{"id":30907,"date":"2012-10-27T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T11:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=30907"},"modified":"2013-01-07T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T18:57:22","slug":"sean-bean-talks-kit-harington-and-silent-hill-revelation-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/interviews\/sean-bean-talks-kit-harington-and-silent-hill-revelation-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Bean talks Kit Harington and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adelaide Clemens and Sean Bean in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D<\/em>, in cinemas from 31 October 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Often unfairly lumped in with the Resident Evil<\/em> series<\/a> despite superior source material<\/a> and a not-entirely-rubbish first film in 2006’s Silent Hill<\/em>, Deathwatch<\/em> and Solomon Kane<\/em> director and obvious fan of the videogame has taken on the reigns, bringing back Christopher Da Silva (Sean Bean) \u2013 now living under the fan-pleasing name of Harry Mason \u2013 and his daughter Sharon \u2013 now Heather, and played by rising star Adelaide Clemens \u2013 as the damned mining town of Silent Hill returns to haunt them.<\/p>\n

We spoke to Lord Of The Rings<\/em> and Game Of Thrones<\/em> star Sean Bean about his family reunion with Kit Harington \u2013 who plays Heather’s school friend Vincent \u2013 and revisiting that nightmarish community of faceless nurses and giant executioners this Halloween\u2026<\/p>\n

When the first film ends Christopher is on his own in a grey, empty house. How does he start Silent Hill: Revelation 3D<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You find him with his daughter, and they’ve had to change their names; he’s called Harry Mason now, and she’s called Heather, and they keep moving around trying to keep out of harm’s way. Just keep themselves to themselves by changing their names and the places where they live, and then, you know, she’s 18, she’s just celebrating her 18th birthday, and he’s pretty relaxed. He’s aware of what happened before, but he just wants to raise her as much as he can as a well-balanced teenager. So that’s how it begins, but things [chuckles] obviously\u00a0deteriorate.<\/p>\n

Is Christopher\/Harry a lot more more involved in the main plot in this movie compared to the first one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, he’s chasing Heather around a little. When she becomes more and more consumed by Silent Hill, his worries begin, and when she disappears he starts looking for her. So he was searching last time for his wife, now for his daughter. It’s the same fear and trepidation that he carried around last time, I suppose, but he’s more integral to the storyline.<\/p>\n

What was it like working with Kit Harington<\/a> again?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, it was a great \u2013 it was different! It wasn’t long since I’d finished with him on Game Of Thrones<\/em><\/a>, I think it was the next thing we did, so it was quiet\u00a0weird, you know, playing a more contemporary piece when we’d just been playing with swords! But once we got over that initial shock we were OK! He’s a good guy, a good kid.<\/p>\n

Do you wind up feeling quite paternal about the actors who are playing your children, whether in Silent Hill<\/em> or Game Of Thrones<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, you do, because I’m tending to play these people more, I suppose! The older you get, the more you start playing fathers \u2013 it’ll be grandfathers next! But yeah, you do, because they’re young anyway, you know? Adelaide [Clemens]’s young, Kit’s young, and it kinda changes a little but \u2013 your perception and feelings, your responsibilities. Even though it’s drama, it’s make believe, I’ve got my own kids and I know what it feels like. You grow up, you get older and bring different things to it, I suppose.<\/p>\n

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Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington as Vincent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How did working with the new director, Michael J Bassett, compare to working with\u00a0Christophe Gans on the first movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

He’s was really good, Christophe Gans was good as well \u2013 he had some great ideas. Michael, I think he’s a little bit more familiar with the games, and the kinda feel for it, and he really extracted everything he could and brought it onto the screen \u2013 it really is quite dense, quite thick with these visions of evil and dread and fear and tension, and he really captured that very well. He’s a pretty laid back guy and has a laugh, but he knows exactly what he’s doing which is very important.<\/p>\n

Have you played the games yourself or looked into the background at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, my kids have played them and showed me them and they are quite fascinating \u2013 and so have a lot of people, Silent Hill<\/em> has a big following. I think \u2013 I don’t want to tempt expectations \u2013 but I think it’s faithfully told from the game. I think it runs\u00a0parallel\u00a0with the game and hopefully makes you jump off the edge of your seat.<\/p>\n

You’ve played a lot of roles with a really devoted in-built fanbase \u2013 Silent Hill<\/em>, Game Of Thrones<\/em>, Lord Of The Rings<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and so on. What’s the secret to keeping them happy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know, I think you’ve got to do what you feel is right and play it truthfully and honestly, and keep focused on what you’re doing. I don’t think you should approach it with the expectations of the fans on the weight of your shoulders – I think that’s not the right way to go about it. You should go about it as you would approach anything else, and I think that’s more important and will make it more exciting for the fans, and for anybody really, instead of going in with\u00a0preconceived\u00a0ideas.<\/p>\n

As a final question, have you seen the Sean Bean Death Reel on YouTube<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hahaha. I saw it a while ago, I didn’t realise I’d died that many times\u2026<\/p>\n

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D<\/em>\u00a0is in cinemas 31 October 2012.<\/p>\n

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