Splice

ABOUT THE CAST

Adrien Brody
“My first career goal in life was to be a space scientist. I wanted to explore the unknown,” admits Adrien Brody. “Sadly, my math skills weren’t up to par.” By becoming an actor, Brody was able to do his exploring. He first got a taste for the magic of science-fiction movies with King Kong and with Splice, he had to opportunity to return to the genre. “It’s a wonderful script that’s funny, scary and dramatic. Initially, I felt a lot of pressure because the genetics and the technical aspects which are very complicated, so the research I did was important. It involved going through the stack of reading material which Vincenzo game me, which included ‘Genetics For Dummies.’” The actors’ preparation also included several days of working on human cancer cells in the genetic laboratory of Mt Sinai Hospital in Toronto alongside of geneticist George Charames.

“Clive is a genius, much smarter than I am,” remarked Brody. “He’s a young guy, successful in his career, very intelligent, and that aspect of his life came very easy to him. He ends up in a situation that throws his life into a tailspin, one he’s unprepared for. Both Elsa and Clive are unprepared for a lot of things in life.” While Clive loves his work and believes devoutly in the power of science and their ability to create, Brody felt his character is less ambitious than Elsa. “She drives Clive to a place that he probably wouldn’t go on his own.”Since that seminal motion picture, Rocky grew to a franchise of five sequels and in 2006 Stallone concluded the series with Rocky Balboa, a critical and audience success which resolutely confirmed both Stallone and Rocky as iconic cultural symbols. In addition, to commemorate a character which has become as real as any living person to film-going audiences around the world, a statue of Rocky Balboa was placed at the foot of the now-famous steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum at a dedication ceremony presided over by the Mayor.

Sarah Polley
Not simply another love-in-the-workplace story, it is Sarah Polley’s assessment that Elsa is fortunate to have found Clive. “It’s unlikely that Elsa could be with anyone who wasn’t totally immersed in that world. Elsa and Clive press each other forward, they feed off each other, they make each other more passionate about what they do.” Quickly, their fame begins to define them, creating a sense of invincibility. Motivated, ostensibly, by the good of medical research, but unconsciously on the part of Elsa because she desires children, they create Dren.Recently, Stallone wrote, directed and starred in Rambo, which continued the saga of Vietnam vet John Rambo twenty five years after the debut of Rambo: First Blood. For this latest installment, Stallone took the company on location to the inner jungles of Burma basing the compelling story in a country where crimes against humanity, civil war and genocide have existed for over 60 years – and no one is doing anything about it.

“Elsa is extremely ambitious and extremely focused,” observed Polley. “She’s a cannonball of life and energy, yet there is much in her life that she has not dealt with that’s ruling her. She’s bursting with far too much life for one human being to contain so she pushes things to their final conclusion whether or not they are good for her or everyone else.”