That sounds about right!
Why were you so nervous?
Well, I guess because its a remake and, of course, I never saw the original.
I was waiting for this all to be done, to just sit down and watch it.
I was looking for something, anything that moved me.
So the medium, whether it is TV or film, is irrelevant to me.
But it worked out because, while that was going on, this one came across.
I read the material and knew nothing aboutThe Prisoner.
I read the first two scripts and I said, This is amazing!
and they said, Wait until you get the next two!
And how was it working with Ian McKellen?
He is an actor.
With him there are personal things.
But he was like Ian McKellen, these people were born to act.
I made that film with him 10 years ago and it just goes like this!
I used a lot of him as the count, watching him, picking up his energy.
His great, great fury.
There was something lying behind that mans eyes that I think a lot of guys have.
You meet these really great, sweet, sports guys and you think theyre a push over.
You get them on the field [snaps fingers] and it switches.
Yeah, remember that scene where we put all the treasure chests up?
And its like its insatiable.
Even though Abbe Faria told me, Do not commit the crime, you now serve the sentence for.
I never think Im good enough, yet I always think Im going to show you!
It doesnt matter, busted lip, broken nose Ill keep getting up.
How was that nurtured?
How did the director approach it and how did you as an actor establish that?
There was a piece in the film…
I remember where he (Quaid) said, I love you, son.
But (my involvement inSuperman) just never came to be, you know?
I wouldnt count on it, but you never know.
No, thank you, Jim Caviezel!
The Prisoner is being releasedon Blu-ray and DVDin the UK on May 3rdby ITV Studios Home Entertainment.
