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The guest of honor of this year’s edition of the
\nAmerican International Film Festival, actor Sebastian Stan, had a number of
\nmeetings with the Romanian audience, and talked about his Hollywood career, his
\ncollaborations and meetings with famous actors and directors, such as Nicole
\nKidman, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon or Michael Haneke. He was first cast in a
\nfilm at the age of 10, but the role that got him international fame was the one
\nin the American TV series Gossip Girl.
\nIn the most recent film of the trilogy Captain
\nAmerica, he plays the lead role, alongside Robert Downey Junior, Scarlet
\nJohanson, Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones. <\/p>\n
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In spite of the fact that Captain America, in
\nwhich he even has several lines in Romanian, is the film that brought him
\ninternational fame, Sebastian Stan counts on the less commercial films and
\nfavors art films, even if they are low-budget. Sebastian Stan agreed to give an
\ninterview in Romanian to the ambassador of the American International Film
\nFestival, journalist Andreea Esca:<\/p>\n
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At present, this type of films, the less
\ncommercial ones, are difficult to make. This is hard even in the US, because
\nit’s the blockbusters that bring money, so most producers opt for them. Of
\ncourse, among these super-productions, there are very good films as well. But
\nthe ones I grew up with are the type of The
\nGodfather, Goodfellas, landmark
\nfilms of the 1970s. So for me the film I,
\nTonya, was an opportunity which you don’t come across very often in
\nAmerica. This film tackles some very important themes. So I was very happy to
\nbe a part of the team.<\/p>\n
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Sebastian Stan was born on August 13, 1982, in Constanta. He moved to
\nVienna, together with his mother, when he was eight years old. When he was 10,
\nhe played his first role in a film, 71 fragments of a Chronology of Chance, directed
\nby the world-famous Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. Two years later, his
\nfamily crossed the Ocean and settled in Rockland County, New York. Sebastian graduated
\nfrom the Rutgers University in New Jersey and studied at Globe Theatre in
\nLondon for a year. <\/p>\n
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While in Bucharest, ahead of the
\nscreening of the film I, Tonya, Sebastian Stan talked about his life and career.
\nHe referred, among other things, to his special bond with the Romanian
\nlanguage, as he spent the first four years of his life in Romania, a communist
\ncountry at the time. Years later, his friends in the film industry used to tease his, calling him the
\ncommunist. <\/p>\n
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When asked to
\ngive some pieces of advice to budding actors, Sebastian Stan said it is
\nimportant to focus on the process and not on rewards or recognition. Two of the
\nRomanian directors whom he admires a lot are Corneliu Porumboiu and Cristian
\nMungiu, but in order to play in a Romanian film he should spend at least a
\nmonth in Romania, to regain his Romanian accent. <\/p>\n
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\n(Translated by E. Enache & D. Vijeu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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