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John Turturro on Channeling Grief for Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ and Turning Down ‘The Penguin’ Because of the ‘Violence Towards Women’
John Turturro talks about co-starring in Pedro Almodovar's 'The Room Next Door' and why he's not playing Carmine Falcone in 'The Penguin.'
Ralph died in 2022 at 70, and the experience of nursing him through that final act stayed withTurturro as he took on his latest role in Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door.” In it, Turturroplays Damian, an academic helping his lover, Ingrid (Julianne Moore), as she assists her terminallyill friend, Martha (Tilda Swinton), who has decided to commit suicide. Though well intentioned, Damian is pompous, consoling Martha while lecturing her on how humankind’s inability to curb its carbon footprint has made global warming unstoppable — and ecological catastrophe unavoidable. There are several projects that Turturro hopes to bring to screens, including “Sabbath’s Theater,” an adaptation of Philip Roth’s libidinal novel that he’s performed onstage, and a film of “Is There No Place on Earth for Me?,” Susan Sheehan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning look at a schizophrenic woman.
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