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London’s Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, a ceremony for Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday will star a fellow showman: actor/director Ralph Fiennes. At her horse ranch in Carmel, Calif. , novelist Jane Smiley, a former English professor, will offer her own...
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Actor Ralph Fiennes attends the premiere of "Coriolanus" in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. View Photo »
While I hesitate to use the word 'proud', the essential feel of the film was very close to what I wanted to make
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Actor and director Ralph Fiennes waves during a photocall in Moscow January 22, 2012. Fiennes is visiting the Russian capital for the premiere of his new film "Coriolanus". View Photo »
How I Led Ralph Fiennes astray at 35,000ft
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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (pronounced /ˈreɪf ˈfaɪnz/; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor. He has appeared in films such as Schindler's List, Quiz Show, The English Patient, Oscar and Lucinda, Red Dragon, The Constant Gardener, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the Harry Potter films. Most recently he... Full Article
Actor and director Ralph Fiennes waves during a photocall in Moscow January 22, 2012. Fiennes is visiting the Russian capital for the premiere of his new film "Coriolanus".
View Photo »Actor and director Ralph Fiennes poses during a photocall in front of a panorama of the city in Moscow January 22, 2012. Fiennes is visiting the Russian capital for the premiere of his new film "Coriolanus".
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: (L-R) Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain attend the premiere of 'Coriolanus' at Paris Theater on January 17, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: Actor Ralph Fiennes attends the premiere of 'Coriolanus' at Paris Theater on January 17, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »Cast members Ralph Fiennes (R) is hugged by actor Andy Cohen at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Cast member Ralph Fiennes (L) greets actress Susan Sarandon at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Cast member Ralph Fiennes poses as he arrives at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Cast members Ralph Fiennes (C), Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain (R) pose as they arrive at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012.
View Photo »Actor Ralph Fiennes attends the premiere of "Coriolanus" at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Bravo, from left to right, Andy Cohen, Holly Hunter and Ralph Fiennes have a pillow fight on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" show on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in New York.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Bravo, from left to right, Holly Hunter and Ralph Fiennes appear on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" show on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in New York.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Bravo, from left to right, Amy Sedaris, Andy Cohen, Holly Hunter and Ralph Fiennes pose backstage after Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" show on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in New York.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Bravo, from left to right, Andy Cohen and Ralph Fiennes pose backstage after Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" show on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in New York.
View Photo »Trudie Styler poses with actor Ralph Fiennes at the premiere of "Coriolanus" at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
View Photo »Cast members, from left, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastian attend the premiere of "Coriolanus" at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
View Photo »British actor Ralph Fiennes poses as he arrives for the special screening of their film 'Coriolanus' in London's Mayfair on January 5, 2012.
View Photo »LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 05: Vanessa Redgrave and Ralph Fiennes attend a special screening of 'Coriolanus' at The Curzon Mayfair on January 5, 2012 in London, England.
View Photo »British actress Vanessa Redgrave arrives on January 5, 2012 for the special screening of her film 'Coriolanus' directed by Ralph Fiennes at London's Mayfair.
View Photo »British actor Gerard Butler arrives on January 5, 2012 for the special screening of his film 'Coriolanus' directed by Ralph Fiennes at London's Mayfair.
View Photo »British actors Vanessa Redgrave (L) and Ralph Fiennes pose together as they arrive for the special screening of their film 'Coriolanus' in London's Mayfair on January 5, 2012.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: (UK TABLOID Ralph Fiennes attends a special screening of Coriolanus at Curzon Mayfair on January 5, 2012 in London, United Kingdom.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: (UK TABLOID (L-R) Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and Ralph Fiennes attend a special screening of Coriolanus at Curzon Mayfair on January 5, 2012 in London, United Kingdom.
View Photo »PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Bradley Cooper (L) and Ralph Fiennes (R) for a Celebrity Lookalike feature. (Left Image) TOKYO - AUGUST 16: Actor Bradley Cooper is interviewed by the media as he attends the Japan Premiere of 'The A-Team' at Differ...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: (L-R) Director Stephen Daldry, Philanthropist Pat Schoenfeld and actor Ralph Fiennes attend the 2011 Shakespeare Society Medal presentation at the Rubin Museum of Art on December 9, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: Actor Ralph Fiennes attends the 2011 Shakespeare Society Medal presentation at the Rubin Museum of Art on December 9, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »Actor and director Ralph Fiennes waves during a photocall in Moscow January 22, 2012. Fiennes is visiting the Russian capital for the premiere of his new film "Coriolanus".
View Photo »While I hesitate to use the word 'proud', the essential feel of the film was very close to what I wanted to make
How I Led Ralph Fiennes astray at 35,000ft
There is this constant turnaround of power
British actor Ben Whishaw will be playing a part I can’t tell you about… and Albert Finney will also be playing a part I can tell you nothing about, in scenes that I can’t really tell you about, and Ralph Fiennes, who, similarly, I can give you very little information about.
A tragedy should be a searing fall of the blade
by having a chance to be in a room and watch Vanessa Redgrave and Ralph Fiennes prepare their performances and learn from them. It was like a master class
He's been held back by her as a human being, being defined only as a soldier, like an overtrained racehorse
People always ask why we cast black actors for Heathcliff and one of the reasons was we wanted to get away from white middle-class actors who always seem to play him. They are usually too old for a start but really Ralph Fiennes or Laurence Olivier don’t convince as feral gipsies.
You just want to be there and offer up a physical, spatial possibility
We originally set one scene in a football stadium ... That was going to be very hard to pull off, even with all the tricks in the world, so it changed to a television studio setting. We would respond to locations, and everything evolved in a number of drafts.
So woven alongside their rivalry and apparent hatred is this
I wanted to have a big scale: streets, soldiers, a parliament ... And to build a Senate chamber, that would be tough. We need the real deal, something that's convincing. And the idea that we could get this national building for next to nothing, that was fantastic.
In an early scene, Coriolanus says, 'Were I anything but what I am, I would wish me only he.'
I thought he had a full-on warrior quality ... and I thought he might like to come do a bit of Shakespeare, after all his rom-coms. He completely blew me away with his speech about the murdered family. He was thrilling.
they know it's a moment of reckoning, and they have a little interchange ... If you pull a blade, it's more of a challenge, and that's when the fight starts.
I think there's a hint of unconscious attraction
There had been pressure to cut the scene of Coriolanus' mother losing it on the steps of the Senate
The director offers up something
It seemed too sentimental ... Any point of empathy seemed a moment of weakness, and it doesn't give you anything until the end, when he breaks in front of his mother.
It was something I initiated. The real nitty-gritty of producing, the smarts and balls you have to have - I find that very wearying.
Vanessa has such amazing inner conviction about anything that she does
It’s a very, very difficult part as an actor because he is so angry
I think it has such extraordinary scope and an epic scale to it — of warfare, social and civic unrest, unrest on the streets
I wanted to keep the Shakespearean language
I can't answer that question ... I don't get laid, that's for sure.
