almodovar was given a lifetime achievement golden lion five years ago.r is at his peak. just when cinema needed some big hitters after a somewhat disappointing year at the box office, i was delighted that glicked — that's gladiator ii and wicked — came along to provide some spectacular entertainment. the original gladiator movie is one of my favourite—ever films. are you not entertained? so it was a dream to sit down with irish actor paul mescal, and he talked about his role in the new film. whose head could i give you that would satisfy this fury? the entire roman army. it seems to me that rome is on a different scale in terms of its...the level of theatricality. .. mm—hm. ..in gladiator ii. do you feel that? well, you feel it because of the way that ridley constructs it. this is real. there's nothing like i having the real thing. the fight scenes and the kind of scale in terms of extras, and those sequences felt — they were incredibly well populated with people so it just felt like it probably translates on the screen. what do you hope gladiator ii bri

she played a tortured mother in we need to talk about kevin and she is not exactly cuddly in the almodovarn this, imust admit she was right. >> reporter: but just before our interview, joking about some fabulous boots she was wearing -- >> casual moment. just a casual moment. >> reporter: we glimpsed another side of swinton. you have done a lot of films, but you can seem so serious. >> can i? >> reporter: but like this, not at all. there is curiosity and a warmth and you jump out. >> the jumping out i get. the seriousness i am a little confused by, but maybe -- >> reporter: what do you mean? >> i am always doing comedy. i feel every e everything i do is funny. i think maybe because i am a shy person and i don't tend to smile with my teeth all over the place, there has been an assumption that there was more seriousness than nonsense, but there is a hell of a lot of nonsense. >> reporter: you are a shy person? >> yeah. >> reporter: you picked a tough career for that. >> strange, isn't it? but i think what makes me most shy is being singled out. >> reporter: when she is alone on the red carpe

this is directed, this film, pedro almodovar, his first english feature.t's about. >> tilda: it's about a woman who i play called martha who was a war correspondent. and who has stage iv terminal cancer and is facing the end and decides that she wants to take her own life. she wants to face her living end with it in her own hands. she wants to be self-determined to the wire. and she asks her friend, played by julianne moore, to be her mate, to accompany her and to be in the room next door. it's about that. it's got some laughs in it. but it's truly uplifting. i think i'm not alone in thinking that. it's about living. >> stephen: people don't want to talk about death. people are not that thrilled to even think about grief, the result of the death. but it can be uplifting to consider it. why do you think people, why do you think people don't want to talk about death? it might seem like a simple question but i'm curious what your thoughts are. >> tilda: it's the question. it seems such a waste to me because it is the deal. you'll know it, however we may tell