JGL quote about the hotel fight scene

[roily_rogue]

I hadn't seen this before:

Built in the converted British airship hangar that Nolan has often used for a soundstage, the 100-foot-long hallway was suspended by eight huge, concentric rings that could turn a full 360 degrees. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Dom's meticulously dressed and prepared Lt. Arthur, fought stuntmen representing a defensive subconscious on wires while the shifting walls enhanced the hallucinatory weightlessness of the situation.

Gordon-Levitt, who trained to pull off the scene's physical demands, says the real key was remembering that Arthur was engaged in psychological combat.

"I wanted to do the sequences as the character," the grown-up "3rd Rock from the Sun" kid says. "He's very particular, fastidious, thought-through; he remains a step ahead of everything. And in these action sequences, he's dreaming, it's a mental thing. It's not like he can take on all of these physically bigger guards. But he knows he's dreaming and is, in effect, keeping his own subconscious in control. So it was about remaining calm, kind of cold stone efficient."

"Lt.Arthur" ?

Comments

[kyrenekyorl]

Huh. Well, I could understand if they had said "Dom's lieutenant, Arthur", because that sort of was his rank in Dom's life.... Except that they were both free agents - they were totally going to split up when they were trying to dodge Cobol, and neither of them seemed too broken up over the fact. But, anyway.

That seems to imply a military background, which a lot of fic authors have speculated on. Hm. I know I've wondered about both Arthur's and Eames' tendencies to do a double-tap to the skull when they kill projections, but my GF says that mainly denotes efficiency on their parts, and she also said it seems more mob than military, so I still dunno. ^.^

But, anyhow, that's definitely a very nifty quote from Joseph. It's always nice to hear what actors think about their characters - especially when they're intelligent and articulate and have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the roles. ^_^

Thank you for posting this! Since I generally don't tend to track down articles myself, I'd never have seen it otherwise. ^_^

[roily_rogue]

I'm so frustrated, because I want to know MORE, but I fear Nolan's extras will probably say nothing more about the characters, because he'll want to keep the mystery of whether it's a dream or not!:(

And yes, I love that quote. I hadn't thought of it quite like that before.