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Tahar Rahim on Metamorphosing and Shedding 44 Pounds for Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’: ‘That State of Deprivation Transports You in a Spiritual Dimension’ (EXCLUSIVE)
In his first interview about Julia Ducournau's 'Alpha,' Tahar Rahim discusses how he metamorphosed and learned about addiction for the role.
In the space of two years, French actor Tahar Rahim has transformed himself completely to inhabit a pair of drastically different characters, the iconic French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour, and Amine, a man engulfed in drug addiction who is dying of a mysterious disease. That passion for American cinema led him to become one of the rare French actors to have been leading a truly international career from the start, working with foreign directors such Ang Lee, Asghar Farhadi, Damien Chazelle and Kevin Macdonald, among others. The actor says he film will have thriller elements, exploring the confrontation between Javert and Valjean, while being a proper adaptation of “Les Miserables.” “There are seeds planted in the novel that are sometimes under-exploited, from which we can grow different flowers that haven’t been seen yet, in a way,” he says, adding that he’s been talking about the project and his role at length with Cavayé.
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