Felicity Jones returns with another EPIC period drama

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The Oscar nominated Brutalist star has premiered Train Dreams with Joel Edgerton. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Another year, another incredibly hauntingly beautiful, critically acclaimed period piece.

00:07Are you not worried you're going to be a typecaster to only be in bangers from now on?

00:11Because it seems like your hit rate is absolutely phenomenal these last 12 months.

00:14Oh, thank you very much. Thank you.

00:17Yes, I didn't realise that between this film and The Brutalist,

00:21there's actually quite a lot of themes that are very similar.

00:25So I was obviously channelling that at the time of doing both of them.

00:30I always wonder, when you make movies like this and The Brutalist,

00:33that are so beautifully shot.

00:35Obviously you can see your DOP and look at the previous work they made,

00:38but you don't really know until you see some edits put together

00:42how affecting these stories are going to be.

00:46Like, how much of a leap of faith is it for you when you kind of sign on to a script like that?

00:50Yeah, I mean, that's the risk, I guess.

00:54You take a bit of a punch, you read something and you have a reaction to it

00:58and you think, well, I think this is quite good.

01:00But you never quite know through the whole process how it's going to turn out.

01:05So when it actually turns out and it seems to be good and people seem to like it,

01:10you think, oh, well, that's jolly good, isn't it?

01:13Because you really, you're just taking a risk.

01:18You're just, you feel something, you feel connected to something

01:21and then you just jump in and see what happens.

01:24It definitely seems to be working at the moment, so congratulations for that.

01:27Incredible cast in this with Kerry and obviously Joel with an unbelievable performance.

01:33He was obviously, he was an exec producer on this as well.

01:36Does that ever change your relationship with a co-actor on a project

01:40when they're wearing two different hats or is it all kind of very separated?

01:45I think usually when an actor is involved in the producing side,

01:50it just is testament to how much they love the story.

01:53And in being, you know, in doing that, wearing that extra hat, so to speak,

01:58it just means it's another way of getting that film made and pushing it over the line.

02:01So often it just, it's testament to the passion behind it.

02:06You just know they're extra invested when you turn off.

02:10Yeah, exactly, exactly.

02:12And you know, in any film, it's all about the different people involved

02:17and if you trust them and you like them

02:20and you think there's something worth it in the story,

02:23then you're, hopefully, you're going to make something that's of value.

02:26It feels like, speaking about things of value,

02:28my favourite kind of movies have always been that kind of the mid-budget,

02:32introspective, beautifully shot sort of think-piece sort of cinema.

02:37And some people disagree with me when I say this,

02:38but it feels like in the cinemas,

02:40they started to slow down a little bit over the last kind of like 10 or 15 years.

02:44Big budget blockbusters have kind of dominated in a way.

02:46And it feels because of the streamers, they,

02:48I don't know whether it's just because things like The Brutalist

02:51where they're being so critically acclaimed,

02:52but it feels like there's some kind of resurgence going on.

02:56Are you seeing that in the work that comes your way?

02:58Absolutely.

02:59It feels like the appetite for cinema has really grown.

03:04Yeah, it's been quite fascinating, particularly in this last year or so.

03:08I think coming out of COVID, I think people are really keen to get out.

03:14They're really keen to get to theatres.

03:16I think also the world, you know, we're at a very complicated moment.

03:21There's something really reassuring about seeing a narrative told over a limited time.

03:27And you're sort of, you're desperate to put your phone away

03:30and just be taken by a story for a couple of hours.

03:33I also kind of feel like because we live our lives online now

03:36and on our phones and things like that,

03:37we don't have those connections.

03:39They don't happen in our lives as often.

03:40So when we see it reflected in stories,

03:42we're like yearning for that feeling again,

03:46to feel like strong about something.

03:47I would absolutely agree.

03:49And I think that's why we're all here with Train Dreams,

03:53is because this film is testament to that need for human connection

03:57and how much we all are desperate for it and crave it.

04:02Well, I'm craving more movies like this,

04:03so keep smashing it.

04:04I'll see you hopefully in 12 months' time with another banger.

04:06Fantastic.

04:07And thanks for this one. Congratulations.

04:09All the best.

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