Hahahah, most oddball choice Nolan has done so far. xD
But honestly, the kid's talented, he just had the bad luck of ending with a poorly written character on that disaster that was Spider-Man 3 (although I still like the final battle, riaria). That 70's Show and that movie with Dennis Quaid are proof of that.
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The Hunger Games' Wes Bentley has joined Interstellar!
Wes Bentley is in negotiations to join the all-star cast of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi movie Interstellar. Bentley's casting fills the final vacant slot in the Interstellar lineup, which already includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck and Topher Grace. The script, by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan, involves time travel and alternate dimensions and sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole. Plot details are being kept under wraps, as is Bentley's character description, though insiders describe it as a meaty supporting role.
Look, I'm not saying adding JGL wouldn't be great; it would. I'm just saying that Nolan shouldn't continue like this, with film after film starring many actors he has already used multiple times before.
For example: The Waschowski's keep casting Hugo Weaving. Peter Jackson keeps casting Andy Serkis. Paul Greengrass keeps casting Matt Damon. Martin Scorsese keeps casting Leonardo DiCaprio.
Yes, well, it's a bit different there. Nolan goes ahead and uses many in one film, while they use one or two, and not necessarily in each of their films.
In other words, he writes his characters with people already in mind. Only natural, but when the same people keep on returning, I see someone who is to some extent playing it safe.
Luckily, Interstellar isn't like that. Two great actors are being brought in again, and I don't mind it, since they are great. All I'm saying is that if Nolan goes another 5-10 years just bringing back the same old actors, people will notice, and people will begin to get bored, seeing the same people in every film.
I would call it laziness, but we've all seen what Nolan is capable of. I just can't believe in a character if in every individual film they're portrayed by the same person. Can you imagine Daniel Radcliffe, who as well as having played Harry Potter, is now playing every main character in every other film? I'd lose interest quicker than you can say Quidditch.
I would side with Lord in the matter that I rather see exciting new faces on Nolan films than actors I already know worked with him, but the act of "keep casting the same ones" is far away from laziness, when the subjects are auteurs. If you look on their interviews, it's more about stuff like good luck charm (as it is the case with Michael Caine and Chris Nolan), while there are others, like Scorsese and Edgar Wright, that simply have such a good connection with their collaborating actors, that helps the director in modelating such character for his actor (no wonder every performance Leo DiCaprio has in any Scorsese movie is excellent, and Simon Pegg translates Wright's comedy tone pitch-perfect).
I don't know, I do agree that Nolan repeats this with more than one actor per movie (although it is less than many people make to be), but if I was a famous director, and I found an actor/actress that I would have a very good connection, I would certainly look to maintain a collaboration with him/her too.
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I agree, and I'll never be the one to attack Nolan for his choices, as they tend to pay off. He knows he has something great with the people he works with, so why not keep it that way? He isn't lazy; I just think that if it were to continue this way, it could become more than a little tedious.
I agree, and I'll never be the one to attack Nolan for his choices, as they tend to pay off. He knows he has something great with the people he works with, so why not keep it that way? He isn't lazy; I just think that if it were to continue this way, it could become more than a little tedious.
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Yeah, exactly. But thinking about his last movies, it seems that he likes to follow the pattern of good luck charm (Michael Caine) + 1 or 2 collaborators or second-timers (this time it's just Hathaway as second-timer) + newcomers (all the rest). If he stays this way, for me it's all nice.
But indeed, it would tire after some point if he just copy + paste his entire cast from one movie to another.
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Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that principal photography on “INTERSTELLAR” is officially underway in Alberta, Canada. The film will be released in IMAX® and 35mm theaters on November 7, 2014. Paramount Pictures will distribute domestically, Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.
Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), the production will travel the globe and utilize a mixture of 35mm anamorphic and IMAX film photography to bring to the screen a script based on the combination of an original idea by Nolan and an existing script by Jonathan Nolan, originally developed for Paramount Pictures and producer Lynda Obst. The new script chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
“INTERSTELLAR” features a prestigious cast that includes Matthew McConaughey (“Magic Mike,” “Mud”), Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Tree of Life”), Bill Irwin (“Rachel Getting Married,” TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow (“Terms of Endearment,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) Academy Award® nominee Casey Affleck (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Gone Baby Gone”), David Gyasi (“Cloud Atlas”), Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”), Mackenzie Foy (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2”) Timothée Chalamet (TV’s “Homeland”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), David Oyelowo (“Jack Reacher,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn (“The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist”), and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
The film is being produced by Academy Award® nominee Emma Thomas (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy) and Lynda Obst (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “The Siege”). Renowned theoretical physicist Kip Thorne is consulting on the film as well as serving as executive producer, along with Jake Myers (“Jack Reacher,” “RED,” “RED 2”) and Jordan Goldberg (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “The Fighter”), Academy Award®-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy), Academy Award®-nominated costume designer Mary Zophres (“Gangster Squad,” “True Grit”) Academy Award®-nominated editor Lee Smith (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy,” “Elysium,”), Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), and Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
'Sources tell me there were around 300 locals in attendance filling the stands as extras. Matthew McConaughey, John Lithgow, Mackenzie Foy and Timothée Chalamet filmed a scene that had the characters watching a baseball game between the hometown team and the New York Yankees. The extras sported a subdued colour palate while holding boxes of popcorn and the uniforms of the players looked like they were from the 30s or 40s. At the end of the scene the crowd in the stands and the actors make a hurried exit from the stadium after looking behind them and seeing a big cloud of dust coming in their direction. My source said they could see giant fans on a hill creating the cloud. They also filmed a scene with school kids and boys playing little league.'
