How do you approach these two very different characters who are the same person?
With excitement, because it’s a nice challenge. To play an older man, and then a younger man.
Features: Q&A
Irrational Man – Q&A with Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley
by The National Board of Review
How did missing certain parts of the script before shooting influence you?
Parker Posey: I came on set thinking the film was one way — kind of light fare — and I sort of had water thrown on me by Woody: He immediately told me that she’s a suffering, lonely woman; she’s very unhappy.
June 19, 2015
Inside Out – Q&A with Jonas Rivera and Pete Docter
by The National Board of Review
How did you develop the particular visual language of this film?
It was really challenging. There were things that we felt were important early on that ended up boxing us in.
June 12, 2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Q&A with Jesse Andrews, Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and Nick Offerman
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about adapting your own book for the screen?
They initially approached Dan Fogelman, who’s a very established screenwriter. And he actually flipped it back to me and said he thought I should do it. At that point I just assumed I was talking to someone who was insane, and that this would be a terrible mistake.
June 5, 2015
Love & Mercy – Q&A with John Cusack and Bill Pohlad
by The National Board of Review
Can you discuss casting the two versions of Brian Wilson?
Bill Pohlad: Casting the Brian-future role was a little more complicated than the Brian-past, actually.