With a major studio franchise commitment well behind you at the time, was a creative environment like Endings, Beginnings a welcomed change of pace and palate cleanser in a way? Then, he said, “I’m working on something that could be really right for you.” So, from the early-ish stages, I knew I was going to be doing it, and I’d love to work with him again. So, we spent a lot of time talking about golf, and when I was in L.A., we were playing a lot of golf together. When I found out he was going to direct it, I knew I was in safe hands. Sometimes, advertising campaigns can have little heart in them, but he was able to make this Hugo Boss thing into something really beautiful. So, I always felt I was loosely connected to Drake, and then we got the chance to do this Hugh Boss campaign together. I always heard his name talked about socially and everything. So, I’ve always had a keen eye on him, and we’re also at the same agency, which, in some warped way, connects you. I was like, “This is fucking beautiful, and I feel so connected to it.” I think Breathe In is one of the most underrated love stories if we can call it that. Listen, I’m a big fan of Drake Doremus’ work from the moment I saw Like Crazy. ( Laughs.) So, I think that is definitely something he’s trying to achieve, and it’s cool to hear you say that. Although, this won’t be on a silver screen, but you know what I mean. All of that adds to making it feel like a more intimate thing than we’re used to seeing on a silver screen. I think he does that with the efficacy of the way he shoots, the lighting, the liberty of the dialogue and giving us the freedom to improvise with his words. He’s trying to drop you in the lives of his subjects, make you feel like they feel and get as close to something you can relate to as possible. I feel like that is what he’s trying to create, often, in all of his work. That’s a really lovely way of breaking it down, actually, and if you said those words to Drake, I think he’d be so happy. Did it feel just as intimate for you as a performer? I guess that’s as much as you can really ask for in this situation.Įndings, Beginnings is so intimate that I felt like I was eavesdropping or invading the characters’ privacy. There’s people way worse off than us, and I’ve got my whole family with me we’re all getting through this together. I know some people haven’t been great with it, but I don’t know anyone closely connected to me who’s died or anything. ![]() I know a few people who’ve had coronavirus, but they got through it and are okay. Like everyone else, we’re just like, “What the fuck is happening and how is long is it happening for?” I’ve got it better than most, I think. Death.įirst things first, how’s everything with you and yours? In a recent conversation with THR, Dornan discusses improvising throughout Endings, Beginnings, working with Blunt in Wild Mountain Thyme and the differences between his dark characters on The Fall and his upcoming Peacock limited series, Dr. ![]() Yeah, to be able to say John Patrick Shanley’s words, which are magical, and to do it with the likes of Emily and Christopher Walken, while shooting in Ireland where I’m from, was one of those dream scenarios.” “She’s one of those people where you’re like, ‘God, if you could do every movie with Emily Blunt, it’d be a great career.’ She’s such a force and a great actor above everything else. It happens sometimes where you work with someone and you just know they’re going to be a friend for life,” Dornan says of Blunt. It’s a much more close-knit environment, and I would try to do that my whole career if I can.”įor Dornan, the upcoming Wild Mountain Thyme was a dream come true since he got to perform a John Patrick Shanley script in his homeland of Ireland, opposite an actor like Blunt, whom he greatly admires. ![]() “It brings you closer, rather than a big studio movie where there’s four different setups and a guy on a crane that you’re never going to meet. “That is where I feel like I am the most comfortable,” Dornan tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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