Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Play Someone Younger

Nama Hotel - The 57-year-old actor portrays ancient Greek god Zeus in new action film Clash of the Titans. He says the role is one of the first of many “father” characters he will take on because he now feels too old to be the leading man. “I guess age has something to do with it," he said. "I'm not about to play the quarterback on the high school team. I'm not someone who feels the need to play younger than my years.

Hotel di Surabaya “I'm drawn to a part because I believe I can do something with it, and part of that is recognising your strengths and weaknesses as an actor, but it's also recognising what people see, and what they will believe.”

Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton also star in Clash of the Titans. Liam says they all felt like schoolchildren again while they were shooting the film because it involved so many amazing stunts and special effects.

“I certainly tapped into that childhood sense of memory," he told Irish film website movies.ie. "You know, playing soldiers, having adventures, shoot-outs, car chases, all that. I think that's a big part of acting really - just tapping into that childhood imagination, that ease children have in believing they're someone else.

“That this parked car they're sitting in is really a tank, or the garden shed is really a prison, or a bank, or whatever. So, on that level, yeah, I got excited. I think it'd be a shame if I ever walked on a set and wasn't excited."

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