And then for me for the flying stuff, it was kind of a mechanical machine that kind of moves. We had George the Elephant, and then we had a man in a green suit that it was helpful to know, okay, he’s touching me. But to really interact with a being, I’ve never had to do that before, and that was very abstract. I mean, yeah, I’ve worked a lot with green screen, like fake surroundings. Does it get any easier to work with a main character who is not there? You’ve done a lot of films that have a lot of extensive visual effects in them. She has that moment of awe, and she gets close to Holt and the children, and that said, she’s on Dumbo’s side and will help him. I think once she’s seen him fly, it’s like she’s in. She’s quite enigmatic, and of course she’s Vandevere’s girlfriend, so you think she’s haughty and she doesn’t believe Dumbo can fly. It’s always nice to not be so obvious straight away, to give a first impression. Was it nice to sort of subvert that expectation of what that kind of character could be? When you first enter the movie with Michael Keaton, the initial impression is she’s sort of a moll to his character, but we discover she’s a much more sympathetic character. Read More: Disney’s Snow White – The Risk That Changed Filmmaking And I’m not, I don’t want flowers and applause, but that was such a big achievement for me more than any other scene done in any other movies. It was a big thing for me, and the first time I had to do something quite full on, and then everybody applauded. It’s not the most complicated psychological character. Was there any particular scene in the movie that was especially challenging or difficult?įor me, it was all the aerial work, of course. It’s kind of nice to just cut off the head and let the body do things. And it’s interesting because I’m somebody who is so cerebral, but your body actually knows how to deal with things. Because day after day, I was like, okay, now I need to do that thing. But, yeah, it was very empowering, of course, and I really saw my body change. I’ve lost most of it, which is dreadful, but I’m going to get back into shape when I get back to London. It was very moving.ĭid you feel changed physically coming out of it? Did the training make you stronger? It’s such a hard job, and I admire people who really will go all the way for their craft. I trained very early, I remember, like at 7:00 AM, and every day at 7:00, you had the contortionists in one corner, then the man with the knives, and then the acrobats and the clowns. It was not just one circus, but I loved the discipline that they had every day. Well, I don’t know, because on this, they were from different circuses. I mean, these people are just unbelievably amazing. It’s contagious, and I’ve seen several performances of Cirque du Soleil, which is such a different thing, and so joyous. I’ve worked with those people in the same tent almost every day, and they love their craft so much. But now I have a totally different vision. There was something, as a child you can’t put words on it, but you feel like it’s not right that they are in captivity. I don’t know why, but maybe because I felt for those people up there, or the animals. When I was a child, I was always a bit uncomfortable when I went to the circus. We’ll find a way,” and I really worked very hard, but I had the most amazing teachers as well. Tim was like, “If it doesn’t work out, it’s okay. But, yeah, it was kind of a big, big, big fear. There must be something with him and heights and me. And then on Miss Peregrine, I just had to do a little leap from a high platform. I mean, I remember on Dark Shadows with Tim, I had one scene where I was on wires, and it was not as high as the work I’ve been doing on this one, but it was still very demanding for me. You started out on this with a fear of heights, right? Read More: Disney Live-Action Remakes and Fairy Tale Movie Schedule I just finished a miniseries in New Zealand about the gold rush in the 19th century, so it’s just such an opportunity to learn so many things. It’s just to discover those different worlds, and to be able to exactly get strong, to discover things in your body, or to discover bits of history. Not only what I would do if I was not an actor, but it’s so wonderful to be able to learn here, like to learn the aerial work. Den of Geek: Is part of the pleasure of acting doing things that you wouldn’t do in your normal life, or becoming people or learning about groups of people or cultures that you wouldn’t learn about?Įva Green: Absolutely.
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