Winch. Largo Winch
Published: 21 March, 2009, 14:07
Edited: 10 September, 2009, 09:49
An action adventure starring a French stand-up comic of Russian origin has hit the Russian screens. Largo Winch is based on one of the world’s most popular comic book series.
In an exclusive interview with RT, Tomer Sisley who speaks 4 languages including Russian and Serbo-Croat, said “shooting was a challenge. It gave me great opportunities. Largo Winch is a wonderful character, there’s a lot to do for an actor, like in a Shakespearian play.”
Sisley portrays a Yugoslav orphan Largo, adopted as a baby by the world’s wealthiest man. After the billionaire father suddenly dies, the 26 year-old Largo inherits his corporation, estimated at 20 billion dollars. He becomes the fifth wealthiest person in the world, but money is not the be-all and end-all for the naughty heir. He wants to find out who killed his adoptive father and keep his fortune away from his father’s corrupt business partners.
The shooting of the film lasted 6 months. “I was very involved in it. My onscreen characters were often shaped by my character. We all have different aspects of ourselves. We know what it is to be shy, angry, fearless. When you have to play a character who is, for instance, mean, you just show your mean part. But I don’t want people to know what I’m like in real life. It’s not their business.”
Half Jewish, half Arab, Tomer Sisley was born in 1974 in Berlin and moved to France when he was 9 years old. At 18, he wrote his first one-man show. Sisley took acting lessons from Jack Waltzer who worked with such actors as Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman and John Voight. His
debut role was in “Highlander”.
Jerome Salle, director of Largo Winch, says “making this movie was like playing with a toy. It was a dream come true.”
The French thriller had a budget of 70 million dollars and is sometimes compared to the James Bond saga. Tomer Sisley says, “it’s a compliment. It will be great if Largo Winch has the longevity of James Bond around the world.”
However, according to Jerome Salle, Largo Winch and James Bond have little in common. “Bond is a spy, a super hero with guns and secret weapons. Largo is a normal guy who has weaknesses and makes mistakes. Besides, there’s something childish in Largo which the macho Bond doesn’t have.”
Although Tomer Sisley says he most enjoyed playing dramatic and love scenes in the movie, he also had to exercise day and night to play in extreme action scenes.
The director recalls that Sisley was so carried away by his character, Largo Winch, that he had an accident two days after the end of shooting. “He went skiing, made a 20-meter jump and fell like a pancake. He broke 10 bones!” Sisley probably thought he was still playing Largo Winch.
Valeria Paikova, RT
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The movie is awsome :))) Can somebody answer me, where is that location, when they shoot Largo? Please some one?