Really nice, but at the same time, a shame, since it has been noticed as a more of a cameo. He will film something like two weeks in Iceland, and then depart, which means his screen time (let's remember, in an already packed cast) will be very limited.
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Lord Stafford.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/more-casting-news-for-christopher-nolans-interstellar-20130716
Talk about one excellent cast!
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But honestly, the kid's talented, he just had the bad luck of ending with a poorly written character on that disaster that was Spider-Man 3 (although I still like the final battle, riaria). That 70's Show and that movie with Dennis Quaid are proof of that.
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
Lord Stafford.
Wes Bentley is in negotiations to join the all-star cast of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi movie Interstellar. Bentley's casting fills the final vacant slot in the Interstellar lineup, which already includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck and Topher Grace. The script, by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan, involves time travel and alternate dimensions and sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole. Plot details are being kept under wraps, as is Bentley's character description, though insiders describe it as a meaty supporting role.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wes-bentley-joins-christopher-nolans-593317
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Hope you like it!
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By the way: didn't he say that he was approached for a role?
He might have; I'm not sure.
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For example:
The Waschowski's keep casting Hugo Weaving.
Peter Jackson keeps casting Andy Serkis.
Paul Greengrass keeps casting Matt Damon.
Martin Scorsese keeps casting Leonardo DiCaprio.
Etc.
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I don't know, I do agree that Nolan repeats this with more than one actor per movie (although it is less than many people make to be), but if I was a famous director, and I found an actor/actress that I would have a very good connection, I would certainly look to maintain a collaboration with him/her too.
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Lord Stafford.
But indeed, it would tire after some point if he just copy + paste his entire cast from one movie to another.
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Lord Stafford.
Anyway, I'm glad there is more spots in the cast than it was originally mentioned.
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
Lord Stafford.
Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), the production will travel the globe and utilize a mixture of 35mm anamorphic and IMAX film photography to bring to the screen a script based on the combination of an original idea by Nolan and an existing script by Jonathan Nolan, originally developed for Paramount Pictures and producer Lynda Obst. The new script chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
“INTERSTELLAR” features a prestigious cast that includes Matthew McConaughey (“Magic Mike,” “Mud”), Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Tree of Life”), Bill Irwin (“Rachel Getting Married,” TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow (“Terms of Endearment,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) Academy Award® nominee Casey Affleck (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Gone Baby Gone”), David Gyasi (“Cloud Atlas”), Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”), Mackenzie Foy (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2”) Timothée Chalamet (TV’s “Homeland”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), David Oyelowo (“Jack Reacher,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn (“The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist”), and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
The film is being produced by Academy Award® nominee Emma Thomas (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy) and Lynda Obst (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “The Siege”). Renowned theoretical physicist Kip Thorne is consulting on the film as well as serving as executive producer, along with Jake Myers (“Jack Reacher,” “RED,” “RED 2”) and Jordan Goldberg (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “The Fighter”), Academy Award®-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy), Academy Award®-nominated costume designer Mary Zophres (“Gangster Squad,” “True Grit”) Academy Award®-nominated editor Lee Smith (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy,” “Elysium,”), Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), and Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).
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Hope you like it!
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'Sources tell me there were around 300 locals in attendance filling the stands as extras. Matthew McConaughey, John Lithgow, Mackenzie Foy and Timothée Chalamet filmed a scene that had the characters watching a baseball game between the hometown team and the New York Yankees.
The extras sported a subdued colour palate while holding boxes of popcorn and the uniforms of the players looked like they were from the 30s or 40s.
At the end of the scene the crowd in the stands and the actors make a hurried exit from the stadium after looking behind them and seeing a big cloud of dust coming in their direction. My source said they could see giant fans on a hill creating the cloud. They also filmed a scene with school kids and boys playing little league.'
Lord Stafford.
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