JESSICA Stevenson talks about her new film, Confetti, as
well as what it might do for marriages in general.
Q. What's your thoughts on the business of having a bizarre
wedding ceremony? Is it not scary enough to do it the
straightforward way?
A. Making the film actually made me think that more people
should do it. Weddings are bizarre anyway. The whole nature
of them is crazytown. So why not go the whole hog and turn
it into a complete circus?
Q. Did you bring any first-hand experiences of wedding
day disasters to your role?
A. I wasn't married at the time when we initially met to
discuss the film but by the time we did the film I was.
So what I was really interested in exploring was that sort
of dysfunctional aspect and the warring families. The
divorced families who just have to get it together in order
for the marriage to work.
As for funny wedding stories, a friend of mine who always
thought she was a really good dancer ? and therefore
indulged in it often - was actually filmed on her wedding
day. So at the point where she was looking at the video
and thinking what a great dancer she was, she initially
didn't recognise herself and then realised what a terrible
dancer she actually was. She would never have found out
had she not got married. So some good came out of it.
Q. Do you think this film will revive the happily ever
after concept and the idea of marriage?
A. I don't think getting married means happily ever after
unfortunately. I think there's a lot more to it than that.
The marriage ceremony is one day and it's what you do for
the rest of the time that matters. But if people want to
get married in an extravagant and fun way - and they can
afford to - I think it's good fun. But if you're asking:
"Do I hope that more people get married after seeing this
film?" I don't know. I think people should do what they
want to do. I hope that more people are happy.
I think people certainly do have a different idea of what
marriage is. Two generations ago, I think marriage meant
something completely different. It actually meant you were
going to stay with someone forever and younger people
understood that's what it meant and they absolutely went
with that. Whereas for this generation and maybe the last,
marriage doesn't necessarily mean the same thing. It has changed.
Taken From:
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