Amanda Collin & Abubakar Salim on Raised by Wolves, Ridley Scott and finding their inner android
To celebrate the release of Raised by Wolves, the hit HBO sci-fi series, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the show’s two leads to get their reactions to the show’s release and more.
Raises by Wolves centres on two androids – Mother (Amanda Colin) and Father (Abubakar Salim) – who are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences, the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.
Executive produced by Ridley Scott, Raised by Wolves follows Alien, Blade Runner and Westworld in confronting humanity’s connection to artificial intelligence, good and bad, and how our world may look much different in the future. Colin and Salim give us their thoughts on the reactions to the show so far, fan theories, working with Scott and their “chats” together and finding their inner android.
You can watch the full interview below:
Raised By Wolves is available on digital download now.
Lady Gaga a Roma per le riprese di «Gucci» firmato da Ridley Scott
Lady Gaga è arrivata a Roma come una vera diva per girare un film che è già attesissimo. Ovvero Gucci di Ridley Scott, il film sull’assassinio di Maurizio Gucci su mandato della moglie Patrizia Reggiani (qui l’ultima intervista: «Chiedevo a tutti: c’è qualcuno che ha il coraggio di ammazzare mio marito?») che il regista di Blade Runner aveva inizialmente proposto a Leonardo DiCaprio e Angelina. Saranno invece Adam Driver e Lady Gaga i protagonisti (la cantante interpreta il ruolo di Patrizia Reggiani), in un cast che vede schierati grandissimi nomi, tra cui anche i premi Oscar, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jared Leto e Jeremy Irons. Le riprese dovrebbero cominciare proprio a marzo.
Lady Gaga con il look da diva a Roma Dunque Lady Gaga è appena giunta in Italia. Ne dà notizia il sito di Rolling Stone che mostra anche una foto dell’artista che gira per Roma con un nuovo look: non più biondo platino sfoggiato per l’Inauguration Day di Joe Biden, ma castana, con occhiali scuri e vestito leopardato. Per partecipare alle riprese, che si terranno in giro per l’Italia, Lady Gaga si è trasferita a Roma, dove ha preso un meraviglioso attico in affitto, nel centro della Capitale, che affaccia sui Fori Imperiali. L’artista avrebbe scelto di prendere in affitto un appartamento e non di andare in albergo, a causa della pandemia.
Il caso Gucci Maurizio Gucci viene ucciso il 27 marzo del 1995 a Milano con un colpo di pistola mentre sta entrando nel palazzo dove si trova la casa di moda, in centro a Milano. Patrizia Reggiani, ex moglie di Maurizio Gucci, è la mandante dell’omicidio. Viene condannata a 26 anni di reclusione. Il 9 novembre 2000 tenta di togliersi la vita in carcere, ma viene salvata. Per lei viene proposto il regime di libertà, ma lo rifiuta preferendo rimanere in cella. Il 20 febbraio 2017 torna il libertà.
Jared Leto Is Threatening an “Opposite McConaissance”
Performances by Jared Leto tend to elicit a response. His latest, as the serial killer Albert Sparma in John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things, is no different—like much of Twitter, even Leto himself didn’t see his Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor coming. Meanwhile, he has already moved on. He’ll soon be joining designer and friend Alessandro Michele in the Italian countryside, where he’ll hide out and prep for Ridley Scott’s forthcoming film about the Gucci family. For W’s annual Best Performances issue, Leto discusses his transformation into Sparma and his feelings on rom-coms.
Your character, Albert Sparma, really is the villain, but you present him in such an ambivalent, ambiguous way, as if maybe he didn’t even do it.
He has some issues. He’s a bit of an outsider, a lone wolf, a black sheep, someone who really doesn’t fit in so well. But I found him to be a pretty charming guy. I don’t know, there’s something about him I found really endearing, and I thought he had a great, very dark sense of humor. I think he always found it really hard to find his place in society. He’s a pretty smart guy, and he got interested in being an amateur detective, which was a way to really use his brain. He falls into this kind of world and lives in the shadows a bit. I do think there’s a lot of gray area. It’s like this classic crime thriller that subverts the genre, and leaves you with more questions than answers.
Did you gain weight for the part?
I did a lot of things. It was a big physical transformation, from head to toe. I had a fake nose, fake teeth, and brown eyes. I changed my voice, the way that I walk. I changed my body quite a bit. You know, John Lee and I talked about how far we could walk toward that line without crossing it. We wanted to push it as much as we could. I was just interested in transforming, which is something I love in acting. It’s exciting and really a lot of fun for me.
The car was very specific.
It is a specific car. It was interesting to shoot in Los Angeles, because it’s basically a character in the film, and a really important character. We spent a lot of nights exploring the shadows of this city, which was interesting to do in that period car. It was a part of who he was.
Yes, and also the trunk space.
Standard. There was a line in that scene with Denzel Washington, and at the end, he kept asking all these questions about the car. I said to him, “Wow, you really like my car, don’t you?” It was really fun to play Albert Sparma because he’s the type of person who says whatever is on his mind, even if it’s jarring or uncomfortable. He just dives in and he invades people’s personal space without meaning to. He doesn’t have quite a gauge to understand some of those things. I’m thankful to Denzel Washington and Rami Malek a great deal, because they really let me play. They let me take the gloves off and just go for it.
What was the first movie that you really loved?
I was just thinking that Albert Sparma and Hannibal Lecter—Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs—would probably be really good friends. Albert is like the low-fi version of him.
When you were growing up, was there an actor who made you want to do this for a living?
Denzel Washington. Denzel, for me, is Brando. He’s like Beethoven and Brando wrapped into one. I just think if you look at his career, I don’t know if anyone’s had that kind of consistency. I’ve never seen him not be great, ever, in anything—just how much he puts into his roles, the physicality. He puts his heart and his soul and his intellect into it, and just the charisma is absolutely insane. This was a master class in acting for me.
Would you ever do a rom-com?
You know, I was threatening to do, like, an opposite McConaissance. I just go dive straight into early-2000s-style rom-coms. Shoot on the beach in either Mexico or Hawaii—that’s contractual. Eight-hour days, maybe six, just show up and have a blast. The hardest part of preparation is the keto diet. That’s basically what it’s going to come down to. Avoiding those carbs can be tough work.
Leto wears a Gucci blazer, shirt, and pants. Grooming by Marcus Francis for Kevin Murphy at A-Frame; skin by Jamie Taylor for Augustinus Bader at the Wall Group.
Do you get offered those parts, or do people think you’re not interested?
I do get offered rom-coms, and I’m completely available for them starting in 2023. I’m really quite fortunate and grateful that I get offered really tough challenges and transformational roles. They seem to be the most common. Next up is the Ridley Scott film about the Gucci murder and the famiglia, with Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, and Jeremy Irons. We’re going to be filming in Italy.
How does Alessandro Michele [creative director of Gucci] feel about this?
He’s looking forward to it as much as I am. Italy is fantastic, he’s fantastic, but both of them together are just perfection. I think the plan is to go hide out at his place in the countryside and prepare for the role. That’ll be fun.