A quietly introspective interview with Bruce on a Toronto-based entertainment show that also runs on the cable arts channel BRAVO, Bruce Greenwood examines his ties to the Canadian film industry and how it helped him get his high profile role of John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days.
the interview:
BG: You can't tell a history on film or in a book without it being subjective to some degree. Because everybody has a point of view. I found that out when I was doing the research. I've got a stack of books like that on this period alone - just this fortnight. And many of them tell a story of particular meetings, the same meeting, and the sense of tone - is different - depending on who's remembering it. So this doesn't pretend to be the definitive version of what happened although the broad strokes are all there.
MT: Was it daunting to play John Kennedy?
BG: Sure. Yeah. I mean....it keeps you awake at night. But eventually you realize you've got it, you're stuck with it. Just get with the study -- the reading and the watching film and the listening to tape and the musing - and - start swimming!
BG: There was no particular effort made to represent it in that iconic way. It was more trying to get past those almost indelible images of them, to....more to the men.
BG: It's certainly the best role I've had -- among the best roles I've had. I think maybe Billy in The Sweet Hereafter....I mean, that was..wonderful to play.
[implied question about Exotica]:
BG: Those were both important films for me. Particularly The Sweet Hereafter in professional terms. Because a lot of people in the industry saw it. And it was a wonderful movie. And it was really nice to be involved in something - rich, and full of quality from start to finish.
MT: Do you see those kind of scripts coming to you now? In Hollywood? Does that kind of stuff exist in Hollywood?
BG: It's there. Sure, it's there. But there are a lot of very capable actors out there. You know, we're all looking and there's not a lot of it.
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