RUSHES: Film: 'Henry V' cast interviews

Film: 'Henry V' cast interviews; ENGLAND: London:INTKenneth Branagh (Actor / plays Henry V) interview SOT:R - are you happy with your version of Henry V?KB - I'm never really happy with anything / hard to be objective / happy with it / more reflection will help / reactions from preview audiences have been positive / the reality you can get from Shakespeare is obviousR - Nothing now you'd like to do again?KB - You can do things again / I've played the part before so had it in my system / doing two things can be tricky / but I could be objective / when it wasn't right we found the time to do it again / after a while you can only do so much / a similar film a year from now would be differentQ - Why did you want to do Henry V?KB - Henry V seen as pro-war / it's strength is it is complex and ambiguous / encourages very human debate / The version shot in 1944 with Laurence Olivier was very of it's time / I knew a later 20th Century version would be very different / a young leader who grows to maturity through the play with lots of reverberations for the people in it / Laurence's' version was valid just different / trying to indicate that the English might lose in 1944 wouldn't have been good / original version shows English had no chance until Agincourt / there's an intoxicating power to it / it angers people, makes people laugh / a rich irresistible mix