Riding a Rising Tide:
Q
& A with Actor Stanley Tucci
by
Susan Krawitz
...,
to the coldly evil Adolph Eichmann in HBO’s Conspiracy, Tucci
seems effortlessly able to embody an immensely varied assortment
of soulsHe is the desperate dastard,
the forlornly hopeful average Joe, that brilliant, crazy guy who
just needs a chance. But lately, in “real” life, he
seems to be playing the guy riding a cresting wave of success.
ROLL:
If you could design a perfect working year for yourself what would
it be like? Some acting, some directing…
STANLEY
TUCCI: This year is shaping up like that. I guess it was Edward
G. Robinson who said he did three movies a year: one for money,
one for love, and one for location. That’s kind of the best
way to do it. I think directing something, then a bit of acting,
do a commercial for big bucks, and then, make an independent movie,
or something like that.
ROLL:
Tell me about Blind Date, the film you just finished working on,
and what’s coming up next for you.
STANLEY
TUCCI: Theo van Gogh was the filmmaker who was killed a few years
ago. He’d wanted to remake three movies of his in English,
and it didn’t happen, so the producer Bruce Weiss brought
the movies to Steve Buscemi. Steve mentioned to me they were looking
for other filmmakers, and I looked at the movies and really loved
them. They’re all two - just two-handers, just two people
in a room, basically, and mine, Blind Date, takes place in a bar.
Tony Shalhoub [who was slated to play a lead role] had to drop out,
and Patty [actress Patricia Clarkson] and I talked and decided I
should play the role. It was just finished like a month ago, and
now I’m in the process of editing...
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