Yasmina Reza's 2008 play God of Carnage was a worldwide hit. Here she talks about working with director Roman Polanski on the film adaptation and the year she spent with Nicolas Sarkozy
In late 2005, playwright Yasmina Reza was approached by a German theatre director who wanted to commission a new work from her. "I said, 'No, I'm tired, I've got too much on; I don't want to do it,'" Reza says, sitting in the corner of a darkened hotel bar in her native Paris. She gives a dismissive flap of her hand, as if reliving the refusal. But then, something happened to change her mind.
"There was a little incident in the life of my son," she says, refilling her cup of herbal tea from an Oriental-style teapot as she talks. "He was then about 13 or 14 and his friend was in a fight with another friend; they exchanged blows...
In late 2005, playwright Yasmina Reza was approached by a German theatre director who wanted to commission a new work from her. "I said, 'No, I'm tired, I've got too much on; I don't want to do it,'" Reza says, sitting in the corner of a darkened hotel bar in her native Paris. She gives a dismissive flap of her hand, as if reliving the refusal. But then, something happened to change her mind.
"There was a little incident in the life of my son," she says, refilling her cup of herbal tea from an Oriental-style teapot as she talks. "He was then about 13 or 14 and his friend was in a fight with another friend; they exchanged blows...
- 1/22/2012
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
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