very strong connection that I felt about Danny. He was my first movie director. Shallow Grave was my first film and his first film, and when people saw it in Britain that was a real turning point. People went, ‘Wow, okay, this is new and different.’ And it was. It was clever, and it looked amazing, and it made a mark, in that respect. All through that period to A Life Less Ordinary, that was who I was: I was Danny Boyle’s actor. And I agree with you, I think he got the best out of me. And it ended sadly. It’s something that came to a close after A Life Less Ordinary and it’s never returned, and that’s a great shame. I’ve always missed what we might have gone on to do.
THR: It’s been 15 years, but you’re both still very active. Is there a chance you’ll work together again?
McGregor: I’ve got no idea.
THR: Would you like to?
McGregor: I’d love to. Yeah.
THR: Your level of fame must have shot to a whole new level when you signed on to do Star Wars. Did you have any reservations about assuming the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi?
McGregor: The big decision about Star Wars for me—and it was something that I really considered properly—was what kind of actor I was and what I felt I stood for, which was a real sort of independence. All my work had had quite a lot of edge in it, in one way or another. The worry about a film of that scale is that you don’t survive it, in a way. You don’t survive the hype; you become typecast. Harrison Ford did all right after the Star Wars films, though he was sort of alone. And so you have to consider that. You know, ‘Am I selling out?’ I phoned Danny and spoke to my uncle [role model/mentor Dennis Lawson], who told me, ‘Don’t it. You’re crazy.’ He said, ‘If you want a career after you’re 30, don’t do it.’ And I disregarded his advice in the end because the nearer I got to it the more I wanted to do it.
VIDEO: Director and Stars Reveal How They Made 'The Impossible' Possible -- Without CGI
THR: Moulin Rouge! was the first really successful musical in decades. Were you always convinced that it was going to work?
McGregor: Yeah, I never doubted it for a minute. I met Baz to audition for Romeo + Juliet, and I think my audition for that film got me in Moulin Rouge!. I was just so absolutely convinced because of his two movies at that point, Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet. The first musical sequence that I shot was “Your Song” up in the elephant. And there’s that one shot where I’ve got my back to Nicole, and I break into song. It was the first time that I’d done it on set. There was never a moment of embarrassment, as you might imagine there would be when you break into song. It was just second nature.
THR: A movie that constantly pops up as one of people’s favorites is Big Fish. What made that one special?
McGregor: It touches the heart of a lot for men about their fathers, and fathers about their sons, and all of us about our lives, and how we remember things, and our fantasies, and how those two things can kind of mold together. There’s something very beautiful about it. It’s Tim Burton at his best really, I think. I loved very much working with him.
THR: What drew you to your latest film, The Impossible, a film based on a real family’s experience during the 2004 tsunami that struck Thailand?
McGregor: There was just an immediate, visceral response to some of the things that were written on the page—and then I found out later that it was, in fact, a true story, and that the writer and the director had spent weeks with the real family, and these lines of dialogue were things that they said or remember having heard being said. And then there was the director, Juan Antonio Bayona, whose film The Orphanage I’d seen and really liked. I thought it was a powerful first movie, by any standards. I’m always interested in working with great, experienced directors, and also the exciting new talent, of which he’s right at the top of the list. And then, thirdly, it seemed to me to be the first time in my career that I would play a father; I’ve been a dad for 16 years, and yet this is the first time that I’ve really explored that in my work.
STORY: Ewan McGregor to Star in Crime Drama 'Son of a Gun'
THR: Bayona wanted to recreate the tsunami without using CGI. How was that achieved?
McGregor: He made a very complicated but good decision to only use real water. They spent over a year trying to workout how they were going to do that. Of course, there’s some huge wide shots, and they’ve taken a section of what we shot and replicated it, so that it’s on a bigger scale than we actually had there. But it’s all real water. All of that was shot in a huge tank in Alicante in Spain. [The actors] were literally on tracks under the water that pulled down through the water. They had pumps and jets shooting at them. Debris thrown in. You know, shooting in water is so complicated and slow. They were getting two or three shots a day. It was really slow and brutal. But, oh my God, what he’s done with it is breathtaking, in terms of its power. When the tsunami comes in the movie, you fully appreciate the horror of what it might be like.
THR: What’s next for you?
McGregor: I’m really thrilled to be working on August Osage County at the moment. It’s great writing, working with an extraordinary cast, John Wells directing—it’s a really thrilling experience. And it looks like I’m going to be making a film with Wim Wenders; I’m making a film in Australia; and I’m making a film with Peter Capaldi. It’s nice, three independent movies. I’m excited about all of them.
Anthony Breznican
If you've seen The Impossible, I'll
just say I think a nom for Watts was clinched with: "...even if it's the
last thing we do ..."
