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Eric Bana tells Philippa Hawker how he came to be playing Henry VIII.
IT'S GOOD to be the king. And for a certain amount of time, at least, says Eric Bana, playing Henry VIII has a few intriguing ramifications. "There's something oddly satisfying about playing a very powerful figure. You get a little whiff of what it's like to be someone in those shoes. It's part-time narcissism, isn't it? But then you go back to wardrobe, and put your jeans and T-shirt on and become a mere mortal again."
Bana plays a supremely powerful king in his new film The Other Boleyn Girl, based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, about a Tudor love triangle: the story, somewhat fictionalised, of a genuine and complicated relationship between the young Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman), the mistress who become his second wife, and Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson), Anne's sister, who was also the king's mistress for a time.
The film depicts a young, vigorous monarch, a long way from the bloated Holbein figure that is the familiar, iconic image of Henry. Bana did some research into the period, he says, rather than looking at other cinematic depictions of the character but at the same time, he adds, it wasn't the thought of playing a semi-legendary historical figure that interested him. He wasn't sure, when he first read the script, which role he was being offered. "And I never looked on it as a historical piece. I looked at the character as a man at the centre of a story, caught between these two women, and I asked myself, 'Can I play him?' "
Yet, inevitably, he says, he has to take into account the power his character wields, the way he uses and abuses his authority, his privilege, his ability to command and be obeyed.
"It's interesting how easily you can justify the behaviour of your character." Indeed, he says, that's precisely his job: as an actor "you're the one person who doesn't morally sit in judgement."
Choosing the next role is, he says, about reading and reading, finding in a script something "that you want to be able to devote 90% of your life to for a certain period." There's a cost, he says, to the total immersion that working on a film requires: "a big chunk of your year disappearing into a performance and everything else coming second".
His family travel with him when he works but inevitably "I play a very token husband and father during that period, a silhouette of the guy they get back at the end of the film."
Bana makes a point of reading as many scripts as he can, including projects that don't have a role for him - he likes to follow the progress of particular writers, to keep up with the work they're doing. You can love a script, he says, yet know that you can't work with a particular director. It isn't about ego, he says; it's about making sure he is in a position to do his best work.
"If someone is insecure, or paranoid about actors, or not willing to let actors experiment, you run a million miles."
Even in the best possible circumstances, it's still a gruelling business, he adds. He loves the mechanics of filmmaking, he drives cinematographers crazy with his interest in what they do, he's fascinated by the experience of working with and learning from different directors. Collaboration is what the creative process is all about, yet for an actor on set "all you can know is you're in touch with your character, and the rest of it is out of your control".
He likes to give a director "varying versions, to do a scene 10 different ways - but you don't know which one they're going to choose".
Eventually, he thinks, he might direct but some time in the future, when his children are older. He has ideas, he says, for projects for himself. One figure who fascinates him is the legendary racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari, "an interesting man with an amazing story". But he knows that at the moment he doesn't have the time to pursue them: "The producer and writer side of me says, 'I've got to take the time off to devote to that and the actor side of me reads a script and goes, nuh, I'm taking this.'
"You have so many voices in your head: actor, producer, father, husband, mate, car-racing buff, guy that wants to go to the footy, and they're all yelling at each other. Whoever's got the loudest voice at the time ..."
The Other Boleyn Girl is now screening.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/binterviewb-eric-bana-tells-how-he-came-to-be-playing-henryviii/2008/03/13/1205126065341.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
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ERIC Bana is set to go where no man has gone before _ or, at least, where Brad Pitt wishes he could, but can't.
The Australian actor is set to star in two space-travel films, including one Pitt and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston had coveted for themselves before they split in 2005.
Bana said he was very excited about the two projects - The Time Traveller's Wife and Star Trek XI - which are expected to cost more than $150 million to make.
Pitt, who is said to be obsessed about wanting to travel back in time, and Aniston had the rights to The Time Traveller's Wife.
But after they divorced, the rights to the story and the film roles came up for grabs.
"I was very fortunate to get that, as it was originally for Brad and Jennifer many years ago - it was their pet project before they broke up,'' Bana said.
"It's a great screenplay and a much coveted role. It was completed just before Christmas and should be out later this year.''
Bana, 39, plays a librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time-travel when he is stressed.
He said the film was "more a love story than a sci-fi flick''.
For sci-fi, he has the 11th instalment of the Star Trek movie enterprise, which began filming last year for release in 2009.
Bana, who plays villain Nero, said he was not a Trekkie but loved the Star Trek series and the Nero character.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23381358-5001026,0 0.html
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there are rumour that say that Eric is in the casting together Gerard Butler and Liv Tyler, together others actors for did a new film if is true the romour will be a great casting for one film. 
http://www.gerardbutler-afterdark.com/2008/06/purrfect-ensemble.html
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