Edgar Ramirez talks Domino

Our colleagues from Latino Review had the chance to meet Edgar Ramirez on the set of Tony Scott's upcoming "Domino", and during some downtime they had the chance to chat a little with the actor. In the movie he gives his American film debut starring as Choco, a bounty hunter on a televised mission with Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke. The film is based on the true story of Domino Harvey, the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey and a former Ford model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter.

Here are a few clips from the interview:

How are you enjoying doing a Tony Scott action movie?

Edgar Ramirez: Yeah, it’s been a great experience. I think this is a very risk taking movie for all of us and that’s always wonderful, when you’re able to not compromise your vision and try to do the movie that you dream of doing. And I think that’s pretty much what Tony’s doing and I think he’s reflecting this goal, this desire to all of us. And then he’s generating the best atmosphere possible to really experiment and go for it doing this movie. So we are all pretty much involved in the whole process now. I think everybody working on this movie feels really part of it and that the final outcome is going to belong to all of us.

That sense of belongingness is so beautiful because one of the most beautiful things that I find about doing movies is that it’s one of the few jobs still going on in the world that is all about teamwork. Maybe it sounds a little bit cliché but it’s the total truth. You are not working in cubicles separated. We really need to be in touch, in contact to everybody involved and that’s beautiful. I think that’s beautiful because it’s all about meeting new people and adjusting different minds, different point of views, creatively talking. I think that’s why it for me has been a really rich experience. I’ve been learning a lot and working with such a kind director, so solid and so open as Tony is, it has been a great experience along with the cast which I find wonderful.

Working with Mickey Rourke, is he method and do you admire him?

ER: Totally. Actually, I said this before, one of the things that catches my attention very strongly from Mickey is that he’s an actor with a lot of density. He’s a very dense person. And I think that’s great for performing. I mean, he’s gone through a lot of things and as a person he’s lived a lot, and I think that it gives him great input to perform. And for us, being performing with him because you get to learn a lot and to get exposed to great inputs which I think acting is all about. It’s all about collecting different inputs, trying to foster your imagination, your own experience and your observation. I think those are the three main processes of performing. I think Mickey’s done all that and for me it’s been great to work with him.

You can read the complete interview by clicking here.

Mickey Rourke, Keira Knightley and Edgar Ramirez in "Domino".