![]() ![]() And I always found it interesting that every time I stumbled upon a clip on YouTube of Carroll Shelby talking about Ken Miles, he would get choked up a little bit, even as an old man. MD: There’s a lot of documentaries that have been made about this and a lot of footage that exists just on YouTube. So how did you both prepare for this film, considering both your characters have now passed away? I went, “Oh, that’s how it’s done then, is it? OK, great.” It dawned on me that was my learning phase. ![]() And it wasn’t until the whole thing was finished that he invited me to say hello and that I actually spoke to him for the first time. And then he just stayed in character for the whole night. And I would just watch him I would see him becoming a character. And he would just become this character, but before he went on stage. None of us knew him – it was before he did Mr Bean. He would come out, we’d say hello, but he didn’t really socialise. One of first jobs ever was with Rowan Atkinson and I think I look at him as the template. And I’ve come to the realisation recently. Did you ever train? See, I never trained. It is inspiring.ĬB: Well, thank you, mate. That’s one of the rarest things, because it comes at a price. MD: Christian’s approach is the approach that young actors wish they had when they’re talking shit: a monk-like discipline in service of your work. I need to work more, cos I’ll be better if I can just work more.” I was sitting there pulling these faces and everything Christian was doing was completely real and lived-in and I realised that I’m being too picky. I said, “What’s wrong, man?” And he just said, “I got my doors blown off today. Casey Affleck worked with him and he came over for dinner after their first day of shooting with all the blood drained from his face. MD: Well, I’d had spies telling me about Christian for years. I mean, Jim didn’t see his kids until the weekends and then he was still scouting and still on the phone with his editors in the editing room. And I have wanted to for a long time, but it’s just about finding the right thing. MD: No, that’s pretty much what you said. MD: Yeah, well, now if it means I can get him for my movie! ![]() So, Matt, does that make you want to direct? MD: See, I read that as you saying, “He definitely shouldn’t act.”ĬB: No, I came to you really early on and said, “You’ve got to direct, man.” And he’s got much better perception than I do. I would hear Matt and Jim having conversations that went right over my head. What did you learn about each other during filming?ĬB: That he needs to direct. MD: So, listen, what year was that, 09? I’d say for everything since then. So, Matt, if you’d have taken that earlier, not-so-good version of The Fighter, the better version wouldn’t have been made and Christian wouldn’t have won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Then David came in, rewrote the script, got Christian, and it was awesome. And Mark really wanted to do it and was so excited about it, but we all knew the script wasn’t there. And we had a different director at the time. ![]() I read the script because I thought it was fascinating, but the script was not very good. MD: I was just going to say this one, because you’re so good in it. ![]()
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