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 Adam Goldberg
Spotlight By: Andrea Tuccillo
In his new film 2 Days in Paris, Adam Goldberg plays the neurotic American boyfriend of a French photographer played by Julie Delpy. Written and directed by Delpy (Goldberg’s former flame), the story involves the couple traveling from New York to Paris in a bid to spice up their romance. So is Paris really the city of romance like everybody says? Maybe not, according to Goldberg. “I’d only been there twice before and it had been very briefly and so I think I over-romanticized it quite a bit because in two days how could you not love Paris?” he says. “But I feel like I’m a real homebody so it doesn’t really matter if it’s Paris or Maryland where I’m working now I think I just always prefer to be at home. Once I get a sense of a place I’m sort of ready to move on.” Goldberg’s character in the film has to deal with the stress of meeting his girlfriend’s overbearing parents. “I think meeting parents or meeting best friends, meeting anyone who is really close to that person—you certainly want to impress upon those who are close to your mate that you’re worthy of them, you’re a decent person, not a scumbag,” he says. “In my case it takes a lot of effort. But I think generally speaking I haven’t had any conventional horrifying meet-the-parents experiences.” Since he dated Julie Delpy briefly in real-life, what can he say about the comparison of French women to American women? “I know Julie will often times say ‘I’m French,’ like she does in the film,” he says. “And for instance when I say something like ‘How does the French government feel about taking responsibility for all of your quirks?’ it’s in fact something I’ve said to her. But if one were to make a generalization based on that one experience I would said yes there is a cultural difference between those two kinds of women.” Some of the dialogue was taken from actual situations and Goldberg admits that his character in the film is a direct representation of himself. “I’m playing myself, I can’t speak for her,” he says. “The relationship they have in the film is not autobiographical in a literal sense. I would say more in terms of the kind of interactions, dispositions with each other. What probably was of interest to her and what was of interest to me was this idea that I think there’s a certain entertainment value that the two of us have when we’re with each other and to parlay that into a film seemed like an amusing idea. Although what happens in it, this sort of subterfuge, is a concoction.” The film contains many funny moments, a fact due in part to Delpy’s skill at comedic writing. So is she funny in real-life? “It’s unclear how conscious it is or not but, but yeah!” Goldberg says with a laugh. In ... |
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