2006 - Southland Tales Interview aus Cannes (Englisch)

Southland Tales premiered at Cannes yesterday and is one of the films 'In Competition'. We caught up with Sarah Michelle Gellar, who gave us a first insight into the film. Here are some short snippets from the red carpet.

What attracted you to working on the Southland Tales?

Sarah: Richard Kelly. I actually signed on to the film before I read the script. Richard came and he presented a world to me, an idea and a concept and presented it so thoroughly that I couldn’t say no. It’s the difference between a filmmaker and a director and he is a filmmaker and he creates a universe that you can only do your best in.

What was it like working with such a diverse cast?

Sarah: A dream come true. I was lucky because my character floated with the storyline so I probably got to work with the most amount of people. I just couldn’t believe I was working with these people everyday. I have wanted to work with Dwayne (‘The Rock’ Johnson) for a while and we’ve been trying to find the right project but you look at us and it’s not the most obvious decision in the world. But also Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, John Larroquette and Wallace Shawn…I’m very lucky.

Tell us a bit about the character you play?

Sarah: I play Krysta Now who is an adult film star but she’s also a reality television star, she has an album, she has a soda drink…she’s a multi industry and she’s in love with Boxer Santoros played by Dwayne (Johnson).

What do you think audiences will take away from Southland Tales?

Sarah: All I want them to do is think. The most important thing to me about art is that it makes you re-examine things but it’s also evocative and that’s all that I ask of people, whether it makes you angry, whether it makes you sad, whether it makes you unhappy with the world. I want you to feel something and go home and talk about it and keep speaking about it and that’s what Richard (Kelly – director) does, and that is what art is supposed to make you do. It’s supposed to make you feel something.

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