Ben Mendelsohn on Darkest Hour

http://collider.com/ben-mendelsohn-rogue-one-star-wars-interview/

I also wanted to jump into Darkest Hour, you working with Joe Wright. You basically won the director lottery here, you’re just working with all-stars. Talk a little bit about working with Joe on that project, because that’s also an interesting gig.

MENDELSOHN: Well, that’s a deeply flattering gig too. I’m playing King George to Gary Oldman’s Churchill.

He looks unrecognizable.

MENDELSOHN: You’ve seen it?

I’ve seen a picture of him as Churchill.

MENDELSOHN: That’s what I meant, yeah. It is the most outstanding prosthetics I’ve seen. In terms of for a human rendering, etc., etc., it’s outstanding. Look, if you want to talk about the phasing moments with Darth Vader, there was a lot of phasing moments with Gary Oldman as Churchill too because there are times when you literally see him in front of you. It’s a real honor, I just feel very…I’m still pinching myself, this is really beyond what I had –I wouldn’t have fantasized I would be asked to play King George in such an illustrious company.

I think it’s interesting because his prosthetics are so crazy that I almost wonder if he went out and casually just took it outside of the studio and just walked around to be like, “Does anyone even recognize me?” because it’s so not him.

MENDELSOHN: No, it’s not, it’s not. He got some amazing prosthetics maestro out of retirement, Gary went and got him out of retirement for this job. He knew what he was doing, he’s an incredibly intelligent man, Gary Oldman is smart. And look, to actors of my generation he is a God, he is a God.