John Leguizamo, who plays Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Baz Luhrmann‘s Moulin Rouge, to W Magazine about receiving inspiration from Sister Wendy, the British nun whose televised lectures on art have become a cult hit:
“I happened to be watching a lot of Sister Wendy right before filming, and I thought, `She has a lisp like he did, and she appreciates art like he did.’ So she was my way into the character. And all through the shoot, Baz kept saying, `John, more Sister Wendy! Find her effervescence!”
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