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Post by lovethemanrs on Jul 6, 2012 8:07:04 GMT
Nell quoted recently: I have been wondering about this too Nell. It would appear that there is a 'discrepancy' in the age count!!  Now one tooth missing, I can understand, but 2000 years???  |
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Post by kygal on Jul 6, 2012 10:26:02 GMT
Vampires must be like everyone else and lie about their age!
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Post by rueful on Jul 6, 2012 12:12:36 GMT
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Post by kygal on Jul 7, 2012 10:29:39 GMT
I am pretty proud of myself on that one..lol.
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Post by voiceover on Jul 7, 2012 15:25:55 GMT
rightly so!Kygal
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Post by rueful on Jul 7, 2012 15:49:13 GMT
Here's an interview I don't think we've seen before. It mentions it's a "roundtable," with other journalists so some of the questions/answers are familiar. But there are some new bits, I think. SPOILER WARNING, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK OR SEEN MOVIE:news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120705-357413.htmlIn Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, they play unpredictable, undead creatures of the night you wouldn't want to mess with.
But once they've shed their bloodsucking, ashen-faced personas in the action-fantasy flick - it opens here today - British actors Rufus Sewell, 44, and Dominic Cooper, 34, are gregarious, candid and animated.
Suffice to say, the pair make great conversationalists during a roundtable interview with FiRST at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park in New York City.
From how they got past the film's irreverent title, forsaking research for authenticity in their roles - Cooper plays good-natured vampire and President Lincoln's mentor Henry Sturges, while Sewell is the ruthless, menacing vampire chief Adam - and grappling with the limitations of filming in front of a green screen, these dudes are nothing but affable
Have you worked together before this film?
COOPER: Oh my, it was for something quite ridiculous. (Sheepish expression)
SEWELL: We met while doing puppet theatre. (Chuckles) Years ago, we were involved in a Philip Pullman trilogy production. Before it played at the Royal National Theatre in London, we did a three-week actors' workshop with puppetry.
COOPER: Yes, we had socks over our fingers.
Did you do any research, or have your fill of vampire movies prior to shooting Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
COOPER: I don't think watching vampire movies were helpful at all. What we were embarking upon here was just so different.
But I guess that's what's so appealing about it too, the fact that it's so far removed from what vampires have become in movies lately.
SEWELL: Everyone, to a certain extent, has done research on vampires in their life. I grew up on Christopher Lee, The Count in Sesame Street and Bela Lugosi. For me, they formed the fabric of my understanding of the word vampire.
We have too many preconceived ideas of what vampires are. It's about doing "unresearch" and wiping the slate clean to find your own style. Of course, mine ended up being quite the classic old-style vampire, as he's the bad guy in a cloak. (Laughs)
COOPER: In our film, it's great to see vampires become dark, vicious and scary again. Thanks to Seth's (referring to screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith) writing, they're also well-rounded and well-formed.
The last thing I was thinking about when we were shooting was that Henry Sturges was a vampire. I thought he was just a really cool character.
Two British guys playing vampires in a movie with one of America's most famous presidents. Did you ever feel like you were mocking American history?
COOPER: At the beginning, I must admit I was guilty of hearing the movie's title and just laughing out loud. Oddly enough, it stayed in my head...Then, a couple of people highly recommended the novel. I picked up a copy of it and had a really great time reading it.
Knowing that Tim Burton was producing and Timur directing it made me sit up. A friend of mine had been in (Bekmambetov's film) Wanted, and I was amazed by Timur's ability to shoot action sequences so differently.
Looking back, I don't know why I was so narrow-minded when I first heard the title. (Laughs)
SEWELL: We weren't particularly making fun of American history, other than the gag in the title. There is a difference between irreverence and mocking. Certainly, the title is irreverent, but I'm sure audiences will be able to tell whether we've done the film completely winking all the way through, or we've taken it seriously and played the jokes with a straight face.
There's nothing disrespectful about it. Some people will choose to be offended by the title, but there's nothing we can do about it.
Is this the biggest film you've done, in terms of special effects?
SEWELL: People expect us to be working with the special effects, but it's never the case.
