Ahead of his turn in Andrea Arnold’s magical realist new film Bird, the enfant terrible of arthouse cinema gives an astonishingly vulnerable interview about his path and his pain
After our yoga session, we hit the showers and then hop back into the white van and head to Kitten Deli, an Israeli restaurant where Rogowski has reserved a table for lunch. We settle outside, where the lively chatter of fellow diners mingles with the sound of large droplets of summer rain beginning to fall. Rogowski orders hummus with pita, roasted aubergine and cauliflower, then resumes telling me about his life.
“My therapist said I should take an antidepressant and just take the burden off my shoulders,” he ventures. “I’m not sure whether I should do it or not. There’s a stigma attached to antidepressants that is not helpful, but these are also strong medications and, somehow, I sell my problems – they’re part of my persona and the world that I create as an actor. So I’m hesitant to try.” It’s a familiar story: depression as a creative aphrodisiac, the fuel of great art.
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