Focus Features

The question that Interview magazine asks every month is, "What do celebrities talk about (when they're forced to speak to each other)?" In this case of this current issue, we are privy to a conversation between Owen Wilson (the interviewer) and Stephen Dorff (the subject) and it turns out that the pair were quite keen to talk about Somewhere, the upcoming film by director Sofia Coppola which Focus Features will release in 2010.

Here's an extract from their chat:

WILSON: And now you get to work with Sofia Coppola, which is exciting because she’s only done a few movies, and each one is very special. How did that come about? Because you play the lead.

DORFF: I really think it’s probably the best part I’ve ever been given. I’ve known Sofia for a long time, since I was growing up, and we’ve been friends from kind of a distance. I was blown away when all that excitement happened over her for Lost in Translation. It reminded me of being friends with you when you got nominated for [the Oscar for best screenplay for] The Royal Tenenbaums [2001]. It’s exciting when it happens to one of your peers, someone you care about. Over the years I had worked with her dad [Francis Ford Coppola], workshopping some of the things he was directing. I’m really lucky to have the opportunity to work with Sofia. Somewhere takes place in the Chateau Marmont—I’m going to be moving in there soon. I’ll actually be living there as we shoot, which is kind of cool. My character is going through some kind of personal crisis.

You can read the whole of their talk on the Interview website. And while you're at it, you can get more on Somewhere over at The Playlist (to whom we tip our hat).