Last Interview
"The crow in the film, the bird in the film; you could really look atas a
guide...Almost a piece of his own personality that guides him back intohis
life and reminds him of who he was, what happened to him. This is aperson
who has been pushed right to the limits of his ability to cope what isgoing
on. And in a sense is quite mad sometimes... In a sense completelyinsane,
almost in a sense that you might think of an insane person havingvoices.
More rational voices that try to guide him...More irrational voicesthat come
from a more emotional... More deep-seated place. I think that the crowhis
that rational voice, the crow is his guide. The crow helps Eric to dowhat he
has to do in a very practical sense; it leads him to places where hehas to
be, it helps him find people he has to find. It's a story about justicefor
victims. His mission is to find the people who killed himself and his fiancé,
and kill them. Its a wonderful role, it really is a role that you can take risks
with, and gives you a wonderful opportunity to take those risks & stretch,
because after all can you tell me how someone who has come back from the dead
will behave. That is one of the wonderful things about playing this
character, its
a real.... you can really take the gloves off in playing this partbecause
there are no rules on how a person who has come back from the dead isgoing
to behave. There is a part of him that is filled with rage towards what was done
to him. And another of the things that I like about this movie is that all the
parts of the character are given balance on the screen. He is torn up really
badly, both physically and psychically. I think the appeal of Eric's mission
is that it is a very pure one. He has come back to seek justice. I have done
other films that have had violence in them, but I have never done anything
where I felt that the violence was as justified as this.
There is very little need to worry about compassion for his victims.This is
justice, and I truly feel that it is, and I truly feel if I was in thesame
situation I would do the same thing: It is something that he has to do,and
he is forced to put aside his own pain long enough to do what he hasto. This
film deals with the concept of a solution being struck between good andevil.
Because we do not know when we are going to die, we get to think oflife as
an inexhaustible well and yet everything happens only a certain numberof
times, and a very small number really. How many times will you remembera
certain afternoon of your childhood? An afternoon that is so deeply apart of
your being that you cannot conceive of your life without it?
Perhaps 4 .... 5 times more. Perhaps not even that. How many times willyou
watch the full moon rise ...... Perhaps twenty and yet it all seems
limitless. This is the point of view this character is coming from inthe
whole film, because it has brought sharply into focus how precious each
moment of his life was. This is the best role I have had theopportunity to
get my hands on".
