Playful Carice van Houten

Clemmie 2022-01-01 08:02:11

This film completes Carice van Houten, a playful beauty, her performance is really good. Since she asked that handsome Dutch sailor to kiss her on the cheek, she suddenly moved her mouth up, ha ha, this scene is extremely natural and beautiful and alluring.

During the interview, I asked Caris why she chose her as the heroine. She said that she guessed Paul Verhoeven needed a mysterious woman, a secretive type, not just topless, big boobs, And her breasts are not big...

She said that when she was preparing to act in this film, what she had to do was to give this character female power. Don’t be pretentious, not just a hero or something, but a female, and If the audience likes the women, if the audience doesn't like it, it will be unlucky, because the film is two and a half hours long...

Caris said that the few scenes that she thinks are the most uncomfortable are entering the coffin (she is a little superstitious and cares about this). There is also the cutting of fish heads, the bite of a leech in the water, and the last scene where the "big dung" is poured down. She said that she didn't expect it to be so difficult to adapt. When she arrived on the set, she was still very optimistic. Then she found a few flowers in the small trailer and a card given to her by Mrs. Paul Van Hoeven, which read: " I wish you good luck today". At the time, Caris thought, it's over, if she said that, something really was going to happen. And it's a terrible thing. She even told Paul Van Hoven that you should try it yourself when she was getting "big dung". You will come after I finished the filming... but she forgot after the filming... After returning home, she shivered all night. It's too uncomfortable.

Caris also revealed that she graduated from drama school, so she is not too embarrassed to sing. I learned German for 6 years from 12 to 18 years old. Hebrew is now learned.

She said that there are 16 million people in the Netherlands, and the film has 1 million viewers, which is already very successful in the Netherlands. When asked whether she would like to go to Hollywood, she said that she hadn’t called her a scout yet, and then she joked that at least Woody Allen didn’t call her. Woody Allen has Scarlett. hehe.


When interviewing Paul Van Hoeven, he said that when he returned to Holland this time, he returned to his roots. It is very difficult to make a non-commercial film. He and the screenwriter worked on the script of the film for many years. In the history of the Netherlands, many things in that era were deliberately avoided. No one talked about it and had no such awareness. Many people have a blind spot. Their experience comes from some orthodox movie plots. It seems that black and white are right and wrong. It's clear, but it's not.

Paul van Hoeven said that the core of the film is not to bring about any problems, but to make everyone accept some facts. He values ​​the story behind the movie more than before, and he also hopes that such a film can make the audience think more.

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Extended Reading

Black Book quotes

  • Gerben Kuipers: [pointing to Tim's dead body] Do you know who this is?

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: [nods]

    Gerben Kuipers: What do you have to say for yourself?

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: This.

    [holds up the black book - which has the list of victims and offenders during the war]

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: This says everything.

  • Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: [SPOILER]

    [Hans Akkermans is locked in the coffin, as a punishment for his murderous treason, struggling to get out by kicking and screaming]

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: We should actually get up and open the coffin.

    Gerben Kuipers: Yeah. We should...

    [both Rachel and Gerben remain seated, gazing at the river]

    Gerben Kuipers: What should we do with all the money?

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: It doesn't belong to us.

    Gerben Kuipers: It doesn't belong to anybody.

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: To the dead...

    [the sound of Hans Akkermans's screams stops, meaning he is now dead. Gerben raises his finger]

    Gerben Kuipers: He's quiet. Finally.

    Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: It seemed forever.

    [/SPOILER]