Raymond Ritzau talks about latest projects

Question: What projects have your attention these days?

Raymond: A Question of Answers that I'm working on with Melody Jones and Ian Ampoyo is front and center. It's a feature film, very much like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold directed by Martin Ritt in the mid 60's. That film was essentially a series of interviews, where there was lot more going on than any of the characters realized. The writer/director Stephen Mitchell is a John le Carré fan and you can see similarities in their writing.

Question: Is A Question of Answers in pre-production?

Raymond: Yes it is. Stephen has been writing and we've been rehearsing it from week to week. It's been a unique way for us to come to terms with the material.

Question: You spoke of projects in the plural. What else are you working on?

Raymond: It hasn't got a title yet but it's a story of people enmeshed in a game of cat-and-mouse with fatal consequences. It will have elements of suspense and action in the style of Jason Bourne directed by Paul Greengrass.

Question: All of your projects thus far have the quality of a psychological drama. 

Raymond: That's true. The Visitor definitely had ominous psychological overtones as does A Question of Answers and the new project. That may just be a part of my preferences as an actor or what I project as a "brand".

A Question of Answers "Table read"

A rough, early rehearsal on Skype for our new feature film A Question of Answers.

The Visitor: Coming soon

Raymond Ritzau talks about The Visitor

Q:  What is The Visitor?
Raymond:  It is a one man show written for me by filmmaker Stephen Mitchel telling the story of enigmatic confrontation whereby the speaker knows much about the listener, but the listener seems to know nothing about the speaker.

Q:  How did you play the character?
Raymond:  I played him as an antagonistic character who could be the savior or toss his opponent off the cliff .

Q: There seems to be elements often seen in a James Bond villain. 
Raymond:  Yes, I think that's true.  Whether benevolent or malign, the character is definitely adversarial.  I would not wanna be on his bad side.

Q:  Where will we be able to see this performance?
Raymond:  It will be seen on Prime video in the coming weeks.

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Raymond Ritzau: Skype Rehearsal

This is a rehearsal I did with writer/director Stephen Mitchell for my upcoming one-man show.  I'm playing an ambivalent character, who is able to take the opportunity to "quote" Arnold Schwarzenegger within the scene.  It's early days yet.

An interview with Raymond Ritzau

Q: How did you get started as an actor?

Raymond :  I've done extra work and couple of commercials, but I've done a few theatrical performances, when I was younger.

Q: What's been your best moment so far as an actor?

Raymond:  My best moment was playing a soldier visiting his father's grave in a commercial.

Q: What kind of characters are you best at playing?

Raymond:  I’m best at playing quietly antagonistic characters, who could save your life, or throw you off a cliff without thinking twice about it.

Q: Is there a director who's work you admire and with whom you would like to work?

Raymond: Quentin Terentino for Pulp Fiction. I liked the way he created tension by creating fascinating characters, who you didn't know whether they would survive or not.

Q: Do you have a wish-list of directors?

Raymond: Clint Eastwood, Randall Wallace, Denis Villeneuve, Sam Mendes and Julius Avery.

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Rritzau82@gmail.com