Kristopher Tapley
Anthony Breznican
From THR
Director and Stars Reveal How They Made 'The Impossible' Possible -- Without CGI
Following a recent New York City screening of Summit Entertainment's epic drama The Impossible, The Hollywood Reporter sat down with the film's director Juan Antonio Bayona and stars Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Tom Holland for a wide-ranging Q&A. (You can watch video of the full conversation at the top of this post.)Over the course of roughly a half-hour, we discussed, among other things:
- The real 2004 tsunami that struck the Thailand coastline and tore apart thousands of families, including the one that inspired this film;
- The fact that this film is of a much more ambitious scale than anything else Bayona (The Orphanage) or most others had ever tried before;
- McGregor and Watts' experience working with child actors (the youngsters who portray their three sons were all under the age of 15 at the time of shooting) and water (Watts, who nearly drowned at age 14, wasn't all that enthusiastic about this aspect of the production);
- Holland's initial intimidation at working with such accomplished actors (although he himself was already a pro, having already played the title character in Billy Elliot on London's West End for two years);
- How the director and actors worked together to make the family's bond seem real and believable (special exercises during rehearsal weeks, etc.);
- How the tsunami conditions were believably replicated without the use of CGI (the film was shot in the world's second largest water tank, which was carefully rigged with pumps, etc.);
- What it was like for McGregor and Watts, both parents in real life, to play parents whose children are in jeopardy (McGregor had, in fact, never even portrayed a father on film prior to this one);
- How the weather conditions in Thailand during the making of this film delayed the productions by months (and the ways in which the cast and crew attempted to reason with "the spirits");
- The massive standing ovation that the film received following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (which was loudest when the spotlight was shined upon the family that inspired the film).
From THR
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NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS SINCE LAST WEEK'S FORECAST:
- Lionsgate's Twilight: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2, the final installment in the lucrative franchise, dominated at the box-office this weekend, grossing $141.3 million -- nearly $100 million ahead of its closest competitor, Sony's latest James Bond film Skyfall, which grossed $41.5 million, an impressive second-weekend figure for a film that tons of people caught in its first weekend. Meanwhile, DreamWorks' Lincoln, which had opened in just 11 theaters last weekend, expanded to 1,764 more this weekend and claimed third place with a haul of $21 million. And The Weinstein Co.'s Silver Linings Playbook edged out Focus Features' Anna Karenina in the battle of small-ish films opening in just 16 theaters, with both delivering modest returns: The former, which originally was set to open wide over the Thanksgiving weekend but now will be platformed, took in $458,000 ($28,625 per theater), whereas the latter took in $315,000 ($19,688 per theater).
- President Barack Obama, a big Abraham Lincoln buff, invited the key creative team behind the new film Lincoln -- director Steven Spielberg, producer Kathleen Kennedy, screenwriter Tony Kushner, actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gloria Reuben, and DreamWorks co-chair and CEO Stacey Snider -- to the White House for a special screening of the film on Nov. 15. At another event later that night, Kushner said that he thought that the president "really liked it" and that he and his whole entourage "stood up" to applaud when it ended.
- The Producers Guild of America announced that Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, co-chairs of Working Title Films and producers of this year's Oscar hopefuls Anna Karenina and Les Miserables, will receive the 2013 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the PGA's highest honor for film producers, at the 24th PGA Awards on Jan. 26. The British duo also received the Hollywood Producer Award at last month's Hollywood Film Awards, the first awards show of the season.
- The team behind the muckraking best documentary feature Oscar hopeful The Central Park Five, which played at virtually every stop on this year's fall festival circuit, enjoyed a unique and special evening on Nov. 15. After the film played as the closing-night film for the DOC NYC fest, all five of its subjects -- including even Antron McCray, who wouldn't even appear on camera in the film in order to preserve his privacy -- gathered for an emotional Q&A, marking their first public reunion since their arraignment in 1990.
- The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Rick Baker, the legendary makeup artist who seven Oscars to his name and is a best makeup Oscar contender this year for Men in Black 3, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov. 30. MiB director Barry Sonnenfeld will be among those speaking at the ceremony.
- The Santa Barbara International Film Fest announced that its 28th edition, which will run from Jan. 24 through Feb. 3, will include a presentation of its highest honor, the Modern Master Award, to best director and best actor Oscar hopeful Ben Affleck (Argo) on Jan. 26. Festival director Roger Durling said in a statement: "Affleck has come into his own as a multidimensional artist with Argo. He embodies what the Modern Master Award is all about, and we're thrilled to honor him this year." The award, was established in 1995 and intended for "an individual who has enriched our culture through his/her multi-faceted accomplishments in the motion picture industry," has gone to Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jackson, George Clooney, Will Smith, Cate Blanchett, Clint Eastwood, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, and Christopher Plummer.
