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It opens in limited release on May 5.
When he was casting the film, Moverman signed up Gere first.
Credit: The Orchard
InThe Dinner, he plays a suave congressman running for governor.
He was game for it but the question became Whos Richard Geres brother?'
Moverman initiated a Skype call with Coogan.
All of the sudden, the director, says, I could totally see it.
Steve is a brilliant writer and obviously an incredible mimic.
I suddenly realized that it couldnt be any better.
It couldnt be anyone else.
Moverman explains that the sharp concentration in Coogans performance didnt require any directorial trickery.
I think that might be his natural energy, he says.
And I say this as someone whos also been blamed for being overly intense.
Hes angry about the injustices of the world as if theyre personal.
Hes definitely not someone who backs out of an intellectual fight.
