A few years back,Willem Dafoestarred alongsideRobert PattinsoninThe Lighthouse, a two-hander film from director Robert Eggers.
“The next one I do there won’t beanyactors!”
says Dafoe, with a laugh, over Zoom.
Willem Dafoe in ‘Inside’.Wolfgang Ennenbach/Focus Features
There’s very little in the house.
He’s trapped there.
He doesn’t know what to do.
Willem Dafoe in ‘Inside’.Wolfgang Ennenbach/Focus Features
He’s got to find food; he’s got to find water.
There’s not much there.
Nobody’s been there for a while.
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So that’s the basic setup."
“I was looking at all these huge buildings,” says Katsoupis.
I started working to make it more of a survival film [like]Robinson Crusoe.
I found it very interesting that my hero will be lonely in the middle of a metropolis.
“We usually give a shot to cast our films very early on.
This was the case with Willem.
He reacted very quickly.
He gave us his trust.
Bigazzi describes the results as “the physical manifestation of the antagonist.
“I just kind of let myself go,” says the actor.
“I did wash!
Doing physical things, dragging things, banging things, screaming.
[Laughs] It will start to show after a whileifyou want it to.”
The already slender actor even dropped a few pounds during the shoot.
“Everybody thought it was pretty funny,” says Dafoe.
Watch the trailer forInsidebelow.
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