You may think to go from the intense Iraq war drama in real time ”Warfare“To play Romeo in” Romeo + Juliet “on Bradway May be a whiplash inducing rate change. And Kit Connor acknowledges directly that “they were two very, a lot, Very different projects. “
However, the 21-year-old actor found a comparison point. In the case of a question and answer for “warfare” performed by indieview, the English tespian noted how much Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland-Directed Movie rely on long takes to create her “real -time” sensitivity. That, plus the fact Intensive repetitions For these shoots, it was required in advance, was a similar energy to perform live on stage – where there is no room for errors.
“They were two very, very, very different projects,” Connor said. “But in many ways I found that” warfare “was one of the projects that has stretched me most as an actor. And I think that when you do any job (like this) they challenge you and they stretch you and you generally come out a better actor.”
“Because of how we shot this filmWe would often make 10, 15 minutes taking, “Connor continued.” And we would almost treat them, as Ray would say, as a mini -game. We would repeat them. We would drill them. We would go over and over again. We would bring it down to the other to a point where we could do it over and over again in front of the camera. And I think it really benefited me as an actor and then go and do another project on stage because you have to be able to stay in it and stay awake, stay present. “
Directed by Sam Gold and with music by Jack Antonoff, “Romeo + Juliet” bent last fall and closed on February 16. Rachel Zegler played Juliet to Connors Romeo. Connor had appeared on stage earlier, including playing Alexander in the old Vic’s production 2018 by “Fanny and Alexander” in London.
“Warfare” was definitely a simple experience for Connor. “I would say it was extremely formative to me,” he said. “I had never been on a project where so much was expected of us and we expected so much of ourselves. For example, if you played a character that had to wear a really big backpack or a really heavy gun for two months, we would work our donkeys to do it. And often when you trained for a movie.
