On the surface, a film set primarily in one hotel room with a pair of actors might seem simple. But in the case of “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” which premieres Jan. 22 at the Sundance Film Festi…
, what unfolds is a frank, funny and touching adventure as these two very different individuals get to know one another and themselves a little better.spoke with Thompson, McCormack and Hyde about putting together the film, which was shot in 19 days. Says Thompson with a laugh, “Sometimes I look back and think: ‘How the hell did we do that?’”Emma Thompson:
Yes, she was in my second “Nanny McPhee” and she’s a wonderful writer and woman. She sent me this and said, “I’m trying to get this made.” And I read it and just said, “You have to do this. And please, please let me be in it!” Because it was so funny and so ready. It wasn’t like I read it and said, “This is a germ of an idea that needs work.” It was doable. Though she and Sophie still worked quite hard on it before we started.
Daryl, when the script came to you, Emma was already attached. Was that exciting or intimidating or —Well, it was kind of funny because I was told by my agent to read this script and the letter said Emma Thompson was attached. As I kept turning the pages, I was like, “Wait, I think there’s only two people in this movie!” I mean, I’m still kind of relatively starting off in my career so to be even be considered to hold a film with someone like Emma was unfathomable. I couldn’t believe it.
This film features two people in one location. But that brings about all sorts of other issues and forces you to be even more creative. Did you find it challenging?I found it one of the most satisfying professional experiences of my life because it was, in a way, the purest form of acting you can do. One space, no props. There’s nothing to do. It’s Peter Brook time. It’s as pure as it gets. The landscape is the emotional landscape.
Emma, was Nancy difficult for you to access or do you feel you knew her pretty well even before filming started?I’ve always known Nancy. I know the history in this country, particularly, of the puritanical responses to sex. The inability to talk about it, or recognize it’s difficult nature. The conversations that exist around sex in my culture are either depressing, or just not very inspiring. I’m sure she’s not uncommon – a woman of 62 who’s never had an orgasm, even on her own.
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