by Toby Stephens

I was drawn to do this film because I found it almost impossible to explain to people what it
was about. I also felt that Charles Castle - an emotionally numb Edwardian photographer
who's prepared to die to be with his late wife - would be difficult to play, and that makes
the part attractive. I did have some reservations, though; at some points you say, "Now hang on a minute."

But then I met the director, Nick Willing. His vision was rock solid and he knew exactly what
he wanted. So when they offered me the part I didn't have any qualms about taking it. Before
this job I did a film called Cousin Bette with Bob Hoskins. I knew I'd be working with special
effects on Photographing Fairies, so I said to him: "Bob, mate, you've worked a lot with special
effects and blue screening," and he's going: "Fackin' 'ell, mate, drove me mad.

Drove me completely bonkers. I didn't know whever I was talkin' to my wife or Bugs Bunny."
That made me think it was going to be awful. But when it got to shooting the scenes with the
fairies, it was just fine.

It's never made clear whether Castle really sees fairies or not, but my own attitude was that
he wanted to see something. He tries photographing them but the results are inconclusive. In
the end he goes from somebody who completely believes in technology, to somebody who is
willing to actually say, "I'll die because I know that I'm going to be with this person I love."
In a way it is tragic. I don't think people should be saying, "Oh, that's a happy ending." They
should be saying, "God, that's really sad."

© Associated Newspapers Ltd., 18 September 1997

Только я не поняла, почему Вы смотрели фильмы с Тоби на английском? Можно было найти и на русском. На форуме много ссылок на фильмы на русском.