HANNE KLINTOE (Eve) and FEMI OGUMBANJO (Adam)
In casting the roles of ADAM and EVE there were certain problems. Both had to be naked for the entire film. ADAM had to be black, EVE had to be not just white but Nordic white. This was a challenge to casting director JINA JAY. She arranged for an open casting call and as well as this we went through the more conventional routes of agencies and agents. Most legitimate actors were daunted by the nudity. FEMI and HANNE seemed to embody the characters for me. I photographed them together and the camera seemed to love them both.. Throughout the shoot these two inexperienced actors (for both of them this was their first film) gave 100%. Conditions were tough. We shot in late autumn and the water was freezing. Never a complaint from either of them. The finale called for them to emerge from the Garden of Eden in a violent rainstorm, naked and then to be surrounded by Paparazzi and street people. They were magnificent.

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Julian Sands   Saffron Burrows   Stefano Dionisi   Kelly MacDonald   Jonathan Rhys Meyers   Hanne Klintoe   Femi Ogunbanjo

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