In a recent article with Collider Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland mentioned Still Alice, TIFF and what it was like to work with the cast.
Aren’t you guys going back to the Toronto Film Festival this year, with
Still Alice?
WESTMORELAND: Yeah, we’re so excited. All you ever hope for is
that the movie is going to connect. You put it out there and you want it
to be something that people are going to take into their minds and into their
hearts. That’s the greatest thing, when you see an audience responding
and when people come up to you afterwards. When you feel that feeling in
the room, that’s a great feeling. With any film, you never know what’s
going to happen, but we’re very excited to go there and find out.
What made you want to tell that story, and what was it like to work with
that cast of actors, which includes Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Kristen
Stewart?
WESTMORELAND: We’ve been extremely lucky, with both films, to
have amazing actors respond to the material. In both cases, when you
writing, sometimes the ideal people come into mind. Who better to play
Errol Flynn, in that period in his life, than Kevin Kline. Who better to
play the mom than Susan Sarandon. Dakota Fanning was a dream
Beverly. We’re pinching ourselves a little bit that we managed to get such
amazing connection between the script and these actors. It’s the same
with Still Alice. Working with Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and
Kristen Stewart was a fantastic experience. These people have incredible
skills and talents, and they bring them to the story that you’ve written and
make it come alive in this wonderful way. That’s why we’re in the
business.
GLATZER: We are spoiled now.
WESTMORELAND: Great actors bring in so many gifts. Your job, as
director, is to be good at casting. If you cast it right, then it’s just
pure pleasure. If you have the right D.P., you’re getting along with your
cinematographer and it looks great, then it’s pure pleasure. It’s when you
make the wrong decisions initially and you end up with the wrong people that
it’s hard.
Read more at
http://collider.com/wash-westmoreland-richard-glatzer-last-of-robin-hood-interview/#4DRpgIw2f4K3eys4.99
Aren’t you guys going back to the Toronto Film Festival this year, with
Still Alice?
WESTMORELAND: Yeah, we’re so excited. All you ever hope for is
that the movie is going to connect. You put it out there and you want it
to be something that people are going to take into their minds and into their
hearts. That’s the greatest thing, when you see an audience responding
and when people come up to you afterwards. When you feel that feeling in
the room, that’s a great feeling. With any film, you never know what’s
going to happen, but we’re very excited to go there and find out.
What made you want to tell that story, and what was it like to work with
that cast of actors, which includes Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Kristen
Stewart?
WESTMORELAND: We’ve been extremely lucky, with both films, to
have amazing actors respond to the material. In both cases, when you
writing, sometimes the ideal people come into mind. Who better to play
Errol Flynn, in that period in his life, than Kevin Kline. Who better to
play the mom than Susan Sarandon. Dakota Fanning was a dream
Beverly. We’re pinching ourselves a little bit that we managed to get such
amazing connection between the script and these actors. It’s the same
with Still Alice. Working with Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and
Kristen Stewart was a fantastic experience. These people have incredible
skills and talents, and they bring them to the story that you’ve written and
make it come alive in this wonderful way. That’s why we’re in the
business.
GLATZER: We are spoiled now.
WESTMORELAND: Great actors bring in so many gifts. Your job, as
director, is to be good at casting. If you cast it right, then it’s just
pure pleasure. If you have the right D.P., you’re getting along with your
cinematographer and it looks great, then it’s pure pleasure. It’s when you
make the wrong decisions initially and you end up with the wrong people that
it’s hard.
Read more at
http://collider.com/wash-westmoreland-richard-glatzer-last-of-robin-hood-interview/#4DRpgIw2f4K3eys4.99