{"id":10910,"date":"2011-02-07T15:24:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/02\/07\/west-is-west-interview-special-with-emil-marwa\/"},"modified":"2011-02-07T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T15:24:53","slug":"west-is-west-interview-special-with-emil-marwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/07\/west-is-west-interview-special-with-emil-marwa\/","title":{"rendered":"West is West Interview Special with Emil Marwa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EMIL Marwa has had quite a journey with the autobiographical story that is \u2018East is East\u2019. When writer Ayub Khan Din adapted his story for the stage in 1997 Emil was part of the cast, two years later he was part of Leslee Udwin\u2019s big screen adaptation \u2018East is East\u2019, and now in 2011 he\u2019s back for the sequel \u2018West is West\u2019\u2026<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Emil on PLAYING MANEER AGAIN 10 YEARS ON<\/strong><\/div>\n

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“It\u2019s a bit surreal really: we shot \u2018East is East\u2019 11 years ago and I have been involved in this project for 14 years. The first job I got when I left drama school was the stage play. Revisiting the character 10 years later, in my life, but actually only 5 years later in the character\u2019s life, has been incredibly interesting, especially because in \u2018East is East\u2019 my character was na\u00efve and young and innocent, and in this film he has become more worldly wise.”<\/div>\n

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Emil on HIS FELLOW ACTORS<\/strong><\/div>\n

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“Om is simply fantastic. He brings humanity and sincerity to a character who could have been very one-dimensional. The things he does are terrible. But still, you are drawn to him and you sympathise with his situation and feel sorry for him. It\u2019s quite a special gift that he\u2019s got. Linda\u2019s [Linda Bassett] so down to earth and she cares so much about her work. I just learn from her every time we work together.”<\/div>\n

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Emil on COMPARING EAST IS EAST WITH WEST IS WEST<\/strong><\/div>\n

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When I first read the script of \u2018West is West\u2019, I liked the fact that it felt like a stand alone film. It is a sequel, but you can watch \u2018West is West\u2019 on its own. \u2018East is East\u2019 is a great film. I love it. What people remember about it is that it is very funny. But people easily forget that it is also very serious. \u2018West is West\u2019 still has the humour, the quirky jokes and the cross culture of \u2018East is East\u2019, but it also takes you to a deeper level of human relationships. It\u2019s more of a coming of age film. Sajid is turning form a child to a teenager, Maneer from a teenager to a man, and George, at the later stage of his life, coming to a wisdom and understanding. He\u2019s coming to terms with his life having run away from it and having done what he\u2019s done, and facing up to it all. I think it will appeal in a different way from \u2018East is East\u2019, and I personally think it is better in some respects.<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s all a bit Surreal\u201d EMIL Marwa has had quite a journey with the autobiographical story that is \u2018East is East\u2019. When writer Ayub Khan Din adapted his story for the stage in 1997 Emil was part of the cast, two years later he was part of Leslee Udwin\u2019s big screen adaptation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}