Colin Farrell, who is at the San Sebastián Film Festival with Edward Berger ’s “ Ballad of a Small Player ,” spoke at the film’s press conference about his preparation to play gambling addict Lord Doyle in the fast-paced thriller. “It’s pretty well-chronicled now my history with addiction, but I don’t think you have to be an addict to play an addict,” he said frankly. “I found [Doyle’s] internal push and pull to be a lovely place to start.”

“He is somebody who doesn’t believe in his own worth, who is very self-centered to the point of being despicable,” he continued. “I still don’t have answers to anything in the script; I just have the experience of being in front of the camera with my fellow actors. As far as preparations go, I suppose I have some form of OCD that is given good li

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