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Judi Dench had no ego on 'Jane Eyre' set, says director Cary Fukunaga
Published Friday, Oct 21 2011, 11:28 BST | By Mayer Nissim | 1 comment
Director Cary Fukunaga has hailed actress Judi Dench for having "no ego" on the set of Jane Eyre.
The filmmaker admitted to Digital Spy that he was nervous the first time he met the Oscar-winning star.
"She just brings this youthful enthusiasm to the set which is completely infectious," Fukunaga said. "It's a very short role - not a small role - but a short role on the screen, and she brings all her gravitas to it.
"The first time I met her she was so disarming and earnest about wanting to get the scene in the way that I imagined it.
"There was no ego or 'this is how it's done' attitude. It was like, this [is] the characters how we see it, this is happening before, this is happening after and she would do it. I'd have maybe a little adjustment but she was pretty much delivering the gold."
Of why he picked Mia Wasikowska for the lead role in the film, Fukunaga said: "It was Mia's performance in [HBO show] In Treatment that got me.
"It's such a passionate fiery, complex character that she played. She was younger when she did that, I think she was 16, 17 when she did that role."
He added: "I wanted to see how she matured over the last few years, and I met her in Portland while she was shooting Gus Van Sant's new film [Restless] and we had an afternoon together talking about Jane Eyre.
"She was intimately familiar with it and about life and other things and I saw that she's wise beyond her years, but at the same time completely of her age and naïve and kind and curious and to me that was perfect."
Jane Eyre is available for pre-order on DVD now.
> 'Jane Eyre' plot was pulp fiction, says director Cary Fukunaga
Watch Digital Spy's recent chat with Mia Wasikowska below:
The filmmaker admitted to Digital Spy that he was nervous the first time he met the Oscar-winning star.
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"She just brings this youthful enthusiasm to the set which is completely infectious," Fukunaga said. "It's a very short role - not a small role - but a short role on the screen, and she brings all her gravitas to it.
"The first time I met her she was so disarming and earnest about wanting to get the scene in the way that I imagined it.
"There was no ego or 'this is how it's done' attitude. It was like, this [is] the characters how we see it, this is happening before, this is happening after and she would do it. I'd have maybe a little adjustment but she was pretty much delivering the gold."
Of why he picked Mia Wasikowska for the lead role in the film, Fukunaga said: "It was Mia's performance in [HBO show] In Treatment that got me.
"It's such a passionate fiery, complex character that she played. She was younger when she did that, I think she was 16, 17 when she did that role."
He added: "I wanted to see how she matured over the last few years, and I met her in Portland while she was shooting Gus Van Sant's new film [Restless] and we had an afternoon together talking about Jane Eyre.
"She was intimately familiar with it and about life and other things and I saw that she's wise beyond her years, but at the same time completely of her age and naïve and kind and curious and to me that was perfect."
Jane Eyre is available for pre-order on DVD now.
> 'Jane Eyre' plot was pulp fiction, says director Cary Fukunaga
Watch Digital Spy's recent chat with Mia Wasikowska below:
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