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Actors on Acting

Actors talk about their work on a specific performance or their career as a whole and their technical approach.

A headshot of writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat in front of a still of her film, I Blame Society. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 12, 2021

Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society

In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial killer.

Alex Heeney / January 20, 2021

‘He was always raw’: Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown in One Night in Miami…

Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown with a cool, level head in One Night in Miami…, exploring the character through rehearsals, and responding in the moment. We also talked to Kingsley Ben-Adir about his work on the film here. As Jim Brown, the football-star-turned-actor, and one of the four men hanging out on that fateful […]

A still of Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami in front of a still from the film, with the text 'Interview' over the image.

Orla Smith / January 14, 2021

‘The vulnerability of these men was the centre of the piece’: Kingsley Ben-Adir on One Night in Miami

Kingsley Ben-Adir on the challenge of playing Malcolm X in One Night in Miami as a man with vulnerabilities that the public rarely saw.

A still from Saint Frances next to headshots of director Alex Thompson and writer/star Kelly O'Sullivan. The text 'Interview' is over the image.

Lindsay Pugh / November 15, 2020

Saint Frances Interview: On shame, healing, abortion, and blood

Saint Frances director Alex Thompson and writer-star Kelly O’Sullivan on depicting abortion on screen, working with child actors, and telling personal stories.

Alex Heeney / September 28, 2020

An in-depth conversation with the women behind Mouthpiece

Director Patricia Rozema and actors Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, all of whom co-wrote Mouthpiece together, discuss adapting Mouthpiece from stage to screen, telling an unapologetically Canadian and feminist story, and much more. This interview is an excerpt. The full interview is only available in The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook. This article was originally published […]

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant in front of a still from their film Lucky. The image features text that says this is an interview for the Fantasia Film Fest.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2020

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky

Director Natasha Kermani and writer-star Brea Grant discuss their slasher horror-comedy Lucky, a film that makes the horrific impact of daily microaggressions visible.

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