LOS ANGELES – Woody Allen delivers his best movie in years with “Blue Jasmine,” a tragi-comic look at a fallen Park Avenue Grande Dame.
In the title role, Cate Blanchett embodies a modern-day Blanche DuBois, a delirious elitist forced to confront the harsh realities of a life without unlimited cash reserves as she settles in with her working-class sister in San Francisco.
Stand-up comedian Andrew Dice Clay returns to the big screen for the first time in over a decade as her former brother-in-law, a handyman who suffers a devastating financial setback that ruins his marriage, and Peter Sarsgaard co-stars as a gentleman from Washington who Jasmine identifies as her ticket back to the high life.
Here, Sarsgaard talks about working with the legendary Woody Allen and how auditioning can be more edifying than being handed a role, while Clay discusses his fortunate encounter with Allen and reviving a long-dormant career.
Watch Jordan Riefe's interview with Andrew Dice Clay about "Blue Jasmine":
Watch Jordan Riefe's interview with Peter Sarsgaard about "Blue Jasmine":