{"id":745939,"date":"2026-09-03T20:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alicia-vikander-wants-the-full-venice-experience\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:25:20","slug":"alicia-vikander-wants-the-full-venice-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alicia-vikander-wants-the-full-venice-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Vikander Wants the Full Venice Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tAlicia Vikander has opted not to watch the final cut of The Echo Chamber <\/em>yet.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEspecially in Venice \u2014\u00a0that room is so special,\u201d begins the Swedish actress about waiting to watch it with an audience on the Lido. \u201cSo I was like, \u2018I might just give myself that experience\u2019\u2026 I\u2019ve never had it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe is no stranger to the Venice Film Festival, having premiered a slew of movies<\/a> here, including last year\u2019s The Wizard of the Kremlin<\/em>. But Vikander, the Oscar-winning star of The Danish Girl<\/em>, Ex Machina<\/em> and who did a mean Lara Croft in 2018\u2019s Tomb Raider <\/em>reboot, is eager to share her authentic reaction to Andrea Pallaoro\u2019s fourth feature with the rest of us. \u201cTerrifying!\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n

\n\tVikander is calling from Spain. She\u2019s on a sailing holiday with her family, though admittedly feels a little under the weather, having caught an illness from her two young children (she married German-Irish star Michael Fassbender in 2017). \u201cWe\u2019re back on land now,\u201d she chuckles, her voice ever so slightly hoarse.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccustomed to choppy waters, it\u2019s no surprise Vikander was game<\/a> for Pallaoro\u2019s The Echo Chamber<\/em>, charting the love story between her character, Anne, and Leo, played by Italian actor Luca Marinelli. Set in London (but filmed in Rome; Pallaoro ordered that the apartment\u2019s wall-spanning windows be swapp<\/a>ed for English ones), the pair are caught in an endless cycle of longing, separation, intimacy and distance.<\/p>\n

\n\tPallaoro, directing Bernardo Bertolucci\u2019s final screenplay before his 2018 death, deftly cuts and chops the timeline, blending The Echo Chamber <\/em>into an unchronological depiction of dependency. Susan Sarandon co-stars in a supporting role as Ava, a fellow musician and creative partner of Leo\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLuca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander as Leo and Anne in \u2018The Echo Chamber\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tVikander first met the Italian filmmaker at a years-ago edition of the Marrakech Film Festival. \u201cWe were both getting an award and standing backstage,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWe were so <\/em>nervous because [Martin] Scorsese was out there, and we were like, \u2018Oh my god, congratulations to you!\u2019 We saw each other\u2019s films, and we actually got to know each other. So it\u2019s been a friendship that\u2019s built over the years, and [I\u2019ve] become a real fan.\u201d Already keen to work together, things progressed pretty expeditiously when Vikander learnt of Marinelli\u2019s involvement in Pallaoro\u2019s upcoming project. \u201cI\u2019ve seen his films too, and think he\u2019s an extraordinary actor. And then I found out that he would love to do it with me,\u201d she tells The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo was quickly able to build a convincing rapport \u2014 a portrait of two people trapped by infatuation \u2014\u00a0thanks to a neat shooting schedule, despite the mixed-up script. \u201cWe tried to shoot as much as possible in chronological order, just to stay on track and keep the evolution of the relationship authentic,\u201d explains Vikander.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut her first reaction to the script? That it was fairly elusive. \u201cIt was already set in these different timelines, which almost [makes it] a mystery,\u201d she says. \u201cI actually did map out the script in chronological order, and that gave me a very different sense of what I was acting and gave me another view of my character and streamlined certain things. I haven\u2019t seen the final film,\u201d she reminds us, \u201cbut I know [Pallaoro] has moved around scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe quickly fell in love with the director\u2019s \u201cmise-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d style of filmmaking \u2014\u00a0how he creates \u201cspaces and rooms and lets that be as much of a character in the film as Bertolucci does.\u201d Leo and Anne\u2019s London home, in The Echo Chamber<\/em>, embodies a complex psychology. \u201c[Pallaoro] is not trying to explain it,\u201d she says, \u201cbut trying to show it\u2026 He\u2019s a filmmaker who cares about his actors and cares about performance.