A period film, where you, for example, where you have a traditional wardrobes, you are bound to act a certain way. But in a modern film, a lot of body gesture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.
Intimate scenes or a kiss is a very technical aspect of filmmaking. It is extremely mechanical.
There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.
It's something that I learned even before I started acting: the movement, the dance of the body, is very important, and it comes before words.
It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.
The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.
I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
It's all about the sensuality of movement, every movement you make. That's why I love doing action movies. It's all about movement, dance - even if you're hitting someone in the face. You've got to sell it all with great passion. There's a narrative to the body. It's exactly the same as dance.