ARTICLES - INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO - 2003-6

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James: The fact is, that the picture depends on what is happening between you and Hugh Grant. Renee: Thank you, we had a lot of fun. James: Leaving aside all the other considerations, how did you enjoy working with him, as an actor? Renee: So much, so much. He旧 funny, as you, as you know from watching him. He旧 so smart. His sense of humor is so acute and so quick, and his humor comes from his intelligence, so it旧 always so entertaining. (clip from Bridget Jones旧 Diary). James: Will Bridget Jones return to the screen? Renee: Maybe. James: Tell me about Down With Love. What is it? Renee: It is a, uh, Ewan McGregor, '60旧 bedroom comedy without the taboos that, uh, that hung over the original pictures, in terms of what you could say and what you could do. James: Sort of Rock Hudson and Doris Day? Renee: A little bit, but it旧 probably a little bit more explicit, without being lewd. Um, it has the double entendre, um, an element in the script, and the writing is so smart, and it旧 so quick. It旧 acute and really dense. James: What can you tell us about Cold Mountain? Renee: One of my favorite books. Charles Frazier, phenomenal writer. James: About? Renee: Epic about, uh, the American Civil War. It旧 the story of a guy, who is disillusioned, and he旧 a soldier, and he opens the window of the infirmary, and he climbs out and walks home from the war. Nicole Kidman plays Ada, who is, uh, Jude Law, the soldier旧, um, he plays Inman, uh, his love, that he旧 left behind. And, uh, I play Ruby, who is sort of a, a wanderer, who forms a relationship with Ada as they try to survive the war when everyone旧 gone away. James: 2003 began with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a musical or comedy to Renee Zellweger for her performance as Roxie Hart in Chicago. As we meet tonight, Chicago has received thirteen Academy Award nominations, including one for Renee as Best Actress. In 1975, director/choreographer Bob Fosse created the Broadway musical, Chicago, with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, starring Gwen Verdun and Chita Riviera, when Renee Zellweger was barely born. Its producer, Martin Richards, devoted the next 27 years of his life to bringing Chicago to the screen while, incidentally, producing Broadway productions that won 36 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, and film like The Boys From Brazil and The Shining. In 1994, his crusade was joined by Harvey Weinstein, whose name has come up often on this stage, where I観 on record as believing that American cinema would be a significantly different and more barren landscape without the daring, devotion and tough love of Harvey and Rob Weinstein and Miramax Films. I would like our students and our guest tonight to join me in saying hello to the remarkable producer of Chicago, Martin Richards. Would you stand up please? Marty, how do you keep a dream like that alive for 27 years? Martin: By believing in something, and thinking that there渇 never, ever be another Bob Fosse, and there渇 never be another Gwen Verdun. But there is a Rob Marshall, and there is a Renee Zellweger, and we were fortunate enough for me to not die of old age. I am so honored to be here. My dream was always to be part of the Actor旧 Studio. I was a singer that couldn急 act, and apparently, I wasn急 singin?that great either, so I decided to be a producer. (to Renee) Now I want to tell you, forty shows and you did it. I stopped being Mr. Cellophane. I love you a lot. James: How did you prepare to sing this role? Renee: We went to the, we渇 like to call it, the Rob Marshall School of Chicago in Toronto. It was boot camp. We would go to school. We had six weeks and much to learn. There were all the steps, there were, you know, incorporating the sets, the costumes, the Broadway dancers. I渇 never heard the songs before in my life, so I had to learn the songs. But I didn急 learn them from recordings, I learned them from the piano player, so then it wouldn急 be stealing, 螋uz I didn急 want to steal. So we sat and practiced every day. Rob Marshall made it up. He taught it to the choreographers, and together with the choreographers, he taught it to us. And uh, then there was singing class every day. We learned how to sing properly, so you don急 blow your voice out, because although you虐e pre-recorded, you have to sing along with it, so that it doesn急 look like you虐e mouthing the words. It was a tremendous experience, it really was. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 210.59.146.10