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Susan Sarandon Enchanted Press Conference
Have you ever played anything this broad before?
”Well, in a way. You know when I did Rocky Horror Show, I was making
fun of every ingénue I had ever played. So I was kind of doing Amy [Adams’]
part in it. It was pretty broad but, you know, you have to sell it and
I didn't have all the trappings of something as extreme. The gal I am
playing now is very nasty. But I don't think I have ever been that
costumed up. I never remember what I have done, but I can't think of
anything where I have been that completely done up. I don't know.”
How broad is Speed Racer?
”Speed Racer is not broad. I mean it is broad in its concept and in
its technology, but we completely just have a monkey in our family, a
chimp in our family. [Laughing] They want everybody to play it very
straight. But around us, the house, the way it looks, the costumes and
everything are definitely a style. It is very visual, it is a very layered film, all this things I can't even begin to tell you
about. But we play very straight.”
They are in post-production post now. Have you seen any of the footage?
”Uh huh. It kind of looks like The Jetsons. I mean [laughing] it
is not my best look. It takes a little getting used to. I have the same
hairdo I had in my eighth grade yearbook. But is beautiful. It
is very saturated color. It unfolds in a way that breaks all boundaries
of structure. I can't explain it. Before I left Berlin I saw 10 or 15
minutes and I know they are… I think it could be ready by May.”
What are you working on now?
“Lovely Bones with Peter Jackson.”
How is working with Peter Jackson?
“Well, we just started. I loved Heavenly Creatures and I think this
is more in keeping with that. I love this book. Everybody involved is
very talented. I am sure you know that Mark [Wahlberg] just joined the cast. I shot with him for the first time Friday and I know him a little bit from when
Tim [Robbins] worked with him. He seems very enthusiastic. There is a nice
atmosphere; we haven't been doing too much. I am definitely the comic
relief in that one.”
Where are you shooting?
”In Pennsylvania, outside of Philly.”
Had you done any work with Ryan [Gosling]? [Note: Gosling left the production and was replaced by Wahlberg]
”Yeah, we had been with Ryan a few weeks, not shooting, just
rehearsing.”
So what's different? What's changed?
“I don't know. I have never worked with him. Mark is definitely
older. But I really don't want to get into that.”
I am really not looking for any dirt.
“There is no dirt, really. It was just sad. There is no dirt.”
We are just interested in the film because it is a much loved book.
“I love that book. I read it a long time ago. And I think the Heaven
part will be even more interesting in the film because it kind of lost
me in the book. I am kind of interested in seeing it because of that.
Heaven is in New Zealand.”
