It’s difficult to play someone who has a whole life going on inside her all the time that’s not being verbalized. Between camera coverage and close-ups, Davis performed her long monologue 23 times for the film.ĭavis: My whole theory about that speech is that it would be every woman’s speech if they’ve been in a marriage for a long time and their husband came home and said, “You know, I got another woman pregnant.” Because there’s not one woman who hasn’t sacrificed a hell of a lot for her marriage. Devastated, Rose nearly collapses and then vents her hurt and anger.
Scene 2: Troy confesses that he has cheated on Rose with another woman, a woman who’s now pregnant. Otherwise, he’s not just a womanizer but a liar as well. And Troy had told Bono, “I wasn’t out there looking for nothing.” That has to be true. But somebody said to me - which made me cut it - that they didn’t know it was Alberta. And women didn’t like it - for obvious reasons. I shot a scene in a bar as part of that six-month, passage-of-time sequence, a little one of me with Alberta. But you know, life happens and he made a serious mistake. Let’s infuse as much love so when things turn it means something.” Not in a false way. Let’s look for the love as much as we can. Washington: I told all the actors, “Let’s start at the beginning, not where we left off. And that different kind of connection that binds us took us 114 performances to get because it’s deeper. When you see two people together, there’s more that connects them other than sex and feeling like they’re going to be skipping down the street at the end of the day. Oftentimes, when I see marriages on screen, it’s, “We want to cast someone who you’re attracted to and have a sexual tension with.” And that’s part of marriage, but it’s more than that. Maybe there’s a little semblance of frustration - the gray in her hair. I’m going to give myself to him anyway.” That’s Rose. You look over at your partner sometimes and you think, “Why can’t you be different? What did I get myself into?” And the next moment you say, “But I love him. If you don’t believe that, who cares? You’d be like, “Oh yeah, I could see that coming.” Without the joy, there’s no pain.ĭavis: I do believe what happens in marriages is you see the cracks. You’ve got to believe these two people love each other. He’s not saying that thinking about softening the blow for what’s coming later. I love her so much … I done run out of ways of loving her.” Washington: He says, “See this woman, Bono? I love this woman. I wanted to present a woman who loved her husband and really give a portrait of a marriage that’s working. And I’m telling you, the biggest issue I have - and the biggest challenge took me 114 performances to get over - is that I didn’t want to play Rose as someone who felt swallowed up by her life.
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