The good, the bad, the controversial
Just yesterday Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe were competing for the title of Best Actor of the Year at the Critics' Choice Awards, and today they are ready to safely bury the hatchet. As it became known to Deadline, the eminent actors agreed to take part in the creation of an intriguing project by the legendary director and screenwriter Paul Schroeder.The director himself shared information with the journalists of the authoritative American film publication. “I'm currently working with Ethan and Willem on a new film,” admitted Schroeder. -One participant in my story will be an honest servant of the law in the spirit of the heroes of Randolph Scott, and the other - a cunning and cunning villain. Hawke and Willem have played both types of characters before. What to do when you have two actors at your disposal who will brilliantly cope with one or the other role? I decided that I needed to use their talents to the fullest. Ethan will start the film as a righteous man and Willem as a scoundrel. Somewhere by the third act of the scenario, the situation will develop in such a way that they will have to change places”.  “Needless to say, this kind of trick will never work with actors who can only play themselves, added Paul. -John Woo once tried to do something similar in the action movie Face Off. If John Travolta portrayed Nicolas Cage quite well, then his film partner, unfortunately, was the same in both characters. " Since the director mentioned the characters of Randolph Scott, it can be assumed that his new film will be shot in the western genre. Schroeder began his Hollywood career as an author. He penned the scripts of the gangster film "Yakuza", the psychological thriller "Taxi Driver", the boxing drama "Raging Bull" and many other famous films. Paul achieved no less success in the director's field: in his filmography you can find such films as "American Gigolo" and "The Conveyor".  This season of the distribution of film awards, the name of the film maker again appeared on the hearing thanks to the work on the tape "The Shepherd's Diary". Thriller entered the top ten films of 2018 according to the American Film Institute and won several Independent Spirit awards, and ahead of him may well expect participation in the battle for the Oscars. Particularly highly appreciated are the chances of Schroeder's picture receiving a nomination in the category "Best Actor", where Ethan Hawke is ready to present it. Oscar 2019 nominees will be announced next week. It is possible that the 91st ceremony of presenting the main film awards in the world will give viewers a new round of confrontation between Hawke and Defoe. The latter, we recall, has already won a couple of valuable prizes for the role of Vincent Van Gogh in the film “Van Gogh. On the threshold of eternity ”. The Topic of Article: The good, the bad, the controversial. |
