in lars von trier s melancholia, plays rose. she says the actors stayed far apart during filming. the scenes that we were in, we were pretty distant from each other, so i kind of had to create my own demon of phil and benedict and i didn t talk to each other during filming either. i mean, when we if we went out to dinner on the weekend with our kids or something or hung out, obviously, we talked to each other but on set, we kept our distance. campion won the original screenplay oscar in 1994 for the piano, starring holly hunter and anna paquin. she also directed the tv series top of the lake, starring elisabeth moss. her protagonists have been female. cumberbatch s leading role as phil is new for her. but this portrayal of toxic masculinity and misogyny is resonating with critics. as well as the film appearing at toronto, telluride and now new york film festivals, campion was awarded best director prize
he s a deeply unhappy rancher who bullies his new sister in law, rose. cumberbatch says his director allowed him to inhabit the characterfor the duration of filming. right at the beginning she said look, this is phil. you re going to meet benedict at the end of the shoot and he s really nice, but this is phil. and that was, like, it was great. itjust gave me full permission to do that without feeling self conscious. you know, because it s a way to go, it s far away from me. it was quite a transition. kirsten dunst, who campion admired for her performance in lars von trier s melancholia, plays rose. she says the actors stayed far apart during filming. the scenes that we were in, we were pretty distant from each other. so i kind of had to create my own demon of phil, and benedict and i didn t talk to each other during filming either. if we went out to dinner on the weekend with our kids, or something, or hung out, obviously we talked to each other. but on set we kept
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