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It’s Time for Ralph Fiennes’ Third Oscar Nomination: The Actor on ‘Conclave,’ Playing Odysseus, and Danny Boyle’s ’28 Years Later’

Ralph Fiennes tells IndieWire about playing a conflicted Cardinal in 'Conclave' and teases Danny Boyle's horror movie '28 Years Later.'

It’s been 30 years since Ralph Fiennes broke out as vicious Nazi Amon Goeth in “Schindler’s List,” which earned him his first Oscar nomination, followed three years later by his second, for the romantic adventure “The English Patient.” While he has labored in the commercial trenches on three Bond films (as M) and four Harry Potter installments (as Lord Voldemort), Fiennes has delivered many Oscar-worthy performances over the decades (“Spider,” “The End of the Affair,” “The Constant Gardener,” “A Bigger Splash,” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” come to mind). The English-language “ Conclave,” adapted by Peter Straughan from Robert Harris’s bestselling thriller, played well at Telluride and Toronto ( Metascore 78), followed by audience awards at the regional festivals Middleburg and Mill Valley. “And they hire a new chorus master to perform a piece.” They can’t go to the usual German composers, so Fiennes’ character proposes a difficult choral piece by the English conductor Edward Elgar.

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