Isabella Rossellini on Hollywood Ageism, Playing a Scene-Stealing Nun in ‘Conclave,’ and Becoming a Long Island Farmer
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Isabella Rossellini puts down her fork, straightens her back and shows me how she nailed a pivotal moment in her new movie, “Conclave,” a Vatican-set thriller that unfolds a world away from her 28-acre Long Island farm where we’re having lunch.
In the scene, Rossellini’s character, a nun named Sister Agnes, is navigating a darkened hallway, trying to remain undetected, when she glimpses something mysterious unfolding a few feet in front of her. “My heart has to beat much faster, so the camera picks it up,” Rossellini says. “Your breath has to translate that.
So I …” And with this she inhales, drawing in oxygen as quietly as she can, filling the room with a sense of tension without saying a thing.
It turns out great screen acting is all about waiting to exhale. In “Conclave,” Sister Agnes tends to the fraternity of cardinals gathered to choose the next pope.
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