Ralph Fiennes has many questions for Pope Leo XIV.
In a brand new interview with Leisure Weekly, the Oscar nominee, 62, was requested about Leo, 69, watching his 2024 movie “Conclave” earlier than he was elected the pinnacle of the Catholic Church final month.
“My thoughts are questions,” Fiennes informed the outlet. “Did he enjoy it? Did he just shrug his shoulders and say halfway through, ‘This is rubbish’? Or did he get something from it?”
“I’d like to know what he thought,” the “28 Years Later” star continued. “I’m sure there are many people in the church and many cardinals who’ve looked at it and thought it was nothing like reality.”
Whereas the Edward Berger-directed movie was fictional, Fiennes stated he thinks they had been correct sufficient in portraying the method of electing the following pope.
“I think we did get the rituals right,” he acknowledged. “I’m sure the power politics was amped up for entertainment purposes, but I hope that he saw something of value in it. I just don’t know.”
“I guess if the next pope watched ‘Conclave,’ of course, at a simplistic level, I’m delighted,” Fiennes added. “But I mean, I want him to like it. If he didn’t like it, what can I do? I’ve done it!”
In “Conclave,” which is predicated on a 2016 Robert Harris novel, Fiennes performs a cardinal tasked with choosing a brand new pope and finds himself investigating secrets and techniques and scandals in regards to the main candidates, which embody Stanley Tucci’s progressive Cardinal Bellini and Sergio Castellitto’s conservative Cardinal Tedesco.
In Could, Leo’s brother, John Prevost, confirmed that the Catholic chief watched “Conclave” earlier than the election.
“I said, ‘Are you ready for this? Did you watch the movie ‘Conclave’ so you know how to behave?’ He had just finished watching the movie ‘Conclave,’ so he knew how to behave,” Prevost informed NBC Information.
“So it’s that kind of stuff, because I wanted to take his mind off of it,” he added. “You know, laugh about something, because this is now an awesome responsibility.”
Leo was chosen as the brand new pope on Could 8 after Pope Francis died in April at age 88.
Born Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary is the primary US pope.
“Peace be with you all,” had been Leo’s first phrases as he greeted crowds within the packed St. Peter’s Sq. from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on his election day.
Leo additionally repeated the phrase “peace” 9 occasions, and vowed, “God loves us, all of us. Evil will not prevail.”
