Matt Dillon on ‘Tricky’ Task of Playing Marlon Brando in ‘Being Maria,’ How the Film Explores the ‘Trauma’ of ‘Last Tango in Paris’ and Why He Voted for Kamala Harris
variety.comRafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Traveling to Greece for the Thessaloniki Film Festival has not stopped Matt Dillon from voting in the upcoming U.S.
election. “I voted before I came because I had to vote,” he told journalists at a press conference. “When I agreed to come to Thessaloniki, I didn’t realize it was going to be in the middle of it.
But, of course, I voted, and I will just say I voted for Kamala Harris. I feel strongly that she is the best candidate for me.” Dillon, who is the recipient of Thessaloniki’s Golden Alexander award, is also at the festival with Jessica Palud’s “Being Maria,” in which he plays Marlon Brando during the shooting of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris.” The chance of playing one of his acting heroes was something the Oscar-nominated actor “could not resist.” “Brando is very influential not just on me, but all actors.
He changed the whole game, multiple times,” he said. “I liked the script and thought the depiction was fair and honest. Later on, I was like, ‘You idiot!
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