Seeing countless interview after interview of general paint-brush questions from people who don’t seem to want to answer with any depth beyond “Well, you know, that is a fantastic experience! I like baithing in cheese”, this interview of Ken Watanabe is refreshing. A wildly talented and capable actor who uses his “instincts” to choose roles that are forceful, inspiring and memorable says more than he likely ever has about himself and his personal battles and, if you read into what he says, some more of his fundamental beliefs and ambitions. So many actors and actresses, so much dimension in one man. From the article:
‘”Oh yes, there are things in scripts that you cannot let go by. In ‘Letters from Iwo Jima,’ there were times when I told Eastwood, ‘This is just not believable,’ ” he says, adding that he made daily suggestions and asked the director to make sure that costumes, props and sets were accurate. “The story had to be true, but Eastwood is not someone I had to fight with because he always listened carefully and respected my opinions, right up to the end of the movie.”
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