“This is a very strange scene to shoot. On the page it didn’t seem quite as sick as it did when we began shooting. It left us all with a very funny feeling in our stomachs. I think Benedict plays the predator brilliantly. And very against his natural character. He’s a very, very gentlemanly gentleman. Benedict was quite, kind of disturbed by the role he was playing and so we talked a lot about it and Juno was very supportive of him. In a way, it was more difficult for him to play the abuser than for Juno to play the abused. “

Dir. Joe Wright, Atonement commentary

I have read basically the exact same thing about Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain when they filmed “Lolita”; how Swain was the one who had to encourage Irons and how they would talk everything through first before they filmed takes. 

It makes me feel very odd, being so attracted to an actor who is able to portray such a despicable creature so convincingly - but it makes me feel good hearing how messed up they were about it.

I think it would be disturbing if they were perfectly okay with the role. 

(via thatswhatgeeksdo)

#brilliant actors being brilliant #benedict cumberbatch #jeremy irons #lolita #atonement
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