Actor Julie Delpy has been as essential to the development of the Before trilogy as her co-star Ethan Hawke and filmmaker Richard Linklater. So, when it came to writing the feature, Delpy wasn’t worried about putting her foot down regarding certain choices.
Julie Delpy made sure that her character was written correctly in the ‘Before’ trilogy’ Julie Delpy | Eric Isaacs/FilmMagic
Although they were playing characters, Delpy and Hawke put a lot of their true selves into their fictional counterparts. In an interview with the New York Times, the Training Day star confided that Delpy informed her character as much as he informed hers.
“Julie and I are using pieces of ourselves to blur the line between the character and the performer, to render it pointless. Julie has helped create Jesse. And I’m really proud of Celine — she’s an awesome female figure in movies,” Hawke said.
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Julie Delpy made sure that her character was written correctly in the ‘Before’ trilogy’ Julie Delpy | Eric Isaacs/FilmMagic
Although they were playing characters, Delpy and Hawke put a lot of their true selves into their fictional counterparts. In an interview with the New York Times, the Training Day star confided that Delpy informed her character as much as he informed hers.
“Julie and I are using pieces of ourselves to blur the line between the character and the performer, to render it pointless. Julie has helped create Jesse. And I’m really proud of Celine — she’s an awesome female figure in movies,” Hawke said.
For Delpy,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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