The Reader

MovieHole has posted an exclusive interview with Lena Olin on her latest role in 'The Reader'. Olin plays dual characters 'Rose Mather' and 'Ilana Mather' alongside Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. Olin chats about how she read the book a few years prior to finding her place in the feature film, and the concerns she initially had to portray a 20 year old mother. The actress goes on to discuss leaving her character behind, watching the film, nad how 'amazing' she found director Steven Daldry to be. 'The Reader' is out in theaters January 9th.

"...I watched it by myself. And it was one of those rare things, where I was into it. You know? I was just watching, and I was into it. I wasn't like, "Oh, there I am, and look at my - did they do that lipstick color?" You know, I had none of that. I was really actually into it, when I watched it..."

Read the full interview here.

IFC has caught up with 'The Reader' director Stephen Daldry. Daldry talks about the premise of the film, insisting it is not really about the WWII-era Germany, but post-war Germany and the consequences of Germans feeling they're born guilty. The acadamy award nominee also speaks about how he worked with screenplay writer, David Hare, to present the weighty material of the best selling German novel, 'The Reader', in which the film is based on. Hare also touches on the eroticism of the movie, the last good book he read and what he thinks about musical adaptations. 'The Reader' is out in theaters January 9 of 2009.

"...We think the eroticism is more pronounced in the book, to be frank -- the sensual nature of their relationship is expressed really explicitly and continually in the book, so we thought we'd pull back on that as a contrast..."

Read the full interview here.

Kate Winslet has sat down with Cinema Blend to talk about her latest role in 'The Reader'. Winslet talks about landing the role of Hanna Schmitz and how it almost went to Nicole Kidman. She also talks about dealing with the triangle between Leonardo DiCaprio, and her husband director Sam Mendes on the set of 'Revolutionary Road'. Winslet goes on to chat about the outstanding aging process in 'The Reader' and the makeup procedures that went along with it. 'The Reader' is out in theaters January 9th.

"...That makeup was designed by all of us together. We knew it just had to look real, and we were determined to make it the best prosthetics ever seen onscreen. Everybody contributed to these ideas. Everyone had something to contribute, but in terms of the acting of those moments, quite honestly, I really just observed older people. I would watch people in cafes, how they would stand up..."

Read the full interview here.

ComingSoon has caught up with 'The Reader' director Stephen Daldry. Daldy talks about working with David Hare again and casting Kate Winslet for the role of Hanna Schmitz. Daldry also shares how he prepared to film the intimate love scenes, their small German crew, and what he thinks about the Oscar buzz. 'The Reader' stars Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes, and Jeanette Hain. 'The Reader' is out in theaters January 9th of 2009. 

"...Berlin now is a city that's been rebuilt three times in the last century, but in terms of the Berlin of now, it's not anywhere near what it looked like in the Berlin of '89 and the Berlin of '89 was nothing like the Berlin of 1947, so the massive rebuild that the Marshall Plan allowed the country to go through and the German economic miracle transformed that country and then it had to transform again on Reunification. The novel is set predominantly in Heidelberg and that is a very difficult place to shoot because it's been so changed over the years..."

Read the full interview here.