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TIFF Press Conference Diaries: Fiennes feels the love for Coriolanus
The Monday morning press conference for Shakespearean tragedy Coriolanus was an unfettered love-in for first-time director Ralph Fiennes, who also stars as the title character, an embattled Roman general. Joined by cast members Jessica Chastain and Brian Cox, the unruly presence of a noticeably slimmer Gerard Butler rounded out a pleasant morning between the actors, who were clearly impressed by Fiennes’ turn as a director.
“I’ve worked with many directors, and he’s up there in the Top 5,” said Cox, who plays a politician in the film.
“His rigor and sense of discipline — the whole package is remarkable, and I was completely overwhelmed by it.”
Fiennes’ modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, a stage production he starred in 10 years ago, centres on Caius Martius Coriolanus (Fiennes), an army general-turned-politician banished by his own people. Seeking revenge at any cost, he joins forces with former enemy Aufidus (Gerard Butler) and attacks his homeland. One of the film’s strong suits is also said to be the curious relationship between Coriolanus and his venomous mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) and loving wife Virgilia (Chastain).
“The play has resonance with the times we’re in, especially now with so much uncertainty in the world … and the constant tension between leadership and the voice of the people,” Fiennes said.
“It’s a continually resonant political thriller with a Greek tragedy at centre of it.”
When asked what makes an actor a better director, Fiennes joked,
“Better than who?” before pointing out that it can be a natural progression for many actors.
“I think after you’ve done a number of films, I found I became increasingly curious about choices directors were making: the camera, location, costumes,” he said.
“Working with Anthony Minghella [who directed Fiennes in The English Patient], who’s very collaborative, I felt very included in the process, so since that time, I’ve found this curiosity become a stronger urge. For most actors you’re at the mercy of so many decisions that at some point you want to be the person making the decisions.”
While Fiennes looked relaxed (perhaps still in director mode, sporting an uncharacteristically grizzly mane and beard), Butler, who was promoting his other film Machine Gun Preacher at TIFF Sunday, was keen on mentioning just how knackered he was.
“I woke up this morning and I’ve never been so exhausted in my life,” Butler said. “I thought, ‘If I could just die now and if someone could just let me know, I would take it!’ ”You can’t conceive of two more different actors than Fiennes and Butler, but the two seemed to get on famously, with Butler ribbing his director on a bloody fight scene.
“The fight that we had, which to this day remains the closest thing to a homosexual experience that I’ve had, and may be a career-changing thing for both of us,” Butler said.
“We rehearsed that fight exhaustively,” added Fiennes, smirking.
For her part, the ubiquitous Chastain, impeccably groomed and demure beside Butler, pointed out that her Julliard training had her studying Shakespeare for four years, and likened her involvement in Coriolanus to “taking a master class.”
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/12/ti...for-coriolanus/Gerard Butler and Ralph Fiennes get up close and personal A weary Gerard Butler, fresh from the gala opening of Machine Gun Preacher Sunday night, cracked up his Coriolanus costars Monday morning when describing the drama's central fight scene.
"That was as close to a homosexual experience I've ever had," Butler said of the hand-to-hand battle with star Ralph Fiennes, who also directed Coriolanus which will have its gala TIFF presentation Monday night.
Fiennes caused another wave of laughter at the press conference when he replied,
"We rehearsed that fight exhaustively."
Butler elaborated
,"We said forget the stunts, it should just be the two of us face-to-face. We are two guys who want to eat each other brains, to tear each other apart."Co-star Jessica Chastain, who plays Coriolanus' wife in the movie, arrived on set the day the fight seen was shot. She met Fiennes, who she described as
"in costume and basically covered in blood except for his eyes."When he noted she wasn't saying much over lunch, Costain said,
"Do you know what you look like?""I forgot she was a vegetarian," quipped Fiennes, who was relaxed and smiling and happy to share the limelight with his costars. Veteran actor Brian Cox gallantly put his jacket around Chastain's shoulders in the chilly room as she wore only a light summer dress.
Fiennes became interested in making Coriolanus into a present day movie after appearing in the play about 10 years ago. Although Butler has had less Shakespearean experience than the other cast members, he noted Coriolanus was the first acting job he ever had.
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