:07:11
I liked Malcolm for this role
:07:14
simply because it's a very arch-role,
it's sort of preposterous.
:07:21
Even though he doesn't have
that classic Shakespearean training,
:07:26
he had done a lot of stage work
in Britain,
:07:29
and those Brits are very good at
:07:33
giving those phoney-baloney speeches.
:07:36
The Alec Guinnesses
and Anthony Hopkins
:07:40
have made quite a good living
being hired to distinguish...
:07:44
to give distinguished readings
of strange exposition.
:07:49
This is Ruby Dee.
:07:51
We just cut from the Esplanade
in New Orleans
:07:56
to the stage in Universal.
:08:00
This is a two-tiered set.
:08:24
Alan's script was set in New Orleans
:08:27
and I thought New Orleans was good
:08:29
because it is the least American
of American cities
:08:33
in that it has flown under
five different flags
:08:37
and has the most polyglot population,
in history, of any city.
:08:46
And also, of course,
:08:48
there is the Caribbean
and the voodoo traditions.