Guy Maddin’s Rumours is a true ensemble movie. Focusing on a G7 Summit, an annual meeting of powerful leaders, it’s not hard to imagine that big egos could clash and chaos could ensue. Throw in dense fog covering the entire woods around said meeting spot, mysterious and threatening bog bodies, and a giant, unexplained brain, and you really have a recipe for some wacky times as these politicians attempt to draft a statement about an unspecified global crisis.
Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Rolando Ravello comprise nearly half of the representatives who find themselves in this situation. Dupuis plays lovesick Maxime, the Prime Minister of Canada; Amuka-Bird embodies Cardosa Dewindt, the laser-focused Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Ravello rounds out the trio as Antonio Lamorte, the Prime Minister of Italy, who rarely knows what’s going on even when things are somewhat normal.
Collider got the chance to speak with Dupuis, Amuka-Bird, and Ravello about their first reactions to reading the wild script, how they connected with their outlandish characters, the film’s big and surprisingly powerful ending, and more.
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