Interview: Rachel Weisz Talks 'Youth,' Assembling A Character, Derek Cianfrance’s ‘The Light Between Oceans’ & More

“Look at them both! Aren’t they incredible?” Rachel Weisz holds up her phone and presents a picture snapped the previous day at a press event for Paolo Sorrentino’s newest film “Youth.” The photo depicts her co-stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel seated and smiling like old pals; it’s a reminder of the warmth that Weisz radiates onscreen and otherwise, as well as the blue chip acting and directing colleagues with whom she’s working these days. Terence Davies, Yorgos Lanthimos, Derek Cianfrance —the list goes on.

In “Youth,” the follow-up to Sorrentino’s highly acclaimed “The Great Beauty,” Weisz plays Lena, the slightly spoiled daughter and assistant to her famous composer father Fred Ballinger (Caine). After her husband deserts her for another woman on their honeymoon, she retreats to the picturesque Swiss hotel where her father resides. Buried resentment toward Fred quickly boils up, most notably in a close-up, single-take monologue in a spa by Weisz.

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