#carlos diehz stuff

[spaceasianmillennial]

In a CONCLAVE PARODY MUSICAL

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LAWRENCE X BELLINI X BENITEZ - JOLENE

look at us hey who would've thought!!!!

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THE POPE ON MY TV

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DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an artist and I’ve never drawn Conclave stuff before

Carlos Diehz talks about dragon ball Benitez? Dragon Ball Benitez shall come to life

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yeah i guess im officially cooked

[monokuromuheaven]

Vancouver actor Carlos Diehz’s big break comes in Ralph Fiennes film

(...)

“He (Edward Berger) wanted to hear from me what I had in mind for the character,” said Diehz, adding he explained to Berger that he saw Benitez as “a very pious man.”

“If he was a missionary, then an archbishop, then a cardinal, he has what it takes to lead a group. To be at the front,” said Diehz. “I discussed these ideas with Edward, and he liked them.”

Eventually, Diehz made the final callback and was brought to Rome to meet with casting director Nina Gold (The Crown, Slow Horses, Star Wars and Game of Thrones).

“She’s a big deal worldwide,” said Diehz about Gold. “So, no pressure, right?”

(...)

While he was onset, Diehz said he noticed Fiennes was watching him. Finally, Fiennes approached and said: “Now I know why they chose you. You are Benitez,” Diehz recalls the English actor saying to him. “He saw in me the personality of the character.”

Diehz was raised Catholic and understood the basics of the conclave process, but admitted the weight of the subject matter really hit home when he donned the heavy cardinal costume.

“When you look at yourself in the mirror dressed up like that, like someone that grand within the church, it is like an extra boost emotionally to perform,” said Diehz.

“Now I see Benitez the way he is in this situation. Benitez is a missionary who mostly dresses like any other civilian in his daily life, but here he has to dress the part. He has to look like the rank he has been given. So, being able to look at myself like that is kind of a strange situation. But very empowering.”

What was also empowering was the wealth of talent and experience he was surrounded with for his very first feature film role. His castmates were open to discussions and offered him excellent advice.

Fiennes, for instance, spoke to him about the importance of truly being heard.

“He said, ‘OK, every word you say is precious. And you have to deliver it as such. You have to put the time in, the correct enunciations, so the audience understands and is not wondering what you said … Treat every word as precious. So, I did that,” said Diehz. “The next day, when we were shooting the scene, every break we had I was rehearsing my enunciation, and I heard Ralph from another part of the area, he just said, ‘Bravo, you nailed it.'”

Later in shooting, Diehz faced a crisis of confidence as he prepared for a pivotal scene in which Benitez makes a speech in front of the 100-plus cardinals. This time, it was Lithgow who offered guidance.

“He asked me what are the main issues I wanted to talk about? And I said stage fright,” said Diehz. “He said stage fright really never goes away. You just learn how to manage stage fright. One of the things is when you feel it, it is a sign that you care about the scene. And that’s good.

“But what must guide you, drive you, is to know that when you speak there is no reason to hurry your lines. There’s no reason to feel rushed in any way because you control the scene. No one is cutting you off. Nobody is going to rush you. When they call ‘action,’ until you finish your lines, you own the scene. You set the pace and the tone. So that was very empowering, very powerful stuff.”

But despite Lithgow’s words of encouragement, Diehz said his nerves were still front and centre when it was time to shoot the speech.

“Edward Berger approached me and said, ‘You doing OK? I said, ‘Yeah, yeah I’m fine.’ And he said, ‘I can hear your heartbeat on the microphone,’ ” said Diehz. “So I was, ‘OK, big breath, calm down, calm down, calm down.’ And little by little, I did.”

While filming scenes caused his blood pressure to rise, Diehz says the evenings were made up of many wonderfully relaxing dinners of fabulous traditional Italian food alongside his very famous castmates.

And no, Tucci didn’t cook.

“You know what, that is a common question,” said Diehz when asked about his foodie co-star. “Being at a table with Ralph, Stanley, John, Isabella and talking about wine, cheeses, bread, it was wonderful. You could make a documentary of each of those dinners we had together,” said Diehz, who explained it was Rossellini who offered much of the insight into the nuances of Italian food.

(...)

“I remember Stanley asked me, ‘Are you really, after all this, going back to your daily job?’ Well, yeah, that’s what I have,” said Diehz, who continues to work for a Vancouver architectural firm. “But I’m not quitting acting. I’m going for more.”

