More from Claire Bloom on career highs, new film, and 'Downton Abbey'
I thought you might enjoy some more from my phone interview with Ms Bloom, who was speaking by phone from her London home.
I asked her about her extraordinary career and her future projects. And I also happened to mention, quite innocently, the hit British show "Downton Abbey," thinking that she might like to join forces with that stellar cast -- oops.
Here are excerpts from the interview:
FAVORITE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I think I’m most proud of the ...
'Streetcar Named Desire' I did here [in the 1970s]. I think that was the best thing I’ve every done.
And I was lucky to have worked with Chaplin [in "Limelight," 1962]. That’s something you can’t top. When I finish with the Baltimore Symphony on the 30th, I fly to Los Angeles the next day for a 60th anniversary celebration of 'Limelight.' (SEE VIDEO CLIP BELOW)
FUTURE PROJECTS
The day after the 'Limelight' anniversary, I fly to Vienna to make a film about Edith Stein -- I am playing her mother.
Edith Stein was from an orthodox Jewish family of philosophers, but converted and became a nun. She died at Auschwitz and was canonized by John Paul II -- now that was a controversy. Had she died as a Jew or a Roman Catholic? Well, she died.
I have high hopes for the film.
ON 'DOWNTON ABBEY'
I can’t watch it. It’s so awful. What a picture of England to give the world -- all that class snobbishness. I don’t find it funny or entertaining. I find it appalling.
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Comments
You know, we were really in the mood for some light musical comedy, You know the other one that was fave was "We're Just Couple of Swells" on Judy Garland side. This one similar, but the gal doesn't have to wear soot on her face, lols. (btw Brits have always excelled on comedy of manners, too bad others can't appreciate the subtle wit.)
Posted by: Jean | September 24, 2012 1:35 PM