It’s not every day you get to sight the Director of Thor and Cinderella. Interviewing him for twenty minutes, was even more of a rarity. Today was my lunar eclipse, my once-in-a-lifetime, interview with the brilliant and witty Cinderella Director Kenneth Branagh.
The Director Kenneth Branagh interview took place at the luxurious Montage Beverly Hills. A hotel where loads of A-list celebrities stay to find their oasis in the craziness of Los Angeles.
The hotel had a calm to it, serenity and quietness that any busy celeb would come to appreciate after a long evening of publicity on the red carpet. From floor to ceiling, the hotel was styled in true old Hollywood vintage glam yet, it had a refined contemporary and modern feel.
Still, I felt like I had arrived at Prince Charming’s castle. A perfect setting for the cast and filmmakers of Cinderella to be interviewed.
My geek love affair with Kenneth Branagh began in 1994 with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Being a total horror movie culture freak, I had that whole extra special nerd thing rocking when I found out I’d be interviewing the Oscar-nominated and talented Branagh.
In 2002 he came back into my life when he played the utterly annoying and devious Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and again in 2011 when he directed Thor.
Now with Cinderella on his mega list of talents, I am fairly certain there is nothing this man is incapable of.