TRIAL OFFER: 3 Issues for £1. Berlin. And so they sent me the script and I couldn’t stop reading. And now for one upcoming project because I just can’t help myself! A temple built completely out of broken dishes in Bangkok. Somewhere with crisp white sheets and a nice view from above. Great interview. So you’ll have a different classical three-act structure where you develop – this is all nice! This is unique and a thing in its own right. WALTZ: That is exactly, let’s say, the very purpose of drama. It shifts. Puts me somewhere else physically, but it also puts me into a different world, a different reality. I arrived in the evening when it was dark and the next morning the sun came up and I saw the view overlooking Los Angeles. You have one 16 or 20 times in this whole story, and that’s something that’s a new form of storytelling. People try to find happiness through consuming other places: 'Oh, if I can leave everything behind, I will be happy.' Check out the full chat for yourself below: What was the first pitch for this movie like for you? Drama has the unique advantage over all of these to pose a dilemma in a way where the recipient or, in this case, the audience can put himself into the situation. Most Dangerous Game is now available on Quibi. You work on the text and you work with the people and that’s what you do. Don't talk about packing… I would start my life anew if you promised that I would never have to pack again. I’m not criticizing that at all. No surprises there. I came to London at 14 to spend the summer with a family. All of this would be hypothetical. I was disappointed too because I didn’t want to dodge questions. Travel opens my eyes, and also opens my mind. It’s something that you do rarely take the time for. What you do, it’s not like a checklist. Everything can be completely different in one single world, people we’ve never seen before can be exactly like us and we can be total strangers as well. Lastly, just because everyone’s home sweet home right now, is there anything that’s brightened your day content-wise recently that you want to tell our readers about? I travelled by train from Vienna and it was a very long and somewhat boring journey. WALTZ: No, not at all. Benefit from complimentary WiFi during your stay, breakfast to start your day, or simply the little luxury of a late check-out, Fans of MO Login to see Exclusive Benefits, Welcome {{ mymo.user.first_name }}: You can opt out at any time or find out more by reading our cookie policy. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' Xan Brooks. Logout, 2020 © Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Limited. Phil is really a stroke of luck to work with. I arrived at Victoria Station and I had to take a cab to the house up in North London because the family couldn't fetch me. WALTZ: Of course! Maybe it doesn’t fit into the Disneyfication, but I have no clue. So are you able to tease anything about the role that made you say, ‘Yeah, it’s necessary for me to return to that character?’. Instead, Miles suggests Dodge could make enough money to support his family by allowing himself to be hunted for sport. [Laughs] You’ll see what it is when you see it. I mostly started to understand it as I was reading through the 16 episodes. Before I lose you I did want to ask about a past project because one of my absolute favorite things of 2019 was seeing the groundswell of support for Alita. How about the opposite side of those conversations? I have no clue. The amount of work does not signify importance or ranking in the scene. The attention span has dwindled to that?’ Those are the skeptical snob’s comments of course, and I am a skeptical snob, so I said, ‘Look, we do this no matter what it is. You most likely know Christoph Waltz from his big Hollywood breakthrough in 2009, when he was cast by Quentin Tarantino in Inglourious Basterds.It was a role that was to earn Waltz the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and opened the door for him to play the ultimate screen villain: the James Bond baddie. I like to do it more often than not, but this is a time to do it because not much new stuff is coming out – other than Quibi – and you don’t feel you’re missing out on anything current if you now develop a little bit of a historical thing. This is a new form of television. I fear it's getting worse. As a master of that, what do you think the key is to achieving that? I first went as a teenager, and although I don't think I would like to live there, I like to visit. That just, excuse the expression, fucks up the world. 