You rely on the director and you rely on the other actor. I don’t understand that word, really, when it comes to how I work. Since actors often have differing techniques, did the two of you get into a groove rather quickly? So we first got to work together during the first day on set. I don’t really enjoy rehearsal on film, and Emily is the same. But we never rehearsed anything because I’m not a fan of rehearsal. Me, John and Emily hung out and talked about the scenes, the characters, the characters’ backstories and the history that the characters would’ve had. Did you rewatch the first film so you could get a feel for some of the non-verbal communication? Or did you just let instinct take over once you were on set? I’m curious about how you prepared to work with her. That’s such a bonus when you have to go through quite an intense, grueling shoot with your colleagues. She’s just a really good person and really great company - and same with John. It’s lovely when you get to work with actors whose work you’ve admired, especially when they turn out to be wonderful people as well. We kind of came up at the same time through the business, but we never met or worked together until now. There’s nothing she can’t do, and I’ve admired her work for a long, long time now. Yes, I think Emily is one of the finest actors working today. Had the two of you ever crossed paths over the years? I consider you and Emily to be two of our finest actors right now. That’s what I’ve always tried to do with my work, and the actors that I’ve always admired are the ones that make you question yourself and say, “Is that the same guy? Is that the same girl?” They’re the sort of performers I’ve always tried to emulate, so that, to me, is a compliment. Well, that is the highest compliment you can pay because that’s my job - to become somebody else. Well, even though I’ve been following your career for almost 20 years, I somehow didn’t recognize you in the first trailer for A Quiet Place Part II. Now how did you know that? I keep close tabs on my competition. I’ve gotten a few Red Eye questions over the course of this junket, which is quite out of left field. First things first, I just want you to know that I won’t be asking any Red Eye questions. In a conversation with THR, Murphy also discussed the intimacy of Nolan’s Dunkirk set, and why it’s important to reach out to his peers directly. So I think back very, very fondly on that time, but I never, ever, ever considered myself Bruce Wayne material.” It turned into that character, Scarecrow, and it turned into a working relationship with Chris. So, for me, it was just an experience, and then it turned into something else. “The only actor who was right for that part at that time, in my estimation, was Christian Bale, and he absolutely smashed it. “I don’t believe I was close to landing that role,” Murphy shared. Despite putting on the Batsuit for his screen test, Murphy rejects the notion that he was in the running for the role. He even screen tested opposite Amy Adams, who, as a favor to the casting director, served as the audition reader. In 2003, Murphy was a finalist to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. And it’s rare enough you get to do that these days because most screen acting is about the close-up nowadays, which is good, but when you get a chance to express yourself non-verbally and physically, that’s really something to enjoy and to relish.” “So I feel like I’ve done a lot of physical acting, and since I’ve continued to do theater, it was a real sort of liberating experience to get to explore some of that on screen. “I did theater for about four or five years before I ever did any screen work,” Murphy recalled. Looking back on his A Quiet Place Part II performance, Murphy greatly enjoyed the chance to explore nonverbal communication, something he hadn’t done to this degree since his early theater days. Nobody knew this would happen because the show had no advertising it grew completely just by word of mouth.” And that is a completely unexpected occurrence for us. And people talk about the show and how much they love it. We’ve just been doing a junket here in New York, so you get a lot of foreign journalists from Venezuela, Peru and Japan. “First of all, that’s very kind of to say that, and I’m glad he took the time to watch the show,” Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter during a March 2020 interview before the coronavirus pandemic shifted A Quiet Place Part II‘s release date back more than a year. Cillian Murphy Is a Man With "No Choice" in First Official 'Oppenheimer' Trailer
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