[Interview] Andrew James West

Interview

Publié le 06/10/2015 à 16h22 par Grégory

Andrew James West

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Acteur

Filmographie sélective :
"Under the Dome" (Série - 2015)
"The Walking Dead" (Série - 2014)
"Bipolar" (Cinéma - 2014)
"Greek" (Série - 2009)

Actuellement à l'affiche du film "Bipolar", nous avons eu la possibilité d'interviewer l'acteur Andrew J. West connu en outre pour avoir jouer le rôle de Gareth dans la mythique série "The Walking Dead".

How did you start your career in cinema ?

I was prompted to move to Los Angeles after attending Indiana University. At IU, I took acting classes and lived with a film studies major. The film studies major needed material for his classes, so I began writing and acting in films for him. By the time I had graduated and had a little experience being in front of the camera as well as being on stage, I decided I was ready to move to LA and pursue a career in acting. When I arrived in LA it was just a matter of figuring out how to get into audition rooms.

Why you wanted to become an actor ?

I was driven to do something creative, and I think that I discovered early on that I was probably better at acting than I was at music or painting or really anything else. Since I began acting professionally, I can say that I do truly love to go to work.

In Bipolar, you interpret two completely different characters in the same body (Harry Poole / Edward Grey), have you had difficulty interpreting these two characters ?

Playing two separate roles in a film inspired by Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde is extremely challenging, but I didn't want to focus on creating two totally separate characters as much as I wanted to focus on finding different impulses in myself and different sides to my own personality that I could tap into for each of the two characters. I wanted Harry and Edward to feel like the same person, but one version of this person gives into and celebrates his impulses in a totally different way than the other.

Tell us briefly about your experience in the movie "Bipolar" ? An anecdote may be ?

Bipolar was shot almost entirely in the director's house and shooting in a few closed-in areas in the same house every day had interesting effects on me that became useful from an acting standpoint. It was easy to feel a sense of isolation and alienation, especially when my character spends so much time interacting directly with the camera. I think it certainly helped in bringing the two characters to life.

Which director would you like to work ? And why ?

I'd like to work with Cary Joji Fukunaga. I was a big fan of the first season of True Detective and I love the atmosphere that he creates in his work.

Which actor or actress would you like to work ? And why ?

I wish that I had gotten the opportunity to work with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I think he was probably the single greatest actor around. I would have loved to see him work first-hand.

If we gave you the opportunity to play the role of your choice (movie or series), which it would be and why ?

When I'm older I'd love to take on a role similar to Walter White in Breaking Bad. I'd like to be given a complicated character that has a very specific and difficult goal to achieve. Acting is always the most fun when those elements are present in a story and in a character.

What are your future projects ?

I'm going to make an appearance in the upcoming series Minority Report on FOX and I recently wrapped a film called Middle Man. It's a dark comedy in which I co-star with Jim O'Heir.

What would you like to leave as a message to all your fans ?

I love the idea of cinema as a communal experience. If you love movies, I encourage you to go out and see them with an audience in a theater as much possible. I think that experiencing a story as a group, even if it's with people you don't know, adds a significant and valuable element to storytelling.

Nous remercions Andrew pour avoir pris le temps de réaliser cette interview.

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