My life has been changed by falling in love, so I know that whilst that is a romantic idea and in this case fictional, it’s something that has happened to me. Russell Brand: This is why this film resonated so strongly with me and why I’m so happy with it. SheKnows: Do you think your life mirrors Arthur’s in the sense that you have fallen in love and it changed your life? Russell Brand: I felt very shy and embarrassed about it as a matter of fact, but they were such lovely underpants that I was kind of grateful. SheKnows: At one point, you have to run around in your underwear. Russell Brand: I enjoyed wearing the suit because it had Clooney musk in it and it had the pheromones of George Clooney and I’d like to think that I may have absorbed them. SheKnows: So tell us, what was it like wearing the real Batman suit George Clooney wore? This is 2011 and it is important to see a resolution to the problem of alcoholism and that’s one of the aspects, as a recovering alcoholic myself, I was particularly happy with how that was rendered. It was very important that we established a context where the alcoholism was humorous and good fun, but was not irresponsibly portrayed. Although he is, of course, arrested at the beginning of the film. The difference of course is that Arthur is a fictional alcoholic and has much more latitude for clowning and fun and often his adventures don’t lead to broken glass and howling women. Russell Brand: Yes, I’m such a thorough actor that I did two decades of research just to make sure it was a 100 percent right. Also, was it hard to play an addict when you yourself are in recovery? SheKnows: Arthur is an alcoholic, yet how it’s dealt with in this film is slightly different than the original. The reason why the film resonated with me is because I think Arthur is a person without direction and love gives him that. I think the first thing you do when you fall in love is that you recognize that you’re not the most important person in the world and your focus becomes another person. Russell Brand: Like in Arthur, I think love has an incredibly transformative quality. SheKnows: First of all, you have said that your life changed when you fell in love with Katy.
He has done the impossible - made us think of someone else in an iconic role beyond the person who made it famous. As Arthur, he comes out of his strictly comedic acting shell and gives a performance that is equally treasured and triumphant. Enter Greta Gerwig’s Naomi and soon audiences see Brand in a new light. Then, literally Brand’s Arthur stumbles on what could be the love of his life. With all his excesses and perceived fullness of life, Arthur is without romantic love. When his mother threatens to cut off his millions unless he marries, Arthur decides to marry Jennifer Garner’s Susan. The revamp of the 1980s classic features Brand as a lovable billionaire who is lost in life without any prospect for a fruitful future and Helen Mirren stars as his faithful nanny. Russell Brand landed in Los Angeles to discuss his latest potential hit movie, Arthur.
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