New Rob and THE ROVER Cast Interview with 'Recontres de Cinemas' #Cannes2014

THE ROVER - Rencontres de cinéma

Translation via @LeRPattzClub
Laurent: Guy, Robert and David , thanks for being with us today. You're here to talk about your upcoming movie, The Rover. First of all, David, I want to know how you manage to shoot a movie who is a thriller, an action movie, a survivor movie, a road trip with strong characters. It's amazing. What was your first motivation when you decided to direct this movie?  David: The 1st idea was very simple : just about a man in the desert who got his car stolen. Then I started building everything else around this idea. Throughout the screenplay writing, it became a mixture of various different elements. This movie looks like a western. What I really wanted to do was that the audience could feel something. During the shooting , it happened a lot for me that , after watching the dailies , I was like "What is this movie I'm doing? What is it ? It' really weird". 
Laurent: Guy , was it a constant work on your character everyday?  Guy: Actually I talked a lot with David abt who was this man , what he lived before you met him at the beginning of the movie. For me, most of my work was done during rehearsal during our talks in order to really get who the character was. Of course, when you're doing a movie, the shooting is always a work in progress. You know which way you're heading but it 's rather how you do it to get there. 
Laurent: Did you try to make up a backstory for your character? Guy : Yeah, of course . You can't only rely on the very few information we have when we discover the character. You must rely on the entire story. For me , the movie wasn't just about a stolen car. The objective was a previous one so that's what I focused on. 
Laurent: Robert, the movie atmosphere was also important for you?  Rob: Yeah absolutely. For me , the difference is how I viewed my character. Contrary to you. Rey, my character has always lived in that world. Whereas Eric, Guy's character, had a different life before. 
Laurent: At the same time, this character is a present. Everything is allowed with this kind of guy.  Rob: Yeah, when we read his description. We're told he's from somewhere in the South of the USA. But we don't know precisely what kind of accent he has. It's amazing since we can play this character in so many different ways. 
Laurent: Yeah that's true.  Rob: I remembered when I arrived on set in the morning I didn't know what was going to happen to him or what was his accent like. 
Laurent: Robert , did you try different things with Guy? Did you exchange ideas during the shooting?  Rob: Yeah my role.  Guy: And we also rehearsed before the shooting. We had a week to rehearse in Adelaide so we could find out who were our characters at that time.  Rob: and as for my character, you must know that most of my acting consisted in reacting to your character. Your part is like a constant force in the movie.  Guy: And I also play according to Rob's reactions. I also had to try not to react.

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