Even a year after its initial premiere at the Canne Film Festival, Colin Farrell admits he's not totally sure what his new film, The Lobster is about. But that may be by design.
The actor says of the film, "I don't think it?s trying to put forth any philosophy on the ideology or the structure of the dating game... For me, a lot of it is about loneliness. I think a lot of our lives, in ways that seemingly are unrelated or obscure, are lived through the lens of trying to avoid loneliness at all costs. People stay in relationships longer than they should because they just can't stand the thought of being alone."
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi fable, which co-stars Rachel Weisz, is set in a world where single adults who fail to find a suitable romantic partner within 40 days risk being turned into animals.
The Lobster opens in theaters on May 27th.
Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in 'The Lobster.' "I was really, physically, in a different place than I'd ever been before," actors says about gaining 45 pounds to play the role. "So tell me," Colin Farrell asks. "What's it about?" When The Lobster premiered in Cannes in 2015, the 39-year-old Irish actor was forthright about not understanding what, exactly, was going on in Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi fable, set in a world where single adults who fail to find a suitable romantic partner within 40 days, or risk being turned into animals.
