28 Years Later: Jodie Comer & Ralph Fiennes talk nudity

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The stars have teamed up with Danny Boyle to continue the legendary horror franchise, but audiences can expect more than they bargained for. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Mmm, he's amazing.

00:02I was so delighted that he made an approach.

00:05It really struck me when I watched the film last week, actually,

00:08because I was like, oh, my gosh.

00:09Hello. Hello.

00:10Two of my favourite actors working today.

00:12Or any other day.

00:14I know you can't take this face very seriously, but I mean that.

00:17Rafe, last time I spoke to you,

00:19I didn't mention something that I regretted,

00:21which is your reading of the line,

00:23what did a tour so simple in Hail Caesar,

00:26is one of my all-time favourite moments in the film.

00:28It lives in my head, rent-free, trippingly.

00:33It makes me wonder,

00:34are any lines of your own or other people in film

00:37that kind of just stay in there and won't leave?

00:41God, not that I can think of.

00:43If it was there, it would be there, believe me.

00:44I know, that's what I mean.

00:45If somebody asked me this, I'd be like,

00:46what did a tour so simple, like, immediately?

00:48Don't worry about it.

00:4928 years later, let's go on to this, shall we?

00:51This film is a bit batshit, really, isn't it?

00:56In a good way.

00:57It feels like a film that's been made with, like,

00:59a really bold autonomy,

01:01which makes it kind of alive and unpredictable

01:04and interesting at every turn.

01:06Quintessential sort of like Danny Boyle, really.

01:09So what's your experience of Mr. Boyle?

01:12How's this been for you guys working with him?

01:14Mmm, he's amazing.

01:16I think we all had a really beautiful experience on this movie.

01:21You know, he's a, he's a man who, he's incredibly personable

01:27and innovative and excitable and engaging.

01:33So to kind of just work with that level of enthusiasm and intellect is,

01:38you know, to be kind of led by a director as an actor in that way is a real dream.

01:43Right, it's been, you've been in this industry for a long time

01:47and Danny's been making a name for himself for 25, 30 years almost.

01:52Have you ever come close to you guys coming together in the past?

01:56No, no, I somehow, yes, I was so delighted that he made an approach.

02:02I love meeting him.

02:03I think he's a fantastic human being, great man, very warm, smart,

02:09perceptive, kind, supportive, carries all those qualities onto the set.

02:17Very, just, you feel supported, you feel nurtured.

02:21There's also the way he puts across a suggestion, an idea, a directorial,

02:26you know, something he's inclined to want you to do or try.

02:32He does it in a way that feels, you know, very constructive and in enthusiasm.

02:38It's interesting you say that because one thing that does stand out in this film,

02:42and I wouldn't usually bring it up because it sounds crass,

02:44but there's a lot of nudity, zombie nudity,

02:48but I feel it's used so much, it's kind of an obvious choice to unnerve and unsettle,

02:54and there's part of you which is, like, kind of uncomfortable seeing it in a kind of giggly way,

03:00and then there's a terror and a fear and whatnot.

03:02What was that experience like, that idea, was that put forward to you guys?

03:06Were you aware it was going to be that in your face when you signed up?

03:10It's funny, I never really questioned it.

03:12It was, for me, it was just, like, kind of them going back to the way in which we come into the world,

03:18which is bare and it's primal and it's animalistic, do you know what I mean?

03:22So I really never questioned it.

03:26Of course, kind of terrifying when you're being chased by an alpha like that,

03:32but, yeah, it was something I just didn't, I guess I was in. I was invested.

03:38It helped shift kind of tonally, because the moments I'd be terrified,

03:42sometimes I'd be, like, kind of uncomfortable, and that led to me, cards on the table,

03:47it's the first time I've had a little weep in a press screening in all the many years I've done this job,

03:53and it's the scene in the third act with you guys, and I don't want to talk about it too much

03:56because I'll get slaughtered online for giving away what happens, but it's very, very poignant.

04:01What was it like, especially with young Alfie, who's brilliant in this, kind of filming that?

04:08It could be a film in itself, really, that whole section with you guys.

04:12Yeah, it was, the way the film closes in that last act with the three of us, with Jodie and Alfie,

04:20and I think we all felt, as written on the page, it's a very tender and painful thing that's been,

04:30that these characters are having to accept, which I think it's a conversation you'll find people are having everywhere all the time.

04:41So, that suddenly, this very real, tragic confrontation with mortality, and the way it's written.

04:51I think Alex's writing around that was so sensitive and fine and beautiful.

04:56And I think, I know, I felt completely bowled over by seeing, watching Jodie in that sequence.

05:04That was very wonderful to see with Alfie, it was brilliant.

05:07It was, I think Danny nurtures that sensitivity.

05:11It's something about, you know, the director, it's the spirit of the director,

05:15which allows those energies to flow and actors to feel they've got the arena to go to a place.

05:22And I feel like Danny's emotions are so readily available.

05:25You know, like he's, in those kind of moments, he's, he feels really present within that.

05:31And it really struck me when I watched the film last week, actually, because I was like,

05:35oh my gosh, you feel like Kelsen, Kelsen's energy is like, you feel so held by him.

05:41Like what he's kind of providing the characters and helping facilitate as an audience.

05:46You feel so comforted by him, which you're so ready.

05:51You're kind of really needing at that time.

05:53And it's so surprising as well to come from where it comes from.

05:55I can't give too much of the plot away.

05:57I was just very glad there was at least another 10 or 15 minutes left to pull myself together

06:01before I had to leave into the daylight.

06:03Anyway, guys, love your work as always.

06:05Looking forward to the next one.

06:07And I will catch you down the road, I guess.

06:10Nice to see you again.

06:11Cheers, guys.

06:12Well, we haven't taken care of.

06:13You know, tame life.

06:15It's cool rather than with a moment.

06:17I'm beginning to be talking about doing things to do locates.

06:20But eventually, if we been on a scene, right?

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