I think he falls in love with her all over again after she's gone and as he uncovers what she had been up to -- her work to uncover a vast and very corrupt corporate and political conspiracy. It's particularly intriguing since -- for much of the early part of the film -- Justin is suspicious of her; thinking she was having an affair. I think the film asks questions about relationships between people and personal honesty. The honesty between couples and not just at the level of betrayal, but just about simple communication. |
I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it. |
I'm an avid reader of magazines like The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books , ... Sometimes they have articles about what big corporations are up to. |
I'm interested in the spirits of people, |
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theater, there's the acting part of acting -- and I'm not saying that can't be great -- and there's the essence. To explore that essence, you need a key, a look, a gesture, an insight that unlocks the person's soul. |
I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do. |
It has happened and it can happen again. |
It shows the kind of man he is. To allow any emotion would be unseemly for him, |
It was latent in him. He doesn't change character, ... It's not in his nature to be confrontational or create any tension. Good gardeners have to have a very quiet tenacity and insistence about them. This constancy, this determination, is in Justin, but it's not high octane. I like that, that people don't get it all in the beginning. |
It's the sort of part, not unlike Hamlet, maybe, where the actor brings their cloth to it. |
Justin investigates his wife's death and what she was investigating and there's -- people are after him to stop him. They don't want the information to get out, and they will do anything to stop him. |
Justin isn't going to respond angrily ... he's going to carefully say, 'What was she doing? |
Justin sees something in Tessa. She's getting at him, |
Justin was a chance to play what I don't quite succeed at. There's a bit of Justin that I'm not, but I'd like to be, |
Justin's journey traces not only what Tessa was investigating, he's also playing detective about their relationship, |