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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Wes Anderson
Bale-Pearce-Oldman — 11 years ago(October 12, 2014 04:30 PM)
- Gene Hackman
- Bill Murray
- Edward Norton
- Bruce Willis
Wow. What is his secret? For this he is one of the most amazing directors RIGHT NOW. IMO of course, but also it is a fact [giveup].
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heyanerd — 11 years ago(October 19, 2014 07:11 AM)
His secret is probably letting the actors act how they WANT to. He trusts these guys enough to know that they'll get what he's writing, or let them do their thing and go along with it. Wes might have a heavy hand in a lot of his production value and writing, but perhaps he's less controlling of his actors, and they like that.
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Psinex6 — 10 years ago(June 01, 2015 08:34 AM)
You're kidding right? Wes Anderson is well-known for never allowing actors to improvise. He wouldn't let an actor turn their head the wrong way, much less improvise.
He does a lot of takes, said Jeff Goldblum. Every prop, every actors mark must be precise. There is no improvisin1c84g, no tinkering with the script and very little room for actors to suggest improvements. Saoirse Ronan, who plays Agatha the female lead, said she had never seen anything like it. There was one shot It was the hardest thing Ive ever had to do, she said. It took 35 takes or something. We just did it over, and over, and over, and over again.
Ralph Fiennes, who made his Wes Anderson debut as the central character in The Grand Budapest Hotel, said the unbending focus on recreating each scene exactly as it was planned is heightened because Anderson is both writer and director. Its different if hes just the writer because the director might want to develop the role or depart from what the writers written sometimes, he said. Usually writers are incredibly controlling about their text, which you have to accept. Wes was too. He would notice if, by mistake, Id changed a line or something. -
TwoThousandOneMark — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 11:25 PM)
It's true. While Wes has them say his written lines, he in fact lets the actors try all sorts of nuanced deliveries + physical cues themselves for their roles.
Bill Murray I think mentioned one time that with a Wes film, he does most of the homework for the actors allowing the actors a lot more creative freedoms to improvise their
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kidjay83 — 10 years ago(December 28, 2015 07:50 PM)
Difficult is a good thing if and actor is just always complacent its woodens things up .It shows he understands truly great talent all the actors you named above aren't hacks and primadona's
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timoth93 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 04:45 AM)
Well difficult and not difficult is not black and white. Some of that difficulty comes from conflicting personalities. Other times it might be the perception that the director does not respect the actors or respect the script (the latter is clearly not true with Wes Anderson). Also, perhaps some of those actors were more arrogant in their younger days and burnt bridges but have mellowed a bit with age. Either way, working with difficult actors is part and parcel of being a successful director. Wes Anderson only worked with Gene Hackman once and from what I've read there was significant tension. So it's not as if him and Gene are long-time collaborators, they're two people who didn't get along but, through a lot of tension, create a great movie just like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen.