And I’d just come back from doing ‘Old’ and thought things as they are I might not work for a while. Also I’m very proud of the film, and very flattered to be asked. What made you say yes to this brave new journey around the world?Įveryone is being very very careful here. Well, there you are in Cairo, having arrived from LA and in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. No filters, no editing - except where we talked about ‘The Father’ which will come later when that film is released. I wanted to convey that fully, so I’ve cut little, if anything out. While replaying it to write it out, I found the interview fascinating and heard myself not so much in the driver’s seat, as I’m accustomed to during a Q & A, but rather enjoying a passenger’s side ride into the life, love and career of one of the most charismatic actors of our time.
As a journalist who specializes in interviews, I have to say that I’ve never interviewed anyone like Sewell: funny, insightful, but also ready to steer me in the right direction when I went wrong. Since “virtual is the new black” as Cairo Industry Days Head Aliaa Zaky so perfectly pointed out in a Facebook post, I got to interview Rufus Sewell on Zoom while the actor was in Cairo - with the hustle and bustle of a film festival happening all around him. While in Cairo, Sewell also took part in a masterclass and presented, along with CIFF president Mohamed Hefzy, the Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar-winning screenwriter Sir Christopher Hampton. Sewell adds a degree of mystery to Zeller’s directorial debut and that’s one film you’ll need to watch when it hits U.S. To the Cairo International Film Festival to be exact, in early December, to introduce their opening film ‘The Father’, written and directed by Florian Zeller. Night Shyamalan.Īnd then, Rufus Sewell went to Egypt. I’m talking about the most anticipated title of next year (or the year after, depending on how this whole worldwide mess goes) - ‘Old’ by M. Instead of despairing, facing an uncertain future - you know most actors live by that saying “you’re only as good as your next role” - Sewell found his inner balance and managed to secure a part in one of the first major productions filmed in the midst of the pandemic. The list could go on and on of course, because I’m speaking about Rufus Sewell.īut recently the world has pressed pause for all of us, and Sewell’s reality is no exception.
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Not to mention short but meaningful cameos in various films, series both on TV and streaming and of course countless theater roles made memorable by this great talent with his trademark throaty voice. Jasper, the ex we really wish Kate Winslet would end up with in ‘The Holiday’, despite his obvious narcissism.īut also Aurelio Zen, the Italian detective with a penchant for stylish suits in the short-lived top-notch TV series ‘Zen’. The spicy Count Adhemar who adds his own dark charisma to the otherwise vanilla flavors of ‘A Knight’s Tale’. The lone John Murdoch who wakes up without memory and with the need to figure out why he’s wanted for a series of murders in ‘Dark City’. The lustful son in Cold Comfort Farm (1995), the protagonist hounded Dostoevsky-like in Dark City (1998), the star-crossed suitor in Dangerous Beauty (1998), to the the bitter, acidic, alcoholic coke-head of The Very Thought of You (1998), he has appeared in some of the most acclaimed theatre, film and television productions.The ambiguous Fortinbras son in Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic version of ‘Hamlet’'.
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His film work has been equally varied and acclaimed from the junkie in Twenty-One (1991), the sweet bus driver in A Man of No Importance (1994), and the volatile artist in Carrington (1995). On the Broadway stage, he debuted in "Translations" and received the Broadway Theater World Award. He made his London Stage debut in "Making It Better" for which he won the "Best Newcomer Award" he also originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppards "Arcadia" and was nominated for an Olivier Award. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama and left in June of 1989 after completing three years of training. His father, Bill Sewell, was an Australian animator who died when Rufus was 10.
His mother, Jo, was Welsh, and was an artist and painter. Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England.
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