But Craig says he’d follow Johnson just about anywhere.
“It’s a wonderful way of directing and everybody feels pleased to be there.
Everybody feels in a good mood.
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It’s a joy to be around.”
“The experience, outside of filming was the real magic,” she tells EW.
“For my game night, the rule is definitely a full bar.”
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“Theater is the root of it for me always,” she says.
It did feel like we were a summer rep company.
We had a backstage area where we’d play chess and listen to music.
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Edward was working on the guitar.
Kate and I would do yoga.
We’d have beach parties on the weekend.
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We really did become this little company.
He sees these films and Rian Johnson as a worthy successor to great mysteries writers.
“He’s a legitimate heir to the Agatha Christie mystery writer mantle,” says Norton.
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Dr. Johnson is a Black NASA scientist who inadvertently invented the Super Soaker.
“That was my backstory.
Because underneath all that fun, this film is really about integrity.
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Miles Bron pulls so many of our strings and keeps us continuously compromising our integrity.
Put up your Dukes…
Dave Bautistajoins the fun as Duke Cody, a narcissistic Twitch influencer.
“I always gauge my career on who I am working with,” he says.
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“I always say that I’m an on-the-job running actor.
I’m giggling because I’m thinking about how lucky am I to be working with these people.
I always put a little more pressure on myself because I want to fit in.
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And so when I sit around with these ensembles of amazing actors, it’s surreal to me.”
He was like, ‘Sorry, I’m a bit late.
Thank you for your lovely letter aboutBrick.
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Yes, there are a lot of plot holes in it.’
And when he emailed me, it came up as a recurring contact.
My Gmail acknowledged that I had emailed him before.”
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“I sometimes look at people and I’m like, ‘You are a caricature.
I want to bottle that up,'” she laughs.
Not in a mean way, just in a way of, ‘You are such a character.’
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“But there’s so much great mystery writing out there.
There were so many movie influences and things like that.
“It was a real human-to-human connection.
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There’s a turning point for my character.
It required a lot of emotional strength for me.
Let me entertain you
Hudson is hoping everyone findsGlass Onionthe perfect cinematic stocking stuffer this holiday season.
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“It’s probably not the person I’d be hanging out with very much.
I very rarely feel that way.
But when I left the Toronto premiere, I had so much fun watching this film.
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What are you talking about?'”
“Rian took aim at that with Miles, and I love it.
“Orient Expresshas more of a somber or a serious tone,” he reflects.
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“This is a romp.
Those things lent itself to a very different tone and general vibe.
The films don’t feel the same.
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But that didn’t mean it was hard to find an easy rhythm playing longtime friends.
I adore him and he is so good.
He’s a gem, and he taught us all how to play chess.”
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Adds Odom Jr.: “To experience Kathryn up close and personal is like nothing else.
She really is so special.
She’s such an incredible talent.
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I call her a miracle.
“I was trying to find moments of physical comedy,” she explains.
“Peg is a bit of a klutz.
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And then I’m grabbing it.
And it’s a glass statue of a nude woman.
And I’m trying to grab at the butt to try and keep her in place.”
“Rian was like, ‘Just play around, let’s see what happens.’
And I whispered, ‘I am.’
I was just shocked, ‘How does he even know?’
Of course he knows.
That was us just playing around.”
Get them talking about it each other and it’s an absolute love fest.
Johnson calls it a very collaborative process, but Craig is quick to demur.
“I let Rian get on with it,” he says.
“He’s an incredibly competent, amazing writer.
He goes off and works and works and works and works.
But Johnson has nothing but praise for his leading man.
He makes it feel like the most breezy, fun thing of all time.
But he puts a hell of a lot of work into it.”
One he hopes will be entirely its own beast.
“This is the first time I’m writing a series of my own stuff,” he says.
I have some story elements and a generalIt would be really interesting to do thisthing.
But I’m still not sure what the setting of it’s going to be.
I just want to do something that feels different than the first two.”
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