Anjelica Talks Aquatic

Wes Anderson has a habit of winning over his cast members. Not only do they have nothing but praise for the director but once they've worked with him, actors seem to end up climbing over each other to do it again. Having starred as Etheline in Anderson's fabulous comedy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Anjelica Huston is returning for his latest film, The Life Aquatic, and explained to Empire Online what the director's immense appeal really is. "Wes is just great," she enthused. "He's so smart and really laid back and just provides you with all of this information. Before I went to do The Royal Tenenbaums I got all of these very particular, precise drawings about how my character would look, what she wore with arrows pointing to everything. He does a full survey of the script like a road map of your character - which is great. He is very precise and knows exactly what he wants. He also makes a very nice set, I liked the ensemble of The Royal Tenenbaums very much, I thought it was very well delineated and beautifully chosen." Huston will appear alongside fellow Anderson regulars Bill Murray and Owen Wilson in The Life Aquatic a curious film about the search for a mythical shark. "This movie is about Steve Zissou, who's an underwater explorer kind of along the lines of Cousteau. He's a documentarian and I play his wife. It involves all kind of exotic underwater creatures." Apart from plans to return to the director's chair for an undisclosed future project, Huston also hopes to appear in Eric Idle's period spoof, The Remains of The Piano, "I think I might but he's still financing it. Eric Idle makes me laugh. It's not a large part but it's a really funny script and I hope he gets it together and if it doesn't coincide with Wes' movie then I'll do it."