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[fajrdrako]

Interesting interview with Christopher Eccleston in SCI FI Weekly. His wry, noncommittal style always makes me smile. For instance:

Question: What compelled you to sign on for The Dark Is Rising?
Eccleston: It was paid work.

Really, I'm sure they'd give him more paid work as Claude on Heroes, and I'd love to see it.

Question: What did you make of working with your director, David Cunningham?
Eccleston: Mr. Cunningham and myself are very different animals, but we got the job done.

I still haven't entirely decided whether I want to see The Seeker - and I must say, I'm glad they renamed it, it makes it feel less like a corruption of the book. On the other hand, why do I care? I didn't much like the book. But... on principle, I care.

So why go to a movie about a theme I don't like, with trailers that didn't draw me, from a book I didn't like? Because it's Christopher Eccleston, of course.

With, I predict, not much screen time.

But though nothing else in the trailer appeals to me, Eccleston looks irresistible.

Comments

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer (twice) last night (it was in an episode I taped of House). It was worse than I remembered it. I just can't give them any money for the kind of movie this appears to be turning out to be -- even as an Eccleston fan.

Look what he says: "I think there are many, many departures from the book to the film. [...] The novel has been hugely Americanized in the film."

If you're really determined to go, I'd definitely recommend a cheap (Tuesday) showing, after the first weekend -- that will give a message in its own way.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It was worse than I remembered it.

Oh dear. I remember first watching the trailer with a sort of sinking feeling - and then there, for a brief second, was Eccleston, and suddenly it all looked good. Just for a minute there.

I probably won't go to see it but the temptation is there. Eccleston on the big screen. If I could sleep through the rest... and be sure of waking up for his scenes.