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Post by QueenOfTheDance on May 9, 2004 21:40:01 GMT 9.5
On one of the interviews on this site, i think she says she likes everything from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to Gregorian chants!! When you how she lives what do you mean? (am i being stupid again?!! : xxxxx
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Post by Sir Edmund on May 10, 2004 10:15:34 GMT 9.5
I have discovered this brilliant ;D ;D interview with Miranda on the set of Spider:
Tribute's Bonnie Laufer talks to Miranda Richardson about playing three different roles in David Cronenberg’s Spider. B.L. You did an outstanding job in Spider. You play three parts in this film and I have to say, when we see you in your second character, I didn’t even realize it was you until about 10 minutes in. M.R. This is what we like, it’s good to hear that I did my job well.
B.L. You get this script, and even before you realized that you were going to play multiple roles, what was your initial reaction? M.R. Probably that there was more humor in it than actually comes across in the end, I mean there still is some humor in it. One of the characters that I play, Yvonne, really made me chuckle. She was quite extreme. The bottom line was that it was fun to get a chance to play quite wildly different people in this.
B.L. I think that you play "mean" really well, you are very good at it. At the end of the day it must be more fun to play the bad guy instead of the good girl. M.R. Well I don’t know, I think you have to find the interest in the good girl. You have to find out how they work a bit and I actually found in the end it was a bit more interesting playing Mrs. Clegg than Yvonne because she’s a bit more complicated and she’s unable to change her situation and you feel sorry for her, I hope. She is so out of control of her life and her destiny. Whereas Yvonne makes her destiny every day, you know, "Another day, another dollar." She just goes with it.
B.L. How difficult is it for you as an actor to be in one mindset of a character and then have to change into another one? M.R. It was back and forth with the character changes and sometimes, but very occasionally, I would do two in one day. I never did the three in one day, I don’t think. There’s a very physical change so you can actually see it happen. I find the makeup process like a kind of meditation. You can see something evolving and it’s very helpful for all of the physical stuff. I also find that each character has her own physical movement or mannerism that helps me get into that role. With Yvonne it was a little grin that she had or her laugh. I also found that shoes were very important and how I felt in those. I loved Yvonne’s shoes, they were great, those little kitten heels.
B.L. Were they hard to walk in? M.R. No, I had it mastered by the end of the shoot.
B.L. What did you find unique or special working with director David Cronenberg? M.R. I think that you are very aware of just how much he trusts you. We’re all excited and we are all going for the same thing. There’s not a huge amount of discussion, he’s not one for large amounts of rehearsal. I think he’d much rather rehearse on film than do something separate. I found that there were times when I had to grab him and say, "I really need to rehearse this," and then he’d be fine about that. I think he just wants to get on and do it. It was a very relaxed set. It was lovely to work with him and this cast.
B.L. Speaking of the cast, my goodness, could you ask for better co-stars than Ralph Fiennes and most of your scenes were with Gabriel Byrne. M.R. His character is much more free with Yvonne than he was with the wife and playing those two characters for me with him was great. Gabriel was wonderful to work with and we had an amazing time together. I didn’t really get to work with Ralph too much but we did see a lot of each other the set and he is truly a gentleman.
B.L. Plus Ralph playing Spider, he is really on the outside looking in at everything that is going on. It’s quite fascinating to watch. M.R. You know from Spider’s viewpoint there’s a kind of contempt towards Yvonne and she is fresh meat, if you like. Spider’s worst nightmare is that Yvonne will take over from his mother and will invade his home and his life. So again, it was interesting to be able to play these different roles from other points of view of the other characters in the film. It was quite a challenge for me.
B.L. This year we also saw you in The Hours opposite Nicole Kidman, playing Virginia Woolf’s sister. How did you enjoy working on that? M.R. That film was a long time coming. I worked mainly with Nicole but I was there and gone in a flash really. I had about 10 days and I was bewildered by the whole experience. It was quite a complicated read but a wonderful read. I remember doing a lot of walking through the garden. Nicole and I spent many an hour (no pun intended) in the garden. It was lovely.
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Post by QueenOfTheDance on May 10, 2004 21:05:30 GMT 9.5
ohhhhhhhhh, thank you so much for that Sleepy, you find such little gems!!!
