Rock Paper Scissors has added editor Gaia Borretti to its roster for representation in the U.S. Borretti continues to be represented by The Assembly Rooms for commercials, music videos and film in the U.K. and Europe.
Borretti is known for stylistically-forward edits that effortlessly employ a rhythmic technical acumen. She is a frequent collaborator with director Ian Pons Jewell and most recently Vince Haycock and Agustin Alberdi. Her latest collaboration with Pons Jewell was for Facebook Oculus, delivering an epic three-minute film titled “First Steps,” which was co-created between an in-house creative team at Facebook and TBWAChiatDay NY. Other projects include Nike’s “Further than Ever” with Wieden + Kennedy, Shanghai, as well as work for BBC 3 and the German brand Zalando.
Originally from Rome, Borretti considers herself a global citizen having spent time across the world in the service of film. Originally a classically trained musician, her introduction to the film industry began with assisting Italian film editor Jacopo Quadri. In 2018, her work on the feature-length documentary, To the Wildlands and Back, for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon video game franchise garnered her multiple awards, including a D&AD Pencil, and a Cannes Lion in the festival’s Entertainment category.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More