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Hiroyuki Sanada interview "The City of Your Final Destination" - Vol. 1

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This is Hiroyuki Sanada's exclusive interview by Izumi Hasegawa, done in a Japanese restaurant Hamasaku in Los Angeles.

English translation:

Q. How did you prepare for the role? What was difficult for you in playing the role?

HS. This time I played the boyfriend of Adam, played by Anthony Hopkins. They have lived together for 25 years, so they are more like a family rather than lovers, and Pete is positioned as his son legally in the story. So I could interpret the situation in many ways. I happened to know a couple who are exactly the same as them, so I interviewed them a lot as a great reference. I also talked to other people who are similarly situated. But right before the filming, the director told me not to try to express it in how he looks, talks or moves. It was the very first thing he said to me. So he was telling me the superficial, cosmetic expression was not good enough. So at one point, I was contemplating various plans to express him with the voice tones, moves or way he talks, but the director wanted me to act just naturally, try not to "act like a gay". That was exactly what he wanted, so my plans were all got blown away. (laugh) So after that, I had to express how he loves Adam, and the history they have built up over 25 years. I had to fight, with a heart, as there were so many restictions. So after all that thinking, I stripped away the frills and made it simple, focused on showing the feeling of everyday life and his love to Adam.

Q. So all your preparation effort got blown away, and was that your biggest struggle?

HS. Well, in a way, but the things I learned in the preparation were not wasted. Pete's personal history was planted in me after repeating it in my head, so I believe it was not all wasted.

Q. Pete is set as Adam's lover, not a friend or an employee, both in the film and in the original novel. Why do you think he is?

HS. Hmmm, I don't know. There are various relationships among the personalities, which are not so many, and sometimes they split into teams, such as Arden/Pete team or Caroline/Adam team, but they all face sincerely to their love. And in the past and present, they all are influencing one another, and the company was not there if even one of them was not there, though they conflict sometimes. They are like a mysterious gear. So first, Pete has to be in a equal position to Adam, to be naturally in that world. In addition, considering the roles name, maybe the author, Peter, projected himself onto Pete, , to be placed in a story as a person who is in a corner but has solid links to all the participants just like a baseline in music. I think he entrusted such a role to Pete.

Q. What did you learn from the great Anthony Hopkins?

HS. There were just too many things I learned. It is hard to pinpoint one or two things, but throughout the filming, his appearance, the way he approaches to the work, his near-impossible relaxation (laugh), his consideration to other cast members, relationship with the director, there are too many things to list up individually, and these are not something you can use it the next day. They go inside my DNA and later, maybe in 3 or 5 years, I hope it will be beneficial somewhere in me. He emits the special atmosphere, wrap up everyone around him and bring them to the higher place. He has such leadership style, not forceful. During the filming, we took the same scene so many time, but he never repeat the same thing twice, everytime he takes a fresh approach, he deligiently follow what he feels at that time, but still keeping it within the basic framework perfectly. I was very impressed that he tried new approach in every take, every shot. I would like to learn it.



Q. Do you keep in touch with him, like going out drinking or dining together?

HS. Not after the filming. The first time we met, I spent some time at his house, for meeting him for the first time and for fitting. After that, he invited me to dinner once, to speak frankly about the role, the movie, our past experience, etc. So when the fimling started, I felt much relaxed compared to the first time. During the filming, there were many events, so we spent Thanksgiving, Christmas and New years together. The best memory was his birthday, December 31. All the cast and staff got together where we stayed, Estancia, and threw a huge party. Until midnight, it was his birthday party, and slid into the New Years party after midnight, and we all drank, danced. In that sense, the environment that everyone was like camping together for this film in a small town, was a good setup to create the family-like atmospherefor, that they spent a lot of time together for a long time, for the film. Everyday the director, cast and everybody had dinner together, talked about many things. It lasted for two months, everday. Towards the end, we were really like a family. One by one, a member went back to the home country, and everyone hugged one another with tears, saying "I will see you when the movie is done." And I have not met Anthony since such farewell.

 


Date: 2016-01-05; view: 823


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