Kenneth Branagh interview
The talented actor and director has one of the most diverse portfolios in the game. He talks to us about his secretive new film, meeting the president and why cinema is bringing us back together
“It’s always fun when you walk past a set and there is a big troll catapult outside!” laughs Kenneth Branagh, gesturing towards the window. “It never gets old.” It’s a statement that might cause befuddlement were it not for the fact that I’m standing in an exquisitely designed mansion for Branagh’s latest film,
Artemis Fowl. A brightly-hued fantasy adventure backed by Disney, it’s adapted from Eoin Colfer’s beloved novel series, which has sold 25 million copies in 44 languages.
The first thing we do, said the character in Shakespeare s Henry VI, is kill all the lawyers. Contrary to popular belief, the proposal was not designed to restore sanity to commercial life. Rather, it was intended to eliminate those who might stand in the way of a contemplated revolution thus underscoring the important role that lawyers can play in society. Most scholars agree that Shakespeare’s actual intent was “to portray lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law who stand in the way of a fanatical mob.” There is now more than ever a continuous need to be a new trend of attacking lawyers for whom their clients are deserve justice, and to courageously stand on issues even in difficult cases.
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