![]() The input of my character, but not in how theproduction went. Theyre a little bit too ruddy, their teeth are alittle bit too white. Alex OLoughlin plays my brother in the filmand hes an Aussie but I wanted to get an actuallyauthentic Irish person in to play the drummer becausetheres an energy there that doesnt exist if it wasan American playing an Irish person, it would beslightly different, the energy would be differentyoud be able to spot an American anywhere you know. ![]() Yeah sure and I remember being on set and JimSheridan, Kerstins father came on set and Jim lovedmy brother, he thought he was extraordinary and Jim islooking at the monitor at a scene that weve done onstage and Im sitting there and Jims like, oh yourbrothers fantastic, and Im like what about me? Immeant to be fantastic but no he was great and a lot offun and I wanted the Irish person to be an Irishperson. Then the guitarI didnt play the guitar very well so I had to learnthat and I sing my own songs. When we were about to make the film, wehad a drummer who was meant to play the Irish drummerwho backed out of the movie so at the last minute theywere like we cant get somebody, so I paid for mybrother to fly in to be in the movie. I understand youre real brother is in the film andthat you sing your own songs. Louis, my character is asinger-songwriter. But the goal was never to become as masterguitar player. I would play as much aspossible in my free time and Id hang out with thereal musicians as much as I could and play music withthem. How difficult was it to play and sing in the film? Gaynor Flynn caught up with the Irish actor at the recent Rome International Film Festival. In August Rush, the New York set fable about a musical prodigy (Freddie Highmore) searching for his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) he had to play guitar and sing his own songs. Its hard to imagine that its the same man in each and every one of those roles. But hes also played everything from King Henry VIII in the award winning Tudors to a tennis instructor who is not quite what he seems in Woody Allens Match Point. Hes a chameleon thats for sure - how else can you explain Jonathan Rhys Meyers eclectic range of roles? From a David Bowie inspired glam-rock star in Velvet Goldmine, to a dedicated football coach in Bend it Like Beckham, to his startling performance as Elvis, a 4-hour mini-series that earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win. So, yes, August is discovered as a child genius, and quickly earns the right to conduct his own symphony at an outdoor concert in Central Park, where he proves himself an expert conductor and (gasp!) his mother is the cellist and his father is nearby, both of them still under the spell of their long-lost love, and. The Wizard, who dresses like a drugstore cowboy, spots Evan's talent and introduces him to the world as "August Rush." August believes, really believes, that music has the power to bring people together, and finds a sympathizer when he comes upon a church choir where the preacher turns out to have connections at Juilliard. Only in a movie like "August Rush" could the endless practical and legal problems suggested by this arrangement be considered plausible. He sends his little army out into the streets every day, not as pickpockets but as buskers. Thomas III), who is not called the Artful Dodger but should be, hears Evan and takes him back to an abandoned theater, where he and other young lads live under the management of a character who is called the Wizard ( Robin Williams), but could be called Fagin. The runaway Evan sees some street musicians in Washington Square Park, picks up a guitar and, despite having had no training, turns out to be a naturally gifted musician. Nothing must interfere with Lyla's career.īack to the present again. Young lovers, learn from the movies and always remember: Exchange cell numbers! Inevitably, she is pregnant (otherwise they wouldn't be Evan's parents, now would they?), but her father tells her the baby died, and ships Evan to an orphanage. ![]() They promise to meet again, but Lyla's stage-door father ( William Sadler)forces her to leave town for career reasons, and they have no way to contact each other. ![]() Lyla ( Keri Russell) was a cellist and Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was an Irish rock singer, and in a flashback, we see them meeting in Greenwich Village, falling in love at first sight, and making love so very discreetly that they remain safely within the PG rating. As it happens, his parents were musicians, and they met through their music. ![]()
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