On Friday 9th, three well-known Hollywood celebs-
Billy Nighy, Stephen Woolley and Lone Sherfig- walked the red carpet at the
Dubai International Film Festival for the premiering of their much awaited
movie ‘Their Finest’.
“It’s not easy to bring back the whole
world war and old British world into the screen. You have to know what they
dress like, what everything looks like. It’s really tough but we try to do our
best in making it look as realistic as possible” said Sherfig.
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Manipal Media Students reporting at the Dubai International Film Festival 2016 |
Bill Nighy, who acted as Davy Jones in Pirates of The Carribean and as Viktor
in Underworld, was one of the top
stars that played a supporting role in this movie as Ambrose Hilliard. “It was
a pleasure working with him” said the Danish director as she smiled, “I have
always wanted to work with Bill Nighy so it was a pleasure”
The film got mostly positive reviews in
terms of the drama, the clichéd but ‘misty-eyes’ moment and Nighy well played
Ambrose Hilliard.
The producer for this movie, Stephen
Woolley, has made several critically acclaimed films including the Oscar
winning movie- The Crying Game.
“I chose Their Finest because the female centric part in the whole world war
time interested me” said Woolley, “I wanted to bring that on screen. It’s a
romantic comedy that takes place in the midst of world war.”
Since he had made several award nominated
movies and after winning an Oscar he said that it doesn’t really put him under
pressure of meeting audience expectations. “You don’t make a movie by thinking
this is going to be an Oscar winning movie. You just make a film and it
unexpectedly wins an award. You can’t make movies thinking they will win an
Oscar. It doesn’t work”
When asked about why he chose Dubai
International Film Festival for the premiering of his movie he answered,
“Movies are liked and made without boundaries. It is enjoyed by all cultures
alike and Dubai is such an international country.”
Reported by Ameena Navab
Final year Print : School of Media and Communciation
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