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[conclaveconfessions]

Made a few confessions before (I'm pro complainer, smut writer that wants maybe not so sexual fics, for my own masochism lol) haven't been able to read most of what happened after because I have a time limit on Tumblr or else I get nothing done, but I did saw just now on my rec section an ask about "ace people like and read about sex" and as far as I know it's probably about a different anon but I do want to say I meant that as a general statement that I don't like when we get too 'oh it's puritan to dislike sex' because well, some people get hurt on the crossfire. Yes many acearo people love and talk about sex but many don't, this is a normal statement and I feel sometimes acearo people have to always be super sex positive when maybe it's not in them. And of course there are allosexual puritans, and about the specific anon that had the most disparaging language, I do get the vibes it's not necesarly an ace person lol. Honey ain't nobody care that you're catholic -> my honest reaction that I had in my mind, and that I'm sharing now to be catty. But because I don't know them I was thinking about my acearo friends. I do think anyone who says sex is demeaning is plainly ignorant and I simply discard that opinion: it is unvalid, as far as I'm aware. There's nothing wrong with porn. Fandom and specifically fanfic has always been really sexual, and this is Good. It's the only place where people can be as sexual as they want in some cases. To say this shouldn't be the case is really funny. Once again: complaining about it it's ok in my eyes, I'm a complainer and I know what's it's like to get to a fandom and see people doing things the Wrong way (though in my times it was about who was the top or the bottom LOL tho that's solved in my mind, switches ftw)... but either start doing your own thing or really, die mad lol.

I do recognize I don't have much skin in the game: I'm a Very sexual bisexual that loves smut, that simply wants to read something different that I'm used to idk why; and I was raised in a Catholic society (Venezuela) but my family is not very devout and honestly I'm learning my prayers in this fandom. So of course, not everyone can have my disinterest in drama, for some people it's feels very personal.

My take has always been though we can all complain and this is good, but at some point do something. I personally can't right now, because Life has fucked me over (the writer's block is a symptom) so I'm mostly supportive. if you think this fandom is overtly sexual and you know you can do it better I'm like 👁️👁️ then do it because I want to read sappy poetic overly seriously catholic shit. Also repressed stuff but I guess that's better on the hands of actual freaks (affectionate) 🤔

I also saw someone saying they got no encouragement and I'm like: :c I cant be possible be reading EVERY fic in this fandom. I try to always comment but im only a person haha.

Support authors!!!

(also I saw someone saying they found out someone using AI? To quote Wong Kar Wai an AI can be proficient but can it yearn? You want to write/read these Catholics suffering because it's hot or beautiful, and you're gonna let a machine do it for you? Idk man it makes no sense)

I have a real confession though (god I'm a yapper, this is why I time limited Tumblr) which is that now I'm outright giggling everytime I see Carlos Diehz in my Instagram like fuck he's so adorable. I was rewatching parts of the movie today and I honestly don't pay attention to what he's saying because he's so goddamn CUTE. like honestly it's circling back to cringe because I have so many warm feeling that just today I was like: ugh you're kinda stupid looking Carlos. And I realize I thought about that SMILING. I'm like a schoolboy with a crush, he's so cute I think he looks stupid. Why is this happening to me, he's my dad's age. Ughhhhhhh.

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[ananke-xiii]

watched "conclave", didn't like it as expected, here are some spontaneous thoughts with spoilers&acidity so be warned:

- "Aspirina C" product placement baffled me. I mean, if you sell a pharmaceutical product, do you really want it to be associated with the sudden death of a pope? I mean, just saying. Anyway, at least it lets us know that Big Pharma is in the conclave with us;

- the actors are wasted on this movie. Ralph Fiennes did his best but his character was just too flat, Stanley Tucci can play anything but he was born to play cardinal Tedesco, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow are criminally underused, Carlos Diehz would do well if only the camera were on him when he delivered his last big speech, Sergio Castellitto is fine because he just played the role of "Being Italian", so he couldn't actually fail at that, but his character seems to be so much bigger than that, it's a shame that it wasn't explored (sad to report that it's not his fault although I was ready to blame him for literally everything wrong in the movie but no, he did what he was told to do: the Italian fascist comic relief, guys like him are regularly posting "buongiornissimo caffè" type of shit on facebook and commenting misogynistic stuff on tiktok);

- the camera work was dull. The movie is titled "Conclave" which literally means "locked room" and yet no tension is detected, no claustrophobic anxiety, no uneasiness due to close proximity. It was A Choice to have some of the biggest scenes happen in a sort of theatre (?) and in a cafeteria. Okay, I guess, but, to me, the potentiality of showing an actual conclave was totally squandered this way;