1. And you’re working with one of the best of the best with Phil [Abraham] as your director. The Ending of ‘Parasite’ and the Fantasy of Wealth, YouTube Offers Some Premium Originals for Free, Including 'Escape the Night'. Print + Digital And a grey rainy day in Milan, for which I cannot disclose any details… especially not why the memory endures. The cabbie told me it was too far and made me get the tube, which I thought was great. Every time you think you’ve found an answer, it turns, and like a boomerang, the question comes back at you and the question is a very profound and deep dilemma. Stuff that you can buy is not a souvenir, just baggage. I can safely say that I remember walking into Mandarin Oriental, Paris and feeling transferred into a different kind of Paris, one that I wish would also exist outside. Interview. I don’t even know everything I could wish for! You’re asking me a very hypothetical question in that you can answer truthfully or not, or imaginatively or not, or empathically or not, or empathetically or sympathetically. WALTZ: Well, to be very thorough, very precise, to be thoughtful and insightful, take the thing seriously, and take the character seriously. Now it’s Disney. He had to wait until his mid-50s before he finally got his big break. Once in a while I need to put my head down and close my eyes, but I prefer to do that when I’m not filming, in a place that’s not a film location. That makes it that much more exciting and that justifies, by the way, the length of the individual portion. I haven’t heard anything and I’m a little disappointed and surprised that I haven’t heard a thing so far, because I know that it has followers. 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And there was a thunderstorm coming in, and people running around the farm getting hysterical and securing everything. In it, Christoph Waltz plays Franz Oberhauser, a mysterious man with a mysterious connection to 007 himself. So they pushed it into November. With a resume like his, you probably get the sense that he could do just about anything, but was there anything about his skill set that really surprised you? Of course I would! Fuelbot on Aug 20, 2009 Well, until 9am, when the tourists come in on the cheap tours, and then you're in a hell hole. Not in this case. It’s just the way it’s written. If it's expensive, it has to be very special; but that's OK, because special things cost money. One thing that really struck me in the first four chapters – and also in a lot of the work you do for that matter – is how tense you’re able to make a one-on-one conversation. WALTZ: You’re talking about pulling off of work. In the interview that follows, Christoph Waltz elaborates on the inner-processes of Col. Hans Landa. Serials, yes, we’ve had that and a serial television series, a whole season of 45- minute [episodes], we’ve had that. I know that people liked it and aside from what others said, I loved it and I liked working on it and I liked the result. As I said, it’s what you would want to wish for in everything you do, to give it the attention and give it the care and to take what you do more seriously than yourself. To remind ourselves that this is actually an art form with an important history, and that it is not just intangible consumption, that it is actually art that touches us and art that depicts our world, is an important thing to remember occasionally. No, it was necessary. Inasmuch, it can turn into a new form of dramatic narrative. Maybe they’re working on something and I wouldn’t be the first person to hear, but meanwhile, I haven’t heard anything. Shockingly, I have yet to do that! The luminescent colours of Marrakech, and the flickering lanterns at dusk. Tokyo. I saw the script. But other than that, just the water. It’s very enticing to bring back familiar characters, but you always want your character to come back with purpose. These things are extremely important for very young people, because they learn how to cope. I remember they slaughtered a pig, which I found fabulously fascinating. WALTZ: No, it didn’t surprise me. I mean, at least in our case, it’s one movie. No Time to Die opens in theaters this November. It is through pity and the terror, through empathy and participation. While chatting about his new movie Most Dangerous Game, Christoph Waltz discusses the pros of the Quibi storytelling format and teases No Time to Die. But early in the morning, it's a dream. I wish a lot of other movies that I’ve been on would have been shot that way. I’ve never been there and I hear that Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is more than anyone could wish for. So she got a little children's portion of spaghetti, with a few drops of truffle oil just like she wanted, and they charged us £29.90. As technology developed and all these new forms pop up, they define the content, and because of the feeding frenzy, a lot of the value itself is being deflated through inflation of options and possibility. In Most Dangerous Game, he plays Miles Sellers, the head of a company called the Tiro Fund. And that I found exciting. And that’s an entirely different approach than just asking a question. Villa Bianca restaurant in Hampstead. But, you know, I’m as wise as you are. The smooth-talking Austrian actor, with two Oscars on his mantelpiece, has become Tarantino's latest gunslinging muse and is set to be villainous in the next Bond film, By Because, first of all, I’m skeptical anyway, but when I heard a new streaming platform that only does up to 10-minute chunks and that’s it, I thought, ‘Come on, really? Can you tell me specifically about the choice to return for No Time To Die? So, it’s time for me to visit Tokyo – and see if it really is phenomenal, or whether the one in Paris is