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JAVIER BARDEM ON
HAPPY MARRIAGE AT
THE TORONTO FILM

FEST I VAL

Th e pow er cou ple of Hollyw ood - Javier Bar dem an d Pen elope Cr u z -
w er e pr om ot in g t h eir lat est f ilm t oget h er 'Ever ybody Kn ow s' at t h e
Tor on t o Film Fest ival. Ik on Lon don M agazin e spok e t o Javier Bar dem

w h o r evealed t h e secr et of a h appy m ar r iage.

Penelope's previous marriage Javier Bar dem Bardem wed his Vicky Cristina
to Tom Cruise might have been Barcelona co-star, actress
unsuccessful, but her personal m ar r iage: real Penelope Cruz, back in July
life today - it seems - is better 2010. The couple welcomed
than ever. Javier Bardem and life is more their first child together, son
Penelope Cruz put up a Leo Encinas Cruz, in January
happy-together display at the in t er est in g t h an 2011. Two years later, on July
premiere of 'Everybody Knows' 22, 2013, a 44-year-old
in Toronto earlier this month. fict ion Bardem welcomed his second
They appear to be happily child with Cruz, a daughter
married eight years in and Javier Bardem told Ikon named Luna Encinas Cruz, in
their fans are delighted about London Magazine at the Madrid, Spain.
the chance to see the two premiere how he finds
together on set again in the working together with his Javier Bar dem an d
new flick by the Iranian wife on set. ?I find it very
award-winning director Asghar easy,?the actor told us, ?in a Pen elope Cr u z
Faradi. sense that we play what we
are supposed to play and project s t oget her
The Asghar Farhadi?s 8th then we go back to our daily
feature film was shot entirely life which is way more The couple enjoyed a long
in Spanish on the Iberian interesting than any fiction.? history of working on set
Peninsula. It charts the story of Seemingly happy to talk together. The other films
Laura (Penelope Cruz), who about his relationship, the Penelope Cruz and Javier
lives with her husband and actor added: ?And it is real.? Bardem appeared together
children in Buenos Aires. When were:
they return together to her
native village in Spain for a " We play w hat w e - Jamón Jamón (1992)
family celebration, an ar e su pposed t o - Love Can Seriously
unexpected event changes the play and t hen we
course of their lives. go back t o our Damage Your Health
daily life w hich is (1996)
It?s the eights (!) time Penelope - Not Love, Just Frenzy
Cruz and Javier Bardem appear way m ore (1996)
on set together and this time it in t er est in g t h an - Live Flesh (1997)
is a ?brilliantly executed any fict ion. And it - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
psychological thriller.? Bardem (2008)
plays Laura?s (Cruz) old flame is real.? - The Counselor (2013)
Paco who comes to help when - Loving Pablo (2017)
Laura?s child gets kidnapped. - Everybody Knows (2017)
With so much drama on the
screen, how do they manage With so much variety and so
to keep their marriage many projects together, it
d r am a-f r ee? seems like Javier Bardem and
Penelope Cruz have cracked
the secret of a happy
m ar r iage.

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FILM DIRECTOR ASGHAR
FARHADI'S PLANS FOR
LONDON WEST END

Wit h t w o Academ y Aw ar ds alr eady u n der h is belt , Asgh ar Far h adi h as
n ot h in g lef t t o pr ove, bu t t h e w r it er an d dir ect or of A Separ at ion

(2011) an d Th e Salesm an (2016) r evealed t o Ik on Lon don M agazin e of
h is w ish t o com e t o Lon don .

