Christopher Plummer: Talking Oscar and Aging in Hollywood
22.05.12
"I don't hate that film, but it follows me around. That's the problem," he confides.
On a sunny winter afternoon, the Oscar nominee for "Beginners" is talking about his screen classic "The Sound of Music" where he famously played Captain Von Trapp.
"There's nothing I detest about it," he says. "I mean, it's a very well made film.
"But a musical is not always my cup of tea. It always brings the house down when I say those words," he says. "Sure, I may say a few other off color remarks every now and then about 'Sound of Music,' too.
"When I went on Oprah, she said, 'There's got to be a naughty guy around to look at the bad side of things when it comes to that musical.' I said, 'You got him,'" he says with glee.
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Plummer is determined, even at his age, to make sure there is alternatives to watching him harmonize across the alps.
He stars in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: where he plays Henrik Vanger.
Source: LifeGoesStrong