Kristin Scott Thomas restores tragic childhood in my mother’s wedding

Kristin Scott Thomas Faced tragedy when he lost two fathers by the age of 11. Now she regains that heartbreak with her first appearance director, My mother’s marriage.

“I wanted to integrate my experiences as a child,” Scott Thomas, 65, divides only into new editions Weekly US. “Every single profile written about me, includes a paragraph about the tragedy of my childhood and I want a kind of restoration as an adult and as a mother. And I wanted to be able to say, ‘Well, yes, I had a tragic childhood, but look where I am now?’ And I think that’s what I’m trying to say in this movie, is that terrible things can happen, but don’t hang on that.

Scott Thomas lost her father, pilot of the Royal Navy, in service when she was only 6 years old. Later, her mother remarried another royal pilot, who would go on to die in service five years later. He led that experience – along with the public scrutiny that accompanied him – to Kristin writing, directing and staring in my mother’s marriage. The family dramed follows three sisters (Scarlett Johansson,, Emily Beecham and Sienna Miller) Who comes together terribly for the third marriage of their mother who has been considered twice (Scott Thomas).

My mother’s wedding is in theaters now. Here, Scott Thomas tells Us More on how she drew from her own tragedy, the experience of working with strong female -actors and more:

Weekly US: How did you choose which parts of the film to keep them valid for your life, and what to fake?

Kristin Scott Thomas: The only truly pieces are the pieces in animated sequences. Those are my memories, which I gave to the movie. The rest is a kind of invent. So, it was really great, in fact, to be able to take these events I experienced as a small person and then create another story around it. Not my story, a different story. That was very exciting, to make a different world.

Us: Why was it important to make this such a feminine project?

Kst: What I am exploring is the importance of men in our lives, specifically Father’s figures. I think that’s what I was looking at without lecturing about it. Just to say, “Look, you’re really important,” because we talk about maternity and things like this, but it’s also important to understand the absence and presence of a male element in women’s lives. ”I wanted to look at that.

Us: How would you describe all of the girls when we first meet them in the story?

Kst: I always like to say that the three women are in romantic chaos. It is disastrous, their romantic lives, and they are a little mixed that their mother, in her 60s, has the time of her life. You know, she’s really happy, and everything goes great, and then they’re a little disappointed in her choice because they feel like it’s not as good as their father was. So did you know, “Why does she take downgrading?”

Us: Is there one girl you identify with most?

Kst: To be honest, we Magpies, Magpies are actors. We take a little here, a little bit there, we steal this, we steal that. And I think that many of the characters I wrote were probably quite revealing about me. But I wouldn’t like to say where or how! (laughs) and (my) character Diana, the mother, is my goal as a mother. I would love that kind of brave and kind and wise.

Us: Why Emily, Sienna and Scarlett were the right three actresses to play your daughters on screen in this film?

Kst: I’ll start with Emily. I’ve been watching it for a few years. She is a remarkable presence on film and is so original/ no one else is like her around. It has this amazing, a kind of transparency, to her face. You can see all thoughts float past as clouds. She’s really amazing and very sensitive and very creative. Sienna, for me, as I wrote, I said, “This must be Sienna Miller.” Because I know Sienna would get what he’s’ slike to be an actress in the spotlight and be entertained to his spear, somehow. I knew it would like that, although I never met her. So I was glad when I asked her to do it and said yes immediately. And then Scarlett, Scarlett was a big blow in the dark because I was looking for someone who had authority and vulnerability. … I wanted someone who could play the strength of character and determination and vulnerability. And Scarlett, I thought, “She can do it. She’s not English. But she can play English! So I phoned her up.!

Us: This is the third time Scarlett has played your daughter. How has your relationship with her changed over the years now that she is a wife (to her husband Colin Jost) and a mother?

Kst: She has, because I first met her when she was 12. She was a little girl when I met her and was now a very powerful woman with a wonderful career and beautiful family. She’s amazing. She is really great. It’s quite the power of character, but what’s really great about it, I really appreciated it, because it could have gone in any direction easily, is what it’s a team player, and how very quickly he fell in with everyone else and got on with him. It was great.

Us: You also reunited with your four weddings and funeral costar and on the screen’s brother, James’s fleetWho plays your new husband. Did anyone make any jokes about you marrying your brother or sister?

Kst: No, thankfully! I’m proud of that. It’s great. James’ fleet, it’s actually. And my husband played in another theater drama we made many years ago. It’s always been in my mind.

Us: Speaking of four weddings and funerals, that film, like my mother’s wedding, balances marriage and love and comedy with tragedy very well. What did that movie taught you in preparation for this one?

Kst: I think what I learned from something like four weddings, is something sad and something funny can marry, that it can go very well together in a story and that one validates the other. I think that’s what I was trying to catch. For example, as far as my character is in the question in four marriages, the moment when she declares her boyfriend to the character played by Hugh Grant, that’s a funny, sad moment. And everyone has a lovely time and then suddenly the carpet is whipped out under your feet. And, “Oh no, this is very sad!” So I love being spun around as a member of the audience. I love being surprised by something deviating from very funny to a heartbreaking sad. That’s what I really love.

Us: I know you met King Charles III a few times. Did you ever talk to him about how your four -wedding character is married?

Kst: No, I haven’t – maybe I should pick up next time!