Willem Dafoe is there straight away, a bundle of energy, a friendly charismatic and smiling forever young. The American character actor exudes a lightness that many of his characters lack. Dafoe, 67, grew up in Wisconsin and sees the world through the eyes of a curious boy. And moves in it with the well-trained body of a person in his mid-forties at most. He sits wiry in his chair, a bit like a panther regarding to pounce.
