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Sunday 23 November -15h
Encounter with Alice Krige
Again, the encounter was running a little late…
In her introduction, Alice said that she wanted questions, but not only about “Star Trek”, that we also could ask her questions about the film industry.
Note: It was a little hard to understand some of the questions, besides, I am not familiar with A. Krige’s filmography so it was even more complicated to get it all right.
Alice explained first that she has received a very interesting play about Queen Elisabeth, something very original as it is about her relationship with her daughter, something about her intimate life. Unfortunately no one has found the funds to make the play happen, so it’s still on hold.
Then, she jumped on her childhood and how she dreamed of being a ballerina. She was born in a desert area where dance wasn’t taught. She was 8 years old when her father moved all the family in Johannesburg where she could finally take dance lessons. She would dance 3 hours a day. When she decided that she would be a dancer, her father who was a doctor said no because she would destroy her body, so she stopped dancing and kept on studying. When she was at the university, she had a free credit and her parents told her “Why don’t you take theatre” (they still regret it!) And then, she went back dancing with Martha Graham. She decided to be an actress and left for London to take courses. Since she was early and she wouldn’t begin the studies before another 9 months, she went to the Martha Graham School. But when her term began she had to give up dancing again because she couldn’t find time anymore.
With her husband, she learned yoga and later her husband tried a martial art called Ba Gua, and she is now into it as well since it’s really beautiful to look at.
There was another question about Julius Caesar (couldn’t understand it thus, so here is just the answer):
Alice said that her husband is a writer and director and that he wrote a play about Caesar’s teens years when he was considered a loser. Alice’s husband also did a play in the “Standing Theatre” manner, where the audience is standing and the actors are walking around them.
About the Caesar play, Alice’s husband thought to make a movie from it but he didn’t want to recreate Roma as many others had done before. He then thought that Roma was like a prison for Caesar, so they decided to film inside prisons. At first they both thought the movie would take 6 months to be done, but it has been 24 years and it’s not done yet! Since they wanted to film into prisons, it’s a little difficult even if they got the permissions for 3 prisons. Fact is, it became a tool for prisons that used the filming as a rehabilitation tool.
When they were filming, they got propositions for co-production but they decided to pay all by themselves to remain free.
It’s a very unusual movie that talks about the prison in one’s mind, it’s kind of a parallel universe. They are now in the last phase of the movie but they promised to keep on working with the prisoners. Alice hopes that the audience will be interested in the movie.
A fan of Brian Krause then asked for anecdotes about “Sleepwalkers”:
Alice answered that Brian is lovely and that she was happy that he played her son.
She needed some time to understand that the movie wasn’t actually a horror movie. Stephen King is mocking himself. Alice saw her character as a Greek heroin: misunderstood. To enter in her character she bought a lot of red curtains and put them everywhere. Her character is a very physical woman. Red is the color of the woman.
She recalls a scene where she has to hit another actress. She was taught how to fake a hit but after the 15th time they did the scene again and again, she had to keep control of herself so she wouldn’t hit for real!
She also shared another horrifying anecdote for her: she had to learn how to shoot with a gun while she hates weapons. Alice explains that you first learn with ¼ of bullet, then ½, ¾ she never went above ¾ but she discovered to her greatest horror that it was indeed exciting to shoot. Besides her work as an actor is to immerse herself in the character who becomes an equal. She understood the sensation of power that can be felt when one has a gun and is using it.
Her favorite moment of the movie is when all the cats attack the house. To do this scene, the cats weren’t fed for 24h and once it was time to film, a wonderful meal was prepared and put at the other end of the set. When the cats were freed, they all ran to the food and that’s how they did the running towards the house.
Someone asked if there was something else that she didn’t like or was afraid of and Alice said that she was some kind of a fearless person. But she believes that if she was closed up in a small box she would have to work so she wouldn’t panic.
The next question was about “Silent Hill”, and if she had some anecdotes to share.
Alice admitted that this movie was one of the most bad experiences she had. She even regrets that she played in the movie.
Days before she went to the convention, Alice met the lady to whom she buys flowers in London and the lady said that she did saw that movie on television. As Alice told her that she didn’t like playing in the movie, the lady answered that she didn’t like watching the movie…
Alice regrets even more because she had no idea that it would be like that. She knew that the producer and director had seen her in her favorite movie called “The Insitute Benjamenta” and when she first read the script, she was happy to be part of the project. But when she joined the set, she discovered that the script had changed a lot, and had she known, she would never have agreed to play in the movie.
It was difficult for her because her character is not part of the game (actually, Alice doesn’t know the game) and the director had special plans for her. He basically drew all his darkness in her character. For 29 years that she had done this job, it was the very first time that she was looking for the end of the shooting. She adds to the anecdote about her dog who would avoid her for 3 weeks that her husband used all his self-control not to do the same as the dog!
Someone then points out that she is the first actress who played in “Star Trek” but who also portrayed an actress who played in “Star Trek” (Joan Collins).
