December 09, 2004
I went to a round table discussion this morning with the director of The Merchant Venice, Michael Radford, and its leading actress Lynn Collins. I saw her walking through the lobby of the hotel beforehand, and once again was struck by how film actors always seem so much smaller in person. I had the opportunity for a one-on-one interview with them, but turned it down because I haven't read the play and thought I might suffer from a dearth of good questions; but that probably wouldn't have mattered, as both director and star were very loquacious and forthcoming, and also eager to bring up all sorts of fascinating historical facts, the best of which was Ms. Collins explanation of how 16th Century Venetian whores would paint their nipples with blood to accent them. Delightful! I wonder if Al Pacino would have been so forthcoming.
I'm off to take a gander at some stop motion fish...
Posted by David Lowery at December 9, 2004 04:22 PM