\u201d This gave Vikander and Marinelli the freedom to use the space and do what they do best: play.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a title, The Echo Chamber <\/em>captures the result of that spontaneity, with Leo and Anne making decisions that will reverberate for the rest of their lives. \u201cIt\u2019s all these events and memories, the things in rooms that make you relive moments and [remain] stuck in patterns, and how hard it can be to recreate yourself or change others,\u201d says Vikander. \u201cThat is, at the core, very much what this film is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSoon into the film, we are privy to a pattern that Leo and Anne can\u2019t seem to pull themselves out of. Without revealing any major spoilers, THR <\/em>asks the actress if the characters love each other in the same way. She laughs as she works through her answer. \u201cI don\u2019t even know what love is [when it comes] to them. When I played it, those feelings were true. But looking at it, I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s love.\u2019 I would question both their attraction and seeking in somebody else. It\u2019s quite complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tComplex could be an understatement \u2014 The Echo Chamber <\/em>is bound to challenge audiences, particularly with its topsy-turvy timeline. Thank goodness for a straight-talking Ava in Sarandon, who anchors the proceedings with her savoir-faire. \u201c[I am] such an incredible fan,\u201d says Vikander about the U.S. star. \u201cI only had about two scenes with her, but I was very excited to meet her and get to know her over dinners in Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd while Ava\u2019s relationship with Leo is built around their mutual love of music, Anne\u2019s passions are trickier to pin down. \u201cShe feels very far away from myself,\u201d admits Vikander. \u201cBut I think what I love about films is, because I am using my own emotions and my own tools, then suddenly it\u2019s totally believable and easy, even when it could lead your character into the most terrible or morally wrong decisions. [With] humans, it all comes from somewhere. And if you get the truth, it can always surprise you how easy it is to understand something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt this point in her career, truth is Vikander\u2019s north star. She already has a coveted Academy Award on her mantel, leaving her with the will to explore an industry brimming with bold voices. \u201cI love brave filmmaking,\u201d she says when asked what kind of roles speak to her these days. \u201cAndrea has this poetry to his films that I think is quite extraordinary. When I see a filmmaker\u2019s work and I get curious, I wonder what those rooms are like, working with these creatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor example, she says, she\u2019s shooting a Netflix series adaptation of Andr\u00e9 Aciman\u2019s bestselling novel Enigma Variations<\/em>, directed by Oliver Hermanus, as we speak. \u201cIt\u2019s [about] people that I really admire and want to work with,\u201d continues Vikander. \u201c[Echo Chamber<\/em>] is obviously in the genre and a very arthouse film, but it doesn\u2019t matter [if] I\u2019m doing a Netflix series. It\u2019s the same fundamental reasons why I chose to do that as why I did Echo Chamber<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRomance drama Enigma Variations <\/em>co-stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Riley Keough and Sarah Pidgeon. \u201cIt\u2019s based on a book [from] the same author of Call Me by Your Name<\/em>, and it\u2019s very exciting,\u201d says Vikander, who plays Claire. \u201cThe streamers are now actually daring to put money in, to me, adult drama. This is a film that is very hard to make right now, but we\u2019re getting a chance to do that in a bit of a longer version [eight one-hour episodes] for streamers. So everything is continuously evolving,\u201d she adds about staying optimistic in a rapidly changing industry. \u201cI want to stay positive and think that there is a place for these kinds of stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHermanus is not the only filmmaking hero of Vikander\u2019s that she\u2019s worked with this year, but the actress is tight-lipped about who else she\u2019s been collaborating with \u2014\u00a0for now. From September, it\u2019s all eyes on The Echo Chamber<\/em>\u2018s Lido debut, a prospect that never fails to thrill this Venice vet: \u201cJust being [there] adds to the wonderful fantasy of the history of films and the people that have been there before,\u201d she giggles. \u201cYou can step into that and go into your little boat across the canal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCannes is so special and wonderful, but the thing is, it\u2019s also a big market,\u201d says Vikander. \u201cVenice is truly just a film<\/em> festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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