Liam Neeson premiered “Marlowe” in San Sebastian


At 70 years old, Liam Neeson premiered “Marlowe” at the San Sebastian Film Festival, which, like the actor, celebrated seven decades of life this year.

In Neil Jordan’s “Marlowe,” Neeson plays the famous private detective born from the pen of Raymond Chandler.

“It’s a dream role, but I’ve never felt intimidated by the myth of the character,” Neeson told reporters before the world premiere of the film, which closed the 70th edition of the film festival held in northern Spain.

“Marlowe” is based on the book “The Black-Eyed Blonde” by John Banville, whom Chandler’s heirs entrusted to continue the character’s adventures. His script was written by Wiliam Monahan and Jordan himself. In the case of Neeson and the filmmaker, it is his fourth collaboration after “High Spirits” (“The hotel of ghosts”), “Michael Collins” and “Breakfast at Pluto” (“Breakfast on Pluto”).

“Liam is a wonderful actor. The first time I saw him was in a Dublin theater in the 1980s. Exploring the character of Marlowe with someone he knew and with his status has been extraordinary,” said the director.

Diane Kruger and Jessica Lange join Neeson in a plot in which investigator Philip Marlowe is required to find a lover. It was shot in Dublin and Barcelona. “Marlowe” returns the viewer to the atmosphere of the 1940s in Los Angeles. Mentioning some of his inspirations, Jordan highlighted the visual language of Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner”, because despite having a futuristic background, it hides a plot of mystery.

Neeson was looking forward to playing Marlowe.

“He is a dream character. There have been extraordinary actors who have brought him to life: Humphrey Bogart, Elliot Gould, Robert Mitchum, Sterling Hayden… I am ashamed to say that I had never read any book by Raymond Chandler until I was offered the role, “recalled the Irish actor.

But when Banville’s novel was sent to him, the actor said he started reading them all. Plus, he was glad to once again share credits with Lange, with whom he had shot 1996’s “Rob Roy.”

Neeson announced that an action movie with Norwegian director Hans-Petter Molland will begin shooting in Boston next month. He also talked about his new installment as the character of Qui-Gon Jinn, which he first played more than two decades ago in “The Phantom Menace” (“The Phantom Menace”) and “The Attack of the Clones” (“The Attack of the Clones”). of the clones”) from “Star Wars”, and returned to the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi alongside his friend Ewan McGregor, who stars in it.

“I only have three sentences in one of the episodes, but it has been a lot of fun to meet him again. When we made the first film in the series, in the late 1990s, computer generated images were not as developed as they are now. I think the world that George Lucas created is a wonderful thing, because every culture and every country has a mythological component associated with ‘Star Wars,’” he stressed.

The Spanish-Cuban actress Ana de Armas toured San Sebastian to show her film “Blonde” about Marilyn Monroe. After her passage through the Venice Festival, where her interpretation was received with a 14-minute ovation, De Armas recalled the rigor of her interpretation.

“The challenge was to bring to life the Norma Jean that we did not know and that was invisible to others. It was a very immersive job of months: studying and observing all the details of her behavior, of the way she talks, ”she said. We had to show the person behind Marilyn… Knowing the personal side of her was a real discovery for me”.

After acting in films like “No Time to Die” (“No time to die”), “Knives Out” (“Daggers in the back”) and “Blade Runner 2049”, Armas’ fame has grown exponentially, something that the actress wants to take with caution.

“We all have a public part and a private part. It’s hard to find a balance on what information to share with the world. Exposure levels to the public have changed little from the days of Marilyn Monroe, though perhaps for the worse. That is why now I empathize more with all the actors and actresses who are exposed to so much attention, ”she indicated.

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