Rooney and Kate Mara Had to Speak in Unison in ‘Bucking Fastard’ – WTOP News
Werner Herzog said the sisters needed only five days of preparation to master the shared dialogue for the film’s twin characters.
- Sisters Rooney and Kate Mara premiered Werner Herzog's drama "Bucking Fastard" on Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, playing characters who "speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams."
- The 83-year-old filmmaker Herzog met twins who spoke in unison 45 years ago, and the film is loosely inspired by real British identical twins Freda and Greta Chaplin, who became tabloid sensations in a stalking case.
- Kate Mara said speaking in unison "felt almost like a song," and Herzog cut the planned two-week rehearsal short after five days because the sisters "hardly needed any rehearsals."
- This film marks the first time Rooney and Kate Mara share the screen, with Orlando Bloom rounding out the cast as the "heartthrob for the teenies" whom both sisters love.
- Herzog dedicated the film to late filmmaker David Lynch and wrote the script in five days, creating what actor Bloom called a "sacred space for magic to happen.
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The film, described by Kate Mara as "quite beautiful and very unusual," focuses on two sisters who not only speak in unison but love the same man and share the same dreams.
Mara sisters channel childhood energy for twins performance at Venice
Their movie was called "unique in cinema history" by its director and writer, veteran German filmmaker Werner Herzog, ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. "Bucking Fastard" is loosely inspired by the real-life story of Freda and Greta Chaplin, twins from northern England who earned notoriety in Britain in the early 1980s for their synchronised movement and speech. "It reignited a lot of childhood energy in us, which was…
The sisters Kate and Rooney Mara had never performed together before, but now they have not only encouraged themselves but have done so in unison, speaking and moving at the same time, to star in 'Bucking Fastard', the modern fable with which Werner Herzog competes since this Thursday at the Venice Festival. The German director convinced actresses
Mara sisters speak as one in Herzog’s Venice contender
By Kristian Brunse VENICE, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Sisters Rooney and Kate Mara said years of shared experiences helped them master a unique acting challenge: speaking in perfect unison for Werner Herzog's "Bucking Fastard", which premiered at the Venice Fi...
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