Over the past decade, feelings she has for her old Will Asgh ar
Asghar Farhadi has quickly boyfriend Paco (Bardem), Far adi?s n ex t
established himself as one who now runs a nearby p r o j ect be
of Iran?s most influential and vineyard, might trouble the t heat re?
internationally recognised waters further.
filmmakers, both for his However, the film didn?t win Despite his film not winning
tense and carefully crafted at the Toronto Film Festival in Cannes and Toronto, the
scripts and for the virtuosity but was honoured by the celebrated director was in
of his realism in directing. At organisers of Cannes Film great spirits as he spoke to
the Berlinale, A Separation Festival who scheduled Ikon London Magazine
(2011) garnered the Golden Everybody Knows to open about his future plans. ?I
Bear, then the Golden the 71st edition on the 8th wish one day I do a play in
Globe, César and Oscar for of May 2018. London,? the filmmaker
Best Foreign Film. Farhadi admitted with a sparkle in
then entered the Official ?I k n ow t h er e is a his eyes. He continued, ?I
Selection at Cannes with The lot of great plays know there is a lot of great
Past (2013, Best Actress for ever y day. And I plays every day. And I wish
Bérénice Bejo) and The w ish on e day I do one day I do a play there. It
Salesman (2016, Best a play t here. It is is not far,? he affirmed. ?It is
Screenplay and Best Actor our plan.?
for Shahab Hosseini), which not far ,? he
also won an Oscar for Best af f ir m ed. ?It is Joe Alvarez commented on
Foreign Film. the topic summarizing the
our plan.? Toronto Film Festival: ?No
Earlier this month, the doubt, it will be a great play
Iranian director was and he will have some
promoting his latest ?small A-lister playing in it. As a lot
budget?£9 M film Everybody of actors ?cut their teeth?in
Knows starring Penelope London West End and they
Cruz and Javier Bardem. The often move to Boradway
psychological thriller follows af t er .?
Laura (Cruz) who travels
with her teenage daughter ?I know there is a lot of great
and young son to the village plays every day. And I wish
where she grew up to attend one day I do a play there. It
her sister ?s wedding. She?s is not far,? he affirmed. ?It is
left her husband Alejandro our plan.?
(Darín) back in Argentina
and is free to plunge into the Broadway or not, we hope
simple pleasures of her to see Asghar Farhadi?s first
youth. But tensions run just theatre play in London soon.
under the surface with
Laura?s family, and the stray Oct ober 2018 - Ik on Lon don M agazin e - 57

CHRISTIAN SLATER
ABOUT PLAYING 'THE
KIND OF GUY YOU LOVE

TO HATE'

Ch r ist ian Slat er at t en ded t h e w or ld pr em ier e of Th e Pu blic at t h e
Tor on t o Film Fest ival ear lier t h is m on t h w h er e h e spok e t o Ik on
Lon don M agazin e abou t playin g ?t h e Kin d of gu y you love t o h at e?an d

abou t w or k in g t oget h er w it h Em ilio Est evez.

The American actor and leave the downtown public Ch r ist ian Slat er
producer, known for his library at closing time.
breakthrough role as Jason about his role in
?J.D.? Dean in the satire What begins as a non-violent
Heathers (1988), has been in Th e Pu blic
demand in recent years. He 'occupy style' sit-in and
appeared in seven different The American actor plays
series in 2017-2018 in ragtag act of civil the role of Josh Davis, the
addition to appearing in district attorney for the city
three feature films. disobedience quickly of Cincinnati who attempts
Nonetheless, the three-time to manage the negotiations
Oscar nominee (Mr. Robot; escalates into a standoff with the homeless. At the
2016, 2017, 2018) Slater Toronto premiere, Slater told
found time in his busy with local riot police, led by a Ikon London Magazine: ?He
schedule to attend the world is definitely the character in
premiere of the latest no-nonsense cr isis the movie who represents
directorial-acting project of that side of politics where he
Emilio Estevez ? film The negotiator (Alec Baldwin) is not as open-hearted as
Public. He was joined by the
high-profile cast of Alec and a savvy district attorney
Baldwin and Jena Malone.
(Christian Slater) with lofty

political ambitions, as two

librarians (Emilio Estevez

and Jena Malone) are caught

up in the middle of it.

The actor stepped out on ?He is def in it ely t h e ch ar act er in t h e
the red carpet in a jovial m ovie w h o r epr esen t s t h at side of
mood as he posed for polit ics w here he is not as
photos and spoke to the
press about his role in the open -h ear t ed as you ?d lik e h im t o be.
film in Toronto. The film He is def init ely t he guy w ho f eels
touches upon very serious ?t h is is all a m ess.? An d h e is a law
issues of homelessness,
mental health? and an d or der polit ician in t h is m ovie. So
lib r ar ies. hopef ully, he is t he k ind of guy you

Th e Pu blic - plot love t o hat e,?

