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© 2010 Warner Bros. Ent. TIL SCHWEIGER Not only does “the German Brad Pitt” star in new movie Kokowääh he also takes on the roles of producer, director and screenwriter. Speaking from his new base, Berlin, Til Schweiger tells us what it takes to be a movie star at home and in Hollywood Imeet Til Schweiger, one of Germany’s most successful actors and directors, at his fi lm production company Barefoot in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg to talk about his latest fi lm, Kokowääh, which is set for general release in Germany on 3 February. Schweiger not only produced, directed and co-wrote the fi lm with Béla Jarzyk, but also stars in it. He plays Henry, a screenplay writer who comes home one day to discover his illegitimate daughter on his doorstep. It’s a pretty fi tting role for father-offour Schweiger, whose youngest daughter, the impossibly cute Emma, appears alongside him in the new fi lm. Dressed casually in V-neck jumper and jeans, and looking remarkably fi t for his 47 years, it’s easy to see why Schweiger is often described as Germany’s Brad Pitt. And that’s not his only link with the Hollywood heartthrob. He acted alongside Pitt in Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and his wife Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider. But in Germany, Schweiger is better known for his feel-good comedies, and ability to win over German audiences with his charm and humour. Schweiger’s acting career began over 20 years ago, with his role as Jo Zenker in Germany’s popular soap opera Lindenstrasse. He then moved onto the big screen, starring in box offi ce hits such as Männerpension and Der bewegte Mann, and in the mid- 90s, he produced his fi rst feature fi lm, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. He then relocated to the US, where he worked on various international projects. But six years ago the actor and his family returned to Germany. He later split from his wife Dana, leaving Hamburg for Berlin in 2005. “Berlin has a great image around the world,” says Schweiger, leaning back into his chair. “I’ve just come back from America, where I was in New Orleans, Vancouver and New York. Everywhere you go, people are talking about the city, saying: ‘I love Berlin, it’s one of the coolest cities in the world,’” he says, mimicking the Americans’ enthusiasm. “There are a lot of artists here and it’s still really cheap. Berlin is known as the cheapest city in the world.” His latest fi lm also takes place in the German capital, and one of the opening scenes features shots of the T I L S C H W E I G E R Til Schweiger mit seiner jüngsten Tochter Emma im Film Kokowääh Schweiger and his real-life daughter Emma star in Kokowääh city skyline, including Alexanderplatz and other striking landmarks. Most of the fi lm’s locations make the city appear very smart and cosmopolitan, and reveal a side of Berlin that rarely comes to the fore. “When we fi lmed Keinohrhasen, after previously making all the fi lms in North Rhine-Westphalia, we decided that we wanted to portray Berlin as a world city, rather than the grungy place that people know from German fi lms, which focus on areas like Zoo station and Neukölln. We decided to fi lm in the best GW—53