-kudos to the people who had to rebuild the Sistine Chapel cause it's a thankless and unfair job by default and they really, really did their best. But honestly I think that the choice of making it look bigger than it actually is worked against the whole meaning of the movie (see above, the "conclaveness" of the conclave is hardly explored);

- same goes for the choice of filming in the Royal Palace of Caserta. I thank the movie if this choice will make this Unesco World Heritage site more appreciated (I will die on the "Caserta is better than Versailles" hill). But, again, the Royal Palace is huge and its rooms and corridors are large and I don't think this helps with the general theme of the movie;

- the reference to "The Ninth Hour" by Maurizio Cattelan when Lawrence is hit by the bomb's rubbles is objectively well done and it dovetails nicely with his homely where he referenced the ninth hour of Christ. I loved it, well done;

- the bomb: I'm sorry but that was just ridiculous. First of all, although I wouldn't bet on it, if a bomb were to explode in Piazza del Risorgimento, and hit the Sistine Chapel's windows, it would probably mean it's a war-type bomb, like a bomb causing huge explosions and devastation. Second of all, I think the movie underestimated the consequences of a terrorist attack taking place extremely close to Vatican City during a conclave, lol. Now I understand symbols and metaphors and how movies need to be understood figuratively but like... ngl, I think this one isn't on me, it's on sloppy writing;

- the whole theme of the power of Church vs the times that are a-changing. It's a no for me because Catholic Church, like many other different types of power, is not so much about power but control. It's rational, logical and sane to read the gospels and then look at St Peter's Church and be like: these guys aren't doing what Christ said. I mean, this is surface-level reading. You gotta ask yourself why and the why is control. Lawrence, Benitez and Bellini vs Tremblay, Adeyemi and Tedesco is such a manichean good vs evil type of thing that's just meh. Like, tell me why Tedesco is so reactionary and fascist and why Bellini is more progressive and fake-woke. The movie says that the Church has regarded men as ideals rather than human beings for too long but it does the same to its characters: they are all very vague ideals with no substance.

[abigailspinach]

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/vancouver-actor-carlos-diehz-conclave-ralph-fiennes

“Edward Berger approached me and said, ‘You doing OK? I said, ‘Yeah, yeah I’m fine.’ And he said, ‘I can hear your heartbeat on the microphone,’ ” said Diehz. “So I was, ‘OK, big breath, calm down, calm down, calm down.’ And little by little, I did.”

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“He asked me what are the main issues I wanted to talk about? And I said stage fright,” said Diehz. “He said stage fright really never goes away. You just learn how to manage stage fright. One of the things is when you feel it, it is a sign that you care about the scene. And that’s good.

“But what must guide you, drive you, is to know that when you speak there is no reason to hurry your lines. There’s no reason to feel rushed in any way because you control the scene. No one is cutting you off. Nobody is going to rush you. When they call ‘action,’ until you finish your lines, you own the scene. You set the pace and the tone. So that was very empowering, very powerful stuff.”

“But in high school I was too shy to get into the drama club. So, I postponed, and now 30 years later and now an empty-nester, I decided I wanted to learn to do something new.”

The 53-year-old began that acting quest in 2020 just as COVID-19 hit. Online acting workshops, auditions and a couple of small student short film roles later, Diehz, an architect by trade, can now be seen in a pivotal role in the new major film Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini.

[tinkertytonkanddownwiththenazis]

Yes, potentially, maybe (there is some stuff about how a few of the leading candidates are shady and at least one person had their life nearly wrecked by one of them), sadly no, yes, yes, I give it a 4

Honestly I feel like it's more of a political thriller that happens to take place in Vatican City. It's examining the whole "the Catholic church is an institution subject to the same faults as the humans running it" but invites us to imagine a slightly nicer version of it. I think that's mainly bc if you really tried getting into the nitty gritty you'd need at least a 10 episode series.

My relationship to Catholicism is different to yours so I can't promise our experiences will be the same, but I can say there's a monologue around the end of the first act that genuinely rocked my world a bit.

Also the vaping cardinal is very silly and I want Carlos Diehz to be in more stuff. It's the dude's first feature film and he's alongside some real heavyweight character actors and he holds his own.

Hey, queers! Should I watch conclave? Will it trigger my Catholic trauma? Will it make me relive the time I was collateral damage in an international magisterium beef? Do the wrinkly priests kiss with tongue? Will it make my soul ache for hypostatic union? Is the score haunting? What do rate conclave out of 5 stars?