City Of Angels

Nichols: The first time I ever saw Meryl was in a play called "Taken in Marriage." It was about the reunion of some women in a small theater, which is where we were. And there were these people onstage, some women acting quite well and speaking a not-very-interesting text. And out came this person who clearly, it seemed, had been allowed to invent her own dialogue. And she said whatever came into her head while the other people were all stuck with the text. That's the difference. It was as if she was improvising. The accents are great, but as you say, they're beautiful feet.

Emma, how do you play an angel? There's not a lot of precedent.

Thompson: No, you just have to let your imagination run riot, don't you? Pacino: She's the sexiest angel I ever saw.

Thompson: It's my Farrah Fawcett angel.

Did you have any control over that hairstyle?

Thompson: Yeah. I looked at pictures of angels, and then I remembered that I had received a Christmas card from Elton John. With an angel on it.