There's a sense that he feels a strong connection with her and while it's a pretty twisted relationship, you can see how Hitchcock would justify it to himself. Hitchcock is known for being somewhat possessive over his actresses and while it's not clear that whether Hitchcock was inappropriate with any of his other actresses, he is certainly depicted as crossing that line here. Naturally this is just my perspective as I'm sure there are many who still found James Stewart relateable and were able to excuse his behaviour through the traumas his character had been through. Hitchcock's level of obsession is similar to that of James Stewart's character in "Vertigo", except that Hitchcock still comes off as more sympathetic. In a way, "The Girl" plays rather like a Hitchcock film. As a character caught on the sidelines and with a limited number of lines, Imelda is able to make every moment count and gives us a very fleshed out character, even when she plays so small a part in the story as a whole. To my shame, I have to say I've generally thought of Imelda as the second choice after Julie Walters, but it must be noted that while this is partly because the two actresses look quick similar, they also have a similarly powerful screen presence and standard of acting. She's very different here from how she was in "Layer Cake" or "Stardust" and I think she does a great job portraying the nervous yet determined star-to-be.Īnother great talent here is Imelda Staunton who plays Hitchcock's wife Alma who worked with him on many of his projects. Sienna Miller is fantastic in the role of Tippi Hedren, the model aspiring to become an actress that Hitchcock decides to make a star. Hitchcock is always using his intellect to impress and often succeeding and his position as a renowned director means that in all his dealing with Tippi Hedren there's a definite sense that power games are involved. On the one hand he's eccentric and oddly charming, but on the other hand he's intense, unpredictable and controlling. Right from the start Toby Jones establishes Hitchcock as a deeply ambiguous figure. The consistent element is that Toby Jones is fantastic in all of them. I've seen him as a pompous spy in "Tinker Tailor Solider Spy", a malicious trickster in the Doctor Who episode "Amy's Choice", a timid sound engineer in "Berberian Sound Studio, and an arrogant film producer in "My Week With Marilyn". I am absolutely amazed by Toby Jones' range. The most expressive part of his face has been left uncovered and it is through Toby Jones' expressions that the audience is truly sold on the identity of Alfred Hitchcock. The lower half of Toby Jones' face has been reshaped, but the upper half of his face has been left the same. I say, not a TON of prosthetics, but that's not to say NO prosthetics. Toby Jones doesn't have Hitchcock's size, but that doesn't matter because his performance sells it anyway. Toby Jones plays Hitchcock and unlike Anthony Hopkins in the big cinema movie, he doesn't use a ton of special make up to do so. She has recently had some shocking stories to tell of Alfred Hitchcock's treatment of her. Meanwhile the other stars Toby Jones ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Mist, Captain America), comes from the director of the sweet little movie "Kinky Boots" and ended up as a TV movie.Īnother big difference is that "The Girl" is based on the account of Hitchcock's life from Tippi Hedren, an actress who starred in his two films " The Birds" and " Marnie". One stars Anthony Hopkins (Silence Of The Lambs, Amistad, Thor), comes from the director of the wonderful documentary " Anvil: The Story of Anvil" and was shown at the cinema. Both make nods to his life and work and both seemed to be marketed as showing a darker side of his character. Fatpie42So here I finally present you with two films about Alfred Hitchcock.
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