Tag Archives: behind the scenes
Jim Jarmusch on new ground with ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’
……
Though Swinton had worked with Jarmusch before, for Hiddleston it was the first time. The actor recalls his first contact with Jarmusch’s work, remembering the very theater in Oxford, England, where he saw 1999’s “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” and has been a fan ever since.
In getting in sync with the director’s sensibility and the gothic melancholy of the character of Adam, Hiddleston took in Jarmusch’s suggestion to think of Pink Floyd’s raven-haired, wild-eyed former frontman Syd Barrett while re-reading “Hamlet.”
“We did find a commonality, because it was always about specifics,” said Hiddleston, on the phone from a movie shoot in Toronto. “What kind of music does Adam make? What does he like? What doesn’t he like? Through those conversations I began to get a sense of Jim’s palate, his speed, his tone and his style.”
Both Swinton and Hiddleston draw a comparison to Jarmusch’s recent work as part of the band Sqürl as a reflection of the collaborative nature of his work, how it can be singular while he remains so seemingly open to others. The movie is a reflection of his own broad-ranging interests, across literature, music, art and science — “I’m a real nerd,” said Jarmusch, noting his recent pursuits as an amateur bird watcher and studier of fungi.
“That’s what’s so great about working with him, is his passions rub off on you,” said Hiddleston. “He loves the music that Adam loves; in a way there is some of Jim in Adam, but there is also so much of Jim in Eve, and the things they love are the things that he loves.”
“I’m neither of them, but I’m both of them. It’s not a portrait of me in any way,” Jarmusch said. “I feel very close to Adam in a lot of ways, and Eve I aspire to be more like. I wish I had more of her qualities as I get, I don’t know what the word is, older. Or more confused.”
Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston and director Jim Jarmusch on the set of Only Lovers Left Alive.
Making of Only Lovers Left Alive
These sound good even out of context.
avons-nous vraiment le choix?: do we really have a choice?
Tu as dit que je ressemblais comme un animal, Marcus?: You said I looked like an animal, Marcus?
Quand on a repete hier, c’etait beaucoup plus…: when it was repeated yesterday, it was much more…
I couldn’t sleep the night before, and then came the day. I was like, “Okay, this is really gonna happen.”
– Tom Cruise on the plane stunt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Okay but is this not Lestat “I’m Gonna Do the Thing” aka “Adrenaline Junkie” aka “Look What I Can Do!" de Lioncourt:
"I kind of thought that was a one take but he did it eight times.”
is it true that brad pitt hated doing interview with a vampire? did he not get along well with people? whats the story there?
He did hate it! But that’s part of what made him so perfect!
In no particular order, some of Brad’s grievances were:
- He was miserable with the filming schedule which basically demanded filming at night and sleeping during the day. Seasonal affective disorder maybe?
- Much of what he loved about his character in the book was different in the script, which he didn’t even see until 2 weeks before filming started.
- IIRC, he didn’t get along with Tom but more bc Tom was absent than that he was difficult. Apparently, Tom would show up to film his scenes and not stick around before or after to socialize with anyone (remember, he had 2 young kids then, so I would assume he wanted to spend time with them).
For a little window into Brad’s experience, in his own words, hit the jump.
Brad Pitt, in an article by Mike Scott, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune:
“I’m telling you, one day it broke me. It was like, ‘Life’s too short for this quality of life.’ I called David Geffen, who was a good friend. He was a producer, and he’d just come to visit. I said, ‘David, I can’t do this anymore. I can’t do it. What will it cost me to get out?’ And he goes, very calmly, ‘Forty million dollars.’ And I go, ‘OK, thank you.’ It actually took the anxiety off of me. I was like, ‘I’ve got to man up and ride this through, and that’s what I’m going to do.’”
…Still, he says he doesn’t necessarily regret “Interview with a Vampire.”
“I don’t lament the failures,” he said. “The failures prepare you for the next one. It’s a step you needed to take, and I’m all for it.”
“Another big problem was the script, which was written by Rice herself, taking her first shot at writing a screenplay. Pitt hadn’t seen it until two weeks before shooting started. When he finally did get a copy, he realized that everything in Rice’s book that was interesting about his character … was gone.
And so here he was, a rising young actor and budding sex symbol, stuck in an uninteresting, passive role.
“In the book you have this guy asking, ‘Who am I?’ Which was probably applicable to me at that time: ‘Am I good? Am I of the angels? Am I bad? Am I of the devil?’ In the book it is a guy going on this search of discovery. And in the meantime, he has this Lestat character that he’s entranced by and abhors. … In the movie, they took the sensational aspects of Lestat and made that the pulse of the film, and those things are very enjoyable and very good, but for me, there was just nothing to do — you just sit and watch.”
“You gotta understand, Tom and I are … we walk in different directions.” says Pitt. “I always thought there was this underlying competition that got in the way of any real conversation… it bugged me a bit.”
But they clearly get along now at least for the cameras but it looks pretty legit. they were even talking about working together on a movie about a year ago.
FILED AS: #lestat likes this #lestat is all #omg I am so proud of you #even tho u are slamming me into a tree #look at you finally testing your strength!! #my son #my husband #ily SO MUCH #imma tap your beautiful head to show you how proud I am of you
^This happened in 1 second in this movie and I only noticed when I slowed it down like THIS IS THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL ACTING WE GOT IN THIS MOVIE. Even in 1 second, such ic professionalism happening ❤
Fun fact: This was filmed at Oak Alley plantation (used for Pointe du Lac plantation) near the employee parking lot.
I-want-my-IWTV 