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emergency shelters are at

full capacity when a brutal

Midwestern cold front

makes its way to Cincinnati,

Ohio, a large group of

homeless library ?patrons' -

led by Jackson (Michael

Kenneth Williams) - refuse to

you?d like him to be. He that I wanted to be a
is definitely the guy part of it.?
who feels ?this is all a
mess.? And he is a law Slater was one of the
and order politician in last in the cast to be
this movie. So confirmed for the role ?
hopefully, he is the kind the news came in in
of guy you love to hate,? January 2017, a month
he said laughingly. after it was confirmed
that Alec Baldwin, Jena
Ch r ist ian Malone, and Taylor
Slat er abou t Schillingt would be
Em ilio Est evez joining Emilio Estevez in
the film. And if no
Speaking of the director awards come for
Christian, at least he
Emilio Estevez, Slater really enjoyed playing
the guy you love to
admitted that he h at e.

admires him as a Speaking of which, after
having called an
director. ?One of the intrusive journo a
?salacious cunt? in
things I truly admire November last year,
Slater couldn?t be more
about Estevez is his professional at the
premiere of The Public.
abilities, his passion for In good mood and with
great manners, he was
writing and directing to attentive to the press
and made sure to
take on real issues and answer all questions
before heading to the
raise people?s screening accompanied
by the ?bouncers? AKA
awareness and shed p u b licist s.

some light on issues

that might not

otherwise be played so

close attention to.

?Every time he writes
something, it is so easy
to read immediately.
And I can let him know
how I feel and I decided

Ever y t im e h e w r it es som et h in g,
it is so easy t o r ead im m ediat ely.
And I can let him k now how I feel
and I decided t hat I w ant ed t o be

a par t of it .?

EMILIO ESTEVEZ ON
HOMELESSNESS AT THE
TORONTO PREMIERE OF

THE PUBLIC

Em ilio Est evez pr em ier ed t o t h e w or ld h is lat est f ilm Th e Pu blic ear lier
t h is m on t h at t h e Tor on t o Film Fest ival. He spok e t o t h e Edit or in Ch ief

of Ik on Lon don M agazin e abou t h om elessn ess an d m en t al h ealt h
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The coveted actor, writer, Em ilio Est evez homeless but? [the issue
and director was joined on still exists]."
the red carpet by the cast about
including Alec Baldwin, Joe Alvarez later
Christian Slater, and Jena h om elessn ess summarized: ?So my
Malone. He spoke in length question to him was that
about the serious topics of Speaking about the despite a lot of this help
homelessness and mental homelessness with the already being there, a lot of
health. And also, about the Editor in Chief of Ikon homeless people - through
institution of libraries and London Magazine, Emilio various issues including
their place in today's society. Estevez admitted, ?There is a mental illness, drug abuse,
lot of mental issues, like alcoholism etc - turn down
Librar ies and schizophrenia and there are this help. When they are
a lot of people [on streets] given the help, to go to
h om elessn ess ? who feel like if you go to a these places - they run away
shelter that you?re going to or the end up fighting. They
t he real problem be on your own and going to don't want the ten o'clock or
have to give your name to 11 o'clock curfew which
The libraries are often the be processed and so on? All most often these places
most obvious go-to place for of this stuff pushes back have and so on and so on so
the homeless. They are against someone who has it's a difficult question, very
warm and dry and can offer mental issues. I understand. difficult. Which he kind of
a short-time relieve from the In fact, some of the answered appropriately.
harsh weather. In a move characters in the film speak There is not much you can
that responds to the rise in about the freedom of being say.?
homeless people using their
branches, the Toronto Public
Library has hired its first
full-time social worker to
deal with homelessness.

It?s a bold move that signals " Th er e is a lot of m en t al issu es, lik e
sch izoph r en ia an d t h er e ar e a lot of people
the importance the Toronto
[on st r eet s] w h o f eel lik e if you go t o a
library is placing on offering sh elt er t h at you ?r e goin g t o be on you r ow n
and going t o have t o give your nam e t o be
programs for the homeless
pr ocessed an d so on ? All of t h is st u f f
and in training its entire staff pu sh es back again st som eon e w h o h as

to deal better with the m en t al issu es."

needs of the homeless, such

as helping them to find

emergency shelter, food

banks, and clothing. If

successful, it should be

copied by big-city libraries

across Canada.

