20 minute Interview with Badge

A long interview with Badge

http://collider.com/james-badge-dale-shame-flight-rubicon-lone-ranger- interview/136359/

•0:20 – Talks about what got him into acting, including his upbringing and whether or not he did it to get girls.
•1:35 – Comments on where he currently is in his career, how he got there and the types of roles he hopes to have in the future.
•3:20 – Remarks on how difficult the acting business is on women compared to men and how much Hollywood needs strong female actors and roles.
•4:20 – Discusses how he prefers to audition for roles rather than have them handed to him.
•5:00 – Reflects on being offered the role in Shame by Steve McQueen.
•6:00 – Discusses his work on Shame and compares it to his other work on The Grey.
•6:40 – Comments on McQueen’s manner of shooting which pushed the actors every day.
•7:35 – Talks about how he’s “a big believer in writers” and isn’t necessarily an improv actor. This led to conflict with McQueen’s style but ultimately got a greater performance out of Dale.
•8:50 – Comments on specific scenes from Shame, including the restaurant scene and the scene with Carey Mulligan singing for the first time.
•9:50 – Talks about how McQueen is a great director and used fear to capture unique moments on film.
•10:25 – Reflects on his work on Rubicon and his relationship with Dallas Roberts.
•11:05 – Talks about the pace of the work on Rubicon and how that may have been a part of the show’s downfall.
•11:40 – Comments on the existence of a different final episode of Rubicon that was never shot.
•12:25 – Talks about his role in Robert Zemeckis’ film Flight and shooting a scene with Denzel Washington and Kelly Reilly.
•14:00 – Talks about being “too healthy” to play a cancer patient and the lengths he went to look the part.
•14:40 – Comments on working with Washington and Liam Neeson and what he’s learned.
•15:30 – Discusses his hopes to be in The Lone Ranger and more about the project. Calls it a “big, fun Western” with “a different take on it.”
•17:00 – Talks about his hopes for 2012 and the films he’s hoping to do, including working with McQueen again.
•17:50 – Comments on McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave.