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Interview By: Andrea Tuccillo Ryan Reynolds is not an actor that is easy to peg. He’s probably best known for his work in comedies like Van Wilder and Just Friends, but he has also starred in drama, action, and horror films alike. His diverse movie roles don’t give much insight into his personal life, but the real Ryan will gladly give you a peek. He admits he doesn’t watch reality television or play video games, says his favorite movie is Being There, and proudly prefers a more “hermetic” lifestyle free of the trappings of Hollywood. This forthcoming and affable star takes on his most challenging role yet in The Nines, a twisting and turning film that bends the limits of reality while presenting more questions than answers. The film is divided into three intertwining parts and Reynolds plays a different character in each. In the first segment he’s Gary, a troubled actor under house arrest. In the second he’s Gavin, a frustrated television writer. And in the final section he’s Gabriel, a video-game designer and family man. In each role he plays a creator of some kind, but could he really be the creator of something much bigger? Taking on triple roles in this independent film was new territory for Reynolds, but the decision to do it was a no-brainer. “I approached this the same way I would a big budget comedy,” he says. “It’s just a question of finding something that you love. I suppose stories like this are a little more inherent to independent film only because they’re not as widely accessible as National Treasure or something like that.” The story of The Nines is a complicated one, partially based on writer/director John August’s own personal experiences being a television writer in Hollywood. Reynolds admits that doing justice to his director’s own life was probably the hardest part of shooting. “I had trouble connecting to Gavin the most,” he says. “It was the last one we shot and I think I was just intimidated to play--I mean I’m playing John August, the director. It’s his experience. Essentially I’m doing an impression of him during the film so that’s always a bit daunting.” Another challenge was keeping each of the three characters connected in some way, while still making each one distinctly individual. “I didn’t want to make them too diverse in the sense that they would feel indulgent like this character’s Scottish or this character’s Swahili,” Reynolds says. “I wanted the viewer to feel like they could see both the puppet and the puppeteer in this, that they are all in fact connected on many levels and that the differences are smaller than they are greater. So from the inception and the get-go of this thing it was a real challenge to make them more the same yet different.” The Nines is a movie that relishes in its ambiguity, leaving the viewer to ponder ... |
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