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 Chapter 3 - Journey of Self-Awakening
As excited, as Crowe was about the film itself, he was equally as enthusiastic about working again with Tom Cruise.
"Tom is a gift to any director," says Crowe. "He brings a kind of emotional center to anything he does, and in our movie he makes David Aames every man so the audience can identify with him. Tom captures real life. He puts everything you want to express in a script on the screen and he works tirelessly until you're happy."
In turn, Cruise had nothing but praise for Crowe, as well as for the film itself.
"I think Vanilla Sky is terrific, and a definite credit to Cameron's storytelling." Cruise says. "He's a brilliant writer, a brilliant director, and he's brilliant with actors. When you're working with him, you're just constantly growing and challenging yourself."
Cruise describes his character with just as much passion. Like Crowe, he says that David Aames is kind of like a "Prince of New York," who has inherited everything, worked hard at nothing, and is essentially the facade of what people think they want to be.
"He's a guy with a lot of potential, and the film is his journey of self-awakening," explains Cruise. "It's the price that he pays for being careless with other people's feelings. It's a great character to play."
The love of David's life appears in the small, sensual form of Sofia Serrano, portrayed by Penélope Cruz. Ambitious and optimistic, Sofia exudes a positive, down-to-earth life force and a sexuality that cuts through David's rarefied world of sycophants and opportunists. Instantly, she attracts him. She's the last 'guileless' girl in New York City, says David Aames.
Cruz says she lobbied for the role, which she secretly considered her own, since she had played Sofia in "Abre Los Ojos." It didn't take much to convince Crowe, Cruise and Wagner that she was their Sofia as well.
"Casting Penélope is an example of how we pay homage to the original film," says Wagner. "With Cameron's direction, she's basically created a completely different character."
"Penélope Cruz playing Sofia Serrano was a dream of mine," admits Crowe. "She's a wonderful link to Amenbar's original inspirationand I also heard privately that she was going to come after whoever remade "Abre Los Ojos (1997)" with an Uzi if they didn't cast her." Crowe laughs, then adds that he thought at the time, "Now that's the kind of passion you want in your leading lady!"
Crowe went on to describe how both Penélope's and Tom's passion for their roles translated into a wonderful on-screen chemistry.
"I fell in love with this couple through the lens," says Crowe. "In fact, I would come to work every day and be anxious to see their scenes together, to see what their characters were going to bring out in each other. "
"We worked very hard, but we had a blast together," admits Cruise, who also had a lot to say about his leading lady. "Penélope brings reality and humanity to her character with such grace and perfection. It's no wonder anyone would immediately fall in love with her, and that's what happens to David Aames."
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