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“Breakfast? Lunch?” Sam Rockwell asks animatedly, sliding a plate with three Almond Joy candy bars over in my direction.
It’s just the kind of random, out-the-box jokester move you’d expect from the 40-year-old actor whose made his mark portraying wild, colorful oddballs such as a game show host-turned-CIA hitman in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” a deranged born-again Christian in “Snow Angels” and his much-loved villain with a bad-ass swagger in “Charlie’s Angels.”
His latest film, “Choke,” an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s best-selling novel, takes complex characters to a whole other level — the storyline is as abstract and trippy as if you took a gallon of paint and swirled in color after color and splattered it across the screen, Jackson Pollack-style. In it he plays Victor Mancini, a sex addicted colonial village re-enactor by day and con artist by night who pretends to choke in fancy restaurants in order to dupe the Good Samaritans who save him out of their money (money he needs to support his controlling, Alzheimers-stricken mother, played by Anjelica Huston).
Though the movie veers to the dark side at times, Rockwell, so capable of bridging brilliant dramatic performances with comic relief, provides laughs.
He’s also often lauded for giving a role his all. In “Choke,” he literally asphyxiates on demand. The scenes were so realistic, producer Beau Flynn often wanted to call “cut” to check on him. “Nothing too serious,” says Rockwell nonchalantly, though paramedics were required to be on set during filming. “You know you’re going to have to stop breathing a little bit while you’re doing it. Watermelon, marshmallows, that stuff is easy to choke on,” he says about some of the foods he used. “It’s eventually going to evaporate, and hopefully you’re not dead by then.”
When told that people often describe him as fearless, the California native responds, “I’m scared of everything,” pausing to consider before adding, “I’m scared of everything, but I do it anyway. I guess that’s the definition of courage, if you do it anyway."
But what could possibly scare the guy who didn’t mind almost dying?
“Acting and love,” he responds.
“Well, at least you’re good at acting,” we counter.
“Thanks,” Rockwell says, laughing. “I’m doing my best [at love]. I’m doing pretty well.”
He’s doing pretty well in his career, too — Rockwell has appeared in over 50 movies and received plenty of critical acclaim. Still, most of his work remains hidden in the indie world.
“You want people to see your work, so it’s disappointing when a movie doesn’t get seen. Either way you got no control over it,” says Rockwell, putting it into perspective.
“I still get to play great parts. They are little movies sometimes, but I was in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘The Green Mile.’ I’ve been in some movies that made money. It’s all the same s—, as long as you’re doing what you love.”
Before he leaves, Rockwell frantically looks around, grabs a bunch of markers and says, “This is for you.”
We can’t help but laugh.
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omg i'm in love.
be honest. how many of you lil oldman fangirls thought it was really him?
“Breakfast? Lunch?” Sam Rockwell asks animatedly, sliding a plate with three Almond Joy candy bars over in my direction.
It’s just the kind of random, out-the-box jokester move you’d expect from the 40-year-old actor whose made his mark portraying wild, colorful oddballs such as a game show host-turned-CIA hitman in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” a deranged born-again Christian in “Snow Angels” and his much-loved villain with a bad-ass swagger in “Charlie’s Angels.”
His latest film, “Choke,” an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s best-selling novel, takes complex characters to a whole other level — the storyline is as abstract and trippy as if you took a gallon of paint and swirled in color after color and splattered it across the screen, Jackson Pollack-style. In it he plays Victor Mancini, a sex addicted colonial village re-enactor by day and con artist by night who pretends to choke in fancy restaurants in order to dupe the Good Samaritans who save him out of their money (money he needs to support his controlling, Alzheimers-stricken mother, played by Anjelica Huston).
Though the movie veers to the dark side at times, Rockwell, so capable of bridging brilliant dramatic performances with comic relief, provides laughs.
He’s also often lauded for giving a role his all. In “Choke,” he literally asphyxiates on demand. The scenes were so realistic, producer Beau Flynn often wanted to call “cut” to check on him. “Nothing too serious,” says Rockwell nonchalantly, though paramedics were required to be on set during filming. “You know you’re going to have to stop breathing a little bit while you’re doing it. Watermelon, marshmallows, that stuff is easy to choke on,” he says about some of the foods he used. “It’s eventually going to evaporate, and hopefully you’re not dead by then.”
When told that people often describe him as fearless, the California native responds, “I’m scared of everything,” pausing to consider before adding, “I’m scared of everything, but I do it anyway. I guess that’s the definition of courage, if you do it anyway."
But what could possibly scare the guy who didn’t mind almost dying?
“Acting and love,” he responds.
“Well, at least you’re good at acting,” we counter.
“Thanks,” Rockwell says, laughing. “I’m doing my best [at love]. I’m doing pretty well.”
He’s doing pretty well in his career, too — Rockwell has appeared in over 50 movies and received plenty of critical acclaim. Still, most of his work remains hidden in the indie world.
“You want people to see your work, so it’s disappointing when a movie doesn’t get seen. Either way you got no control over it,” says Rockwell, putting it into perspective.
“I still get to play great parts. They are little movies sometimes, but I was in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘The Green Mile.’ I’ve been in some movies that made money. It’s all the same s—, as long as you’re doing what you love.”
Before he leaves, Rockwell frantically looks around, grabs a bunch of markers and says, “This is for you.”
We can’t help but laugh.
source
omg i'm in love.
be honest. how many of you lil oldman fangirls thought it was really him?
