The Sea

[kygal]

Thanks Kate! I imagine we will get our hands on a DVD at some point.

[kitty]

I hope so too kygal!

[GreenEyesToo]

I'm not sure if we already have this or not, but it's a PDF of the production notes for the film (copied from a Ciaran Hinds fansite), with several quotes from Rufus: www.ciaranhinds.eu/pdf/seaprod.pdf

I love his description of how the Graces' visits to the beach reminded him of his childhood in Wales: "...we'd sing songs in the car and fight in the back. That slightly mad mismatch of a family" and "We'd plan the night before when we were going to the beach in Wales. Then the clouds would flock over. No one would mention it. You'd hope silently the sun would break out. Sometimes it would." I can imagine him and Caspar getting dragged off to the beach come rain or shine, because that's what had been planned!

[kygal]

LOL GE2. Thanks for finding. I would always put the cooler in the middle of the back seat to separate the kids.

[nell]

That's very interesting. Thanks for posting GE2

"Most of the preparation was in my instinctive reaction to it," says Rufus Sewell (Carlo Grace). I grew a goatee beard,which I figured he'd have.There are things in the script that aren't in the book and vice versa. I read the book a couple of times. Other than that it's just what it ignited in me. They trust me to come up with my interpretation of it."

Well placed trust I'd say judging from the result,

"Keating is delighted with her onscreen parents. What's it like having Natascha McElhone as her mother? "It's amazing; she's so nice,"says Keating. "Rufus is the same. He's very funny and cool." Parkinson concurs:"Natascha is like my second mum now. Rufus is the funniest person on set. Between takes, he makes you laugh all the time."

I never tire of hearing what a fun guy he is to have around.

"Whenever I do big films, it's always an attempt to break into films like this, rather than the other way around," says Sewell. "That's difficult to finesse. I only do things that I think will be interesting for me. This is the kind of thing I want to do. This is all I'm asking for - to play varied parts in small interesting things. If I could do continually different things on this scale, I'd happily do nothing else."

I like the use of the word continual here

[kygal]

Just got this DVD. Good day to stay in and watch it.

[kissmekate]

Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!

[kygal]

Well acted and beautiful scenery. I read the book so I knew the storyline. Loved Carlos Grace...what a loon. To me he was a comic relief. Wish there was more of him! I would recommend it.

Still hoping for a romantic comedy in his future!

[GreenEyesToo]

Glad you got to see it at last, Kygal, and that you enjoyed it so much. Carlo's a great character, isn't he - I think he let Rufus bring out his own sense of humour and impishness.

Oh, and ditto to the romantic comedy!

[kygal]

He has played some intense characters lately. Think comedy!