The show goes on for the Elwes brothers even after star Cary’s house burnt down in LA fires
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter When Cary Elwes arrived on the Louisville, Kentucky set of Dead Man’s Wire last January, he was carrying only a paper bag. It contained, more or less, everything he owned. Days earlier, the wildfires tearing through Los Angeles had destroyed his Malibu home – clothes, furniture, a lifetime of possessions, gone. His brother Cassian, producing the film, had ensured Cary’s hotel room was next door to his own. “I tried to be a support system to him,” says the 66-year-old. Their costume designer Peggy Schnitzer – the Coen brothers’ trusted collaborator, who had volunteered for the project simply to work with its director, Gus Van Sant – had quietly gone out and bought him jeans, T-shirts, the basics. “She went out and bought a whole wardrobe for me,” Cary, 63, says. “I was very touched by that.” Being on set, he …

