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Post by Mattsby on Aug 19, 2018 23:59:02 GMT
I thought there was already a thread for this, guess not....
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mark-rylance-confirmed-waiting-barbarians-1126524
Robert Pattinson & Johnny Depp have been confirmed for small roles. As well as Joe Alwyn (who has four big films coming out this Fall). Filming begins in October. Some cool bits: Pattinson was recently seen in London at a showing of Othello (where Rylance is playing Iago). Depp reportedly was such a fan of the novel he reached out to the director for a role in this. And Rylance hasn't starred in a feature film (non-TV) since '01 ! Anybody read the book...? |
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Post by stephen on Aug 20, 2018 0:08:26 GMT
This has been my most anticipated film since it was announced two years ago.
Coetzee's novel is stupefyingly good (and very short, so anyone who wants to read it could knock it out in a weekend), and Rylance fits the lead role like a glove. I don't really like the idea of Depp's involvement (as far as I'd heard, he had been courted for a part but had dropped out, but perhaps not?), but Rylance and Pattinson make up for that. And it's Ciro fucking Guerra, who directed the best film of 2015 that wasn't called Mad Max: Fury Road. Seriously, y'all are sleeping on Embrace of the Serpent.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Aug 20, 2018 0:12:40 GMT
stephen already has his finger on that 10/10.  Interested in this.
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Post by stephen on Aug 20, 2018 0:15:48 GMT
stephen already has his finger on that 10/10. Interested in this. I don't do numerical ratings anymore and haven't for several years, but I trust the director/actor/material pairing so implicitly that it's going to be hard to fuck up. Depp's the worrying quantity in this equation. |
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 20, 2018 0:19:37 GMT
I don't really like the idea of Depp's involvement (as far as I'd heard, he had been courted for a part but had dropped out, but perhaps not?), but Rylance and Pattinson make up for that. The director was interviewed last week and asked if Depp & Patz were confirmed and he said yes. Depp's role is likely small....idk what there'd be to worry about.... |
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Post by stephen on Aug 20, 2018 0:22:03 GMT
I don't really like the idea of Depp's involvement (as far as I'd heard, he had been courted for a part but had dropped out, but perhaps not?), but Rylance and Pattinson make up for that. The director was interviewed last week and asked if Depp & Patz were confirmed and he said yes. Depp's role is likely small....idk what there'd be to worry about.... It's just general leeriness at Depp's general lackadaisical nature and lack of inspiration. But if he's aggressively been pursuing this part, maybe that's a good sign. |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Aug 20, 2018 0:41:10 GMT
I don't really like the idea of Depp's involvement (as far as I'd heard, he had been courted for a part but had dropped out, but perhaps not?), but Rylance and Pattinson make up for that. The director was interviewed last week and asked if Depp & Patz were confirmed and he said yes. Depp's role is likely small....idk what there'd be to worry about.... Fantastic Beasts. We’ve seen what we can worry about in a small role. |
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 20, 2018 0:41:39 GMT
The director was interviewed last week and asked if Depp & Patz were confirmed and he said yes. Depp's role is likely small....idk what there'd be to worry about.... It's just general leeriness at Depp's general lackadaisical nature and lack of inspiration. But if he's aggressively been pursuing this part, maybe that's a good sign. I hear ya. Definitely a weird time to be a Depp fan - I plead the fifth. I was hoping for some kinda critical comeback with his next roles, two "normal" characters in City of Lies and Richard Says Goodbye. But the former got canned bc I think legal trouble, and the latter I thought would play fall fests but I guess Sundance is in order. I mean they could still work out and I hope they do. Btwn those, Depp taking a role in a project like this, and the mention of wanting to direct a feature again (in the recent, rather sad Rolling Stone profile) - I'm hoping things turn around for him. |
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Post by countjohn on Aug 20, 2018 1:36:17 GMT
The book is one of those things where it's kind of hard to imagine it as a movie. It's very literary, not cinematic at all like so many modern novels. Which makes for a better book but is harder to turn into a movie.
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Post by stephen on Sept 17, 2018 15:00:04 GMT
New interview with Rylance. At the end, he talks Waiting for the Barbarians and confirms Depp's involvement as Colonel Joll, the film's antagonist.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Sept 17, 2018 21:54:43 GMT
New interview with Rylance. At the end, he talks Waiting for the Barbarians and confirms Depp's involvement as Colonel Joll, the film's antagonist. Man, I really don't want Depp to be in this. But I'll trust Guerra until he gives me a reason not to. Edit: Goddamn that is a glorious mustache though. |
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 6, 2018 18:12:37 GMT
Depp last night at Zurich Film Festival : It's right there on the tip of his tongue: and I'm also working with Rylance on Pacino's King Lear. JUST SAY IT  |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 23, 2018 8:44:28 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 23, 2018 16:26:47 GMT
This pretty much suggests that when Depp reached out to the filmmakers, he didn't just want a small role, he wanted to help on the business side too, which is very very cool and rare for an A list actor to jump onto a foreign produced project that they didn't develop. The other guy in his development deal Iervolino I only know bc he co-produced Merchant of Venice and The Humbling. He did another recent film with Michael Radford so maybe he's involved in King Lear as well which would make Depp's casting in that more likely I'd imagine. |
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Post by stephen on Nov 21, 2018 18:49:50 GMT
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Post by Joaquim on Nov 21, 2018 19:21:47 GMT
I didn’t recognize Depp until I zoomed in to get a better look (to be fair, I’m on my phone).
God, he really does look like dogshit these days.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Nov 21, 2018 22:24:39 GMT
Who is that Christopher Reeves lookalike beside Rylance? Lol.
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Post by speeders on Nov 22, 2018 13:27:17 GMT
... and who is that stud on the far right?
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Post by Pavan on Nov 28, 2018 17:32:33 GMT
The return of Chris Menges
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Post by stephen on Nov 28, 2018 17:38:04 GMT
The return of Chris Menges MENGES IS SHOOTING THIS? Fuckin' A! |
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Post by Pavan on Nov 28, 2018 17:45:01 GMT
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Post by stephen on Nov 28, 2018 17:47:05 GMT
They also got Harry Melling? Guy crushed it in the latest Coen Brothers joint, so I'm pleased about seeing him here. Very curious about who will do the music. Philip Glass did an opera based on the novel in 2006, so he'd seem like an easy choice, but my heart wants Mica Levi. |
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Post by stephen on May 3, 2019 14:09:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2019 14:13:41 GMT
Holy shit! I havents seen any recent role with Depp without makeup or masks for ages! Too bad as hes gonna probably gets into shadow of Rylance.
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Post by TerryMontana on May 3, 2019 16:38:16 GMT
Rylance... What a magnificent actor!
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