This year’s Cannes has been a publicity blitz for The Golden Compass and New Line kindly invited BridgeToTheStars.net to interview the major stars of the film. Roundtables were held with Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Sam Elliot and director Chris Weitz. The print journalists there asked most of the questions, but we were lucky to get a few in to each member of the cast. As the only fans there, ours were the ones asking about the books!
We start our interview reports with Daniel Craig and will be posting the 4 other interviews over the next few days – so look out for those! Daniel was very dapper for the occasion, turned out in his purple shirt and with a flower in his jacket. He exhibited a habit of frequently fondling his ear during the talk.
We captured full audio of the interviews, which turned out surprisingly legible – the quality is not broadcast material, but it’s perfectly listenable and well worth doing so to hear the stars in their own voices. Press the play button on the player above (below the image), or click here to download the file directly. (BttS’ question is at 11.03)
The full transcript of the interview is below: we recommend listening and having the words ready to read at the same time.
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CBBC’s Newsround have posted online their Tuesday interview with Dakota Blue Richards. The star of The Golden Compass had originally heard about the auditions on the programme and told them how she went along to open auditions in Cambridge to try out for the part of Lyra because she was such a fan of the books. “I like to do what I’m told not to do, just because someone’s told me not to do it,” she said. “I really liked the character and so I thought I might as well go to the auditions. I didn’t really believe it at first until they were saying ‘Oh you’re going to come to set and do costume fittings’ and I was like ‘what?'”
Watch the interview or read more.
The LA Times reports that the actor originally contracted to play Lyra’s daemon Pantalaimon – Adam Godley – has been replaced by the 15 year old British actor Freddie Highmore. The youth was apparently chosen for having “a youthful and vulnerable quality, bringing more intimacy between the two characters.”
