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What’s your opinion … Roy
Dupuis?
With his smoker’s
voice and dishevelled mane, Roy Dupuis is larger than life. No doubt
that’s why he was given the role of General Roméo Dallaire in Shake
Hands with the Devil, which will be released later this year.
Courtesy of our English-speaking friends, Dupuis will also star in the
drama Emotional Arithmetic, with Susan Sarandon and Christopher
Plummer. But the actor is not neglecting Quebec, as last month he began
filming Truffe, a black comedy starring his partner Céline
Bonnier. In the meantime, Dupuis gives us his views.
For or against
popcorn in the cinema?
I am neither for it nor against it. It’s part of our North American
cinema culture. Certainly it can be a disturbance. But if it’s eaten
quietly I don’t see the problem.
The film scene
that you’ll never forget?
The first one that springs to mind is in Barton Fink (the
Coen brothers). The lead character walks down the corridor of a hotel
that’s on fire, puts the key in the door, opens it, goes inside, then
closes the door. I found that powerful and poetic.
What’s your
favourite swear word?
I have a lot (laughs). I use one for each occasion, but I
think that ‘tabernac’ is very useful for emphasising an important
point.
For or against Tom
Cruise?
Neither for nor against. He’s made very good films and also very bad
ones.
For or against
red-carpet occasions?
Neither for nor against. They’re not my favourite events, but I
understand the reason for them, especially for our film industry which
needs them.
What film have you
seen most often?
Brazil (Terry Gilliam). I was 16 or 17 and I must have seen it at
least 15 times.
The worst job
you’ve ever had?
That’s difficult to say … acting? (laughs) I did summer jobs
when I was a student, but I moved around a lot, so I didn’t have time to
get bored.
Your favourite
word?
Life.
If God exists,
what will he say to you at Heaven’s gate?
(pause) This is the type of question I can’t answer because
the answer is too closely associated with my attitude towards God. I
don’t know whether he exists or not, and I don’t want to make that
assumption.
What is the very
important question that I’ve forgotten to ask you?
(very long pause) Maybe the question that you think is
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