'Blood Diamond' film actor interviews

'Blood Diamond' film actor interviews; Ed Zwick (Director of 'Blood Diamond') interview SOT - (Asked if he wanted to make the film partly because issue of conflict diamonds had dropped out of public consciousness) I think so / I think that around the world, what happened in the year 1999 or 2000 was given remarkably little attention / I think an opportunity to call attention to what happened then so that it might not happen again is one of the motivations to me / (Asked why he cast DiCaprio) I knew what an intense and ambitious actor he was and how brave / I think that to take this part on was an enormous risk for him / What he did in terms of the dialect and the behaviours and the training with weapons and understanding the deeper chords of his character, I thought was marvellous / Everyone got banged up on the movie / Jenny hurt her neck / Leo hurt his knee / Djimon (Hounsou) was constantly being kicked about / They were committed entirely / (Asked if the film may have been the reason many stars attended Golden Globes ceremony without wearing diamonds) I didn't think about that / I know the diamond industry offered some people ten thousand dollar contributions to the charity of their choice to wear diamonds / If at the end of the day we raised more money for charities in Africa then maybe it is a good thing / It is not an anti-diamond film, it is a pro-consciousness film / It is about being aware of power as consumers /(Asked about Oscar nominations) We all treasure each other's work and the experience / That is the most important thing / If anyone gets recognised we will all feel the joy of it / If you get passionate responses to a film then you know you have done something well / We started a fund while we were out there / Something we did privately / (Asked about representations in the film of child soldiers) I have children and so the idea of doing this with children was emotional and challenging / Interesting how willing the children were to go there / It...