DENISE GOUGH ON
TOXIC AND

PROGRESSI VE
MASCUL I NI T Y

Th e acclaim ed f ilm dir ect or Wash West m or elan d pr esen t ed h is f eat u r e f ilm
Colet t e at t h e Tor on t o Film Fest ival. Th e f ilm st ar s Keir a Kn igh t ley (Colet t e),
Dom in ic West (Willy) an d Den ise Gou gh (M issy) as m ain pr ot agon ist s. Ik on
Lon don M agazin e spok e t o Den ise Gou gh abou t m ascu lin it y at t h e Tor on t o

Pr em i er e. Oct ober 2018 - Ikon London M agazine - 63

The film is a biopic following ? she was open about her

the life of French writer sexual preference was for

Colette who was behind the women. Though lesbian love

series of bestsellers was then ?fashionable? in

Claudine. Colette was certain circles, she was still

?pushed by her husband?and attacked for this, especially

by the French laws at the due to her very masculine

time to write novels under dress and attitude. At this

his name. Upon their time a woman wearing

success, Colette fights to trousers could st ill

make her talents known. scandalise even if she had

Mat hilde ?M issy ? been legally authorised to
do so, as in the case of Rosa

de Morny[ Bonheur (who sought police
permission to wear trousers
In the latest film by Wash to make it easier for her to
paint in the countryside).
West m or elan d , Denise Mathilde wore a full
three-piece suit (then
Gough is playing the role of forbidden to women), wore
her hair short, and smoked
Missy. In Denise?s own a cigar.

words: "Matilda was a From the summer of 1906
onwards, she lived with
French noblewoman who Colette quite openly. On 3
January 1907 Mathilde and
was one of the first women Colette put on a pantomime
entitled Rêve d'Égypte
to present herself as a man. ('Dream of Egypt') at the
Moulin Rouge, in which
So, she was wearing Mathilde caused a scandal
by playing an Egyptologist
trousers, but it was illegal during a simulated lesbian
love scene - a kiss between
for women to wear trousers. them almost caused a riot
and the production was
She was also in a seven-year stopped by the prefect of
police Louis Lépine. From
relationship with Colette. then on they could no longer
live together openly, though
And she was one of the the relationship lasted until

people, in fact, I think the

m ain p er so n who

encouraged Colette to own

her work and to step into

her power."

In real life, her extravagant
conduct made her a
celebrity of the Belle Époque
and despite her 1881
marriage to the known
homosexual Jacques Godart,
6th Marquis de Belbeuf ?
whom she divorced in 1903

1912.

Den ise Gou gh : pr ogr essive

m ascu lin it y VS t oxic

m ascu lin it y

Speaking about what made Missy special for
Colette, Denise shared her thoughts with Ikon
London Magazine.

?I think in the film you can see that Willy is the
definition of toxic masculinity, you know, so a
man who owns his woman, takes credit for her
work. And then what you have in Missy is the
opposite masculinity. Very progressive
masculinity, very empowering. And also, very
defined by the fact that she had to live as a
woman for so long. And so, when she presented
as a man, her man was amazing.?

Denise added: ?So if I had a choice between a
toxic man and progressive man, I go with the
progressive man.?

Wh at ?s u p n ext f or Den ise
Gou gh

Speaking about her future plans, Denise
admitted that she is enjoying her rest from
theatre. ?I just had two very intense plays for two
years and I just want to take a break and being
dressed nice and looked after.?It was obviously a
nod to the fact that all historical costumes in
Colette were vintage and not specially designed
for the film. Knightley and Gough told us at the
press conference how some costumes were
stained and were ?falling apart on them?. Denise
revealed she is more interested in film now and
?will be back on stage in 2020.?

On the night of the premiere, Denise looked
great in her salmon pink gown by Gabriella
Hearst. ?It feels so good; I can?t stop touching it.?

