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CAST & FILMMAKER INTERVIEWS
Enjoy video interviews with the stars and director of Charlotte Gray in your favorite streaming video format (Quicktime, Real Player, or Windows Media Player). The videos will launch in a pop–up window.
CATE BLANCHETT
“Charlotte Gray has lived a very closeted existence. She finds herself by assuming another identity.”
- In this video interview, Cate Blanchett reflects on Charlotte Gray and experiences of women in wartime.
- Cate Blanchett recalls research with a real S.O.E agent.
- A timely observation on shifting loyalties in wartime France.
BILLY CRUDUP
“This beautiful woman falls out of the sky, and is going to help him in his philosophical war. It’s something out of a storybook.”
- In this clip, Billy Crudup talks about his role as Julien, leader of a local cell of the French Resistance, and discusses his character’s reaction to Charlotte.
- Billy Crudup explains his admiration for Cate Blanchett as an actress.
- Billy Crudup discusses Julien’s idealism and other motivations behind his return to France.
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG (DIRECTOR)
“It’s not only a woman’s journey. It’s an angle about the war that you haven’t seen before.”
- In an interview, the director expounds on the virtues of Sebastian Faulks’s novel.
- Gillian Armstrong describes the joy of working with Cate Blanchett on a “dream project.”
- Gilliam Armstrong: Charlotte Gray is “the best role for a woman ... I’ve read in fifteen years.”
SARAH CURTIS (PRODUCER)
“We were absolutely unanimous that it had to be Cate.”
- Sarah Curtis talks about casting the lead in Charlotte Gray.
DOUGLAS RAE (PRODUCER)
“Two things attracted me.”
- Douglas Rae tells what compelled him to help bring Charlotte Gray to the screen.