Taylor Nichols (who is in every Stillman film, except L&F) was recently interviewed by Coming Soon. There is a really funny quote about Metropolitan in there that could have been said by Nick Smith himself (actually said by Chris Eigeman).
CS Interview: Taylor Nichols on 1BR, Whit Stillman, Congo & More! Max Evry for Coming Soon, (October 17, 2019)
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On “Metropolitan” (1990)…
And I can remember Chris Eigeman even saying, ‘No one’s ever going to see this movie except my mom.’ And it turned out to be the opposite.”
On “Barcelona” (1994)…
“I loved doing those projects and Whit was really supportive and he cast Chris and me right away for the next movie, for ‘Barcelona.’ And again, I did the same thing again. I didn’t know anything about Spain. I didn’t know anything about foreign sales. I read those books by Dale Carnegie and all of that stuff. Being the lead was scary, but I would argue a little bit that it is still an ensemble film with Mira Sorvino and with Tushka Bergen and all of that. We certainly saw it that way. Other people may have seen it as just Chris and my’s movie, but I think Chris and I really saw it as a foursome. Even with some of the Spanish actors, that it was an ensemble. I just saw it recently. There was a 25th anniversary screening that the American Cinematheque did. The movie holds up. It’s funny. The audience really seemed to respond to it. And I think for a long time, I was a little bit insecure about my work in the film. But seeing it 25 years later, I was like, ah, you know, don’t be so hard on yourself.”