When we're filming, we'd just be in an empty room, in front of a green screen and all you can do is concentrate. Everything else you see is new to us too and it's often very exciting to see the finished product. The visuals are so spectacular I'd just watch and go "Oh my god!"
COOPER: I love the outcome of big movies like this one, but the process is so...
SEWELL: Laborious. (Chuckles)
COOPER: It makes you feel slightly out of control, as you have no visual reference. All we can do is make stupid faces as vampires (laughs) and hope the CGI (computer-generated imagery) that's put in afterwards can make us look frightening enough.
It makes me unreasonably happy that Rufus mentioned the Count from Sesame Street. ;D |
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Post by nell on Jul 7, 2012 18:18:28 GMT
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Post by rueful on Jul 7, 2012 19:58:24 GMT
Sorry, about that--Thanks for the reminder about the spoilers, Nell. I've added a warning to my post above. I've read so much about the film now, I'd forgotten that not everyone knows.
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Post by voiceover on Jul 7, 2012 21:12:21 GMT
Rueful you haven't spoilt anything for me - loved it - as I fully understand the working of CGI I like to wait until i can get the DVD and go over those parts that seemed too fast for me at the cinema. Perhaps I am just an idiot, or too old to immediately register the action etc of the film but I enjoy seeing films over and over again and then I like to fit in critical comments to better assess the end product.
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 8, 2012 1:25:34 GMT
Thanks, Rueful! The interviewer got it right when he/she said that Rufus and Dominic were "gregarious, candid and animated". Oh, and "affable".  |
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Post by dippyponge on Jul 8, 2012 12:22:12 GMT
I went to see ALVH last week and I loved it. I wouldn't usually attend a movie of this nature but obviously the Roof factor led me there. It wasn't like other vampire movies I have seen previously and it had a good storyline. I wouldn't say that Adam was necessarily a baddy either because he was only doing what he thought was right for his people the same as Abe was doing for his. My husband thought it was funny that I wanted the vampires to win (well thats what Mr Sewell does to me).
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Post by kygal on Jul 9, 2012 11:11:27 GMT
Hi Dippy! You are right. I couldnt help but like Adam, even against my home-boy Abe.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 9, 2012 11:19:02 GMT
That's another nice one, thanks for finding and posting, rueful!
I wonder what exactly his involvement with that Philip Pullman thingy was. Sounds interesting, but I've never heard about it before (the trilogy yes, but not in relation with Rufus).
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Post by wills on Jul 10, 2012 4:38:55 GMT
I saw this 3 times. Twice the first day it came out, alone - first two matinees (waited an hour in between) - in 3D of course - to get the full affect. And last with my husband, on a date, the next Wed. night - not in 3D - he is not a fan of 3D. I honestly didn't see alot of difference between the 2D or 3D version. The ending was probably better in 3D. I had trouble keeping up with the action in both versions. It was just so fast. My mind was spinning.
My husband liked it - especially Mary Todd. He was quite taken with her. Not so much Ben Walker's Lincoln. He thought they needed a better actor for him. He liked Rufus and Dominic. Wished that Dominic's tub scene had been longer. He thought the stampede scene was a little outrageous. And that in the final scene, a train engine would be much heavier than a boxcar. So? Finally, he said it was good but not great.
I really liked this movie. I thought Rufus was gorgeous of course. My favorite scene was when Adam waltzed with Dominic's wife. So enthralling. I will be watching that scene over and over on the DVD. Adam was glorious and most convincing. I was quite sympathetic to him. I wished he had been in it more, of course. And agree with whoever said that he could have played all of the parts. I did read the book when we heard he was going to be in the movie. I enjoyed the book as well. And wished that Rufus had been given Dominic's part as I was reading it. But Dominic was well cast. I was not disappointed when I saw the movie. I may be seeing it again with one of my older daughters but I'm good if I don't get to, too. If that makes any sense. Really looking forward to the DVD, though.
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Post by kygal on Jul 10, 2012 11:43:57 GMT
 Wills, three times already! Any recent box-office numbers. I am not good at finding that info. |
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