ok so this anon asked this to me and.. how could I let it down? ;) here’s the transcription of some of the last interviews Cameron did. we (cinetrixx & I)’ve spent so many hours on those because english is not our main language but I hope there’s no mistakes :) enjoy x
the post includes the WHOLE interview he did at the Giver Press Junket (the one 18 minutes long [YoungAdultHollywood posted just THEIR parts, not the whole thing]), another one [the first below] at TG Press Junket, and the one he did at the AARP The Magazine Event)
(1) The World of 'The Giver' Reflects Our Own According to Cameron Monaghan (transcripted by cinetrixx)
Cameron Monaghan, who plays Asher in 'The Giver' sat down with HitFix to reflect on themes of the film and the practicality of production.
The interviewer: "So your character has a lot of moral conundrums in the movie and sometimes he reacts well, sometimes he's not sure how to act. Do you like your character?"
Cameron: "I absolutely like my character, I think Asher is an essentially good person that..at least as good as you can be in a society without emotion... but at the same time he makes some decisions where he decides to stand for this community, as opposed to his friends...and you know he does it because he thinks that he's doing it for the greater good but at the same time we see, because we have knowledge of that, we see him as villainous and, for what he's doing, as a bad guy."I: "In one of the major scenes of the movie you are in a way guiding Jonas under certain circumstances that are very difficult to describe. Did you try different things like.. to sell that scene or did you just used the same sort of a salon voice as you're going through that scene?"
Cameron: "He is essentially going to kill his friend, you know he is at this moral crossroads where he's trying to decide if he's going to protect this community or protect his best friends. And I think that he's become so essentially brainwashed and so focused that he's just..he's trying to uphold and rationalize these thoughts together at the same time of those two opposing things. It was just a very intense thing to try to imagine and essentially I was just trying to put myself in his circumstances and to imagine that and I guess that, what you saw, was what the result of it."I: "This movie is about repression in a major way *Cameron nods* and almost relatable to nobody how dystopian it is. What do you do to put yourself in that character shoes, when it's in the society that like, you know, is not ours and probably won't be?"
Cameron: "I can definitely see reflections of our society within the community. Obviously we don't see everything in black and white and obviously everything is not controlled to that extend but at the same time,you know, we still live in an age where there are cameras everywhere and there's computers everywhere and we definitely turn our backs to some of the suffering or bad things and we sometimes focus and pretend that everything is great all the time, you know. I didn't find it too hard to imagine myself in circumstances like this, it's not necessarily that far away."I: "My last question is: What's the hardest part of the physical world of The Giver to imagine when you're filming it because much of the magic is obviously added in postproduction?"
Cameron: "One of the great things and....one thing that was very helpful on the filming set is that much of it was built, much of it was practical. All these houses and this community were all built and they planted all these trees and all these pathways. So it became very beneficial to not have to imagine all that stuff. Obviously we still had to imagine the great idea of the community and how these people behave and interact with each other and how much is acceptable for a character like mine, he is a bit of a jokester, a little bit goofy, and how far can you take that without breaking the reality within the story."
(2) Cameron Monaghan interviewed at AARP The Magazine' Luncheon in Honor of Jeff Bridges Cover (transcripted by cinetrixx)
Cameron Monaghan interviewed by Danielle Robay at AARP The Magazine' Luncheon in Honor of
Jeff Bridges Cover August 01, 2014 - Spago - Beverly Hills, California, United States
The interviewer: Okay Cameron, we have a lot to talk about today.
Cameron: "Okay."I: "First of all, we're at the AARP the magazine honoring Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges was talking about agelessness. Is there wisdom that you think comes with age?"
Cameron: "I mean there's wisdom that comes with experience and I don't think it's necessary an age thing. You can have a full life but never experience enough to have the wisdom, you know. You need to always be going out and trying to learn and experience new things, then you gain the knowledge. I think Jeff is one of those people who has ton of experience and ton of wisdom due to that."
