Interview at the Sunshine Premiere
In Sunshine Frain plays the young Gustave Sonneschein, the impetuous, hot-headed brother of Ralph Fiennes' Ignatz. We sat him down at the Sunshine premiere to pump him for more information.
Q: So tell us a bit more about your character in Sunshine.
JF: He's very passionate and very motivated by wanting to change the world for the better. I think a lot of the film is about accepting the world as it is and that's not something that's easy for him. He joins the fledgling communist party and gets very involved in the revolution and it tears the relationship he has with his brother - which is Ralph.
Q: You filmed entirely on location in Hungary - how was that?
JF: Well Istvan is a really great director but also because he's got this great team - he's been working with the same guys for 20 years - they have a way of working together that's very evolved. They weren't the same kind of money pressures and producer pressures that often cause compromises on set so Istvan got to see his vision through his way. It's great to see that there are still directors who work like that.
Q: How does an epic like Sunshine compare to one of your other recent movies Reindeer Games?
JF: Well Reindeer Games is a genre film…
Q: What else have you been up to?
JF: I've been in the States all last year. I made Reindeer Games and then I made a movie Where The Heart Is with Natalie Portman which is coming out in a couple of weeks in the States. I came back here because I kind of got homesick and so I did a play at the Royal Court and now I'm reading scripts and looking for something good. |
