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 Rosario Dawson
Spotlight By: Michael Dance Rosario Dawson is by now well-known to American audiences, having starred in films as varied as Sin City, Rent, 25th Hour, Clerks II, Men in Black 2, and Shattered Glass. She’s earned a reputation for being likable, hardworking, and multitalented, but now she’s getting the best reviews of her career for her performance in the unforgettable independent film Descent. In the film, Dawson plays Maya, a college student who suffers a brutal rape and descends into a world of drugs, promiscuity, and ultimately revenge. A dark, hypnotic film, it debuted in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now getting its theatrical release after being picked up by City Lights Pictures. Descent is purposely a “discussion” film; it doesn’t beg for acceptance or condescend to the viewer, instead choosing to explore some decidedly dark realms of life that get everybody talking after every screening. But while reactions have been as varied as you can expect, praise for Dawson’s performance has been nearly universal. The film scored a rave from no less than the New York Times, which called it “hard to watch but essential to see” and singles out Dawson for her “intricate, imaginative performance equals those of Robert De Niro in ‘Taxi Driver’.” We were able to sit down one-on-one with Rosario to talk about Descent; throughout the hour-long interview she talked about the difficulties of playing the role, the necessity of holding your creative ground (she also served as a producer), and some other projects she has in the pipeline. Question: The choices that are made are what make it great but not what makes it accessible to the wide audience that wants everything spoon-fed. Can you talk about the decisions to be ballsy about making this film? You did not compromise, even though you could’ve to get a softer rating, or open in more theaters. Rosario Dawson: When we had the original script, and doing all the meetings and stuff, we could’ve had much larger budgets to work with, if we had been willing to not shoot it to begin with and made, from the get, a different film. What’s wonderful now is how people are supporting the project now, and supporting specifically me with the project. [But at the time] people were really interested in making the movie with us and giving us money and making it happen if we were to make changes. And a lot of what put us on this path to make it was to present Talia [Lugacy, the director] to the audiences out there, and who she is is someone very uncompromising. That’s something you actually learn quite quickly when talking to Talia, actually. She’s very stubborn. And I’m very stubborn. It definitely led to some interesting arguments, but we both kept steadfast to the ultimate goal. What we’re so often ... |
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