I try not to discriminate against budget, but they never felt right.
Im glad I waited.
The line between heroes and villains was so blurred.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Its not a heros journey in any way.
When I was a kid that was the storyline I had seen.
Thematically, theres just so much there it was rich, it was melancholy, it was romantic.
So many other things have stolen ideas from it, but they could never steal its soul.
I felt lucky to enter that world.
So how was the big-budget experience?
Was craft services better?Well…how do I say this?
We were in Budapest.
Once a week, a truck would come around and it was serving meat in a cone.
What kind of meat?See, that was what we could never quite figure out.
When [cinematographer] Roger Deakins creates a frame, half your job is done for you.
Roger Deakins has been nominated for an Oscar 13 times but never won.
My fingers are crossed this will be the one.Im glad you said that.
Maybe that should be the title of this piece.
His whole team is incredible.
I remember feeling so tense and thinking, why am I so tense?
But then I realized its the shot that is creating that tension it was a lightbulb moment for me.
We were shooting a scene in2049when the camera starts to push in on me.
I said, Did you do that slow push in on the wallpaper?
He said, yeah.
I said, Am I the wallpaper right now?
He said, yes.
I told him Ive never been so honored.
What is it like to costar with Harrison Ford?
Hes just like that all the time.
Normally Id say there are hundreds of ways to play any scene.
Unless you work with Harrison and you realize theres only one great way and hes already figured it out.
Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford have been arguing over Rick Deckards replicant status for decades now.
I heard there was a dinner during filming where they got into it again.Yeah.
Its kind of like a McGregor vs. Mayweather situation.
But I wasnt there.
When I spoke to Denis Villeneuve, he said that you were a muse for him.
He also said you have a smile that melts the camera.Oh, good.
He got my email.
Blade Runner 2049arrives in theaters Oct. 6.
