The eye is the mirror of the soul.
Excerpt from a Clémence Poésy interview: Q: The list of male actors you have starred alongside – Colin Farrell in In Bruges, Eddie Redmayne in Birdsong, Jim Sturgess in Heartless and James Franco in 127 Hours – is impressive. Who was your favourite? A: I have been very lucky so it’s impossible to pick. But if I were to choose an actor [who’ll achieve] greatness, it would probably be Eddie – he is wonderful. Not because he is young and elegant and beautiful, but because he is one of the few actors who could play a character like Stephen in Birdsong, from a young man falling in love at 20 to a haunted man of 35 who has been through a war. When we filmed the scene where my character Isabelle and Stephen meet up years later, it was extraordinary. Eddie walked into the room and it was as if the war had come in with him, his eyes had the haunted look of someone who had been through something dreadful. It is an amazing performance because he does so much without words; he is going to be so big.
