Now we talks the two brilliant British actors – Samantha Morton and David Morrissey – who have turned their hand to directing, and reviews Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones as well as Jeff Bridges’s multi-award-winning performance in Crazy Heart.
Very first up is Samantha Morton, whose impressive acting CV includes such diverse films since the Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report and Synecdoche. She discusses how her directorial debut The Unloved, a harsh tale of 11-year-old Lucy growing up within the care from the state, draws on her own experiences of care institutions as a child. She also talks about her current role within the Messenger alongside Woody Harrelson and bouncing back from the stroke she suffered in 2006. The film is on limited release from tomorrow.
Following, Xan Brooks joins in to review the week’s crucial releases – praise is poured within the Unloved as well as the well-acted Crazy Heart (‘this year’s The Wrestler’), but love is conspicuously lacking for Peter Jackson’s off-kilter vision of limbo within the Lovely Bones and also the Tolstoy picture The Last Station, featuring the talents of Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer and James McAvoy.
Last but not least, the spotlight falls on David Morrisey, the acclaimed actor from TV’s State of Play and the recent Lennon film Nowhere Boy. The actor has returned to his house city of Liverpool to shoot his very first feature, Don’t Worry About Me, about a chance meeting that sparks an offbeat romance that plays out over 24 hours within the streets of Liverpool.
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