[Movies] Nora Arnezeder Discusses Safe House, Maniac Remake and More
Posted by George H. Sirois on 02.09.2012
She loved working with Elijah Wood…
French actress Nora Arnezeder sat down for an interview with ComingSoon.net, where she discussed her role in the upcoming film Safe House, as well as her part in the remake of Maniac.
About her character in Safe House: She's a French girl working in the medical field. She's the lover of Matt, Ryan Reynolds' character. Her dream would be to go to Paris to live her love story with him. He tells her that he works for a clinic, but he works for the CIA and she'll find out one day. That's all it's about is her love for him, and the trust will be totally out of their relations when he tells her he works for the CIA.
The difference between working on an American film vs. a film in Paris: There's not a big difference because in Paris 36, I had a month and a half to work on my scenes, musical songs and dance. [For Safe House], Daniel Espinosa made me come to South Africa. We shot it in Cape Town, and he wanted me to be there two weeks before the shoot to get prepared and ready, to get to know Ryan, of course, and to get to know my character right in the heart of the action.
Has she seen the original version of Maniac?: You know what, I'm gonna watch it. I didn't want to watch it before I did this because the movie we shot with Elijah Wood is going to be a very different direction. I didn't want to be stuck in the first version, you know what I mean? It's going to be so different, shot in POV. Elijah Wood is something that is half-angel/half-devil, so you don't expect him as a killer/maniac, but I'm telling you, he's the man! He's the man for that movie, it's going to be fantastic. Also, I love Alexandre Aja [the screenwriter] and horror movies when they're well made. Aja did all my favorite horror movies. Also, Franck Khalfoun is the director, very talented, very modern rock 'n' roll guy. It was so cool. We shot it in downtown L.A., and it's kind of a psychological movie with a maniac. You're inside the maniac, and it's very interesting.
