It’s all a matter of honor… “[This scene] is seeing him not composed and him being vaguely incoherent.”
This also meant making some changes from script to screen.
“What you see is more anger and envy and pettiness,” adds Affleck.
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It helped tell the perspective.
We always viewed it as ‘How would Le Gris tell the story in court in retrospect?
How would he say, ‘This is what happened?’
Adam Driver and Matt Damon in ‘The Last Duel.'.Patrick Redmond/20th Century Studios
He would say Carrouges showed up, interrupts our lunch, and is not making sense."
I kept repeating it, goading him, because [Carrouges] wants to fight all the time.
Adam, as we wrote in the script, he decides to be political.
As actors, you modulate your performance based on which story you’re in."
“It’s almost more like a play.
That was a brilliant approach to making movies.”
The Last Duelhits theaters Oct. 15.
