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Meyers brings ‘Dracula’ to life - sort of - on NBC By Kate O’Hare © Zap2it
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As King Henry VIII in Showtime’s “The Tudors,” Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers took on an English king with a taste for fancy dress, pretty women, power, and lopping the heads off unfaithful wives and indiscreet or uncooperative courtiers. Friday, Oct. 25, on NBC, Rhys Meyers tackles another iconic character, an Eastern European king-turned-vampire with a taste for understated dress, pretty women (with and without bloodletting), power, and taking down rivals as rich and powerful as himself. From the producers of PBS’ “Downton Abbey,” “Dracula” returns Irish author Bram Stoker’s creation - adapted in ways ranging from the sexy to the comic and from the past to present day - to his native 19th century. Having been revived from a desiccated imprisonment by a fresh infusion of blood - from a surprising source, for those who know the original story - the former Vlad the Impaler assumes the guise of American entrepreneur Alexander Grayson. He makes a grand appearance in London with the goal of bringing an abundant, wireless source of energy to the world, upsetting the nascent Industrial Revolution and the energy interests fueling it. At the same time, he seeks revenge against an ancient order that wronged him, killed the woman he loved and cursed him with undead immortality. But when he puts his plan in motion, the sudden appear-
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STARTING THIS WEEK (New releases): “THE INTERNSHIP”: “Wedding Crashers” didn’t have a sequel, so this reunion of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson is as
Jessica De Gouw, Victoria Smurfit and Katie McGrath change him into a monster, they make him immortal. There’s one small part of him that’s human - because all monster would be bliss. But he’s not all monster; there’s one small, tiny part of him that’s still human, and that’s the thorn, that’s what causes the pain. “It’s the spark of human that brings a conflict in a vampire. If it were all monster, it would be bliss, because it would be all of something. There’s a duality there. There’s a small, tiny desire for life and death.” As to whether that inherent tragedy makes the vampire such a compelling figure, Rhys Meyers
says, “I think it probably is, and they’ve made vampires an attractive thing. But I’m not sure how attractive sleeping with somebody who’s been dead for 400 years would be.” Nevertheless, there is an erotic edge to “Dracula.” “Of course,” Rhys Meyers says, “there’s sex involved. Vampires are associated with such things. But the one thing I didn’t want is this quite pretty-looking vampire. So I made certain choices. I went for lighting quite harshly in parts. I had my hair slicked back, and it gave me a more severe look.
THE VIEW FROM THE COUCH
By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it (Ratings for each film begin with a “star” rating — one star meaning “poor,” four meaning “excellent” — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.)
ance of a woman who is, ahem, a dead ringer for his late wife throws, as the British would say, a spanner in the works. Daniel Knauf (“Carnival”) is the writer and one of the producers, along with Tony Krantz, Colin Callender and Gareth Neame. Also starring are Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Jonathan Harker, Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray/Ilona, Thomas Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing, Nonso Anozie as R.M. Renfield, Katie McGrath as Lucy Westenra, Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne Wetherby, Ben Miles as Mr. Browning and Robert Bathurst as Lord Thomas Davenport. “I play him as a dead man pretending to be alive,” says Rhys Meyers of Dracula. “That’s pretty much how I approached it, that he’s dead. There’s no spirit; there’s no blood pumping through his veins. So every emotion is a pretend emotion, but when you see him sometimes, I wanted that image that he’s completely dead inside.” Rhys Meyers also keeps in mind that, while Stoker’s epistolary novel (told in letters, journal entries, ship’s log entries, news clippings, etc.) is now considered literature, that wasn’t always the case. “Bram Stoker’s book was extraordinarily successful pulp fiction,” he says. “So, I don’t view Dracula the novel as great literature. I feel it as the Dan Brown of its day. It’s very exciting, and that’s what people liked. Like Dracula, a penny dreadful, they loved reading these gory stories. “So the thing is, what makes him interesting, when they
Owen Wilson (left) and Vince Vaughn of “The Internship” close as viewers can get to that ... even if this intended comedy isn’t as successful as that earlier partnering, but it’s enjoyable to watch the stars’ teamwork
again. They play veteran salesmen who lose their jobs, then try to update their careers and lives by applying for internships at Google. Much of the humor is of a then-versus-now nature. Director Shawn Levy’s cast also includes Rose Byrne and Josh Gad (“Jobs”). DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary by Levy. ››› (PG-13 and unrated versions: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray) “THE CONJURING”: The director who launched the “Saw” franchise, James Wan, shows he has what it takes to freshen up other horror concepts with this paranormal investigation
melodrama ... which was a surprisingly strong force at the box office. Vera Farmiga (“Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson — also one of Wan’s “Insidious” stars — play supposed experts of the supernatural who end up in over their heads when they probe a family’s apparently haunted farmhouse. DVD extra: “makingof” documentary. ››› (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “BEFORE MIDNIGHT”: The “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset” saga of Jesse and Celine continues in this equally affecting drama that reunites Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy,
who also have writing credits on the film, with director Richard Linklater. Now parents as well as a couple, they ponder what lies ahead for them during a stay in Greece; the presence of Jesse’s teenage son (Seamus DaveyFitzpatrick) intensifies matters. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary: audio commentary by — and Q&A with — Hawke, Delpy and Linklater. ››› (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE WAY WAY BACK”: Following the acclaim — and the Oscar — they received for their script for “The Descendants,” writer-directors Nat Faxon and
Jim Rash earned critical kudos again for this comedy-drama centering around a youngster (Liam James) who feels out of place while vacationing on Cape Cod with his mother and her boyfriend (Toni Collette, Steve Carell). He finds a kindred spirit, and respite from his otherwise unhappy stay, in the manager (Sam Rockwell) of a water park. The excellent cast also includes Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Maya Rudolph, Amanda Peet, Rob Corddry, and Faxon and Rash themselves. DVD extras: “making-of” documentaries; deleted scenes. ››› (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)