30 February 6, 2022The Sunday TimesTravel
I was born in Guelph in
Canada, where I lived until
I was four, before moving
to Toronto. Canada’s a
very tolerant and multicultural country.
Being Canadian taught me how to have
empathy for others.
I grew up near Muskoka, two hours
north of Toronto. There are 1,600 lakes
and it’s beautiful and peaceful. Many
people work in Ontario during the week
and spend weekends amid nature. Most
city dwellers have a cottage or know
someone who does. My favourite place
to be is on a lake.
When I was a child I did a few trips
to Algonquin Park in southeast Ontario
with my dad and brother, Christian.
The sound of the loons and the
morning rolling fog on the lakes
was breathtaking. We’d canoe and
portage from island to island, not
seeing anyone whatsoever. At night
we’d put our food up in the trees so
the bears didn’t come and get us. We
heard a bear come around the tent
one night, which was interesting.
I adore London and lived there
for about seven years when I’d had
enough of Los Angeles. My father
was born in Glasgow so I have a
British passport. I wanted to absorb
other cultures and was done with thebusiness. I did theatre a few times, which
was a great learning experience. It’s
important to challenge yourself and it
was refreshing to exit Hollywood for a bit.
The first time I went to London was in
1996 to film The Canterville Ghost. It was
wonderful to work with stars of British
film such as Donald Sinden, Joan Sims,
Patrick Stewart and Leslie Phillips. They
were so wickedly naughty and
I enjoyed their sense of humour
and outlook.
My mother’s from Amsterdam
and was living there when I was in
the UK, so it was very easy for me
to hop over. It feels more like a
cultured village with canals than
a city. I don’t speak the language
fluently, but I know some polite
vocabulary and swearwords
— the important things.
I have a passion for Chicago
and its architecture. I originally
started going because I had an
ex from Evanston and we’d
spend time there with his
family. It’s where I filmed The
Company, which is a project
that’s very meaningful to me.As a child Neve loved exploring Ontario’s lakes and islands with her father and brotherI started out as a classical ballet dancer
and the film is about a ballet company
from my past. I managed to convince
Robert Altman to direct and I got to dance
with the Joffrey Ballet.
Every couple of years we go to France
to a small town called Aups in Provence.
My partner, JJ, spent a lot of his childhood
there, so it’s like a second home to him.
It’s a sweet village near the Gorges du
Verdon and Lac de Sainte Croix. I spent
one New Year’s Eve in a remote French
A&E there with my friend who’d slipped
and broken her leg. Let me tell you,
hospitals on New Year’s Eve are
entertaining — there are a lot of drug
addicts around. I’m still receiving
speeding tickets from that night because
I had to follow the ambulance.
I love Costa Rica and first went there
aged 19. At that time there weren’t a lot
of tourists and we stayed in a tiny cabin
on the beach in Manuel Antonio for £3
a night. At the café there was a shelf on
the tree where they’d leave food for the
monkeys who’d climb down and eat while
we ate. It was by a rainforest and during
a tropical shower I could hear the huge
frogs croaking away. It was magical.I was a huge fan of House of Cards and
joining the cast was a great re-entrance
back into the States because people had
forgotten about me. It’s set in Washington
and when you’re in that show you’re
treated like a rock star there because the
biggest audience are the politicians.
One place I wouldn’t want to go is
Woodsboro from the Scream movies.
Whenever I’m pretending to be there
I’m usually covered in corn syrup,
doubling for blood. For the first film
we shot in Santa Rosa, California,
which is a really gorgeous place.
We had no idea what we were making,
but we had a hoot. Wes
Craven knew what he was
doing and I missed him
on this latest film.Neve Campbell, 48, is an actress best
known for playing Sidney Prescott in
Scream, the fifth instalment of which
is in cinemas now. She lives in Los
Angeles with her partner, the actor
JJ Feild, and their two sons, Caspian,
nine, and Raynor, fourInterview by Shelley RubensteinThe actress dodged bears in
Ontario — and is pretty much
fluent in Dutch swear words
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But Friend wasn’t angry.
He just went limp. “Even a
spoonful of sugar would
help,” he groaned when we
reached the bridge. “Not long
now,” I told him, taking
photographs. I wanted to
compare the view with two
paintings of earlier versions
of the bridge: one by Turner,
the other by a Venetian. Then
I cheered Friend up by telling
him which actress (mother,
Barbara) had been born in
the town.
His mood improved further
when, as we retraced our
steps, we heard a tinkle. “Is
that the sound of cutlery?” I
asked. It came from a nearby
pub. “Music to my ears,” he
sighed.
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I had committed a cardinal
sin. I’d brought my friend out
for what he called his “weekly
dose of history” — and
forgotten to sweeten the pill
with the usual snacks and
treats. My rucksack was
empty. So was his stomach.
Our current location — a
suite of king-size kitchens —
wasn’t helping. “There is a
café here,” I suggested. But
Friend almost bit my head
off. “I won’t settle for a cup
of tea,” he snapped. “After
seeing all this I want suckling
pig.” So I tried to distract him
with a puzzle outside.
“Amazing,” he scoffed. “Do
you expect me to eat the
leaves?”
At which point I took an axe
to my plans and abandoned
the vast red-brick complex
and its hedges and gardens.
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second goal: a bridge opened
in 2013 beside a market town.
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