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Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast

2025/6/21
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Benicio del Toro
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Justin Chang
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Molly Jong-Fast
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Tanya Mosley
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Benicio del Toro: 我倾向于选择那些具有复杂性和道德模糊性的角色。在《毒品交易》中，我扮演了一个需要在正义和腐败之间做出选择的警察。在《西卡里奥》中，我则饰演了一个从检察官转变为刺客的角色。这次在韦斯·安德森的《腓尼基计划》中，我饰演的扎扎·科达是一个内心正在重建的无情商人，他面临着死亡的威胁，并试图通过与女儿的关系来唤醒自己的良知。这个角色有很大的弧线，从电影的开始到结束，他会发生巨大的转变。作为演员，我需要确保这个转变是可信的，并且能够让观众感受到角色的内心挣扎。 Tanya Mosley: 贝尼西奥，你所扮演的角色通常都具有道德上的复杂性。在《毒品交易》中，你饰演的角色需要在正义和腐败之间做出选择。在《西卡里奥》中，你又饰演了一个从检察官转变为刺客的角色。这些角色都充满了道德上的冲突，是什么吸引你选择这些角色？

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This chapter explores Benicio del Toro's career, focusing on his roles in films like _Traffic_ and _Sicario_, and his latest collaboration with Wes Anderson in _The Phoenician Scheme_. Del Toro discusses his character, Zsa Zsa Korda, and his experience working with Anderson, highlighting the unique sets and artistic elements of the film.
  • Del Toro's career is marked by complex, morally ambiguous characters.
  • He discusses his role as Zsa Zsa Korda in The Phoenician Scheme, a morally compromised tycoon.
  • The Phoenician Scheme's set design is described as a 'real pop-up book', with detailed sets and real artwork.
  • Del Toro emphasizes the importance of the wardrobe in shaping his character.

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Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. He'll look back on his acting career, and tell us about moving from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania in his teens. His other movies include The Usual Suspects, Traffic and Sicario. Justin Chang reviews the new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson. MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, How to Lose Your Mother.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)