He still felt the pain and the itch in his neck and shoulder, where the image in the mirror cut off.
Sunday night marked the end of a season of wonder that seemed to surprise the hosts as much as the guests, a period where we looked in the mirror and were met by an unexpected reflection – one we rather liked.
Speaking to BBC South East, she said after "ups and downs for so many years" she got to the point where she looked in the mirror and "didn't want to be here".
Despite a meditative pace, there are shades of Scorsese in his kinetic camera moves, and in a scene lifted straight from Taxi Driver where Vinz poses in the mirror with a gun, snarling, "You talkin' to me?" Playing Vinz, Cassel radiates with a blistering intensity throughout, while Koundé offsets him with a cool self-assurance.
For example, think about that time you were sitting at lunch with someone you didn't know – you excuse yourself and go to the restroom where you look in the mirror and see that big piece of spinach covering your front tooth and you think, "why didn't my lunch partner tell me this?" That leads to a smidgeon of distrust now with this lunch date.
I'll also gloss over the quintessential doubt scene where I look in the mirror in the morning and say to myself: "what are you doing?
You have to get to the point where you look in the mirror and say to yourself, "Okay, I've studied up on everything and everyone else -- now it's time to discover to myself".
The only two times I've ever cried at the movies was the part in Jumping Jack Flash when Whoopi gets stood up by her date, and the part in True Lies where Jamie Lee Curtis looks in the mirror and realizes she's not a babe anymore.
"It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty," she continued, "so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror, first through their own families, as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys, and see themselves.
The only times I remember crying at a movie, is the part in Jumping Jack Flash when Whoopi gets stood up by her date, and the part in True Lies where Jamie Lee Curtis looks in the mirror and realises she's not a babe anymore.
