By Michele Diomà
I am very pleased and honored today to present a special interview to the entire WILD FILMMAKER Community! For the first time on our Magazine, we have Bailey Ives Coppola, a young actor I discovered years ago when I watched Sammy & Quinn, directed by Christopher Coppola, and whom I had the pleasure of admiring just a few months ago at the Cannes Film Festival in the latest masterpiece of cinema history, Megalopolis.
-Who is Bailey Ives Coppola?
In acronym: B:allistic A:nnihilator I:ntroverted L:urid E:nergetic Y:ankee
I:nquiring V:olumetric E:ntertainer S:undried
C:ertified O:dd P:ersonable P:urpose O:nly L:ove A:lways
I am an enigma to myself. I don’t expect this to ever change. I don’t like to define myself based on my earthly existence. Although, I am not necessarily religious or spiritual or atheist or agnostic. The same goes with Solipsism and nihilism. I find it hard to subscribe to anything
Of man or man made. I have tremendous appreciation for the cycles of creation and destruction within human history. So whichever side of the coin it lands there I lie. I believe i am fated and fixed in my free will.
Who is Bailey?
An honest fellow who is ready to defend what he cares about the most being his family and his country at any cost but is never put to the test. They say he has a big heart.
-Which artists have inspired you the most?
From the get go anything by Dr. Seuss and P.D. Eastman. Green eggs and ham and Go Dog Go.
Coming of age: Orwell and Huxley. 1984 and brave new world.
Actors: Brando and Bogart.
-I know that besides being an actor, you also love painting. Do you think art can save the world?
Art has always saved and will continue to save the human soul which depicts the world as it is and as it should be. But sometimes it’s good to let it all burn ❤️🔥 like the Renoir painting in the 1988 film Stars And Bars.
-What makes you happy, and what really makes you angry?
A fastfood restaurant open late at night. A cold beer on a Wednesday. Finding the last item on the shelf. Long distance laughter.
Many machinations of the mind make me angry. They say righteous anger is justifiable. But now I think anger cannot come from love so better to love your enemy and even yourself which can be harder.
-You worked on Megalopolis, the film of the year. How was your experience?
It was incredible just to be on and around set let alone having a part in the flick which is the biggest of my life thus far. It was a fantastic learning experience in control and cooperation. A real dance of the demons as the character Huey is lost in his own manifesto. It was a great pleasure to have finally worked with FFC as his legend of artistic importance had always been made known to me my whole life in America and traveling across the globe.
