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Breaking Baz: Edward Berger Says Ralph Fiennes Puts British “Inscrutability” At The Heart Of ‘Conclave’, And The Role Couldn’t Have Been Played By An Italian Actor
Edward Berger says Ralph Fiennes’ performance in Conclave has a “whisper” of the inscrutability Anthony Hopkins displayed in The Remains of the Day.
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Edward Berger says that Ralph Fiennes ’ sublime performance as the cardinal charged with overseeing the election of a new pope in awards-season contender Conclave has a “whisper” of the inscrutability Anthony Hopkins displayed in his portrait of a veteran butler in James Ivory’s 1993 film The Remains of the Day. That’s a peculiarly English trait, insists Berger, and points to the reason why he, along with screenwriter Peter Straughan and House Productions’ Tessa Ross, decided to make the Vatican power-broker a Brit instead of the Italian cardinal depicted in Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, upon which the movie is based. Berger explains that the modest accommodation shown in the film is modeled somewhat after Pope Francis’ decision to make his home in the Casa Santa Marta guesthouse located in the Vatican estate.
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