Heres a perfect example of working on this film, says star Ryan Gosling of the scene pictured below.
Its probably a quarter of a page of the screenplay.
I show up at set that day andthatis what they built.
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I said to [director Denis Villeneuve], You built all this for just one scene?
It takes up an entire stage!
And he said, Yes, well, the scene is in the movie, right?
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For Villeneuve, doing it any other way was never an option.
Its not the amount of time [on screen] but the impact of the moment, he says.
Every background player, even if seen only briefly, mattered.
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This film had the longest and toughest casting Ive ever done, the director says.
And thats nothing compared with whats happening to planet Earth.
The climate has gone berserk and the ecosystem has collapsed and the ocean has risen, Villeneuve says.
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There are a lot of refugees trying to survive on the West Coast.
The presence of the winter brings more charcoal and theres sparks of color, says Villeneuve.
The yellow is something I cant talk about, but…its a very important color.
Villeneuve and cinematographer Roger Deakins, who previously teamed up onPrisonersandSicario, have similar tastes and aesthetics.
I love science fiction; I dont like sciencefantasy, and theres a big difference, Deakins says.
I like the futurism of science fiction and the idea that maybe this world could exist.
Ryan was my muse, Villeneuve says.
He has the movie on his shoulders.
Hes in almost every single frame.
I owe him a lot.
This movie owes him a lot.
I still cant believe it happened, he says.
Im still not sure Im not on some incredibly elaborate episode ofPunkd.
