"My only nagging thought was what about Kirsten Dunst? Seriously because she was so wonderful in Interview. And then I realised she was too old for the Eleanor part and she’s American and then Gemma and Saoirse had this wonderful electricity between each other. They had two totally different qualities which just seemed to spark."
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Neil Jordan's underrated 2012 horror film Byzantium is one of the greatest vampire films ever made, with stunning performances and a rich, feminist subtext.
With a certain big budget franchise finally over and Hollywood fads seeming to move on to zombies, vampires are apparently being left undisturbed in their resting places for lovers of the original folklore to unearth. And that is what Neil Jordan and Moira Buffini thankfully set out to do with this weekend’s limited release, Byzantium, a mosaic of blood and emotion brought to life by haunting turns from Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton.
