Iulian Postelnicu talks about his characters, human beings and his most personal beliefs
We met with Iulian on an autumn day in Radovanu - a Romanian village situated one hour and a half from Bucharest, where we had the photoshoot, followed by a long discussion about his roles, emphasising mostly on his latest one - Ilie, the protagonist in Paul Negoescu's latest film, Man of Deeds. I was quite nervous for several reasons. First of all, we were meeting in my father's childhood home, where I hadn't been in 6 years, since my grandmother passed away. We didn't have any time for a recce, so we had no idea what to expect. We organised everything over the phone, with the help of my aunt. And most important, I had a dozen of questions for Iulian and no idea if we will have time for all. I didn't know him, if he's open enough to talk freely with a journalist. I discovered a wisecracking guy who always sees the full half of the glass, even when things go utterly wrong. He says it's because he's lazy. I think it's a very good quality and one that has brought him where he is today. Iulian answered bluntly to all of my questions. I knew I liked the actor very much and I was happy to discover an equally interesting man. If this interview is good enough to be one of the memorable ones, I don't know. What I do know will always be a memorable memory for me, is taking this interview in my old's grandmother kitchen, next to her stove, eating a piece of home baked bread with Iulian.
Film producer and founder of ADFR, she dreamed since she was little of having a magazine one day. Alongside her job as editor-in-chief, she writes the interview of the month. She loves animals, jazz music and films festivals.