better. You wouldn’t shoot individual chapters anyway, so it was like one big movie being shot and it was being shot like a big movie and with all the effort and all the input and all the expertise and only first-class professionals at it, and it was great. Most Dangerous Game certainly has that effect so now I have to pose that question to you; if you were approached by Miles with a similar offer, would you ever consider taking it? But we’ll see. How about finding the motivation of a character like Miles? Christoph Waltz can play bad with the best of them, but, as Mickey Rapkin learns, in real life this two-time Oscar winner couldn't be more of a gentleman. So now you can participate actually rather than having to answer. This is a top notch man, and a lovely person to spend time with and a very cultured and well-read and eloquent real-deal director. WALTZ: Well, that’s a nice question, but that’s what you do as an actor. You most likely know Christoph Waltz from his big Hollywood breakthrough in 2009, when he was cast by Quentin Tarantino in Inglourious Basterds. The hotel is a lovely building, in a fantastic location that provides everything I’m looking for. It was exactly what one can hope for but doesn’t dare to in most cases. Obviously killing for sport is bad, but even with flawed choices, characters can have humanity behind those decisions so how do you go about connecting to something like that? What would you do exactly? You give it, I don’t know, eight minutes dramatically speaking, not from the audience’s point of view. You can project anything onto it. If you go there to have a great time, you'll get it, because there is hardly anything that will disturb that. I was once apprehended at immigration in Chicago in the 1990s. Tyrol then, in the very late 1950s, was a dirt-poor area, like a developing country, but it was fantastic. Not all silent movies are great, but there are a few really fantastic ones among them. Christoph Waltz is an IWC Schaffhausen Friend of the Brand and stars in 'Timeless Portofino', an exhibition by Peter Lindbergh, which marks the launch of the new Portofino Midsize collection by IWC This interview was first published in Condé Nast Traveller February 2015 This is what you do. Unpacking is OK, though, I can do that very well. I remember having one of the most excellent meals ever at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. This is a new way of telling a story, because you turn it at least every eight minutes or so. I hope we'll be seeing more of Cristoph Waltz sooner than later. It’s almost the best definition for what an actor does. I find little bottles of alcohol depressing because that's what alkies use, so they can't trace the amount. WALTZ: I started watching silent movies. It's been a city for a pretty long time and you can see its past everywhere. Did you have any idea what Quibi was when the script first came your way? Are there are any differences on the production side when it comes to filming a movie in chapters? It is an absolute horror. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Baby Yoda Devoured a Woman’s Children and We Need to Talk…, As ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Filming Ends, Colin Trevorrow Shares New Set Photo, ‘Fantastic Beasts’: 9 Actors Who Should Replace Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, ‘Mank’ Review: An Exquisite and Frigid Examination of Art and Propaganda, ‘The Mandalorian:’ Explaining the Unexpected Star Wars History of Those Crazy Ice Spiders. Sorry, you just lost a customer. COLLIDER participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COLLIDER gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. That would just remind me of myself, and I can get that from my bathroom mirror. These days you carry them to the car and onto the plane, then you carry them off the plane and they hardly know how to read signs. There was an irregularity with my visa, so I had to pay a fee - there was nothing wrong, but they made me feel like a criminal. I am prepared to pay for what I get if it's worth it. I was in LA for a job and so I rented a house in the Hollywood Hills. Maybe it's because it was a surprise, but it was a lovely, lovely view. Miles offers to help Liam Hemsworth’s character, Dodge, out of a very tough spot, but not by giving Dodge the loan he requests. On top of that, he also spoke about the groundswell of support for an Alita: Battle Angel sequel, offered up a very brief tease of the next Bond movie, No Time To Die, and revealed what he’s busy watching while we’re all practicing social distancing. I’m not sure how many chapters you’ve watched so far, but if you’ve watched it, did you find any particular benefit to this format of delivering a story that you didn’t expect? It was great and let’s talk again about it after you’ve seen it. Occasionally, if there's a Japanese beer, I'll take it. You know, it was Fox and Fox doesn’t exist anymore. WALTZ: You’ll see when you see it. They require Liam to be a very active listener so when you need to lead the conversation in those scenes, what do you look for in your scene partner so that they can also bring the most out of