Anjelica Huston

Că tot s-a reloadat Captainul EO prin parcurile celor care le au, ian să vedem ce mai zic(eau) cei ce participară la filmări... Azi - Anjelica Huston.
La ora la care se făcea filmul Captain EO, Anjelica era încă nevasta lui Jack Nicholson şi nu se întâlnise cu Morticia (treaba asta se va întâmpla peste cinci ani, cu aproximaţie).
Anul trecut, revista Time (cel puţin - varianta sa online), a adunat câteva amintiri din partea a 29 de oameni care l-au cunoscut, mai mult sau mai puţin, pe Michael Jackson. Printre aceste evocări, una foarte sensibilă este cea a Anjelicăi Huston:

I met Michael on the first day of rehearsal, and I was stunned — even though, obviously, I knew his image very well — at how incredibly sweet and how modest and how innocent he was. And fragile too. In person you felt he was almost breakable. But then this thing happened when he would start to work: your heart would beat faster and the hair on your arms and the back of your neck would stick up as he literally took your breath away. I think he was the most electrifying performer I've ever seen.

I think it was very hard for Michael to express anger. He was, I have to say, one of the most polite people I have ever met in my life. I never heard Michael say a swear word, even when he was upset. He had the most beautiful manners. And I think music was really the only way in which his passion could come through unguarded. It was immense. He was on fire as a performer — I've never seen a talent like it. I think, actually, there was a lot of the otherworldly in Michael. He had this talent that I've never encountered before, and I've seen a lot of extraordinary people perform. He was, I think, very misunderstood. I never believed any of the allegations or insinuations against him. We had lunch together about a month ago, and he talked about his ordeal. He felt like he had really been put through the ringer. He said they wanted blood. I felt so bad for him, and I felt that he was really broken-hearted from what had been done. He was a meteor: his flame burned incredibly bright, and not for long but mightily.

sursa: www.time.com

Cotrobăind pe Internet, am mai găsit şi un interviu pe care un nene, adică un scriitor american (pare un fel de mercenar - scrie la comandă orice) i l-a luat celebrei actriţe, explicând că acesta este omagiul său faţă de Michael Jackson:

Anjelica Huston talks “CAPTAIN EO” with Terry Smith

By Terry Smith

This is my tribute to Michael Jackson, via my Anjelica Huston interview where I ask her about working with a young Michael Jackson…

I was lucky enough to interview the cast of CHOKE last year, including the great Anjelica Huston. She was gracious enough to take questions about her past work, including her work in the Disney World [Epcot Center] ride “Captain EO” starring Michael Jackson. I re-transcribed lost parts of this interview so we can hear her talk about [tribute] the greatness of Michael Jackson.

Terry Smith: I have to ask you about one particular favorite from my youth [that no longer exists] CAPTAIN EO at Epcot Center. What are your memories?

Anjelica Huston: “Well Captain Eo, I think we had an eight am rehearsal….and Michael was in full make up…I was astounded! I walked on you set, you know, um, Francis Coppola always had these fantastic rehearsals. Where anything you could think of would be there, from swords…to I don’t know, machine guns…anything you can think to have was there. And there was Michael, in full make up, he, with this tiny little whispery-voice [She impersonates him (to laughter)] and I have to be mean to him. [Laughter] It was terrible!

Then the next thing I know they strung me up…next to the rafters, it was a very-very difficult harness and I had stand-ins…but they kept fainting so, I ended up standing in for myself. I had this tremendous-tremendous headgear that kept flopping down in my face, and then they had it [on] with an elastic band in-between my shoulder blades. I was now suspended like this [shows us], with my neck in traction. Then from the first stage I kept seeing these luminaries appearing, Barbara Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren…I was like, I couldn’t believe it. Each day they would go into Michael’s trailer and sign his mirror in lipstick, it was unbelievable…I’ve never seen such a show…fantastic! Then there were all these little animals and I remember it was a 3-D camera, so it had a huge aperture, so I was like this [shows being uncomfortable].

I was called in very early one morning because Michael wanted me off camera, but in full make-up [laughs] so I found him to be irritating at the time. [All laugh] So, I’m sitting grumpily up, atop my platform for the sake to relating my ‘Witch-thing’ and he’s on a platform down here [shows with hands he’s lower] and he glides slowly and starts to sing. And hey, what can I say it was pre-breakfast, his lines were kind of clunky and all of a sudden he starts to sing.

All of a sudden, what can I say…I felt my jaw drop! He was magical…magical! And all of a sudden it was literally like being in a dream. His platform was coming up to meet mine. Then the music was on, he starts to dance and I never seen and thing like it; the man was magical! And, ya know he’s a transformed…kind of shy, clunky little thing into this BEAST, you know! Like, I’ve never seen a transformation like it, but it goes to show, also, I don’t think he had too much talent for acting but in the music department…and in the dance department, oh my God!

It was phenomenal, a true phenomenon…something I was privileged to watch.”

I will stop here, as Anjelica did, and will only add that I feel, as we all do, that no matter what his personal life may have been, I have been privileged to watch MJ at his phenomenal best.
R.I.P
Michael Jackson
“Captain EO”

sursa: www.mondocelluloid.com

Captain EO - partea I:

La adresa moviesblog.mtv.com se află şi o amintire legată de zilele filmărilor pentru Captain EO. Printre cei ce au lucrat în echipa Căpitanului - de fapt, în cea de marketing al filmului - se numără şi o anume Diana Fredel-Weis, care a scris, la secţiunea dedicată filmelor a site-ului www.mtv.com, un articol cam anost, pentru că nu spune mai nimic.

Captain EO - partea a II-a: