What Bruce Greenwood has to say about The Core

This movie has every chance of being quite watchable. One of the reasons I was excited about being a part of this is that the cast is really good. They make something more out of something that, on its face, is pretty stock. And the dialogue is clever and the characters are polar enough, so there's plenty of tensions between them. It's fun, interesting and quite human. Hopefully, within the big spectacle that this movie undoubtedly will be, at the heart of it there are characters you find fun to watch.
Starlog 11/02

[Colonel Iverson] is one of those tremendously capable guys who was an astronaut in his early 30s. He is tapped to be a part of this mission because of some exquisite flying under pressure that he does at the outset [of the film]. As the commander, he's the guy who the others look to when things get sticky. He serves the purpose of setting the bar at a certain height for Beck Childs to jump over. And when he's not able to be there, Beck has to step up to the plate. That's really my character's function.
Starlog 11/02

on working with real-life NASA astronaut Tom Jones:
It was fascinating talking with him and seeing his home movie footage of re-entry, which we had to re-create in this movie. That was fun.
Starlog 11/02

Pretending to be weightless was "tricky." When Iverson makes his entrance, he floats in. I was on the end of a teeter-totter kind of thing for the Space Shuttle staff. It felt oafish and goofy, and when I watched the playback on the monitor, I would say, "OK, I've got to remember to let my hands stretch out." Just little things like that . Working within a confined space and making it physically interesting was tricky, too.
Starlog 11/02

It was very exciting, Tom showed me a video he took when he was doing a reentry from space, and it was just fantastic. Both astronauts were incredibly professional, but every now and then when we were looking at the video, one of them would say, 'Oh, wow, look at that.' It was nice to see the mixture of natural human awe and mixed with true professionalism.
The Core website 12/02

just a full-on bucking bronco, a head-snapping-back-and-forth, wig-coming-off event. Actually, I thought it was a lot of fun; I mean you pay money for this kind of thrill-ride everywhere else.
The Core website 12/02

Moment to moment, the story is fun, interesting and quite humorous. The dialogue was clever, too, and the relationships between the characters are polar enough to cause plenty of tension.
The Core website 12/02

There's plenty of spectacle here, but the actors are so good; they really are. One of the reasons I was excited about being a part of this is that the cast is really good. To watch them make more out of something that, at face value, is pretty stock. But the dialogue is clever, and the relationships are polar enough that there's plenty of tension between the characters. And the actors are really good, so moment-to-moment it can be fun, and be interesting and quite human. Hopefully within the great big spectacle that this film undoubtedly will be, at the core of it, at the heart of it, there will be some people that you find fun to watch.
Starburst, Winter 02

Can you give an example?
No. It's every scene. Everyone's working hard to make little tiny beats happen and to get the mercury kind of beading and rolling. Aaron is particularly devoted to that. It's really interesting to watch him work. And Stanley likewise. They are very creative guys. And Hilary is fantastic. She's really fun to be around and completely unforced. She's effortless in the way she performs. It's fun to feed off that. I think this movie has every chance of being quite watchable.
Starburst, Winter 02

What has been especially challenging for you?
Physically, pretending to be weightless was tricky. When Iverson makes his entrance, he floats in ... You probably shouldn't write this because it might spoil it, but I was on the end of teeter-totter [seesaw] kind of thing. I was suspended on something that was kind of up my ass for the space shuttle stuff. It feels really oafish and goofy, but then you watch the playback on the monitor and go, 'OK, I've gotta remember to let my hands kind of stretch out...' just tiny little things like that. That was kind of tricky. And working within a tight space and making it physically interesting is tricky also.
Starburst, Winter02

[on the filming in Vancouver, close to Whistler Ski Resort]:
It was great,. I only worked a few days a week, and things would get behind schedule. So I'd just call from the top of the mountain to see if they needed me and they'd say, "No, stay up there."
Maclean's 4/7/03

[about being the first character killed off:]
It was a bit like being the coed in a horror movie.
Maclean's 4/7/03

Q: We all expected to talk to you soon for The Core, but now that’s going to be delayed. What are your thoughts on that?
A: They’re having trouble getting out of the core. Yes, they’re still down there.
Q: Are you going to spend any more time on it? Are you concerned?
A: No. I’m not. I’m not. I’ve seen the opening of it and it’s dazzling, just dazzling. So, and what they tell me is that they think they’ve really got something great. And they spent a lot of money on it, extra money. So that’s generally a clue that they really do believe in it. If they delay it and they don’t spend money you’re gonna think, oh what are they afraid of? But if they, in the midst of postponing it they’re spending more money to tweak it, to be even better. I think, what they’ve told me is probably true in that they think they have something so strong that they want a lot of lead time to set it up.
Q: Do you have any experience in working on that film and working with Hilary?
A: Oh, Hillary is great. She’s a riot, she is good, good humour, good fun. Very easy going, very down to Earth. John Amiel the director, likewise. Stanley Tucci is extremely funny and fun to be around.
Q: This is not really a very funny movie is it?
A: Ah, well, there are moments of levity in it for sure. It’s not, no, it’s not a funny movie. It’s not a, taking a banana peel to the floor, falling down a flight of stairs and ending up with a goofy hat on. Ah, it’s really hot! You know -
Dark Horizons 10/10/02

What Jon Amiel has to say about Bruce Greenwood in The Core

on Bruce Greenwood's entrance:
And the truly wonderful Bruce Greenwood comes in feet first in our movie
on the scene where Iverson meets his crew:
Bruce Greenwood's expression here tells us everything we need to know about his impression of the crew
on the scene where Iverson tells Childs she's not ready for leadership:
Since this is one of my very, very favorite dialogue scenes, I'll just let you listen to it. It's beautifully played by both actors.