Oh she's so lovely in that interview, so honest and sweet.
Going to read it again now.
xxxx
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Post by KatBat on May 10, 2004 23:55:15 GMT 9.5
oh thankyou so so so much Sleepy!! oh god you're so good finding all these things...
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Post by Moogle on May 11, 2004 1:00:01 GMT 9.5
Ooh, fab interview!
Thanks!
Really, how do you find these things?
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Post by Christina1981 on May 11, 2004 11:12:40 GMT 9.5
That was a wonderful interview! You seem always to be finding interviews, and I think that's great! We can all use a pick-me-up in our daily lives, and what better way than by reading an interview of Her Majesty? In reference to my question about why she lives her life in such a manner, I was curious as to why she chooses to live alone? More likely than not, she has had many proposals, but I wonder that she chooses to live alone? I am of the opinion that a woman does not need a man to complete her, which is why I am still single at 23, lol. Perhaps this is her reason? That is all I was asking. As to her music, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are great! Roller Coaster, lol. I used to work at a roller-skating rink when I was 16, and they played that song all the time.
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Post by Meryl on Jun 6, 2006 1:12:36 GMT 9.5
When Miranda comes 2 Russia, i will ask her SO many questions...Just come,Miranda=))
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Post by himiko on Jun 6, 2006 20:42:09 GMT 9.5
If I could ask Miranda one question... hmmm... I would probably end up asking something really stupid, that's a certainty. Possibly ask her whether she enjoyed playing <insert range of character names here because I would probably ask about all of them>. Also I'd probably attempt to sell her a portable angry mob. ;D
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Post by Incapability on Jun 7, 2006 22:10:55 GMT 9.5
I think she'd buy one to keep nosy fans away.
I think I'd ask her whether she finds it difficult to do different accents in her movies (e.g. german in Churchhill, french in POTO or american).
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Post by Malinconia on Jun 8, 2006 7:21:56 GMT 9.5
I think I would ask her wich character she enjoyed playing the most, and why. (arrgghhh I don't think that my sentence is grammaticaly correct. Bloody french I am! Feel free to correct me )
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Post by QueenOfTheDance on Jun 8, 2006 9:05:53 GMT 9.5
Mal, your English is fab, you should hear my French!!! xxx
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Post by Malinconia on Jun 8, 2006 20:11:09 GMT 9.5
hey Queenofthedance, do you speak french??? C'est formidable! I like the french accent of Miranda in The Phantom of the Opera, i's so sweet. The intonation is not always very french but the accent itself is very well done. Usually in lots of british movies the french accent is almost a parody, even in dramas or great movies as Bleak House or Harry Potter. God in heaven! No french speaks like that, even if he doesn't speak english very well, lol. The Miranda's accent is more credible. The matter is she's the only character, with Meg, who has a french accent in the movie. Though they's all suposed to be french, aren't they?
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Post by himiko on Jun 9, 2006 1:39:09 GMT 9.5
Good point. I don't have a great ear for accents, so I can't always tell whether someone's doing a good French or German etc. accent, but it really bloody annoys me when I hear an actor (usually American, I must say) slaughtering the English accent, or playing an English character and making them American So I can imagine how it would be irritating for people to muck up the accent of your country.
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Post by Malinconia on Jun 9, 2006 2:11:00 GMT 9.5
Oh yes it is, because it is not believable at all. It's ok in comedies like 'Allo Allo' (which is very funny by the way) because they are parodies, but in serious dramas as 'Bleak House' it's really annoying. Moreover the french characters are always arrogant, cheater, vain and patriotic. Is it like that you, english people, see us? He he, I swear, It's just a rumour Where do u come from Himiko?
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Jun 9, 2006 3:20:04 GMT 9.5
I think, had I chance to ask Miranda a question, it would be this:
In many of the interviews I've seen of you discussing the characters you play, you seem to mention the look of them (Mab and her hair and rings, Stella and her hair, voices, etc). How important is that to you, the way a character looks, and understanding why they choose to look the way they do?
I'd be really interested to know how much of a character she feels comes out in their style and appearance, and what part that plays in her own understanding of the women she'd playing.
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