“Something in me wants a sense of not having control. Some actors want rituals to really feel on top of things, but I’ve always loved not having that feeling. I feel that more raw, real things happen that way.”
-Renate Reinsve, episode 437 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
What happens when a house is not a home? It’s the question pulsating at the heart of the new film, Sentimental Value, and one that actor Renate Reinsve reckons with in the lead role of Nora.
We discuss her process connecting the ‘puzzle’ of each character (7:00), how she balances dark and light themes in this new film (8:20), and her creative childhood in Norway (12:00). Then, Renate describes how David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive impacted her as a young performer (20:20), her liberating teen years in Edinburgh (22:00), and how her longtime collaboration with writer-director Joachim Trier came to be—beginning with her supporting role in Oslo, August 31st (25:00).
On the back-half, she reflects on her early years in the theatre (36:20), how she recalibrated herself from stage to screen (39:15), and her spiritual tribute to the late Diane Keaton in The Worst Person in the World (42:53). To close, we talk about the final day on the set of Sentimental Value (49:40), her desires for the years ahead (55:00), and what it meant to bring her family to the film’s premiere at Cannes (58:39).
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Show-notes:
- See Sentimental Value in select theaters.
- Watch more of Renate’s work in The Worst Person in the World, A Different Man, Presumed Innocent, Oslo, August 31st, and Armand.
- Follow Renate on Instagram.
- For more conversations, hear Joachim Trier, Cate Blanchett, and Sebastian Stan.
- Order your Talk Easy mug in cream and navy or our vinyl record with Fran Lebowitz.
Illustrations by Krishna Shenoi. Reference photograph by Ethan Newmyer.
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