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RT Interview: Jamie Bell talks Defiance and Dance
by Tom Butler
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Is there anyone you'd love to work with in the future?

JB: Yeah. I think there's probably a list every actor carries around with them with the same names on it. But I also like fresh, young, different directors too. I'd love to work with some people again actually. I'd like to reunite with some people and do something different. That idea sounds good to me, you know, the familiarity. But they're all the same people on the same list!

Do you find being a young British actor in the United States an advantage or disadvantage when it comes to landing roles?

JB: I don't think it makes that much difference really. People have an idea of who you are, and you're either right for it or wrong for it. The reason I'm living in New York is because most of the work is in the States. While it's mostly in Los Angeles, I chose not to live in LA because I just didn't really vibe with it. New York is much more my kind of place, and it's also in between LA and London, and I love to come back to England all the time, so it seemed to be the perfect place for me now. But that could definitely change.

Jumper
In Fox's big-budget action flick of 2007, Jumper.

Any things you are yet to do that you'd like to?

JB: No. I think most of the decisions that always come up are not really thought about that much. It just comes up, you know, "Do you want to make a movie about a kid who climbs rooftops and wears make-up around his nipples?" It just stems from that, and you go, "Well that sounds interesting, lets look into it." There's never a grand master plan of what the next thing is. I just usually wait, and turn a lot of stuff down, until the right thing with the right person comes along.

Would you consider taking a role involving dancing again?

JB: I would definitely never cancel it out as an option, I love dancing, and it's a massive part of my life. I just haven't seen the right thing yet. There hasn't been a really good dancing movie for a while, or at least I haven't seen it, and it hasn't come through my desk. But I would love to. I would never cancel that out.

Billy Elliot
As Billy Elliot in the role which made him famous.

Were you offered more dancing roles after Billy Elliot?

JB: Bizarrely not. It's hard to incorporate dance into movies I think. I think dance has to be seen live or on stage, and I don't think it really works in the recorded format. If I was to do it again, I'd love to do one of those old musical movies. I usually hate musicals, but they don't make them any more, so you're just waiting for the right thing to come along. Maybe Baz Luhrmann will do something good.

Have you got any advice for any aspiring young actors out there?

JB: There's no right way to do it. I think everyone does it very differently. I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things. But, really, I'm crap at giving advice. I've 10 years of people giving me advice, and I still need to receive it. Even though I've been working for 10 years, I still have no idea of what the hell I'm doing actually, and that's the reality of it.


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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 08 2009 06:56 AM

Hopefully Defiance is good. I like Jaimie Bell, I actually really liked Billy Elliot and he was the only good part of Jumper.

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Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi writes:
on Jan 08 2009 07:38 AM

Jokerboy: I'd suggest you check out Hallam Foe (Mister Foe in the US) which was also released last year. It's a pretty solid performance from Bell, and I love Claire Forlani and Sophia Myles in it too.

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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 08 2009 09:32 AM

In reply to this comment (#2237580)
Mhm, yeah I'll give it a look. He was also really good in Undertow, which has a suprisingly low rating.

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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 08 2009 09:33 AM

Lol and I just realized he was Jimmy in King Kong, which is awesome.

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kachna_ff
kachna_ff writes:
on Jan 11 2009 07:15 AM

Jamie is one of the best young actors around these days. He was flawless in Billy Elliot and I don't think any of actors his age (e.g. LaBouf, Pattinson etc) could have acted like that when they were 13.
And I totally agree with jokerboy, he was the only good think about Jumper!


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djbethell
djbethell writes:
on Jan 19 2009 04:48 PM

Flawless and truly beautiful actor. A special artist.

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