"Collateral" comes off like clockwork, but it's a clock that breathes — great actors like Mark Ruffalo, Javier Bardem, and Barry Shabaka Henley have sustained, intricate moments in the pauses between the violent acts.
Ms. Colman, best known for comic roles on British television, credited him with allowing the actors breathing room.
Mr. Diaz, the playwright, said the highly physical nature of the production required not only careful choreography but also attention to breathing, because the actors moved quickly from dexterous combat to swiftly paced dialogue.
Three weeks earlier, he couldn't even breathe like an actor — through the nose, holding in the diaphragm so that he could say several lines in a row as he exhaled.
Another strong selection this week is "Breathing," from the Austrian actor turned filmmaker Karl Markovics.
Times Staff Writer Susan King chatted with the personable actor about "Breathing Lessons," his own marriage and his participation in the upcoming "Maverick" feature, which stars Mel Gibson as Bret.
Correction: March 15 , 2003 Saturday An article on Thursday about a diaphragm implant intended to let the paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve breathe on his own misstated the amount of time he can now breathe without a mechanical respirator.
The other trap was being too specific in trying to control too much the re-creation of the period and not giving enough breathing space to the actors.
The children nearly collapsed due to the heat of the suits, and eventually oxygen systems were added to assist the actors in breathing.
Andy Serkis, the actor who breathed life into the computer-generated characters of Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" movies and Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and the upcoming "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," will make his directorial debut with a live-action adaptation of "The Jungle Book" for Warner Bros., according to the Hollywood Reporter.
