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Crispin Glover on Beowulf
By Fred Topel | Image property of Paramount.
Beowulf
Beowulf is the long awaited reunion of director Robert Zemeckis and actor Crispin Glover. Not even Back to the Future sequels could get the original George McFly back, but the motion capture animated Beowulf enticed Glover to a new Zemeckis project.
Glover Becomes Grendel
"It was interesting working from one technology to this different technology, in terms of the style," said Glover. "Of course, he was a 20 years younger man, and myself as well, but I remember everything was very particularly storyboarded and there were very exacting things that had to be done for working on Back to the Future, which was all excellent. I noticed, though, a definite change in the style of how the direction was done because things were not so necessarily exacting, but I liked more this way of working, where you were finding it as you were going through it. You kept going further into the thing and finding more as you went along."
Glover provided the movements and voice for the monster Grendel. "I just think it was very playable. In the story, Grendel doesn’t speak, and he speaks in the film, so that helps. On top of it, psychologically, they’re delving into the characters. I do think they’re being faithful to the original story structure, but they’re getting into the depth of it, which really isn’t a violation, I don’t think."
During his part of the job, Glover had to go on faith. He wouldn't know until much later how his performance was ultimately realized. "I didn’t know, when we were performing it, if it would have nuance when I watched it, or if it was going to feel like I was watching myself, or not. It’s a very strange experience watching it because you can feel yourself, in all the performances, and you can feel that it’s good acting underneath it, as well. That’s what surprised me, and what’s very exciting about it, at the same time."
This is high praise from Glover indeed. "It’s rare that I’m in a film that I actually like, that I’m in. I guess I shouldn’t say that. It’s true, but I’m really excited about this film. I just saw it the other day, and it feels like a strange hallucinogenic experience. It has been an excellent experience."
Beowulf opens to theaters
on November 17th.
For stills, posters, trailers and more info on the film, go to the Beowulf
Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Paramount.
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