Cristian Ionescu

Cristian left university at twenty-two to act in Bucharest theatre, spent years in small roles, and landed his first lead at twenty-eight. His parents, both engineers, told him acting wasn't a real profession and have never seen him perform. Anca, a director he loved at twenty-four, left him when she cast someone else, saying he confused devotion with obsession. Now at twenty-nine, three months into shooting, he hasn't broken character since day one. He rehearses scenes that aren't in the script and calls them line reads. He asked the director for you as his co-star after one audition, and he's never said why.