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WASH WESTMORELAND
"MY DAD STARTED ME
MAKING FILMS"

Th e dir ect or of ?St ill Alice?Wash West m or elan d pr esen t ed h is lat est f eat u r e
f ilm Colet t e at t h e Tor on t o In t er n at ion al Film Fest ival st ar r in g Ju lian n e

M oor e, Kr ist en St ew ar t , Alec Baldw in an d Kat e Bosw or t h , w h ich saw M oor e
w in n ear ly ever y act in g aw ar d in clu din g a BAFTA an d h er f ir st Oscar . Ik on

Lon don M agazin e spok e t o Wash West m or elan d abou t Br it ish Film In st it u t e
'diver sit y t ar get s' an d abou t h is f at h er .

Hailing from Leeds, England, sexual taboos, of Belle also playing a white
Westmoreland earned his Époque Paris. Willy is all in ? character,?admitted director
college degree in Politics at at first. He even encourages at the press conference.
the University of Colette to write as one of his
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and ?factory? authors ? or He further elaborated
soon after moved to ghostwriters, as we call during the star-studded
America to pursue them now ? and the fruits of premiere: ?I didn?t hear
f ilm m akin g. her labour, the Claudine specifically about the BFI
books, quickly become a targets but I think diversity is
This new flick has a good literary sensation. There?s something that is part of the
chance of getting only one problem: though creative world. And when we
recognition this coming Claudine is Colette, she also speak about the period
Awards Season. Co-written belongs to Willy. dramas, there were people
by Wash Westmoreland and of different sexual
the late Richard Glatzer back BFI 'diver sit y orientation in these societies
in 2001, the film follows and of different colours. So,
Colette (Keira Knightley) t ar get s' in Colette, we tried to break
from her teenage years to some of the conventional
being an adult. The film Colette is rules for period pieces so it?s
part-produced by Number 9 shaking things up."
We meet Colette (Keira Films, Killer Films, Bold
Knightley) as a teenage girl Films, Pixoloid Studios and ?One of the things I admire
in the Burgundian BFI Film Fund. We previously about Colette is that she was
countryside, infatuated with reported in Ikon London born in the country and she
Willy (Dominic West), a Magazine the BFI diversity went with what felt natural
charming but much older targets and spoke to Wash to her. A lot of her books are
Parisian publisher. When Westmoreland about his about nature and that was
she joins him in the city as ?diversity achievements?. her attitude to the sexuality
his bride, Colette begins to as well. She went with what
turn heads. Ripe for ?We have so many LGBTQ felt natural. She didn?t feel
adventure and unafraid of representatives who took guilty, didn?t feel shame. And
her desires, Colette part, plus we have one black that?s what we wanted to
?challenges' the social and actor playing a character explore first of all.?
gender conventions, and who historically was white
and an Asian person who is

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Wash show me and my brother so with Wash Westmoreland
West m or elan d: films when we were kids and who started making films
" M y dad st ar t ed explain. This is a master age nine, it?s the ?invested
m e m ak in g f ilm s" shot. This is a tracking shot. parents? who lay the basics
This is a close-up. And when for kids. To all film lovers out
The London premiere of I was nine, I started making there who want to
Colette will take place at the films with our home movie encourage their kids ? give
BFI London Film Festival and camera with him. So, it them a camera and let them
we learned that Wash?s dad means everything to me to experiment with filming
will travel from Leeds to have him come down to beyond the ?Instagram
support him. London and see Colette play Story.? Maybe one day you
in Leicester Square." too will be walking down the
?My dad started making red carpet at the Leicester
films. He worked at the Our parents can play a big Square.
power stations all his life, role in forming our future.
and he was very invested in Like with Emilio Estevez,
cinema. He would always whose father bought film
camera when he was eleven,

?M y dad st ar t ed m ak in g f ilm s. He w or k ed
at t h e pow er st at ion s all h is lif e, an d h e
w as ver y in vest ed in cin em a. He w ou ld
alw ays sh ow m e an d m y br ot h er f ilm s
w h en w e w er e k ids an d explain . Th is is a
m ast er sh ot . Th is is a t r ack in g sh ot . Th is is
a close-u p. An d w h en I w as n in e, I st ar t ed
m ak ing film s w it h our hom e m ovie cam era
w it h h im . So, it m ean s ever yt h in g t o m e t o
h ave h im com e dow n t o Lon don an d see

Colet t e play in Leicest er Squ ar e."

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