Production notes, artwork, and such are fun to view, but rarity are the gems within. For Dorian Gray, fans are given access to production, directorial, costume, and actor perspectives. Twenty-five pages of insight, like:
Ben Barnes said about his character: “I read the book in my teens and I think for a lot of people it’s one of the first novels they read on their own. A lot of people read it because teachers think it’s forward thinking, exciting and shocking. Principally for me it’s always going to be the character in the context of the story. Getting this role was one of those massive challenges and it wasn’t going to get any greater than this”.
Colin Firth noted: “When you’re playing older it’s to do with how your eyes see the world, it’s not to do with how many wrinkles you have. There’s no alertness, no sense of being introduced to every new sight. I think Ben is also at some level following that rule. Young Dorian is someone who’s always a bit surprised, a bit awkward and you feel like the world is always ambushing him; old Dorian is very hard to have an effect on. Olly (Parker) was always saying wisely that Henry holds himself in a certain way that says ‘I’m not old’, but there’s a huge power shift when Dorian comes back from his travels”.
Speaking of artwork, this poster and some stills are available for download on the site as well as the trailer.
Wonderful to see the marketing ramp up for this film. TIFF and other film festivals are showing the movie. This means whatever kinks the test audiences saw have been ironed out. OHG is satisfied with the recent developments.
Save for: a US release date. Maybe some info next week?
We'll see . . . we'll keep you reading about Dorian Gray for weeks to come!
Source: Momentum Pictures
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