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Story by: Jack Foley
HAVING made a name for himself directing the Oscar-nominated
Evil (Ondskan), Swedish director,
Mikael Håfström, will next be working with Clive Owen
and Jennifer Aniston on the thriller, Derailed.
In London to promote Evil, Håfström told IndieLondon
a little bit more about 'the Hitchockian-style thriller'.
"It's much more of a genre film than Evil," he continued.
"It's a sort of Hitchock piece about a married man who meets
a married woman and they start a relationship. From that point
on, everything goes pretty downhill."
The illicit liaison in question is discovered by a violent criminal,
who blackmails the lovers, forcing them to turn the tables on
their pursuer in order to protect their families.
The film is currently in post-production and marks Håfström's
first foray into Hollywood - having been backed by Miramax and
filmed on location in England and Chicago.
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Yet the director was remarkably candid
about making the leap from Europe to Hollywood, and working with
stars of the calibre of Owen.
"Well, you know, when you stand there with your actors and
your camera, it's not much different. It's other areas. It's the
pre-production, it's the casting, it's more people involved.
"In fact, the casting is the biggest difference because
it takes a lot of time, and actors have agents, so it takes forever
to get everything on paper.
"You have more time and more money and all of that, but
there's also more people, so it's a slower process.
"In Sweden, we had small crews so we moved around very quickly.
Here, we have more days but it takes a much longer time to move
all these people around, so it evens out.
"But I enjoyed it and I've enjoyed working with Clive Owen
who was totally unkown when I hired him a year ago. We were very
lucky to be working with him."
Derailed is due to open in US cinemas in October and should follow
in the UK sometime thereafter.
Evil (Ondskan): Our review
An interview with Mikael
Håfström
Special feature: The making
of Evil
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