![]() ![]() It was just, like, a little introduction to Indy, so it didn?t give away any of the plot, so they used that 10-minute sequence at the beginning, because it introduced Paul Freeman?s character, it introduced Indy?ĪM: Exactly! All of that. You might be a bit too young, or you might remember, but at the time the movie was released, all the trailers featured me very prominently, because my little chunk of the movie had nothing to do with the rest of the film. I think the reason why it got such a high profile wasn?t because of the size of the role. You saved my bacon in more ways than one.ĪVC: How many times have people come up to you and said, ?You know, you really should?ve thrown him the whip?ĪM: It?s amazing. I was broke when that movie came around, and I?ve thanked Steven publicly many a time. I mean, we bought a cot, we bought a push chair, we bought a stroller, I got the little room that was going to be her bedroom decorated. When we finished filming, my ex-wife was in her seventh month of the pregnancy, and I?ll tell you, that money came in real handy. And I kind of went, ?What? Yeah!? And my agent said, ?We?ll try to get it up more,? but I said, ?No, no, that?s okay, I?ll take it!? Because my daughter was about to be born. At the time, at the theater where I was working, the top rate was, I think, £200 a week. I didn?t realize the protocols were so polite and pleasant! And then he offered me the job, and? I can remember the offer was £1,000 a week, and it was for three weeks? work. He said, ?This is what the movie?s about, blah blah blah, there?s a character here you might be interested in,? making it sound as if it was completely up to me. We just sat across a table, and we just talked. I had my Shakespeare piece ready, and I had my modern piece ready. I was expecting to have to audition, like you did in the theater. ![]() I met with Steven, and he didn?t even ask me to audition. But the theater was essentially my employer? and then this job came along. I was a jobbing actor, busy working, doing plays in small theaters or maybe the occasional bit of television. It was like a weird dream, in a way, because up until then I?d just been working in the theater. Spielberg was already a star director, Harrison was already a star actor, we shot most of it in England, and they cast me in England. I was so green, the carpenters were giving me notes. Hardly been in front of a camera before that. He received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Frida and has also been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, a British Independent Film Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Tony Awards."AM: Yeah! That was my first real movie. For his portrayal of Robert Aldrich in the miniseries Feud (2017), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. ![]() Molina`s work has brought him widespread acclaim. He portrayed Marvel Comics character Doctor Octopus in Sam Raimi`s Spider-Man 2 (2004) and will once again reprise the same role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He has voiced characters in Rango (2011), Monsters University (2013), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), and Frozen II (2019). On-screen, his best-known roles includeSatipo in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Kenneth Halliwell in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Mellersh Wilkins in Enchanted April (1992), Rahad Jackson in Boogie Nights (1997), Comte de Reynaud in Chocolat (2000), Diego Rivera in Frida (2002), Bishop Aringarosa in The Da Vinci Code (2006), Jack Mellor in An Education (2009), and George in Love Is Strange (2014). His other Broadway roles include Tevye in the musical Fiddler on the Roof from 2004 to 2005 and Mark Rothko in the play Red from 2009 to 2010. He made his film debut as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark and his Broadway debut as Yvan in the production of Art from 1998 to 1999. He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his performance in the production of Oklahoma! in 1980. Alfredo Molina is a British-American actor and voice actor who has appeared in over 200 films, television, and stage productions. ![]()
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