

This new take on the old 1897 play by Edmond Rostand subs in Dinklage's small stature for the usual long nose, lending it a more grounded realism. "That, I think, also adds to the intensity and makes it feel closer to, I guess, a feeling we associate with first love, and undying love and unconsummated love."Ĭyrano is a classic love triangle about a brilliant but unconventional-looking poet who loves a beautiful girl who loves a handsome soldier. "And you do really sense that time is short for them," adds Besser. You know, it's just like, 'I just love you so much I can't breathe.'" "When they break into song, all their sort of defenses and their guard is down," says Berninger, "and it's almost like their purest inner thoughts - which aren't highly crafted. The words for this love song, and all the songs in Cyrano, were written by Carin Besser and Matt Berninger.
