BRONSON Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn

Interview Table of Contents:

THE TOM HARDY STORY

ANY INTERACTION WITH MICHAEL PETERSON?

NOTE: Higher res version of this interview can be downloaded/viewed here in Quicktime format

BRONSON Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn at 42 Sitges Film Festival

In this part two of my interview with Nicolas Winding Refn at the 42 Sitges Film Festival on Bronson he discusses the magnificent tale of how Tom Hardy came to be in this film. It’s an amazing and unbelievable story and not the usual, “they came to a casting call and were great and we signed a deal right away.” The casting of Charles Bronson/Michael Peterson proved to be a remarkable journey that at its end found Tom Hardy at the right point and place in his career to fully deliver on every level from soft, indifferent, artistic, manic to outright mad that he needed to be played. In Tom Hardy, Nicolas Winding Refn gets the performance of a lifetime to compliment fully his vision. We are talking about a performance that almost didn’t happen until what many would consider to be the MOVIE GODS coming in to intervene.

In a year already crowded with great performances from Tahar Rahim in A Prophet to Willem Dafoe in Antichrist to Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds to Luis Tosar in Celda 211, Tom Hardy deserves a King Kong size Oscar for best actor. Award or no award, its true reward will be in being a film rediscovered endlessly and one that future filmmakers and actors will look up to for quite some time!

Bronson is currently in limited release from Magnet (info) and more information can be found at its official website (www.magnetreleasing.com/bronson).

Magnet Release Schedule

Current Playing

West Hollywood, CA: Sunset 5
San Diego, CA: Ken Cinema
New York, NY: Angelika Film Center (6)
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse

Opening Soon

10/30/2009
San Francisco, CA: Lumiere Theatre 3
Denver, CO: Mayan Theatre
Chicago, IL: Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema
Cincinnati, OH: Esquire Theatre
Nashville, TN: Belcourt Theatre

11/5/2009
Winter Park, FL: Full Sail University

11/6/2009
Austin, TX: Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills

11/20/2009
Cambridge, MA: Kendall Square Cinema
Detroit, MI: Burton Theatre
Portland, OR: Fox Tower 10

12/12/2009
Rochester, NY: Dryden Theatre

12/19/2009
Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Cinematheque

1/8/2010
Keene, NH: Putnam Arts Lecture Hall

Sitges Film Festival 2009:
::: Official Site
::: Sitges Official Facebook Fan Page
::: Variety on Sitges ‘09
::: ‘Visage’, by Tsai Ming-liang, opens the Noves Visions category
::: Malcolm McDowell to receive the Grand Honorary Award at the opening, which will moved up to October 1st
::: [REC]2 to open Sitges 09
::: Alien is the inspiration for Sitges 09
::: The latest and most eagerly awaited genre films at Official Fantàstic Section
::: Animation, international variants of horror and 3D film
::: Sitges 09 will be recalling certain flashes from the 80’s

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BRONSON Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn - Part 2

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