The last question was about her guest roles and especially her role in “6 Feet Under” where she plays a spiritual gourou. Alice said that she did what she was asked to do but that she felt like a mad dog and as a result, she is quite embarrassed to talk about that role…
Encounter with Alice Krige
Again, the encounter was running a little late…
In her introduction, Alice said that she wanted questions, but not only about “Star Trek”, that we also could ask her questions about the film industry.
Note: It was a little hard to understand some of the questions, besides, I am not familiar with A. Krige’s filmography so it was even more complicated to get it all right.
Alice explained first that she has received a very interesting play about Queen Elisabeth, something very original as it is about her relationship with her daughter, something about her intimate life. Unfortunately no one has found the funds to make the play happen, so it’s still on hold.
Then, she jumped on her childhood and how she dreamed of being a ballerina. She was born in a desert area where dance wasn’t taught. She was 8 years old when her father moved all the family in Johannesburg where she could finally take dance lessons. She would dance 3 hours a day. When she decided that she would be a dancer, her father who was a doctor said no because she would destroy her body, so she stopped dancing and kept on studying. When she was at the university, she had a free credit and her parents told her “Why don’t you take theatre” (they still regret it!) And then, she went back dancing with Martha Graham. She decided to be an actress and left for London to take courses. Since she was early and she wouldn’t begin the studies before another 9 months, she went to the Martha Graham School. But when her term began she had to give up dancing again because she couldn’t find time anymore.
With her husband, she learned yoga and later her husband tried a martial art called Ba Gua, and she is now into it as well since it’s really beautiful to look at.
There was another question about Julius Caesar (couldn’t understand it thus, so here is just the answer):
Alice said that her husband is a writer and director and that he wrote a play about Caesar’s teens years when he was considered a loser. Alice’s husband also did a play in the “Standing Theatre” manner, where the audience is standing and the actors are walking around them.
About the Caesar play, Alice’s husband thought to make a movie from it but he didn’t want to recreate Roma as many others had done before. He then thought that Roma was like a prison for Caesar, so they decided to film inside prisons. At first they both thought the movie would take 6 months to be done, but it has been 24 years and it’s not done yet! Since they wanted to film into prisons, it’s a little difficult even if they got the permissions for 3 prisons. Fact is, it became a tool for prisons that used the filming as a rehabilitation tool.
When they were filming, they got propositions for co-production but they decided to pay all by themselves to remain free.
It’s a very unusual movie that talks about the prison in one’s mind, it’s kind of a parallel universe. They are now in the last phase of the movie but they promised to keep on working with the prisoners. Alice hopes that the audience will be interested in the movie.
A fan of Brian Krause then asked for anecdotes about “Sleepwalkers”:
Alice answered that Brian is lovely and that she was happy that he played her son.
She needed some time to understand that the movie wasn’t actually a horror movie. Stephen King is mocking himself. Alice saw her character as a Greek heroin: misunderstood. To enter in her character she bought a lot of red curtains and put them everywhere. Her character is a very physical woman. Red is the color of the woman.
She recalls a scene where she has to hit another actress. She was taught how to fake a hit but after the 15th time they did the scene again and again, she had to keep control of herself so she wouldn’t hit for real!
She also shared another horrifying anecdote for her: she had to learn how to shoot with a gun while she hates weapons. Alice explains that you first learn with ¼ of bullet, then ½, ¾ she never went above ¾ but she discovered to her greatest horror that it was indeed exciting to shoot. Besides her work as an actor is to immerse herself in the character who becomes an equal. She understood the sensation of power that can be felt when one has a gun and is using it.
Her favorite moment of the movie is when all the cats attack the house. To do this scene, the cats weren’t fed for 24h and once it was time to film, a wonderful meal was prepared and put at the other end of the set. When the cats were freed, they all ran to the food and that’s how they did the running towards the house.
Someone asked if there was something else that she didn’t like or was afraid of and Alice said that she was some kind of a fearless person. But she believes that if she was closed up in a small box she would have to work so she wouldn’t panic.
The next question was about “Silent Hill”, and if she had some anecdotes to share.
Alice admitted that this movie was one of the most bad experiences she had. She even regrets that she played in the movie.
Days before she went to the convention, Alice met the lady to whom she buys flowers in London and the lady said that she did saw that movie on television. As Alice told her that she didn’t like playing in the movie, the lady answered that she didn’t like watching the movie…
Alice regrets even more because she had no idea that it would be like that. She knew that the producer and director had seen her in her favorite movie called “The Insitute Benjamenta” and when she first read the script, she was happy to be part of the project. But when she joined the set, she discovered that the script had changed a lot, and had she known, she would never have agreed to play in the movie.
It was difficult for her because her character is not part of the game (actually, Alice doesn’t know the game) and the director had special plans for her. He basically drew all his darkness in her character. For 29 years that she had done this job, it was the very first time that she was looking for the end of the shooting. She adds to the anecdote about her dog who would avoid her for 3 weeks that her husband used all his self-control not to do the same as the dog!
Someone then points out that she is the first actress who played in “Star Trek” but who also portrayed an actress who played in “Star Trek” (Joan Collins).
The last question was about her guest roles and especially her role in “6 Feet Under” where she plays a spiritual gourou. Alice said that she did what she was asked to do but that she felt like a mad dog and as a result, she is quite embarrassed to talk about that role…