In the film, Luc Besson’s “Lucy” Morgan Freeman played a researcher of the human brain, which help solve the heroine Scarlett Johansson, when it becomes a superman. “Gazety.Ru” has talked to 77-year-old actor about annoying position nice guy, you want to play Satan and how humanity is heading for the abyss.
– Your character in “Lucy “said that, it seems, mankind has made its choice, and that choice – to consume and not to be. Do you think this reflects our reality?
– Oh, of course. Unfortunately, the evidence of this we get every day. Look at us and to the planet. It’s all driven by a desire to have. This is the main motive chelove … I would say the whole of humanity, but it is not entirely accurate. But of course, the modern man motivates the idea of the economy as such. All here just for this.
– Including you?
– Money. The more, the better! And if we look at the global banking system, that control and power they possess is frightening. Money and only money. Money makes money. Everything that banks do, to a large extent is criminal. They create income from the air. But they are above the law and will never be held responsible.
– The film is quite upbeat ending. Believe in modern humanity is still hope? Some turn towards spirituality?
– No. I think there is no hope. As long as mankind can continue along this path, so be it. But over all a colossal collapse, and civilization collapses. How many empires can you name? Let’s count? Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, British … And now – the American. Five.
Natural cycle – growing empire, and then collapses under its own weight. Collapse. The explosion from the inside. Fall. American empire will soon suffer the same fate, even though she is young.
But historical time is very intense, and great changes are taking place with enormous acceleration. How exactly this will happen – good question. Explosion inside already begun, but it will take some time.
– A friend, who was looking with me, “Lucy”, said that it looks like a “Matrix” twenty years later, and a more optimistic . It turns out, in the “Lucy” it is hoped that in the “Matrix” was not?
– just “Matrix” reflects much more accurately. Humanity is moving towards self-destruction by leaps and bounds, without turning.
– The materials for the film says that you are very passionate about what’s inside the human brain, and that you almost do not own theory on this account. Share?
– Hey, well, what did not PR people write. No, I do not have his theory of how the brain works. That I have, of course, have their own theory about everything, as well as any man.
You know, like you have in New York say: opinions, like elbows, everyone has.
The idea that we use only ten percent of our brain, I know. But there is a theory that in fact we are using a lot more, just not aware of this report. The brain does not always tell you: “Yes, I’m working, but now have a rest.” The brain tells you, ‘Look there! Look here! Look what lips! Look, what eyes! Tell it like it is. ” But the brain does not speak directly to the heart, “Beysya, push the blood through the veins.” Heart beats constantly, without being aware of itself. And oxygen into the lungs. And all of this is controlled by the brain every second. All the cells in our body are connected with the brain, every atom. So I would not say that we use only ten percent of our brain. Ten percent of our consciousness – can be.
– Some meditate for the expansion of consciousness, some take ayahuasca, and you do something in that direction?
– Before doing yoga. Yoga, it seems to me, is the best system of exercise of all. And people who devote her entire life, yoga, real hardcore, as in India, can do the most incredible things: for example, to control your breathing and other body functions. When I do yoga, usually did so: an hour or two of exercise, and then assigned a specific time to meditate. The purpose of meditation was simple – to sit still and concentrate on your own breathing. If it fails, all other thoughts simply dissolve. I’ve been doing it this way: it is decided that for the next ten minutes, I’ll do ten breaths, no more. This is the control of physiological functions of the brain. Simply achieved by training. You just realize that in fact you do not need to breathe so often. For example, right now you can focus and stretch inhale and exhale as much as thirty seconds, if want to, even without training. The secret is that the lungs are doing well when they receive the air. So you just slow down the process, think of sixteen and …
– In fact, I just tried as you said. A very interesting feeling, and yes, no panic in the brain has not arisen.
– I’m telling you, it’s easy. This idea came to me when I watched all these movies about kung fu in the 80s and 90s, where the main character could stay under water for a few minutes without any difficulty. Through a simple breath control. Mark’s singers like Frank Sinatra, they also sing and breathe at the same time! Somehow contrive. Want to be a good storyteller, ozvuchivatelem – sing, it develops breath control.
– You often voiced movies and generally running voice, that of “Lucy”, we first for some time, hear your voice, and then the camera pulls back to show your character. This Besson so playing with the expectations of the viewer who is used to hearing your voice-over?
– This is necessary to ask Luke, but I like the train of thought.
– In preparation for this interview, I looked up “street smart ass» (Street Smart) 1987: you are there pimp played great, was nominated for “Oscar” and “Golden Globe”, it’s still your favorite role?
– Yes.
– Why do you no longer play the scum?
– I’m God, Mr. Nice – stuck in this position.
– And I would like to play the bad guy again?
– Of course! That’s the interest! This is a departure from the routine, it’s great. I would have walked out of a great villain. Just superzlodeysky – such that you can understand and you can sympathize with.
– You seem to be saying that God played many times, that have been able to play and Satan was such?
– It was.
– And that, really no one has ever offered this role?
– yet. (He laughs.) My idea is to play Satan as the alter ego of God, so that you need a very good script. Not about some trait, namely about Satan. Satan want to play God, without in any way. There is no good without the bad. Otherwise, what is the point of reference?
– Once you have repeatedly said that they would like to play King Lear …
– No. (Laughs). Previously he wanted, but he changed his mind and no longer want.
– In the “Lucy” you played a scientist in the same year the film was released, “Supremacy” Wally Pfister, there you are also a scientist, plus you have a few years driving a popular show about the science of “Through the Wormhole» (Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman). This position is not afraid to get stuck?
– I do not think. One of my future roles, for example, the Arab sheikh in a remake of “Ben Hur.” There I am saving the title character.
– You have the right look: pirate earrings, curly gray hair a little longer than we used to see in the movies, beard – though especially for such a role.
– Well, look: I wear earrings almost all my life. As a young man decided to pierce the ear, because it made all the sailors and all the people associated with the sea. Almost every serious sailor in the ear was a gold earring, expensive and pozametnee mine. Do you know why?
– Yes. To see if they die during the adventure of the sea, the comrades have something to bury them.
– How do you know?
– I’m just still a sailor at another profession.
– I see. Well, I have some money for the funeral will be enough, so my earrings rather symbolic. (Laughs.)
– You’re known for his passion for sailing ships still go to sea?
– No, I am the way, just talked with his agent had just sold his boat. A few years ago had a car accident and since then I can not use the left hand, and one-handed in the sea is not the place.
– What are replacing sailing?
– Golf. You can play it with one hand.
– Is there anything else to take your mind from worries?
– Just bought a twenty six bee hives, for the first time in my life I will breed them! Previously, it was full of bees, and in the last twenty years, they have all disappeared … I’ll try to get them back, and I will avoid the use of pesticides and insecticides.
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