And though she be but little, she is fierce!

Film Stills Photographer Aidan Monaghan Part 2: Out of the Darkroom with Ruth Medjber

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‘With ‘High-Rise’… it was this amazing place to kind of play, and document the power of the actors in that. Tom Hiddleston, just his incredible hunger and drive in that role as Laing. And then those series of shots that we did, I had the advantage of being on set pretty much every day, so I knew the story, and I knew the kind of look in terms of how Ben Wheatley and Laurie Rose had shot it. So, in terms of lighting, I did try to reflect that. And then just that interaction with Tom for those shots. He’s just one of those people that throws everything at you, and is great fun to work with.

High-Rise (2015)

High-Rise (2015)

Dir. Ben Wheatley

High-Rise (2015)

High-Rise (2015)

High-Rise (2015)

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‘You’ve taken a fall.’

High-Rise (2015)

‘Fifty-Eight. Male. Schizophrenic. Myocardial Infarction.’

High-Rise (2015)

‘It actually was my idea... We shot it at the end of our first day. We were due to wrap at 6 p.m. and at 5:45 they started doing that scene. These flight attendants were walking down the corridor and I was watching it and I said to Ben, “Do you think that Laing should be a participant in his own dream?” And he said, “Well, yeah, it’d be nice to have the option.” I asked, “What do you think he should be doing? Is he walking in front of them or behind them?” And then he said, “He should be dancing with them.” So we did it, and we did it once. We put on Sister Sledge’s “Lost in Music” and we danced down the corridor. It was great.’

Elisabeth Moss as Helen Wilder and Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing in High-Rise (2015)

High-Rise (2015) 

High-Rise (2015)

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Tom Hiddleston as Dr Robert Laing in High-Rise, 2015