This week on Film Weekly: Jason Solomons meets Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil's Double, which sees him play against himself. Lee Tamahori's thriller is loosely based on the real story of Iraqi Dr Latif Yahia al-Salihi, who was coerced into being the body double of Saddam Hussein's eldest son, the erratic and violent Uday Hussain.
Cooper, who is best known for his roles in fluffier fare (Mamma Mia, Tamara Drewe) tells Jason how he played both upright Latif and crazed Uday and explains how Tamahori created the illusion of the two characters on a small budget.
French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner enters the pod to talk about his adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay's novel Elle s'appelait Sarah (Sarah's Key). The film involves a Paris-based American journalist, Julia Jaramond (Kirsten Scott-Thomas) who gradually uncovers the tragic history of the former residents of an apartment she's purchased.
Also, Xan...
Cooper, who is best known for his roles in fluffier fare (Mamma Mia, Tamara Drewe) tells Jason how he played both upright Latif and crazed Uday and explains how Tamahori created the illusion of the two characters on a small budget.
French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner enters the pod to talk about his adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay's novel Elle s'appelait Sarah (Sarah's Key). The film involves a Paris-based American journalist, Julia Jaramond (Kirsten Scott-Thomas) who gradually uncovers the tragic history of the former residents of an apartment she's purchased.
Also, Xan...
- 8/4/2011
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
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