{"id":137,"date":"2002-04-30T10:11:53","date_gmt":"2002-04-30T17:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/?p=137"},"modified":"2008-09-10T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T17:12:56","slug":"martin-donovan-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Martin Donovan in Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

ET Online<\/em><\/a>
\nMartin Donovan in Heaven<\/strong>
\nApril 27, 1999<\/p>\n

In the new film ‘Heaven’ MARTIN DONOVAN plays a strung-out and enraged architect. We talked with him about how he prepared for such a heavy role!<\/p>\n

Entertainment Tonight Online: What drew you to ‘Heaven?’<\/p>\n

Martin Donovan: SCOTT REYNOLDS came to me and said basically that they had thought of me for this from the very beginning. The script was really intriguing. It was a great and multi-dimensional role. It was pretty much a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

ETO: What was your feeling on the changes between the script and the final product? Was it what you thought it would be?<\/p>\n

Martin: This script was so incredibly complicated. It was written in the way we sort of see it cut together. In shooting it, everybody realized that it was sort of next to impossible for even make-up artists and actors to remember what day we were on. It was so complicated that Scott took out each day’s events scenes. He took them out and put them all together so we knew that day what we were doing. There was a whole evolution to it. He kept trimming it and cutting it and getting it down to the essentials. It was a long way from the script to the final version. Needless to say, I’m very happy with the result. I think it really succeeds. I think Scott achieved what he wanted to do in a really compelling way.<\/p>\n

ETO: There were a lot of serious themes in the movie. What was the mood like on the set?<\/p>\n

Martin: I remember sort of having to access all of this anger and bitterness in a kind of strung out way. I was in that world kind of wrapped up in my own stuff. I would say the set in general was a very pleasant experience. It was a beautiful place to be and work. The crew was great. There wasn’t an unusual amount of spillover from the content to the proceedings.<\/p>\n

ETO: You’re playing a character that is strung out and enraged. How does that effect you?<\/p>\n

Martin: I’m still trying to figure that out. It’s one of the things that I’m fascinated by. I wonder how much a role affects me personally. For many years I thought that it didn’t, but I’m actually starting to think that it does. I don’t go home and treat my family with rage or anything, but there’s subconscious stuff that you pull out that I think is going to affect you somehow. It’s very strange how it manifests itself. But it’s not an obvious thing. It’s not like I’m playing an alcoholic so I’ll drink a lot. It’s not like that. It just sort of sneaks up on you.<\/p>\n

ETO: You have sort of a stoic quality in this film. I’ve noticed this quality in ‘The Opposite of Sex’ as well. Is that something that comes from you?<\/p>\n

Martin: I’m sure everything comes from me. I would say that the character in ‘The Opposite of Sex’ is more relaxed than this character. I would say that the character in ‘Heaven’ is much more tense. The guy in ‘The Opposite of Sex’ is more resigned. Those films were made kind of back to back.<\/p>\n

ETO: As you know, ‘Heaven’ had dealt with ESP. Do you believe in that kind of stuff?<\/p>\n

Martin: I don’t reject any possibilities. Have I seen it? Do I think it actually exists? I don’t know. Is it possible? Sure. There are a lot of things about humans and our awareness. We haven’t got a clue about the possibilities of consciousness in our brains.<\/p>\n

ETO: If you could have the ability, would you? Would you choose to see the future?<\/p>\n

Martin: No, I don’t think so.<\/p>\n

ETO: It’s a scary thing. How do you think the film is reflective of our society today?<\/p>\n

Martin: Well, I don’t know if it’s anything specific to today. I think the stuff about forces of fates and destinies people have been sort of forever been enslaved by this sort of knowledge. Knowing that we’re going to die. When you get into this idea of seeing the future and knowing that something’s going to happen and there’s nothing you can do about it, just like dying. That’s the underlying theme in this movie that makes it very troublesome, yet fascinating. It’s the question about whether we have power over our futures, our fates. Do we have a choice? Those are very fundamental issues of human existence.<\/p>\n

ETO: Do you believe in karma?<\/p>\n

Martin: Yes, I do. I don’t know if I would necessarily say that it was karma. But I think that the concept of karma is based on a reality. I do believe that you reap what you sow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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