Director Of Little Ashes Compliments Rob

Little Ashes director, Paul Morrison conveys very complementary words about Rob. In this exclusive (and fascinating) interview, conducted as the movie was being seen by distributors in the UK, he discusses his hopes for the movie and his opinion of Rob.

Did you do research into the characters, or did you leave more of that up to the actors?

Well in the period I described to you, when you’re honing the script, I don’t do too much research. I like my head to be clear, to think about the drama and the writing of the story. (I do more) afterward, when I’m going to be asked loads of questions by really smart actors (laughs) - particularly Robert, who’s very very smart. Every actor is different, some just work from the page some like to do a lot of research. For me it was important that the actors weren’t mimicking the characters, particularly with Dali where there is a lot of media and footage and people have an idea about him in their heads – a caricature of Dali. These were young guys and it was very important that they act from their hearts rather than their heads.

Read the entire interview here.