Who is the guy playing the self-declared fairy who sets fire to the burger joint? He looks familiar but I can't find a familiar name in the credits, or indeed any credit for that role.
shareIt is Daniel Brühl, I only have seen him in The Edukators
shareI'm not sure I understood the point of his character---I realize the necessity of the conversation to the plot---but a "fairy"? I may have missed something here; it seems too much a non sequitur, even for this film. Was he mistranslating, and actually meant something else? I'm going to rewatch it eventually, but does anyone have any input? Thanks in advance..
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Earlier in the film, Julie Delpy mentioned elves, so maybe she was going for a more fantastical setting...be it just for a bit.
shareEarlier in the movie, the taxi driver mentions a terrorist who's been burning down burger joints. So he's a "terrorist", but of course he feels he's doing the right thing. So maybe that's why he calls himself a fairy, but I don't know.
shareI only noticed that line and made the connection upon second viewing. I think it's hysterical that Jack was so concerned about terrorism in public transportation that he avoided the metro and the buses at all costs, only to meet the one terrorist in the fastfood restaurant. At first I didn't see the point of that scene (beyond a bit of humor) but I have definitely changed my mind. The fact that the terrorist is by far the sweetest and most willing to sympathize with Jack's situation contributes new depth. The more I think about it, the more I think the fairy was a very clever little addition to the plot.
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He also played a small part in The Bourne Ultimatum.
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Good bye Lenin!
that's where I had seen it before.
It took me awhile to place him but I finally realized I'd seen him in "Ladies in Lavender".
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
A nice performance from the actor. But like a lot in this movie, The Fairy was a heavy-handed plot device who arrives to affect a turnaround in the male lead's attitude.
In a swoop of post-modernism, this character even announces that he is a magical no-basis-in-reality device rather than a character per se. He's a "fairy". He could have as easily said he was God. Or even called himself Julie Delpy. All would have worked.
Overall it's a fair movie, but I didn't like this storyline a single bit. It just didn't fit.
shareI might of misinterpreted the whole 'Fairy' business, but why do you see him standing in the crowd when the music or band is playing
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He plays the charming Nazi soldier in Inglorious Basterds too!
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