My current actor obsession is Mr. Fassbender. I first saw him in this years JANE EYRE as brooding, mysterious Rochester. That film was exquisite, and soon after I saw him in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS as Magneto, and my obsession began. In both films I found him captivating and completely committed to his characters. I quickly watched two of his break out indy roles, that I had missed in theaters. They were FISH TANK and HUNGER. Fassbender has the kind of masculine good looks that stand out after seeing him play such strong characters on film. He plays flaws, humanity and evil with relatable and terrifying honesty. In FISHTANK Fassbender plays a man who befriends an angry teenage daughter, gains her trust and eventually betrays her in a moment of inappropriate passion. The role is most disturbing because of the wonderful performance Fassbender gives, making him real and flawed over simply perverted. It is Fassbender's ability to explore characters with such dark tendencies, and understand them, without judging them. He is also very sexy in a sort of threatening way.
Later this year Fassbender has two films opening that I am confident will fulfill my appetite for him. First is A DANGEROUS METHOD directed by David Cronenberg and co-starring Viggo Mortensen and Keira Knightley. Fassbender plays Carl Jung to Mortensen's Freud and will certainly have some intense moments in a film I hear has some kinky sex scenes between he and Knightley. SHAME comes later in the year and is one of the films I have been looking forward to the most this winter. SHAME reunites Fassbender with director Steve McQueen, whom directed 2008's HUNGER, an exceptional first film about a hunger strike in a Northern Ireland prison. It is hard to watch, and simply unforgettable. SHAME co-stars the adorable Carey Mulligan, playing the sister of Fassbender, a sex addicted business man in New York and the preview looks amazing.
I predict that this is an actor who will soon be mentioned among the greatest actors, I would go as far as to say that soon this time of year will have him on constant oscar watch, and he will be offered the great roles out there. So, for now, I am able to be one of few whom is obsessed with this man, but I think the crowds will come soon.
Two fun facts about Michael: He is a Natural Ginger! He also grew up in Kilarney, Ireland, where part of my family descends from!
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