European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Even excite rising Sun Star has yet to Cool off Estey Snipes does t enter a room so much As explode into it a slash of cosmic lightning from the planet of the supremely talented so lit up with juice and jazz and attitude he cantle news Media. And so when he Sha Zams into a new York hotel banquet room in service to his new co starring vehicle rising Sun it s More like rising temperatures or rising wind currents or something he s a blur a Tan Gle of arms legs and incendiary opinions. He is in Case you did t know Black. In the Book rising Sun the character he plays is in Case you did t know White. The Book was Bland and Boring and web Smith was a Pawn Wesley Snipes says of the creation in Michael Crichton s novel. He had everything Hap pen to him. I had to bring my own Groove to it. I gave him a and indeed Snipes did. Nobody Ever accused Snipes 30, of lacking Backbone. He has fought his Way to major roles in the past few years after getting just the tiniest Sliver of a break in major leagues. Since then he has been in a flame tailed trajectory As the bad vice King in new Jack City the anti terrorist commando in passenger 57, the smooth As silk con Man and world class hoops Jock in White men can t jump and the talented but embittered architect in Jungle fever. Most recently he was an obsessed to Man in boiling Point. And now he s up there big As life on posters Trie size of Manhattan with no less than scan Connery. I tried to find windows Snipes says of web Smith where you could execute some initiative meaning where he could do his own thing to bring Smith to life. The casting is not without its controversy. Crich ton himself uttered a few Nasty words about the race changing in the production but by that time he had no Power to affect it he had left the film Over what director Philip Kaufman and others hasten to Call minor disagreements about working from the other direction an asian group has suggested that the casting of Snipes would serve to High Light hostility Between african american and asian communities by playing the two against each other in the framework of the movie. That s something Snipes worked to avoid claiming he resisted at tempts by the writers to set him up As an antagonist to japanese actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa in the film. We Don t have history with them Snipes says meaning african americans Don t have a history with asian americans. I Don t have a Gripe with them. I gave him a martial arts background and i wanted to keep the re Spect up Between representatives of both right now however his main problem he says is adjusting to being a Star. Trying to survive being a Public figure is hard. Success is hard on relationships. It s not designed for married people. It does t work. Fourteen weeks on a boat shooting a movie your marriage is 20lh Century pm Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes in rising Sun. Connery Cool but his temper can still Rise by Stephen Hunter the Baltimore Sun to hey say it in a variety of . He s very s so s one of those Guys you Don t Dou ble Cross and you Don t is or you hit the door he does t like he s happiest when he s involved in the creative the object of this adoration Awe and not a Little bit of fear happens to be a Bulky tattooed sex Royal Navy deck hand and South Pacific chorus boy who has in the past decade recovered from a mid career Longueur and turned into the world s most beloved and the Industry s most cantankerous movie Star. For what they arc saying in their variety of ways is really one thing you Don t Putz around with Sean Connery. He is the Law. I m not open to suggestions says the Man himself glowering and issuing vibrations of absolute monarchy. When i m on the set i just want to get on with what we came to sit and talk with the cast and Crew of rising Sun the controversial thriller from Michael Crichton s Best Selling Book and co starring Wesley Snipes is to wonder who really directed the film Star and executive producer Conn Ery or nominal director Philip Kaufman a delicate looking artistic Zotti Century of Type who himself can t Snipes who teams with Connery says of his latest Stop slobbering Over _ _. -. 2 99 try for to v9f1 scan brings this in credible believability says Kauf Man. The Way that scan inhabits a character gives him an Aura of by lick ability. He moves through an area with a certain sure Ness and initiates us into the world.". Connery a Force maj Curc holds court on a number of topics like some Pasha of old while lesser types Scurry around to please him. At one Point irritated that he keeps getting Nasty questions about the film s purported Japan bashing he directs that a paper that Crichton delivered at a Japan americ society of Southern California meeting be unearthed photocopied in the hundreds and handed out to reporters. It s done in. Minutes. The Issue before us is Japan for rising Sun de spite the do murals is an examination of inter society economic tensions As played out symbolically in the format of a murder mystery. Connery plays a Tough l. A. Police Captain named John Conner who a specialist in japanese matters when an american Call girl is brutally throttled during a party at a corporate Headquarters of a japanese Industrial conglomerate in los Angeles he s called in to supervise the investigation and guide his partner Snipes through the Rigours of dealing with the japanese. I be been to Japan four times says Connery and i be been All Over the place. It s fascinating. The elements that make the Story dramatic Are the Basic differences Between the cultures. Here in the United states we value individual rights and consequently everything is falling apart. In Japan society is much More hierarchically organized. The japanese police solve 90 percent of All crimes. They have very Little Freedom but a great Deal of he goes further Amer cams arc always interested in who screws up. The japanese Don t waste any time assigning blame. They just try and solve the problem and get on with Connery is asked about his vaunted reputation for demanding perfection on the set. My time is limited he answers somewhat testily. You have two choices when you re on the set. You can do it the Way it s planned or you can mess it up. I prefer to do what we came to do. It s not a waste of time if everybody is doing what they re supposed to be doing with everybody working a tact the results. And anybody who screws up should be fired alterations from the Book to film included Chang ing John Conner s partner from a drab White Detec Tive into a Street smart Black one. He was of in the Book but such a character would have been tire some on film says Connery. The movie offers elaborate action set pieces including martial arts sequences Connery says of co Star Snipes he can get his feel in places where i can t even get my hands. The action harkens Back to a younger Connery when the name was Bond James Bond. The mention of this great ghost of the past brings a. Moment of stillness and then somebody asks Connery if he d Ever do an 007 number again. He sighs a melancholy sigh and then says to be honest i m too aafe3 say rising Sun will on on is circuit in lat october Vuki wild Jilak jew a. .j--.,- Stephen Hunter role i had to bring my own Groove to it. The great scan. The fugitive1 delayed cafes says the opening of the fugitive on its circuit has been pushed Back two weeks to sept. 18. August 8,1993 sunday Page 11
