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HBO:
What were your first impressions of the
project?
Radha Mitchell:
Well, I met (writer, director) Scott Burns about
a year before the film got made. I had read the
script and thought it was really well written.
So we met and then ended up becoming
friends. I was just really impressed with him
because he has a very encompassing kind of
vision.
HBO:
Your character is quite a courageous woman
who's living under very trying circumstances.
Radha Mitchell:
Yes. I connected to her determination. She's
has a quiet strength, and I thought that was
interesting to play. It was just a fascinating
world to explore. We worked with a woman
who was the granddaughter of someone in
Russia who invented the nuclear bomb for the
Russians. And that was part of my attraction
to the character.
I think it's important to mention that in a lot
of these countries where the infrastructure
has fallen apart you have very dangerous
nuclear power stations being run by people
who have limited resources, and because of
that there are a lot of situations where things
are being covered up. And that's a reality.
While we were shooting in Romania somebody
was busted on the border with some sort of
nuclear substance in their car which they
were actually trafficking. That was in the
paper while we were there, so it was kind of
strange to be telling that story ourselves.
HBO:
Is this a different kind of role for you?
Radha Mitchell:
It's an interesting role because she's sort of a
supportive character, and yet at the end she
kind of holds the story up and gives what
could be a very bleak ending a sense of hope.
And it was nice to be able to play that part
because a lot of what goes on between her and
her husband can't be articulated, it's almost
too terrible to talk about, and it's something
he can't acknowledge. So, a lot of what you
see is this kind of suspicious caring, like she
knows something is wrong, and yet none of it
is articulated. And the horror of the fact that
everybody is sort of using these people kind of
like human batteries. Nobody is protecting
their interests; they're just using the energy of
these people.
HBO:
What do you hope audiences take away from
this story?
Radha Mitchell:
There's so much going on in the world that we
take for granted and don't question. This story
is an eye opener. It's gonna make you laugh
and it's gonna make you cry. But hopefully it's
gonna make you think.
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