Will Doig
interviews Sam Riley, who plays Ian Curtis in the New Joy Division biopic, Control . According to Will, Riley "has a great voice, and not just cause he's british. It's a nice smoky baritone. and his cadence was great. For instance, when he talked about Deborah and that whole part about portraying a man in front of that man's widow, he got very quiet and contemplative."
What was it like meeting the widow of the man you were
portraying?
I was embarrassed, to be honest. I think we both
thought it was fairly surreal. I was in their house, I had to sleep upstairs, I
was wearing his clothes, and I'd be walking around their house and I'd bump
into Debbie, and I almost wanted to say sorry.
Sorry
for portraying Ian?
Yeah. For being an imposter or something. [Playing Ian
in front of her] was like saying something about someone when they're standing
right behind you - it was that kind of feeling. I could see she was nervous,
but she was lovely.
Visit the film's official site.
Watch a video of Joy Division performing "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
