A village in Scotland is understood to have set the UK record for temperature in January after hitting 19.6C.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ruaridh Mollica says he had a year to prepare for his “role of a lifetime — so far” in Finnish filmmaker Mikko Makela’s powerful new film Sebastian, which premieres at Sundance on Sunday.
The film follows a culture journalist who goes undercover and leads a double life as a sex worker to research a debut novel. The 24-year-old Mollica, born to a Scottish mother and an Italian father, gives a superlative performance in his first feature film lead role, as he assumes the split personalities of Max, a young wannabe literary sensation, and Sebastian, who hires himself out to desirous older male clients.
The intimate moments, though at times full-on, actually serve the narrative to reflect Max/Sebastian’s state of mind.
Between his initial self-tape, first audition and screen tests, Mollica had 12 months to enter into full character research mode before officially being handed the part, and the experience helped him become a champion of Makela’s vision. “Yes, I wanted the role, but I just wanted to see the film made,” he tells me, modestly. “And I think that’s the most beautiful thing: When you can detach the ego and the competitiveness of wanting a role and just being like, ‘Whether I get this or not, I want to see this film.'”
He dived in, read and re-read Makela’s script, highlighting “every single” book, author and single film that was mentioned. “If I didn’t know them, I got to know them. If I hadn’t seen the film, I saw the film.”
The booklist included every novel and short story Bret Easton Ellis has ever written, all for plot reasons that will become apparent when you see the film.
In a smart move, the actor asked Makela what he had read while writing the screenplay. The director’s response led to
A village in Scotland is understood to have set the UK record for temperature in January after hitting 19.6C.
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