your performance? I recall every detail. This site uses cookies to improve your experience and deliver personalised advertising. That was a total disaster, because immigration in the USA is tough, and that particular officer - a very pretty young lady with red hair - decided she wanted to give me a hard time, and she really did. And that’s what fascinated me, the way it was written when I read it first because everybody knows what a cliffhanger is. Everybody who’s in a scene is equal and everybody is there for a reason, and just because one character says more words than the other does not mean that he is in any way or form more important to the story. Here, we challenge him to answer our quick-fire travel quiz. It was a role that was to earn Waltz the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and opened the door for him to play the ultimate screen villain: the James Bond baddie. I appreciate you bringing it up because now I’m probably going to give that a go. 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There was Downtown on one side and on the other, you could see the fog over the ocean. Brought to you by the editorial team behind MO Magazine, As a Fan of M.O., whenever you book online through our website, you can choose up to two additional privileges. Click the button below and wait for a message from our Facebook bot in Messenger! I was put in a little room and I waited there for three hours with no idea what was going on. WALTZ: Yes, definitely. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. So you’re in it together on completely equal terms. I have a resistance against packing that borders on the psychotic. Let’s look at the script,’ because all the other discussions are more or less academic, and this is about what it actually is. I must have been three or maybe even younger, and we went to Tyrol in the Italian mountains and stayed on a farm. There are few film franchises with as many fascinating and fun villains as James Bond, from Auric Goldfinger to Ernst Stavro Blofeld to Red Grant to Alec Trevelyan and on, and the upcoming 24th Bond film - Spectre - is likely no different. I’ll tell you; it isn’t easy keeping a phone conversation with Christoph Waltz to the allotted time, especially when you’re discussing a new storytelling format like “Movies in Chapters” on Quibi. Dramatically speaking, you give it eight minutes before you turn it around. Waltz leads one of the first Quibi original feature films. You drive into town on that little coastal road and enter a time warp - you're in Italy in the 1960s. © 2020 Collider Cryptomedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To learn how big the world is… and how small. Even a photo is not really a souvenir – especially not a selfie. Rome. Has Robert ever mentioned the possibility of a sequel having grown from that super vocal fanbase and would you like to be a part of one? Is that all you can entrust an audience with anymore? It would’ve been out by now had it not been for the virus. When I can do what I want with the people I like, I don't care where I am. Most of these beautiful cities are now backdrops for mass tourism and as much as I support the idea of travelling because it widens your horizon, you should treat places with respect. You could do this as one theatrical movie, only in the theater you have a completely different situation where probably a cliffhanger every seven or eight minutes would drive you nuts. So that’s a different question than one that you ask hypothetically, and that’s why this story in this format is so fabulous, because they can spread it out. They had to put the train on a boat because there was no tunnel, then the attendant in the cafeteria called me 'sir', which I found very odd. On the contrary, I’m a great advocate of classical dramatic structure and storytelling. I hardly ever use them. Not at all. This is what real professionals do. WALTZ: Yeah, yeah. You want to keep up to date and you want to see what’s going on currently, and so I thought, ‘Well, it’s a good moment to really go back to the beginning,’ and it’s been very, very gratifying. One of my favorite qualities of a good movie is when it forces me to answer the question, what would I do in that situation? I’ve known his reputation. A plate of spaghetti with a few drops of truffle oil for £29.90? But if you fly over the Alps on a sunny day, that's pretty fantastic. CHRISTOPH WALTZ: Well, they explained it to me first, which means it sort of triggered immediate skepticism. My daughter likes truffle oil, and she wanted bland noodles, with a few drops of truffle oil. With Quibi and Most Dangerous Game making their big debut on April 6th, Waltz took some time to hop on the phone to discuss his first impression of Quibi and the pros of the storytelling format that he discovered while making the film. This is not serialized television in smaller chunks. By ELLE Nov 18, 2014 I kind of started to see, which in the end was more than firmly established in my mind, that this is not a diminution or a scaling down, a reduction of proper format. My explanation for Berlin being so popular now is that it's so bland it isn't threatening.