Monica Bellucci Interview: Memory
Few actors are as internationally successful and renowned as Monica Bellucci, whose talent and beauty are proclaimed the world over. In her latest film Memory, which arrives in theaters on April 29, she plays a manipulative antagonist and a mother who will stop at nothing to protect her son.
Opposite her is none other than Liam Neeson, of Taken and The Grey fame, playing a man prepared to take vengeance on those who tried to make him betray his moral code. Casino Royale director Martin Campbell helmed the action thriller that brought these two forces of nature together.
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Bellucci spoke to Screen Rant about wanting to work with Neeson, peeling back the layers of a character that was very against type for her, and the genius of director Martin Campbell.
Screen Rant: Congrats on this movie. To play on the title a little bit. What was the most memorable moment that you had on set?
Monica Bellucci: Oh, many of them. I wanted to work with Liam Neeson.
[My character] is very violent, but very strong. The character was so interesting for me, because Davana Sealman is the CEO of a hedge fund, which invests in many different businesses, and she asked her lawyer to hire hitmen that can kill the witnesses that can prove that her son is a sexual deviant. She doesn't want this information to come out in order to protect herself, her son, and her business. She's described as a natural sociopath. She's intelligent and charming, but at the same time, cold and manipulative.
[In] some aspects, she's a monster, but in others, she's a human being, and playing this duality is what interested me with this role. I wanted to break the mold in which I've been cast many times in
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