in hollywood, among them will be veteran british actor bill nighy, who has been nominated for an oscar for the first time for his role in living . british author kazuo ishiguro who wrote the screenplay has also been nominated. if he wins, ishiguro will be only the third person to ever win both a nobel prize and an oscar. they ve been talking to our la correspondent, sophie long. mr williams, a bureaucrat in 1950s london, has resigned himself to an ordinary, repetitive life. it s only when he s told he ll soon die that he realises he s forgotten how to live. it s an adaptation of a film made in kazuo ishiguro s native japan more than 70 years ago, with the lead role written by the nobel
and i could suddenly see how the whole film could work. if bill wasn t going to be part of that, i wouldn t have been persuaded to do it. i was up to my neck writing a novel anyway. because, for me, the concept wasn t a remark of this kurosawa film, it was this thing with bill in it. and the other thing was that it should feel like a british movie from the 1950s, that was the other interesting aspect. for you, bill, is that a dream come true to have a part like this written for you or is it a huge amount of pressure? it s more of the former and a little bit of the letter. i mean, but no, i didn t actually feel, weirdly, because i m quite good at manufacturing pressure, i didn t feel daunted or oppressed by the original film or by the situation. ijust felt that i was very fortunate, i mean, beyond lucky to be actually considered in those terms. not least by mr ishiguro.
we hear from some of those involved in the nominated british film living . for me the concept wasn t a remake of another film. it was this thing with bill in it. i of another film. it was this thing with bill in it. with bill in it. i did not feel daunted with bill in it. i did not feel daunted or with bill in it. i did not feel daunted or oppressed - with bill in it. i did not feel daunted or oppressed by i with bill in it. i did not feel. daunted or oppressed by the with bill in it. i did not feel- daunted or oppressed by the original film about daunted or oppressed by the original film about the situation ijust felt that i film about the situation ijust felt that i was film about the situation ijust felt that i was very fortunate. we begin in ukraine where a senior official in the besieged city of bakhmut has said that there is fighting on the streets, but that russia hasn t taken control. the city, in the eastern donetsk region, has been almost destroyed over more than s