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July 3, 2001
La Sicilia
The spy who does not knows deceit
(excerpt and translated from the original Italian)
by Camelita Celi
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photo by Orietta Scardino
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How
do you create your character?
I don't have a precise
method, I throw myself headfirst into the scenario, try to
enter the life of another, and then I understand that point of
view. So like in Enigma I understand the reasons of my adversary,
Puck. It makes me laugh at the reaction of Great Britain
when confronting certain systems of Russian spies: the
English have have acted exactly the same way! My craft is |
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pure, instinctive. My decisions are
also instinctive". |
What
direction does your instinct lead you in today?
The film, "Ripley's
Game", a Highsmith thriller set in Italy of today, with John
Malkovich. The next one will be a film on Oliver Cromwell and the
English civil war.
I certainly
observe that the shadows under Tom Jericho's eyes have vanished, the
face and lips more reddened...but you cannot help but to think it is a
Graham Greene story. [Webmistress
note: Graham Greene is a British author whose novels were noted for
their recurring themes of treachery and betrayal.]
"And my favorite author of all time, so rich in
suggestions...Is there such a thing as a "Greenian" actor?
It sounds good to me!".
In
"Enigma" there are two women... Kate Winslet, [and] Saffron
Burrows (the splendid "Měss Julie" in the film of Mike Figgis),
beautiful and impossible. How was she on the set?
"Well, to tell the truth,
Saffron was delicious even if I often got frustrated and spoke [with a]
Scottish [accent].
Associate
producer of "Enigma" is Mick Jagger, yes indeed, that one.
What was he like on the job?
"He was behind the scenes a lot and before the production began,
introduced us to his musical collection of thirty-four years to
influence the actors to that atmosphere."
Someone
swears to have seen him in the film.
"Yes! He was the soldier
in the nightclub scene".
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