An extract from his memoir, which was revealed on Tuesday 6 February Vanity Fair USAEdward Zwick, Director Autumn legendstells how hard it was for an actor to break through the armor in the mid-1990s.
“The more I pushed Brad to reveal himself, the more he resisted,” she wrote. In a passage from his memoirs Hits, flops and other illusions. My Forties in Hollywoodrevealed Vanity Fair USA On Tuesday, February 6, Edward Zwick reveals how hard it was for Brad Pitt to break through the armor in the mid-1990s. According to the director. Autumn legends (1995), the actor was uncomfortable with scenes that required him to show “deep emotion”. “Brad was nervous every time he was about to shoot a scene that required him to show deep emotion,” the filmmaker writes. Here’s how she thinks about Tristan (Ludlow, his character in the film, Editor’s note) was different from mine.”
A response that, according to Edward Zwick, can be explained by the environment in which the actor grew up. “Brad Pitt grew up with men who didn’t show their feelings. but for me, the central idea of the novel was precisely that a person’s life is the sum of his sorrows,” emphasizes the director. The actor’s attitude would have given the film’s editor, Stephen Rosenblum, a hard time. “He complained every day that it was difficult to edit the scenes where Brad’s stoicism seemed more hollow than introspective,” says the director. I agreed with him.’ Edward Zwick would therefore do anything to push Brad Pitt to his limits. And this at the cost of multiple tensions between the two men.
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Screaming, insults and throwing chairs
“There are clear lines between strong acting direction and a desire for dominance, especially when a male filmmaker directs a male star,” analyzes Edward Zwick. Sometimes it risks becoming what a psychologist and friend once called a “phallic identity problem,” in other words, a battle of the beasts. Before adding: “A tenacious director working with a determined actor is a bit like two dancers both trying to direct the dance. But such tension can also lead to something very good.” And the author concludes: “Was it all worth it?” Well, it was a great movie.” Conflicts that, however, caused the director and actor to “yell at each other, insult each other and throw chairs at each other.” a Fight club autumn?
Source: Le Figaro
