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No Stranger With 'Candy' (Continued)
MF: How was it to be back in Aussie filmmaking?
HL: I was very excited to get back there, for many reasons. It was the first time in a long time that I got to use my own accent for one, and so that was primarily what drove me to the story -- just the opportunity to go home. And it was great. Ultimately it's the same thing as working anywhere in the world. Same process and same schedules. But I guess that's the only real difference is just being free of that restraint, you know? Not having to worry about listening to an accent within my laughter or in a cough. You're just free to kind of breathe naturally.
MF: What about in terms of scale? This film's also quite smaller. Do you feel like you're also more free working in independent film and outside of the Hollywood studio system?
Theatrical Release Date November 17, 2006
Released by ThinkFilm
Run time 108 min.
Genre Drama, Romance
Rating R
MF: Do you see any parallels in terms of tortured relationships between 'Candy' and 'Brokeback Mountain'?
HL: Yeah, they're both on a horse. (Laughs) I guess the impossibility of their world, the fatal aspects that go with a relationship.
MF: What was your take on all of the satire and lampooning of 'Brokeback'?
HL: It was hilarious. I was given a DVD of pretty much every single joke that was out there. I really got more than a giggle out of it. There were some really good ones. They still come out.
MF: You and Michelle are known to be spotted out and about where you live in Brooklyn. Are people pretty respectful when you're out in public? Does anybody ever cross the line?
HL: No, not at all. I think it's a New York thing, not just Brooklyn, but particularly in Brooklyn we feel very safe. It's not only that we felt accepted, it was kind of like we didn't need to be accepted. It's that comfortable there. We can just be. Yeah I wanna raise my family there and I couldn't think of a better place in the world to be doing so.
MF: Can you tell us anything about 'The Dark Knight'?
HL: I'd probably be shot if I told you (anything). They're so tight-lipped about it. I don't even have a script for it. I went to [the screenwriter's] house in L.A. recently and he allowed me to read it, but I had to read it at his house, and he wouldn't let me take it home. But yeah, I give it a bit of thought every now and then, but I've kind of been delaying the preparation process for as long as I can just so I can extend my time-off period.
Ledger still has more than three months off to enjoy. He begins shooting 'The Dark Knight' in March.
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