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JULIAN SANDS (Adult Nic) continues his association with Mike Figgis having previously starred in the director's film ONE NIGHT STAND, LEAVING LAS VEGAS and THE BROWNING VERSION.
Sands has starred in some of the screen's most memorable and controversial films, including James Ivory's classic A ROOM WITH A VIEW, the horror tale WARLOCK, David Cronenberg's NAKED LUNCH and Jennifer Lynch's controversial BOXING HELENA.
A classically trained actor, Sands studied at Britain's Central School of Speech and Drama and began his professional career with the Forum Theatre Company. He made his feature film debut in Derek Jarman's BROKEN ENGLISH, followed by PRIVATES ON PARADE. Sands next delivered an unforgettable performance in Roland Joffe's Academy Award-winning drama THE KILLING FIELDS.
JULIAN SANDS is a friend and actor I have worked with over and over again. In ONE NIGHT STAND he agreed to do a very small non-speaking part and offering him one of the main roles in The Loss of Sexual Innocence had a logic to it. I like working with actors over long periods, I guess this comes from my days on the road with theatre groups. Julian is a very fearless actor, but one who listens very carefully to direction and is sensitive to the overall script. In short he is a great team player. He first read the script many years ago, long before he was offered the role and it was a help to me that he was so familiar with the material. I think this is some of his best work. On the first day of the shoot he turned up to watch a scene with a very young actor playing Julian's character as a small boy in Africa. I became aware that Julian had attached himself to the Art Department and was carrying bucketful's of red soil to and from the set. I don't recall ever seeing a film actor do that before.
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