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Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies [103]
In one scene based on real events, Walesa, played by Polish actor Robert Wickiewicz, gives an interview to Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci after a 1980 strike that propelled him to prominence.
"He says: 'From now on I can only go down... Now everything bad that happens in Poland will be on my shoulders,"
"'If I was someone else, I would shave off my mustache and go back to the shop floor, but I won't do that, because I know I still have things to do.'"
Wajda described these remarks as "fantastic."
Speaking on a Gdansk radio station, Walesa said he was uncomfortable that in some scenes the actor who played him "portrayed me as a buffoon, who was a bit conceited."
But he said that overall, he was happy with the way the director had realized his concept for the film. "I think he did a good job