![]() ![]() He's also taken on key parts in movies by iconic auteurs from Oliver Stone and David Lynch to Sam Raimi and David Cronenberg, while having time to appear in Mr Bean's Holiday. Ahead of the UK release of Lars Von Trier's shocking Antichrist, we spoke to Willem about the film, its director, and his defence of xXx 2. "I knew Lars a little bit because I worked with him on Manderlay and I felt a connection with him. I called him up and he said he was working on this thing and sent me the script. So I told him, enough that he said, 'Well why don't you do it?' And it was like that. I went crazy for the material, I thought it was really good. ![]() Was Lars different to work with after his well-documented depression? It's hard to find movies that have content about adult things." Physically he was much shakier, he couldn't operate the camera anymore, which was a big deal, because he operated the camera a lot on Manderlay. But he was on it, and in the course of the movie he seemed to get stronger and stronger and now he's even stronger yet."ĭid that fragility transfer into the movie? He just seemed less fit and more fragile. "Only in that it created a bond between us and it made him a little more vulnerable and us a little stronger, in terms of the collaboration. ![]()
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