Eric Bana, who plays bad guy Romulan crazoid Nero in “Star Trek” opens up on some behind the scenes info, including a passionate display of apoplexy!
I’m curious about your movements in character. You’re very aggressive and strong, did you come up with any of those reactions and jumps yourself or was it all planned out?
Some of them were a bit spur of the moment. It was a pretty intense character. I passed out, I think, once during one of the takes, I got so carried away. Lost about twenty seconds, down on the floor, and got up, and the camera was still rolling and it was like, “I guess I just continue now.” Um yeah. It was pretty crazy.
I can’t believe you passed out on set! How did you stay that cranked up on set?
You get used to it. The reality of it is you just ebb and flow. There are times during the day when you’re really really peaking, and then you just come down the other side. It’s like having an espresso, you know – you just gotta allow for that and just try and jazz yourself up when that camera’s rolling, but it is exhausting.
I love it! Bana brings the heat. Even more reason to line up on Thursday if I actually needed any. See the rest of the interview via io9