- The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced that its 24th edition, which will run from Jan 3. through Jan. 14, will include a presentation of its Spotlight Award to best supporting actress Oscar hopeful Helen Hunt (The Sessions). Recipients have included Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain.
- 20th Century Fox is running a new trailer in all AMC theaters for Life of Pi, its best picture Oscar hopeful, that features footage of the film's director, Ang Lee, explaining why he elected to shoot the film in 3D, and 3D godfather James Cameron, whose company Cameron Pace Group provided Lee with the technology to shoot the film in that format, describing Lee's finished product as a "masterpiece."
- Turner Classic Movies revealed that Flight best director Oscar hopeful Robert Zemeckis and best cinematography Oscar hopeful Don Burgess, who have worked together for years, will be the subjects of the third installment of TCM Presents AFI's Master Class -- The Art of Collaboration. The two were filmed discussing their work in front of an audience of AFI Fellows for the special doc, which will premiere at 8 p.m. Jan. 14 on TCM.
- Robert De Niro, the legendary and press-shy best supporting actor Oscar hopeful (Silver Linings Playbook), ccame across very well in a rare longform interview that he granted to New York Times film critic A.O. Scott for the New York Times Magazine.
- It was -- or should have been -- Judd Apatow Week at New York's Museum of Modern Art. The best original screenplay Oscar hopeful (This Is 40) was at MoMA on the evening of Nov. 12 for a chat with Mike Nichols and on Nov. 13 for a special screening of his film that drew everyone from John McEnroe to Robert Kraft, after which Academy members such as Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People) gathered for dinner at Nobu.
- On Nov. 14, in a cineplex plastered with posters of the blockbuster Skyfall, best actress Oscar hopeful Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea), the wife of James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, got to be the center of attention for at least one night. After a screening of the little indie, in which she gives a breathtaking performance, Weisz participated in a SAG Q&A moderated by yours truly and subsequently was feted at a party at a private residence that drew Academy members including Sylvia Miles (Midnight Cowboy).
- During the run-up to the Nov. 16 release of the last installment in the Twilight franchise that made her an international celebrity, Kristen Stewart went out of her way to mention, in virtually every interview that she granted, the tiny indie film for which she is now a best supporting actress Oscar hopeful (On the Road). If even a small percentage of Twihards check out On the Road because of Stewart's involvement, it will be a very big deal for IFC Films, which is campaigning hard for Stewart and her male co-stars Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund.
- On the afternoon of Nov. 18, during a SAG Q&A moderated by yours truly, best actor Oscar hopeful Liam Neeson (The Grey) spoke candidly -- and for one of the first times in public -- about the 2009 death of his wife Natasha Richardson. In the critically acclaimed film, Neeson plays a man who is driven to the depths of despair by the premature death of his beloved wife but fights on. The actor volunteered, "I'm sure you all know I lost my wife tragically, and this [character] really connected with me in a very special way. … It was like a godsend. That's what it was. I found it very cathartic to do, spiritually and emotionally. … I had no trouble connecting with my character's emotions. My character is me, you know? I'm playing me."
- On the evening of Nov. 18, following a weekend of press junketing, Fox Searchlight celebrated Hitchcock with a New York premiere and afterparty at 21 (the legendary restaurant featured in several of his films) that was attended by writer-director Sacha Gervasi and stars Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, Danny Huston, and James D'Arcy, as well as a plethora of Academy members including Jon Voight (Coming Home).
- Also on the evening on Nov. 18, Angelina Jolie hosted a special screening of The Impossible in London to help call attention to the performance of her friend, best supporting actor Oscar hopeful Ewan McGregor, who somehow has never even been nominated for an Oscar. McGregor's co-star Tom Holland, a best actor Oscar hopeful, and several U.K.-based Academy members also were in attendance as Jolie introduced the screening: "Ewan, I have known you for years, and you are one of my favorite actors, and I’ve always loved to watch you, but I watched this and I didn’t recognize you. To say it is one of the best performances of the year really doesn’t give it credit because it doesn’t feel like a performance. It’s from such an honest place and so deeply emotional." Turning to the audience, she added: "You rarely see this emotion from a man onscreen, and I called him later to tell him how much he made me cry. I was crying, and I looked over at Brad [Pitt], and he was crying. It’s just really, really powerful. As an actor, I’m in awe."
- The U.S. distribution rights of Baltasar Kormakur's The Deep, Iceland's official submission for Oscar consideration in the best foreign-language film category, have been bought by Focus World, the alternative distribution initiative owned and operated by Focus Features. The film was warmly received when it screened at the Mill Valley.
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