Stanley Tucci stars in 'Conclave,' a film exploring the complex process of electing a new pope. Tucci's character, Cardinal Bellini, grapples with ambition and self-doubt as he strives to prevent a conservative candidate from taking power.
This awards season, Stanley Tucci stars in “ Conclave ,” a film centered on the process of electing a new pope after the death of the previous one. The politically progressive Cardinal Bellini , played by Tucci, vies for the position — despite doubting his worthiness — to stop a far more conservative candidate from winning the vote.
The Focus Features release, which on Sunday won the Golden Globe for Peter Straughan's adapted screenplay (from the novel by Robert Harris), examines the backstabbing intrigue that undermines elections even among the holiest constituents. “Why he believes he's unworthy, we're not really sure,” Tucci says of his character. “Maybe he thinks he’s unworthy because he’d like it. And he knows that anyone who would like it shouldn't get it. In the end, what he wants is that the church not take steps backward. However, that does not mean that he doesn’t think he’s not the guy to do it. So, it’s quite complicated. 'Even to this day, after making the movie two years ago, I still think, did he want it? It’s ambiguous,' Tucci adds. 'He knows he is ambitious. And as my character says, ambition is the moth of holiness. It depends on why you want to be in a position of power. Do you want to change things? Or do you just want to tell everybody what to do? There’s the great old Jewish expression — if you wish to know a man, give him power.” For Tucci, ambiguity fueled doubt, which is essential to the notion of faith. “That’s what I focused on, that he’s sure of where the church should go, but he’s constantly doubting himself and others. Of course, the Catholic Church has done a great deal for many people. But then I also made the movie ‘Spotlight,’ which showed all the things the Catholic Church didn’t do very well. 'Any time you have an institution that is this ancient, this enormous and politically entwined with government and money, there’s going to be corruption in some way, moral or otherwis
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