Four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Spiderman, The lighthouse) is known for playing very dramatic roles, and his next film, AND, sounds like the norm for the course. The film, which has kept its synopsis strictly secret, features co-stars Hong Chau, Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemon, Hunter Schafer, Mamoudou AthieAND Joe Alwyn. While we don’t yet know what the ensemble piece is about, Dafoe has hinted that he takes the role very seriously.
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In a recent profile published by The New York Times, it was revealed that Dafoe asked to be slapped repeatedly for a scene in which he doesn’t even appear on camera. Stone slaps Dafoe’s character, who is off camera in the shot. But that didn’t stop Dafoe from wanting to be on set even though he didn’t have to.
The director of the film, Yorgos Lanthimoswho previously worked with Stone in The Favourite and also direct The lobster AND The killing of a sacred deersaid of Dafoe:
“That’s what you want from actors. Wanting to be a part of it in any way.
Stone commented on her co-star, saying:
“There’s this acting instinct that a lot of actors have – the ‘look at me, look at me!’ type of performer. He is the opposite of that. Perhaps that has changed over the years. A lot of actors I’ve connected with have been doing that for a long time and you know they’ve gone from ‘me’ to ‘we’.”
AND is in post-production and soon we should have a release date and some details. Dafoe is the next lead in Focus Features’ thriller Insideout in theaters March 17.
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by Jessica Fisher
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