“Close” director Lukas Dhont’s discovery of one of his film’s stars, Eden Dambrine, is straight out of a book of Hollywood legends. Dhont approached Dambrine on a train in their native Belgium and …
’s discovery of one of his film’s stars, Eden Dambrine, is straight out of a book of Hollywood legends.
Dhont approached Dambrine on a train in their native Belgium and asked if he’d like to audition for his movie. “I was a bit worried,” Dambrine, 16, recalls. “I asked my friends to search on Google to see if it was really Lukas Dhont who was talking to me. It was so I felt a bit more safe.”is a drama about 13-year-old best friends Leo, played by Eden, and Rémi .
CLOSE, from left: Eden Dambrine, Emilie Dequenne, Gustav De Waele, 2022. © A24 / Courtesy Everett CollectionWe just had an intense moment with each other, where we actually did a scene. And yeah, something happened there that we were inseparable. I don’t think I’ve talked to any gay men who have seen the movie who haven’t said they could see themselves in both Leo and Rémi. When I was in high school, I fell in love with a boy. I didn’t really understand what was going on at the time but he pushed me away and ended our friendship without any explanation.This film starts from this deep place of regret that I carried around with me as an adult. I have a few who I pushed away at a young age because I feared the intimacy.
Gustav, you said during one of the Q&As the other night that you would have loved to have met Billy Wilder. How the heck do you know who Billy Wilder is?: My parents are in the film industry, so they let me watch a lot of movies. On Christmas Eve, we always watch “Some Like It Hot.” After the first time, I said to them, “Can I continue watching Billy Wilder movies?”This Q&A has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
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